away . away. >> it's 930 on tuesday, november the 21st. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner bamboozled by the sight , since that's how by the sight, since that's how the government's former chief scientific adviser patrick vallance, described boris johnson at the covid inquiry this morning. >> england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, takes centre stage. our national reporter pip tomson has the latest . latest. >> england's chief medical officer is also been dubbed england's geek in chief. we'll be talking to the inquiry very shortly. it's his second appearance and what we know so far is that him and sir patrick vallance had very different opinions on lockdown. i'll be

bringing you the latest . he's bringing you the latest. he's here in a few moments . tax here in a few moments. tax cutting tories just 24 hours now until the autumn statement. >> tax cuts are definitely coming. our political editor chris hope is at downing street . chris hope is at downing street. >> the aides are arriving behind me in ii >> the aides are arriving behind me in 11 downing street. but what will jeremy hunt do when unveils the autumn statement? tomorrow, we'll be finding out shortly on gb news and stop the boats spat. >> there's a row brewing in the government over rishi sunaks plan to tackle migration. our political correspondent olivia utley from westminster . utley joins us from westminster. yes the prime minister's plan to get the rwanda flights off the ground has hit yet another snag with cabinet ministers poised to revolt. >> is it now just too late for the beleaguered prime minister to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and berated over brexit last night? >> and i'm a celebrity first dates star fred sirieix challenged nigel farage over britain leaving the eu .

britain leaving the eu. >> the thing is, is the intolerance that came because brexit was about out immigration and i remember your poster , and i remember your poster, which i thought, well, i thought it was shameful what you did, nigel, but it was about demonising migrants saying that that was wrong. >> wasn't even view. >> no, it wasn't even your view. >> no, it wasn't even your view. >> was, wasn't . >> it was, but it wasn't. >> it was, but it wasn't. >> it's not just my view . >> it's not only just my view. it's a great debate. >> i love the way that fred just set it out like that. and maybe nigel was a bit stitched up in the edit because you never know it's so we've heard the edit because you never know it's defend so we've heard the edit because you never know it's defend brexitz've heard the edit because you never know it's defend brexit mucheard the edit because you never know it's defend brexit much stronger him defend brexit much stronger than course ant than that. and of course as ant and dec were it thanks and dec were at it again. thanks guys. >> kick it off with nigel. take on boris johnson. oh evening. >> former prime minister. >> former prime minister. >> you aren't. he's not going to be watching. why not? well, he's got a new show on gb news, hasn't he? >> has he? has he now , all their >> has he? has he now, all their viewers are going to be, well, excited . hi, keith. hi, linda .

excited. hi, keith. hi, linda. it's an old joke, but it worked very well. >> and we think it's very funny. and of course, keith and linda text us, email us, come on and talk to us. we love to see you. yeah >> yesterday all emails >> yesterday all of our emails were keith were from people called keith and , so keep it coming. and linda, so keep it coming. today, we also welcome anybody else. vaiews@gbnews.uk is the email address. first, though, the headlines the very latest news headlines with wenzler . with sophia wenzler. >> good morning. it's 933. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. the leader of the hamas terror group says a deal for what he calls a truce with israel is close to being agreed . the close to being agreed. the group's leader, who is based in qatar, released a statement in the last few hours raising hopes of a pause in the fighting near associations are said to be centring on how long the truce may last and details of a prisoner exchange that could see the of israeli hostages . the release of israeli hostages. israel has not yet commented on the reports, however. us president joe biden says a deal

is close as the government's most senior medical adviser dunng most senior medical adviser during the pandemic is due to give evidence that the covid inquiry later. chief medical officer professor chris whitty was a leading figure in the government's response to the virus. often appearing in press conferences. the inquiry has already heard that he privately referred to rishi sunaks plan to revive the hospitality sector as eat out to help the virus out. so chris is highly anticipated appearance comes a day after former chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance claimed bofis sir patrick vallance claimed boris johnson was bamboozle old by covid data . school holidays by covid data. school holidays in wales may be shortened under proposals put forward by the government. welsh education minister jeremy miles says the long summer break can be a strain on families with disadvantaged students suffering from a loss of learning. a consultation opens today on altering the term calendar. it could see the summer holidays shortened with the addition of a two week autumn break. the nasuwt union says it's

bewildered by the plan and that no evidence has been presented to show how it would benefit young people . and you can get young people. and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com. now it's back to andrew and bev of . andrew and bev of. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you sir. patrick vallance. remember him centre stage, wasn't he, during the covid pandemic ? the former the covid pandemic? the former chief scientific adviser , he was chief scientific adviser, he was at the covid inquiry yesterday. he rishi sunak did he said rishi rishi sunak did not consult scientists about the eat out to help out scheme and he didn't have many kind words for johnson let's for boris johnson either. let's have we didn't have a listen. well we didn't see it before it was announced. >> i think others in the cabinet office have also said they didn't before it was didn't see it before it was formulated a policy. so we formulated as a policy. so we weren't involved in the run up to . so i think would have to it. so i think it would have been very to that been very obvious to anyone that this was likely to cause an inevitably it would cause an

increase in transmission risk. and i think that would have been known by ministers. well i think i'm right in saying that the prime minister at the time gave up science when he was 15, and i think he'd be the first to admit it wasn't his forte and that he did struggle with some of the concepts and we did need to repeat them often. certainly when i left a meeting, i would be i would usually be persuaded that we had got him to understand what it was. we were trying to say that six hours later he might not have remembered what was what was in that presentation. so i do not think that there was necessarily a unique inability to grasp some of these concepts with the prime minister at the time. but it was hard work sometimes to try and make sure that he had understood what a particular graph or or piece of data was saying for bofis piece of data was saying for boris johnson has a degree in classics from oxford. >> he's got a brain the size of

a planet. he's got a huge intellect and i haven't i'm hopeless with science, absolutely hopeless. but i think the problem with boris has always been attention to detail , always been attention to detail, but that's sort of irrelevant because what you've got to work out is risk assessed moment. >> okay. and we've got patrick vallance there who's talking about the only thing that mattered was stopping the transmit of a virus. and what's shockingly missing from this covid inquiry is any sort of interroge notion of the concept of lockdown. it's self and we know no more about that today from chris whitty that whitty wanted it to be going into lockdown much later because he considered the impact on people's mental health quite rightly. >> yeah . which there wasn't >> yeah. which there wasn't enough consideration of. and as you know, until recently there weren't even going to talk about kids. >> absolutely on the covid inquiry. >> so the two main the two guys, the two ronnies, if you like,

who were on tv every night, fundamentally disagreed. >> and i think that's okay. like you need people from both sides of the discussion. >> i've been with whitty, i'd have been with wing down, i'd have been with wing down, i'd have slowing down the you mean slowing down the lockdown? >> yes , absolutely. but it's all >> yes, absolutely. but it's all based on a fallacy that covid 19 as a virus was more more dangerous than it actually was . dangerous than it actually was. october 20th, 19 to may 2020, there was 37,000 excess deaths . there was 37,000 excess deaths. and only 0.4% of those were covid deaths lifted listed as covid deaths lifted listed as covid as the only cause . and i covid as the only cause. and i really have to defend rishi sunak this morning and i really have to defend boris johnson as well on this debate, because when rishi sunak is being accused to die accused of wanting people to die , that's not what he was doing . , that's not what he was doing. he was urging caution on an overreaction to a virus that was predominantly more lethal, perhaps to the elderly with an

average age of death of 82 and 83. >> and he was speaking from the point of view as the chancellor of the exchequer, whose job is managing he managing the economy. and he would have known the traumatic impact on the economy, which we frankly we're still paying for now , another part of the inquiry now, another part of the inquiry actually quite right, andrew, that caught my eye when that caught my eye was when patrick vallance about patrick vallance was asked about his spent, spent working at his time spent, spent working at glaxosmithkline's . glaxosmithkline's. >> listen to this . >> have a listen to this. >> have a listen to this. >> and then in 2006, your career took another turn and you spent from 2006 to 2018 working for glaxosmithkline . line yes, i was glaxosmithkline. line yes, i was global president of research and development for them. >> and then and this, of course, is the period with which we are most concerned in april 2018, in your career took another turn and you were appointed on that date as government chief scientific adviser , and you scientific adviser, and you remained in that post until march of this year? yes that is

just given us fact. >> where is the interroge notion about whether he had a conflict of interest? if you have £600,000 worth of shares in glaxo smithkline, you want people to be locked down. one might say, and therefore you want them to only released want them to only be released when is available. when your vaccine is available. and put in charge of and he was put in charge of the vaccine task force. so me vaccine task force. so tell me how that line questioning is how that line of questioning is not pursued now. >> you see, personally i don't >> you see, i personally i don't i don't know. vallance very well, but i don't think he would have motivated by the have been motivated by the £600,000. but should £600,000. but he should have been about by the. been challenged about it by the. casey he's a casey because a lot of people watching might share your view and be more cynical about it. i think of course he was motivated. was financially motivated. i mean, 600,000, those shares, what they what were those what were they what were those shares be worth now ? a lot more shares be worth now? a lot more rollout. don't know because rollout. we don't know because i don't think we have we do know we should know. >> why does it matter? trust it matters because what has been obliterated in the last three years is trust in those people who are meant to make decisions with our best interests at

heart. why? because we feel like there motive, heart. why? because we feel like there with motive, heart. why? because we feel like there with people motive, heart. why? because we feel like there with people who motive, heart. why? because we feel like there with people who are tive, heart. why? because we feel like there with people who are making often with people who are making these sorts of decisions which are life changing . are life changing. >> the stuff about rishi as well . we have to put it in context. vallance was repeating something he by dominic cummings. he was told by dominic cummings. now, don't believe much that now, i don't believe much that comes the mouth of comes out of the mouth of dominic . what much of dominic cummings. what much of which anyway . but which is pretty foul anyway. but dominic an agenda, dominic cummings had an agenda, didn't anti boris didn't he? he was anti boris johnson by that time, anti everything. and rishi sunak will have opportunity to defend have his opportunity to defend himself when he gives evidence. but it's interesting, himself when he gives evidence. but it's interesting , the mirror but it's interesting, the mirror led day saying let him led on its day saying let him die. emotive politicised die. really emotive politicised headune die. really emotive politicised headline and number 10 didn't flatten the story . so are they flatten the story. so are they worried that there will be other people who will corroborate what he said, albeit context he said, albeit the context i think is because he was trying to protect the economy and what the mirror are saying when he's saying sunak was let them die. >> well, you're happy for >> well, you're happy now for people a people to be dying as a consequence of lockdown. of consequence of lockdown. lots of people that first wave, people died in that first wave, not because but not because of covid, but because seek because they didn't seek hospital for other hospital treatment for other issues. were too frightened

issues. they were too frightened . ed? >> well, they still aren't and they are dying. they still are dying. >> anyway, because people >> so anyway, because people and look the waiting list 7.5 look at the nhs waiting list 7.5 million people who attack the tories over that, the tories over that, forget the fact we locked down. so you're wrong. the mirror. you're still wrong. the mirror. you're still wrong. you've been wrong for three years and you're still wrong three years and you're still wroso the covid 19 inquiry >> so the covid 19 inquiry continues today. so chris whitty, of the two whitty, the other one of the two ronnies gives evidence. we're going our news going to go live to our gb news presenter, pip tomson, at presenter, pip tomson, who's at the inquiry . presenter, pip tomson, who's at the inquiry. pip hello. >> good morning. in the last few minutes, sir chris whitty, england's chief medical officer, has arrived to give evidence at this inquiry. it's likely to last all day today and perhaps into tomorrow as well . he'll be into tomorrow as well. he'll be giving evidence and then later in the week it will be his deputy, sirjonathan in the week it will be his deputy, sir jonathan van tam. now what, sir? chris whitty has to say will be very interesting because what has emerged so far is that his opinion over lockdown restrictions. did offered very greatly to his

colleague, sir patrick vallance, who was giving evidence yesterday . sir patrick vallance yesterday. sir patrick vallance thought that those lockdown restrictions should have been introduced a lot earlier. sir chris whitty was concerned about that.in chris whitty was concerned about that. in fact, sir patrick patrick vallance said he was a delayer over lockdown and it appears that that is because sir chris whitty was worried about the economic impact. the impact on people's health because of the economy , because of because the economy, because of because of the nhs, because of mental health problems as well . well, health problems as well. well, we also know that sir chris whitty was not convinced by the eat out to help out scheme. in fact he labelled it as eat out to help out the virus . now he to help out the virus. now he was appointed three months only three months before the pandemic and then he had to deal with the biggest health crisis in decades. we remember him so well, don't we? from those daily covid briefings, i think we can show you pictures of that every day. we saw him. we saw boris

johnson, and we saw the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, giving us all that advice. he became a national figure . so here it is, national figure. so here it is, the appearance today is highly anticipated. he has already given evidence earlier this yean given evidence earlier this year, he gave evidence in june and he talked about how lockdowns were a very radical thing to do. they had not been considered before . and he also considered before. and he also said that a key weakness was not able to scale up testing quickly enough. but no pandemic planning would have spotted the covid virus . so what he has to say virus. so what he has to say will be very enlightening indeed.i will be very enlightening indeed. i will be there. i will bnng indeed. i will be there. i will bring you the latest here on news. >> thank you, pip. fantastic assessment there. thank you. pip tomson there at the covid inquiry were chris, chris whitty is giving evidence right now. we forget those two men were such significant figures. >> they were in our lives in some ways more than our partners in our front room day

in our front room every day talking with the prime minister or chancellor or with the chancellor of the exchequer the country had to exchequer and the country had to follow them because what they said went. but now we know there was a fundamental split between the two of them prime the two of them and the prime minister was following the minister he was following the science, science science, which bit of science and haven't been told and we still haven't been told why pandemic preparedness why the pandemic preparedness plan that had been worked on for decades was ripped up because it never in there that we never said in there that we quarantined never said in there that we queand ned never said in there that we queand that's what we did . and >> and that's what we did. and my we've now accepted. my worry is we've now accepted. that's something we're now that's just something we're now going in future. we're going to do in the future. we're just going tell healthy just going to tell healthy people stay in people that you have to stay in your not okay. your houses. that's not okay. i don't think people would wear it again. wouldn't, but it again. they wouldn't, but it won't the auspices won't be under the auspices of an the time. an infection the next time. andrew be climate andrew it will be climate change. be, oh, the change. it will be, oh, the weather's too hot today. you can't out. it'll be you're can't go out. it'll be you're not to get an not allowed to get on an aeroplane you've had aeroplane because you've had your carbon credits. be your carbon credits. it will be you're allowed to and you're not allowed to go and visit in your car visit your family in your car because your because you've driven your car too car is ruining because you've driven your car too environment. car is ruining because you've driven your car too environment. wills ruining because you've driven your car too environment. wills rube1g the environment. it will all be under so we have under the eco agenda. so we have to be very, very aware of what is out of this inquiry is coming out of this inquiry and the wrong questions

and frankly, the wrong questions are being asked. >> we've got another three >> well, we've got another three years. oh, years. but don't forget, oh, give strength now , the prime give me strength now, the prime minister yesterday in minister unusually yesterday in his speech, promised that taxes will be cut to befall in tomorrow's autumn statement to boost economic growth and reward hard work. this is what he said. we will do this in a serious , we will do this in a serious, responsible way based on fiscal rules to deliver sound money and alongside the independent forecasts of the office of budget responsibility . budget responsibility. >> and we can't do everything all at once. it will take discipline and we need to prioritise . but over time we can prioritise. but over time we can and we will cut taxes all at once. >> excuse me, they can't do it all at once. since 2010, and he's been prime minister for a year now and we've got our autumn statement on wednesday and then a budget. i mean, come on, mate, you've not got that much longer left. and did you

nofice much longer left. and did you notice the sign at the back behind him long decisions behind him long term decisions for our political future. long term , you've got about ten term, you've got about ten months, mate. and then it will be the general election. although i'm still more and more warming to the idea that they're going may. we're going going to go in may. we're going to talk to our political editor, christopher who's in christopher hope, who's in downing term downing street. chris long term decisions. he decisions. he says, well, he thinks going to be there in thinks he's going to be there in the he . the long term. does he. >> he certainly hoping to be, isn't he? and he's made some big calls, isn't he, about reforming a—levels over a decade? but the immediate focus in the building behind me, number 11 downing street, tomorrow's autumn street, is tomorrow's autumn statement. now we're getting a feel happening here. feel for what's happening here. the picture is the the overall picture is the government they've done government feels they've done what would what margaret thatcher would have controlled have done. they've controlled inflation in as statuted in the early 80s and now come the tax cuts . we'll wait and see what cuts. we'll wait and see what happens tomorrow. we're getting a feel what may happen a feel for what may happen already. state already. we think that state pension by 8.5. the pension will go up by 8.5. the triple lock will be respected, won't down. and also won't be watered down. and also benefits should go up by the september inflation rate. that's

6.7, not the october . one, 4.6% 6.7, not the october. one, 4.6% that he was tempted. we understand , to try and use the understand, to try and use the october rate to save £3 billion. that won't happen elsewhere. tax cuts, national insurance that looks like that could be under the microscope tomorrow. that could come down. that's the jobs tax , which many of us pay tax, which many of us pay through paye . we never really through paye. we never really see it. income tax always hogs the headline, but in fact, national insurance big, big national insurance is a big, big size of tax bills . yeah, size of our tax bills. yeah, it's an interesting time. i think the bigger focus also will be on getting the economy growing. you heard that from claire coutinho on breakfast. it's after 9 am. this morning, full expensing. is the idea there allow companies beyond there to allow companies beyond 2026 offset their tax bills 2026 to offset their tax bills and spend the money instead on investment and that could trigger big investment in our companies . we do invest not as companies. we do invest not as much as other companies comparable to it's all comparable to us. so it's all happening behind are happening behind me. people are arriving. i've been watching aides hunt aides arrive for jeremy hunt today. here day today. we'll be here all day discussing the big day tomorrow, the the tax

the autumn statement. so the tax cuts that are announced tomorrow , when will they feed into people's pockets? >> is it immediately or do we have to wait till the new financial year in april . financial year in april. >> well, again, we'll know that tomorrow almost certainly. i think the new financial year starting in april. and that leaves him. he can almost make this this plan for next year in two parts tomorrow and then the march budget when many people are expecting maybe a cut in the bafic are expecting maybe a cut in the basic rate of income tax. but we don't expect that tomorrow. but basic rate of income tax. but we dthinkxpect that tomorrow. but basic rate of income tax. but we dthink anythingt tomorrow. but basic rate of income tax. but we dthink anything cannorrow. but basic rate of income tax. but we dthink anything can happen.yut i think anything can happen. they've suite of offerings they've got a suite of offerings they do in this treasury they can do in this treasury behind we'll know soon behind me. we'll know soon enough. but i think any any cuts i think andrew will be in the next financial year. all right, chris, thanks, christopher. next financial year. all right, chris, thathey christopher. next financial year. all right, chris, thathey christopido it now. >> hope they need to do it now. >> hope they need to do it now. >> going to make any >> it's not going to make any difference do autumn difference. why do an autumn statement going statement now if it's not going to budget next year? >> the point is the autumn statement was invention statement was an invention of gordon it way of gordon brown's. it was a way of trying like his trying to look like his government doing something trying to look like his goverrwas|t doing something trying to look like his goverrwas to doing something trying to look like his goverrwas to tellioing something trying to look like his goverrwas to tell us|g something trying to look like his goverrwas to tell us what'sething and it was to tell us what's going to happen next year. then we as but we have the budget as well. but if people the money in

if this people want the money in their now, there's their pockets right now, there's a of living crisis. a cost of living crisis. christmas coming they christmas is coming up. they want in pocket , want that money in their pocket, whether it's through national insurance, they're going insurance, whether they're going to vat threshold for to raise the vat threshold for small from 85 to small businesses from 85 to 90,000. terrific but do it now. >> yeah , that's what i think, >> yeah, that's what i think, right . right. >> another issue for rishi sunak there is cabinet opposition to his plans to opt out of european human rights laws to try to salvage the rwanda policy pressure. pressure. >> also building from the right of the conservative parties, the mp mark francois, has called for a meeting of members of the european group this european research group this evening . evening. >> and if rishi sunak's first five pledges were not enough, he's now got another five. that should be a pub quiz question. name them. we're going to go live now westminster our live now to westminster with our very utley who knows very own olivia utley who knows all she can tell us all ten pledges she can tell us which ones of the first five pledges they've even we pledges they've met, even we know that one. what is the point of five more pledges? olivia, i haven't the last lot . haven't met the last lot. >> well, exactly . it feels as >> well, exactly. it feels as though rishi sunak there are. there are people breathing down

his neck on all sides and he has just desperately looking to show that he is doing something at the moment. he is under huge pressure over his plan b for rwanda . the scheme that he's rwanda. the scheme that he's come up with involves designee dating rwanda as a safe country , dating rwanda as a safe country, free via emergency legislation. now, it sounded as though the conservative party were pretty much okay with that plan . but much okay with that plan. but now it's emerged that robert jenrick, who is the immigration minister, still is immigration minister but worked under suella braverman seems to have taken some of what she's said on board and wants to include in this legislation what's as legislation what's known as notwithstanding which notwithstanding clauses which would essentially allow for the uk government to overrule the courts, both the domestic courts and the international courts over human rights, just basically say , well, we're not basically say, well, we're not really interested in what you're going to rwanda a safe going to rwanda as a safe country and we can deport migrants there anyway. now that has gone down well, by the

sounds of it, with those on the right of the party from the sort of european research group, those who like eventually those who would like eventually to european court of to leave the european court of rights altogether . but it's gone rights altogether. but it's gone down with some of those down badly with some of those more moderate or left wing mps , more moderate or left wing mps, if you like, including some in the cabinet. apparently james cleverly, the new home secretary, victoria atkins is the health secretary, and alex chalk , the justice secretary, chalk, the justice secretary, are all very , very worried about are all very, very worried about any plan which involves essentially ignored bring legislation about human rights. so rishi sunak has got a very, very thin tightrope to walk here trying to keep everyone on all sides of the party happy . and sides of the party happy. and another big issue for him is that even if this rwanda legislation, his plan b legislation, his plan b legislation , manages to get legislation, manages to get through parliament, and that's a big if because, of course , if big if because, of course, if the house of lords are very , the house of lords are very, very likely to block it , then very likely to block it, then the quickest it could all be agreed is 42 days. that's as quick as you could get a law

like this ratified, which would take new year . like this ratified, which would take new year. and take us into the new year. and of rishi sunak made that of course, rishi sunak made that speech at the beginning of the year set his five year where he set out his five pledges. stop pledges. one of them was to stop the didn't actually the boats. he didn't actually put on it, it was put a date on it, but it was widely assumed he meant by widely assumed that he meant by the end this year, if not the end of this year, if not a single migrant has left this country for rwanda by the 31st of december, most of westminster will interpret that as rishi sunak , having failed sunak, having failed on his pledge , and that could make the pledge, and that could make the conservatives position in the polls even worse than it is now . polls even worse than it is now. >> there's no chance of it by the end of the year. and i think i think it's almost impossible to predict before may. >> thank you, olivia olivia utley there in westminster . we utley there in westminster. we will be talking to you later. olivia, let us your olivia, let us know your thoughts this morning on those pledges . liz, do they fill you pledges. liz, do they fill you with joy at the prospect of another conservative government ? another conservative government? and you've been getting in touch this morning about i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, keith i'm not joking. keith he

says, honestly, my name is keith. i'm on a beach in southern india. really? i'm listening. he's in southern india. listening to you india. i'm listening to you both. it's nearly 3:15 pm. as always, a fabulous show. keep up the work keith's the great work as keith's get everywhere. keith chadney has even given us his surname . even given us his surname. >> is it? it's three 5315 in the afternoon and lots of people saying they love the fact that gb news is getting a mention on i'm a celebrity. >> i'll be talking about that in just moment. a deal just a moment. and a trade deal with korea, doing with south korea, they're doing us hello , very good morning. >> hello, very good morning. >> hello, very good morning. >> to contrast across the uk as we begin the day . mild but grey we begin the day. mild but grey in the southeast , brighter but in the southeast, brighter but colder elsewhere . and then colder elsewhere. and then a fine day follows for many. we've got the last of the unsettled weather clearing for now from the southeast. a lot of low cloud mist and fog. first thing with some showery rain continuing into the afternoon for parts of eastern england , for parts of eastern england, especially east anglia, elsewhere , brighter skies, but a elsewhere, brighter skies, but a chill in the air. first thing, a crisp autumn day follows for much of scotland and northern ireland, northern and western

england , as well as wales. 8 to england, as well as wales. 8 to 10 generally 12 towards 10 celsius, generally 12 towards the south—east and this window of fine weather continues to progress southwards as we close out tuesday and that means it's clear skies finally by the evening across the south and southeast east and a frost is possible overnight. but further north, cloud and rain return with those outbreaks of rain accompanied by a strengthening wind for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that means it'll be a milder start here tomorrow morning. but a of cloud outbreaks of rain a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain continuing through the morning, especially for western and central . and meanwhile, central scotland. and meanwhile, dnbs central scotland. and meanwhile, dribs drabs of rainfall push dribs and drabs of rainfall push south with thickening cloud across southern parts , but across southern parts, but actually still some brightness and mostly dry has to be said across southern counties of england and central parts of england and central parts of england as well as south wales. here, temperatures reached 13 celsius further north, not feeling very pleasant with the cloud, and rain . cloud, wind and rain. >> well, thanks aiden . up next, >> well, thanks aiden. up next, with the autumn statement looming ,

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will be joining us shortly. >> berated over brexit last night on i'm a celebrity first dates star fred sirieix challenged nigel farage over brexit. >> the thing is the intolerance that came because brexit was about about immigration. and i remember your poster , which i remember your poster, which i thought, well, i thought it was shameful what you did, nigel. but it was about demonising migrants saying that that was wrong. >> wasn't even your view. >> no, it wasn't even your view. >> no, it wasn't even your view. >> it but it wasn't. >> it was, but it wasn't. >> it was, but it wasn't. >> it's not only just my view . >> it's not only just my view. and on i'm a celebrity ant and dec were they were at it again last night. >> just have a listen to this kick it off with nigel's take on bofis kick it off with nigel's take on boris johnson. >> oh evening former prime minister you aren't he's not going to be watching . why not? going to be watching. why not? well, he's got a new show on gb news, hasn't he? >> has he? has he now, all their viewers are going to be, well, excited. hi, keith. hi, linda . excited. hi, keith. hi, linda. >> it's funny, they said it the

night before. >> i think they're going to probably say it every night. it means gb news is getting a very large audience. means gb news is getting a very larg let udience. means gb news is getting a very larg let us ence. means gb news is getting a very larg let us know your thoughts >> let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. particularly linda. exactly right. first, though, here's your very latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> good morning. it's 10:01. wenzler. >> good morning. it's10:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. the leader of the hamas terror group says a deal for what he calls a truce with israel is close to being agreed. the group's leader, who is based in qatar, released a statement in the last few hours raising hopes of pause in the fighting. of a pause in the fighting. negotiations are said to be centring on how long the truce may and details of a may last, and details of a prisoner exchange that could see the release of israeli hostages . the release of israeli hostages. israel has not commented on the reports , however. president reports, however. us president joe biden says a deal is close . joe biden says a deal is close. the government's most senior medical adviser during the

pandemic is due to give evidence at the covid inquiry later. chief medical officer professor chris whitty was a leading figure in the government's response to the virus, often appearing in press conferences. the inquiry has already heard that he privately referred to rishi sunak's plan to revive the hospitality sector as eat out to help the virus out. sir chris is highly anticipated . his highly anticipated. his appearance comes a day after former chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance claimed bofis sir patrick vallance claimed boris johnson was bamboozled by covid data . tax cuts and welfare covid data. tax cuts and welfare reforms are expected to be announced by the chancellor tomorrow . jeremy hunts autumn tomorrow. jeremy hunts autumn statement is expected to bring changes to benefits which could see those with mental health or mobility problems told to look for work. reports suggest that benefits could be cut by more than £4,000 a year for some people . chief secretary to the people. chief secretary to the treasury laura trott told gb news. the prime minister is making the right decisions for the country . the country. >> we, the prime minister and

chancellor have taken some really difficult decisions in the last year which has meant that inflation has now halved. it's a 4.6. that is great news for everybody at home who we know have been struggling with the cost of living. and it means now the chancellor is focusing tomorrow on growing the economy, making we increasing making sure we are increasing the amount of supply side capacity. that's the that capacity. that's the amount that we produce this country. we can produce in this country. and part of that a path to and a part of that is a path to lower taxes because we know how important that is to everybody sitting government sitting at home. government borrowing than borrowing was higher than expected in october, reportedly due to the cost of living payments and benefits . payments and benefits. >> the office for national statistics says public sector net borrowing stood at £149 net borrowing stood at £14.9 billion last month. that's 4.4 billion last month. that's 4.4 billion more than the year before. the chancellor says that while the government has reduced inflation, more work is needed to achieve the bank of england's goal of 2. lancashire police has been criticised for its handling of the disappearance of nicola bully. a review found failings

in the way personal information about ms bullies health struggles was disclosed to the press, which contributed to wild speculation . it said that speculation. it said that non—reportable background and information should have been provided to the media to help shape responsible reporting without disclosing sensitive information . dr. ian raphael, information. dr. ian raphael, who led the review , said it who led the review, said it showed the importance of the trust between media and police school holidays in wales may be shortened under proposals put forward by the government. but welsh education ministerjeremy miles says the long summer break can be a strain on families with disadvantaged students suffering from a loss of learning a consultant opens today on altering the term calendar. it could see the summer holiday shortened with the addition of a new two week autumn break. the association of head teachers says it's bewildered by the plan and that no evidence has been presented to show how it would benefit young people . while benefit young people. while a search is underway for four

young men who've been reported missing in the north of wales. javon hurst. harvey. owen. wilf henderson and hugo morris haven't been accounted for since sunday morning when they were last seen in a silver ford fiesta as they headed off on a camping trip in the snowdonia area . north wales police is area. north wales police is appealing to anyone with information to contact them . new information to contact them. new laws to deal with the legacy of the troubles in northern ireland will be challenged in court today. the new legislation would see limited immunity from prosecution for offences related to the troubles for those who cooperate with new independent commission . it would also commission. it would also prevent new civil and legacy inquests. multiple victims and families have launched challenges to the plans. the case at belfast royal courts of justice is expected to last several days . this is gb news several days. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker. by saying play gb news now it's back to

andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> well, i can still remember the horror of the way the police handled the disappearance of nicola bulley, the mum talking about the fact she'd had a drink problem, menopausal, all sorts of issues came tumbling out . and of issues came tumbling out. and so there's no . there is a press so there's no. there is a press conference, i think , right now conference, i think, right now which we can cross to because the body of nick, if you remember, was found by a river about a mile from where she vanished. an inquest concluded her was accidental . and so her death was accidental. and so let's now to that press conference. >> and it is my job to hold the police to account . and this police to account. and this review was commissioned to answer those questions so that i could take external assurance and expertise to be able to answer them. if actively, and to ensure that all of uk policing can learn lessons from this

whole missing from home investigation that attracted unprecedented global interest . unprecedented global interest. this review has been timed to conclude when other statutory bodies have finished their own procedures to ensure that they can be captured as part of this process. these were the coroners inquest to determine nicola's cause of death . the coroner cause of death. the coroner returned a verdict of death by accidental, accidental death by drowning. the information commissioner's office to determine the lawfulness of the release of personal information about nicola. they determined the release to be lawful . the the release to be lawful. the independent office for police conduct to consider the self—referral by lancashire constabulary . they considered constabulary. they considered there to be no case for misconduct . there to be no case for misconduct. i commissioned the college of policing to conduct the review to as the national

independent body for police training and standards , training and standards, including being the home for the national centre for police search . it was commissioned to search. it was commissioned to review the period from when nicola was first reported missing to the point at which she was sadly discovered . it she was sadly discovered. it will have three work streams to focus on the search and investigation , communications investigation, communications and media engagement and the disclosure of personal information . i would like to information. i would like to thank the college for their diligent professional and thorough work over the past few months . i thorough work over the past few months. i have thorough work over the past few months . i have received their months. i have received their finding as their conclusions and recommendations and as commissioner, i accept them in full as part of the process . as full as part of the process. as i ask the college to notify me immediately if they discovered

anything that would amount to action. needing to be taken against any officer or employee of the constabulary for misconduct or negligence of duty or anything that would have altered the outcome of the search and investigation known or indicated that nicola could definitely have been found sooner. definitely have been found sooner . there have been no such sooner. there have been no such findings and therefore this review is very much a learning review is very much a learning review with a number of recommendations which, given the impressive rented nature of this case, are mainly for policing nationally . there are also many nationally. there are also many areas of this case where lancashire constabulary represented the very best of policing with the search and investigation being well resourced , professionally resourced, professionally conducted and calling upon national good practice . it is

national good practice. it is often too easy to sweep past significant amount of good work and exemplary conduct to get to the areas of learning in a review . given the whole call of review. given the whole call of this operational response is praised by the review . i would praised by the review. i would therefore like to take the opportunity to pause and thank the many officers , staff and the many officers, staff and volunteers of lancashire constabulary who work tirelessly and professionally to find nick. i know that this is not the outcome any of them wanted , but outcome any of them wanted, but they did their utmost for nicola and her family. for following on from the publication of this review. i have informed the chief constable of lancashire constabulary that i want a full report on how the constabulary will implement all of the recommendations for it in this

review to be presented to me at an accountability board early in the new year . an accountability board early in the new year. i will an accountability board early in the new year . i will now an accountability board early in the new year. i will now hand over to chief constable andy marsh , the chief executive of marsh, the chief executive of the college of policing, to talk through the review . through the review. >> thank you, commissioner. good morning and thank you all for coming today. first, i want to start by recognising the immense tragedy at the centre of this report. the death of nicola bulley, the loss of nicola has left her family and friends deaung left her family and friends dealing with immeasurable grief. my dealing with immeasurable grief. my thoughts continue to be with them. as i approaching their first christmas without nicola, i know that we will all agree we must consider their feelings as we talk about this report. i would also like to pay tribute to nicola's families strength and patience . now we've and patience. now we've completed this review . i hope completed this review. i hope they're given the space to grieve in peace as the college is responsible for setting standards for the police in

england and wales. we used evidence based knowledge in everything we develop and we've reviewed this case against those robust standards. the college was commissioned by lancashire's police and crime commissioner andrew snowden in february of this year to undertake a fully independent review of the operational response to the reported missing person. nicola bulley. the review was tasked with providing insight into the effectiveness of the constabulary's response over the course of the period that nicola was missing. we've now formally presented this report to the police and crime commissioner. the purpose of the college of policing review was not to attribute blame or rerun the investigation into nicola's disappearance and death , but disappearance and death, but rather to identify the learning for lancashire police and policing more broadly. we've not shied away from criticism and i'll come to the areas for learning. we've identified, but i want to start by saying that we found the police investigation and search to been well conducted by lancashire constabulary . we spoke to many constabulary. we spoke to many officers and police staff and

volunteers who worked on this investigation and their dedication and commitment was clear to see. they demonstrated the very best of policing their professionalism and operational activity was exemplary . and activity was exemplary. and while there is much to learn from this tragic incident. lancashire constabulary should be recognised for that. i also want to put on record my sincere thanks to everyone who supported this review , answered our this review, answered our questions and provided us with any information we requested . we any information we requested. we found genuine willingness to found a genuine willingness to learn. i do not propose to go through each recommendation made in the report in detail, but rather speak to the overall issues that we found looking at all of the evidence available to us. we believe the decision not to declare a critical incident set the tone within the constabulary and led to several challenges. the college of policing defines a critical incident as any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the

confidence of the victim. their family and or the community. this investigation clearly met that definition . so whilst we that definition. so whilst we found the constabulary deployed considerable resources and identified nicholas disappearance as high risk, the failure to declare a critical incident is significant and impacts on the decision making process throughout the investigation . as you all know , investigation. as you all know, nicola's disappearance received unpressed rented levels of interest from both mainstream media and social media. lancashire constabulary's press office logged more than 500 media calls and 75,000 inbound social media comments over a penod social media comments over a period of about a month . at the period of about a month. at the peak of media attention . the peak of media attention. the investigation generated 6500 news articles globally in a single day on social media. the bbc estimated that tiktok alone featured 270 million videos with the hashtag of nicola bully's name . there is no doubt how hard name. there is no doubt how hard the communications team worked

dunng the communications team worked during this investigation. many worked long hours, provided sound advice, and tried their absolute best. but we found the constabulary did not recognise the extent of the media interest in this case or the impact that it was having on public confidence. the coverage of nicola's disappearance was on a par with andy marsh, the chief. >> he's a police senior copper who's the chief executive of the college of policing, which did the investigation into how lancashire police it so lancashire police got it so terribly, terribly wrong. >> so that's 143 >> that's right. so that's 143 page report which has just landed this morning, which is why they're responding to it. and effectively what the conclusion is, is that lancashire police didn't cooperate with the media early on in the investigation and therefore there were a few sort of chances. social media youtubers and also the professional diver, peter faulding , if you remember, he faulding, if you remember, he got involved and they're saying that that very much confused the messaging that was he out the body wasn't in in the river,

which and then there was the theory about the white van that had been spotted. >> had she been kidnapped. and then, of course, the police didn't help by disclosing that she menopausal she was menopausal and had a dnnk she was menopausal and had a drink problem. then the drink problem. so then the speculation was taken speculation was she'd taken her own harrowing her own life, harrowing for her partner family. partner and family. >> just badly managed. >> yeah, just badly managed. really police really all around. so the police did good job with did a good job with the investigation, didn't investigation, but they didn't know with the with know how to work with the with the social media and the media, social media and mainstream media. interesting, because the future because this is the future police have to work police are going to have to work it out. huge. >> you know, media >> look, you know, 6500 media reports yeah. now reports in one day. yeah. now we're moving on. chancellor jeremy hunt huge pressure jeremy hunt and a huge pressure to diesel to lower petrol and diesel pnces to lower petrol and diesel prices autumn statement tomorrow. >> that's right. more than 40,000 supporters of fair fuel uk to be announced . so uk want this to be announced. so joining us now is the founder of fair fuel uk, howard cox. morning howard. great to see. great to see you . should we take great to see you. should we take a bet on whether there's going to be any reduction in fuel tax tomorrow in this autumn statement? i'm saying no . statement? i'm saying no. >> i'm sorry to say, andrew, you're absolutely right. i've

i've got some information from whitehall to say it's going to remain frozen. the most important thing, and i'm getting a lot of feedback from you, i'm heanng a lot of feedback from you, i'm hearing my voice twice . it's not hearing my voice twice. it's not a pretty sound. >> fair enough of your voice. can we hear it twice? we don't mind. howard >> yeah . what? they've got to do >> yeah. what? they've got to do is not only keep it frozen or preferably cut it, of course, but also to stop the opportunistic profiteering that's going on in the fuel supply chain. that's one of the things that is really worrying to a lot of people who, you know, at the moment, diesel and petrol currently petrol are currently between five higher they five and ten higher than they should the oil prices should be with the oil prices where they are where the where they are and where the wholesale prices are. and that's what introduce, what he should introduce, pubwatch, backed pubwatch, which is backed by the competitions and market authority back july. and we authority back in july. and we still have not seen any any sign of this in operation . of this in operation. >> i'm just looking here. the uk average for unleaded petrol 150 1.7 if you buy it on a motorway,

£1.77, it's outrageous . it's the £1.77, it's outrageous. it's the difference . difference. >> well, well , difference. >> well, well, i'm afraid difference. >> well, well , i'm afraid that's >> well, well, i'm afraid that's what the problem is happening in the marketplace. you and i believe in free markets, but when you're actually opportunistic attacks on hard pressed motorists, 37 million drivers in this country, they all vote. and we just recently did uk in that thing about 40,000. you said they took part in a poll and for the first time in a poll and for the first time in the 13, 14 years i've been campaigning, we're now seeing that voters are not supporting tories . believe it or not, tories. believe it or not, they're supporting the labour party more . and i just cannot party more. and i just cannot believe what's happening here that this party still doesn't recognise that motorists are actually a solution to bringing down inflation rather than just being used as cash cows. yeah okay. >> howard short and sweet, but always good to talk to you. howard cox there from fairfield, uk. >> it is disgraceful. it is 26 pay >> it is disgraceful. it is 26 pay difference. yeah a litre. >> yeah, it's awful. we just completely having the mickey

taken out of us, aren't we, as motorists. right the uk and south korea are set to sign a new long term agreement covering defence and technology cooperation. >> so we're now by the >> so we're joined now by the business who's business minister, who's also the chelsea the conservative mp for chelsea and fulham. hands morning and fulham. greg hands morning to minister . to you, minister. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how significant is this deal? well i think it's got potential to be very significant that we are moving on from the existing deal >> we have with south korea, which was signed in 2011. it was an eu deal at that time. obviously the world has moved on over the last 12 years. technology has changed. we can go a lot further in our trade relationship . we're delighted to relationship. we're delighted to have president yoon here at the moment and we can go a lot further in taking that trade relationship. already £16 billion per annum, much further still with a new deal . give us still with a new deal. give us some tangible difference . some tangible difference. >> liz. greg, how is this going to affect people who might be sitting at home at the moment? what industries would they have

to work in to benefit from this? well well, potentially everybody, of course, is a consumer for so everybody has the potential to benefit a bit from the two way goods flow and flow in services. >> i would expect that we'll go further on things like services. we'll go further on things like digital trade and potentially the ability to share data better . the eu is very protect honest when it comes to data. it's an existing eu deal that we rolled over. existing eu deal that we rolled over . so i existing eu deal that we rolled over. so i think we've existing eu deal that we rolled over . so i think we've got over. so i think we've got potential to go further there. so i think there's lots of areas that we can go further. the south korea is an incredibly close friend of the uk. we're very like minded when it comes to free trade, free markets. we look at the world in a very similar way . look at the world in a very similar way. so i think huge amount of potential there, but obviously we haven't started the negotiation yet. so let's see what the deal brings. okay. >> because sharing people's data doesn't attractive . doesn't sound that attractive. greg, can't i can't lie to greg, i can't i can't lie to you. but what what do we sell

that south korea want and what do they sell that we want apart from very nice cars ? from very nice cars? >> well well, actually, we actually do sell a lot of cars between ourselves. the uk exports cars and automotive parts to south korea and vice versa. but just to return to your data point, actually, if your data point, actually, if you have a trusted data partner , you have a trusted data partner, there's no need to be nervous about other people holding anonymized data . what this does anonymized data. what this does allow is uk companies to bass themselves, start exporting to south korea, particularly financial technology companies. fintech companies. the uk is a global leader. if you're in a fintech business, the last thing you want to do is to find a local data provider in south korea that adds an enormous amount of expense and inconvenience to break into that market. so we're in the business of helping our exporters , of helping our exporters, exporters exporting what helps generate jobs. so that is actually a really important thing to be able to do more with

data and it really helps uk businesses, particularly cutting edge businesses like in the technology sector. okay >> can we ask you about the five new pledges the prime minister announced yesterday? greg hands we only managed to achieve one of the last five pledges. we've now got another five pledges. why we need ten pledges when why do we need ten pledges when we only matched fulfilled one of the last five pledges? if you keep up with me . keep up with me. >> well, look , i think the we've >> well, look, i think the we've we fulfilled the first of those really important pledges. the number one pledge was to halve inflation. we'll go further still . we're still working hard still. we're still working hard on the boats. for example, boat arrivals are down by a third this year. we need to get that new treaty , international treaty new treaty, international treaty and the new legislation , action and the new legislation, action in relation to rwanda . i think in relation to rwanda. i think on hospitals we're continuing to make progress. it's on hospitals we're continuing to make progress . it's not been make progress. it's not been helped by the strike. so actually we've got a good story to tell on the five priorities being delivered already and

we're going to be looking forward to delivering yet more forward to delivering yet more for the british people in the coming months. now, what did you do wrong to get sacked as tory party in reshuffle ? party chairman in the reshuffle? >> it all those by—election >> was it all those by—election defeats ? yeah. defeats? yeah. >> look, i think it's well >> well, look, i think it's well , it's always a difficult time being a chairman of a political party when you're behind in the opinion polls. but, you know, i've, i'm back at the department for the department for business and trade and that's not a bad place to be. but i was disappointed to be moved on as conservative party chairman. but l, conservative party chairman. but i, i would say that it's not an easy time being chairman of a political party in today's environment, in general, and particularly when you're a little bit behind in the opinion polls, a bit behind, polls, a little bit behind, you're a lot behind. you're quite a lot behind. >> i think the last poll i saw, you were 20 points behind minister . minister. >> w- e still got work to >> well, we've still got work to do. that's exactly why rishi sunakis do. that's exactly why rishi sunak is laying out his vision for the future . yesterday, for the future. yesterday, whilst continuing to deliver on

the priorities that we already have and we are making progress. >> yes, greg, one last question. terrible polling in the week and the weekend's papers saying that rishi sunak will become the first prime minister to lose his own seat . how do you greet that own seat. how do you greet that as a minister? >> well, i think that's very, very unlikely. >> well, i think that's very, very unlikely . and opinion polls very unlikely. and opinion polls are not the same as general elections. it would be. i'm not expecting it to be a general election any time very soon. soon. and we will continue to work hard and continue to get our message out to the british people that rishi sunak is the is the voice for the future compared to a labour party which wants to take us to the back to the failed politics of the past . the failed politics of the past. >> all right. that's greg hands. he's the business minister. >> we appreciate it, greg. >> we appreciate it, greg. >> and robust he is too. thanks for coming on, greg. that's greg hands right still to come from brexit to flex sing it. >> josie gibson was left in hysterics last night's hysterics on last night's episode i'm a celebrity. she episode of i'm a celebrity. she was confronted by nigel farage

is bare bottom with an hours of meeting him. yes, you heard that right. this is

mornings from 930 on gb news is . mornings from 930 on gb news is. 1029 with britain's news in one gb news andrew pearson bev turner. >> i'm a celebrity nigel farage got through the secretary and in the jungle. going to talk the jungle. we're going to talk now to somebody who's the now to somebody who's won the jungle show. right. jungle show. that's right. because faced supper of

because nigel faced a supper of camel's udders. what else did he have beth i think it was have to eat? beth i think it was five different types of penis . five different types of penis. >> yeah. sheep udders , crack >> yeah. sheep udders, crack anus, actually. crocodile anus . anus, actually. crocodile anus. goat anus. >> well, somebody knows all about eating such delicate asses.is about eating such delicate asses. is a great friend of this show. the wonderful christopher biggins, who won i'm a celebrity some years ago. christopher what delicacies did you have to dine on when you were in the jungle? >> good morning, andrew. good morning, bev. >> well, i'll tell you, i really in those days it was easier. all i had to eat was the kangaroo's penis . and i remember saying at penis. and i remember saying at the time, i've had worse things in my mouth. i'm a man. >> christopher. i remember that . >> christopher. i remember that. >> christopher. i remember that. >> it was it was disgusting. >> it was it was disgusting. >> it was it was disgusting. >> i also had a witchetty grub, which you have to bite the end of the head off, which they did last night. i have to say that i'm very, very i've never heard of her like you always in the

celebrity. get me out of here. the people who've never heard of is it suella or something? or what's nella rose? >> nella. >> nella. that's >> nella. that's right. >> nella. that's right. nella she is brilliant, isn't she was wonderful last night . wonderful last night. >> she's very dramatic . sorry >> she's very dramatic. sorry she's very dramatic. christopher and those people come across well, don't they? and i'm a celebrity. yeah she and she. >> but she's also very funny. and the way she ate those pizzas was one of. and nigel was brilliant, too. i mean, he ate them all. yeah do you think he must be starving ? must be starving? >> what did you think ? we. we >> what did you think? we. we had the dubious pleasure of seeing nigel's bare bottom . seeing nigel's bare bottom. christopher, i don't recall . we christopher, i don't recall. we saw your bare bottom . saw your bare bottom. >> no, i kept my underwear on, and i remember washing it underneath the underwear with. so it's very. remember that is icy cold to that shower . i mean,

icy cold to that shower. i mean, he was very brave , but i don't he was very brave, but i don't think he realised he was being filmed. is it unusual for people to shower naked in there? >> because we often get the bikini scene, don't we? myleene klass famously in her white bikini, it's quite unusual for people to go completely naked . people to go completely naked. >> it is unusual because people who know the show know they're going to be filming and of course i don't think he had any idea. i don't think he had any idea. i don't think he had any idea about the whole show. actually. funnily enough, all he knew about was the money he was getting. yes well, lot of getting. yes well, a lot of money, too. >> going to have >> we're just going to have nigel stay there nigel christopher stay there because going because we're just going have a look. now, if you're listening on radio, this is what nigel on the radio, this is what nigel had last night in the jungle. >> that's it. go on, nigel, you can do this. >> you're smashing it. >> you're smashing it. >> doing good. so >> you're doing so good. so good. get it all. get good. yeah. just get it all. get it all on there. you're doing so good. what >> i'm afraid you got quite a bit to try and tidy up that plate a bit . plate a bit. >> very good.

>> very good. >> i'm proud of us. we did very well, nigel. >> what comes across ? yes, >> what comes across? yes, i think that was liquidised penis. he was eating there. maybe anus. what comes across is how unflappable he is. christopher. and any of us who know nigel know that it takes a lot to ruffle him. he's very calm, isn't he? >> he is. and i think people are realising that and viewers, because he wasn't voted to do the, the tea today tonight. so i think they realise he he'll do everything that's asked of him. >> can he win it. >> no . oh oh my winner was when >> no. oh oh my winner was when i first knew who was in there was was josie . but i think nella was was josie. but i think nella now is a good second. i mean she could win. >> what did you make? >> what did you make? >> will definitely be a queen this year. yes. pardon? sorry >> christopher, what did you make of the debate about brexit

last night? because the most interesting thing for me was how many people , including grace many people, including grace dent, who's journalist, who many people, including grace derjust ho's journalist, who many people, including grace derjust ho's jo away st, who many people, including grace derjust ho's jo away and/ho all just scuttled away and didn't want to have anything to do i'd have been right do with it, i'd have been right there in the campfire. that was there in the campfire. that was the bit. the best bit. >> lovely but we ran out >> lovely idea, but we ran out of time. talk to you of time. we'll talk to you another time about it, chris. bye bye. that's christopher biggins, the former. it biggins, the former. he won it of course. now patrick vallance biggins, the former. he won it of ccthee. now patrick vallance biggins, the former. he won it of ccthe covid' patrick vallance biggins, the former. he won it of ccthe covid inquiry vallance biggins, the former. he won it of ccthe covid inquiry rishiince told the covid inquiry rishi sunak people die sunak wanted to let people die and contradicted the now prime minister's and contradicted the now prime mihelpr's and contradicted the now prime mihelp out. we're going to go to help out. we're going to go now, though, to the news headunes. headlines. it's 1034. >> i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. the leader of the mass terror group says a deal for what he calls a truce with israel is close to being agreed. the group's leader, who is based in qatar, released a statement in qatar, released a statement in the last few hours raising hopes of a pause in the fighting . negotiations are said to be centring on how long the truce may last and details of a

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report . oh, can we just reflect report. oh, can we just reflect a little bit on what we just heard in the news then, that chris whitty yesterday , patrick chris whitty yesterday, patrick vallance has just accused him of not giving, of giving a more dramatic whitty , accusing dramatic whitty, accusing vallance sorry, whitty accusing vallance. >> my head is spinning of giving the wrong evidence to the covid inquiry a book inquiry because he's got a book coming out. it's more coming out. it's a bit more serious wow. well, serious than that. wow. well, that would be a conflict that really would be a conflict of well, we'll have of interest. well, we'll have our guests in a little our guests in here in a little while. we'll have little chat while. we'll have a little chat about and also the about that. and also the president south korea president of south korea has arrived visit in the arrived for a state visit in the uk. we're going to go live to our correspondent, cameron our royal correspondent, cameron walker, a moment. this walker, in just a moment. this is newsroom on .

and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . & co weeknights from. six >> it's 1040. you're with britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turnerjust want pierce and bev turner just want to clarify what i was saying before the break. >> we heard this news, this break. we got the covid inquiry going on. it's all very fast moving morning it moving this morning and it appears whitty appears that chris whitty was asked relationship asked about the relationship between an thank you between him and patrick vallance, they and patrick vallance, and they were jeremy were talking about jeremy farrar, was a member of sage farrar, who was a member of sage and actually was whitty said and actually it was whitty said that had a book to sell, that farrar had a book to sell, not patrick vallance , who not patrick vallance, who just want make that clear that it want to make that clear that it wasn't between the two of them, but still, why are you asking him? why is hugo keith even asking? chris whitty, was there tension between the two of you?

it's not a soap opera. it's about was doing what and about who was doing what and why. don't make the why. so that we don't make the same mistakes in future. same mistakes in the future. >> it is a soap opera. that's what whole turned what the whole kyrees turned into, i'm afraid. now the president of the republic of south accompanied south korea is here, accompanied by will be meeting by his wife. he will be meeting with his name, andrew. i'm not going bother to pronounce it going to bother to pronounce it because i'm not even going to try. >> you use something or other that sounds like something. >> you might chinese >> you might order a chinese takeaway. say takeaway. am i allowed to say that? shouldn't that? probably shouldn't say that. yoon suk yeol . that. he's called yoon suk yeol. well done. that does sound like something. of the something. and he's guest of the king. he's here because there's about signed a major trade deal. cameron walker is our royal correspondent. >> he was until he heard that. hello cameron. give us a proper pronunciation of who our very honoured is . honoured guest is. >> president yoon suk yeol, i think is how you pronounce it. bev and andrew. yes. it's the first state visit of incoming state visit for the king since his coronation but it's going to be very much a family affair because the prince and princess

of wales are playing a key role this morning, collecting the president of south korea and the first lady their hotel in first lady from their hotel in london taking them to london and taking them to horseguards parade for a ceremonial welcome of pomp and pageantry so well here pageantry as we do so well here in great britain, including a guard of honour that the king and the president will inspect, which will the scots guards which will be the scots guards this morning. which will be the scots guards this morning . and then there'll this morning. and then there'll be big procession up be a big carriage procession up to buckingham palace. behind me, the expected the president is also expected to speak with politicians inside the of westminster later the palace of westminster later on today. and this evening, there be the magnificent there will be the magnificent state banquet as expect, state banquet, as we can expect, with all pomp and pageantry, with all the pomp and pageantry, we're have tiaras. we're going to have tiaras. we're have white tie, we're going to have white tie, all rest of it. but this all the rest of it. but this tour is not without controversy because it's been reported that opponents of president e are basically saying that he is trying to stifle free speech, particularly when it comes to news reports criticising his government. now in response, the president says that he is trying to tackle what he describes as fake news. but this appears to

be in contrast to what queen camilla said last night at a reception she was being made an honorary member of the foreign press association where she said in a speech last night, true freedom of expression is at the heart of our democratic system . heart of our democratic system. well, no doubt, because the king and queen are well versed now with the powers of soft diplomacy they had. i'm diplomacy that they had. i'm sure soft chit chat that sure the soft chit chat that they'll be having with the president and the first lady will not touch that topic. but, of course, the foreign of course, it's the foreign office organises these office that organises these state visits. and it is very much strengthening much about strengthening diplomatic between the two diplomatic ties between the two countries. and this morning we've had two announcements from the first the government. the first of which south korea and which is that south korea and the uk have agreed to enforce sanctions against north korea with joint sea patrols preventing it the nation from developing a legal weapons program. the prime minister, rishi sunak, and the president expected to sign a joint agreement this week. also so the there is expected to be some trade talks of a potential new trade talks of a potential new trade deal with south korea as

well . so lots of diplomatic well. so lots of diplomatic stuff to look forward to this week as well as the ceremonial pomp and pageantry when it comes to the royal family. but just to end on a bit of a lighter note, there was a state visit that the south korean president went on to the united in april to the united states in april and was at the dinner at the and he was at the dinner at the white house. it was found out that he's a big fan of karaoke and actually serenaded the entire request of entire room at the request of president biden with the president joe biden with the song pie , which left song american pie, which left a big standing ovation to the guests there . so will we see guests there. so will we see similar scenes inside the ballroom of buckingham palace today? we'll wait and today? we'll have to wait and see. okay. >> that's cameron walker and apologies for any offence caused by my clumsy description, but i was trying to say is and i shouldn't have described it as something you might order in a takeaway. no offence, cause takeaway. so no offence, cause i hope i've caused no offence. >> we accept your apology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please ept your apology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. your apology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. in jr apology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. in a apology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. in a in ology. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. in a in the jy. hope i've caused no offence. >> please do. in a in the studio with us our lovely buxton with us our lovely tanya buxton and lovelier nigel nelson. and even lovelier nigel nelson. and talking about the and we're talking about the lovely we're going be talking lovely we're going to be talking about celebrity about i'm a celebrity >> out of there's

>> get me out of here. there's a big debate about brexit. have a watch. >> e“ p is, is em- >> the thing is, is the intolerance came because intolerance that came because brexit was about immigration. and i remember your poster , and i remember your poster, which i thought, well, i thought it was shameful what you did. nigel sadly, sadly , it was nigel sadly, sadly, it was absolutely true. >> what was the poster? sorry, can i just cut in? can you educate it was a poster just educate it was a posterjust showing mass young men moving illegally through across borders. >> but it was about demonising migrants saying that that was wrong. >> no, it wasn't even your view. it was. but it wasn't. >> no, it wasn't even your view. it vylt's but it wasn't. >> no, it wasn't even your view. it vylt's not it wasn't. >> no, it wasn't even your view. it vylt's not reallyn't. >> no, it wasn't even your view. it vylt's not really just my view , tanya. >> i love seeing that frank debate that. think maybe debate like that. i think maybe nigel probably had a little bit more to say that lost in the edit. were you fascinated by the way the other celebrities scuttled want to scuttled away and didn't want to engage it? yeah, not engage with it? yeah, i'm not i'm fascinated. i'm not fascinated. >> exactly they behave, >> it's exactly how they behave, isn't they're isn't it? because they're pathetic and they pathetic and spineless and they should you mean. tanya should say what you mean. tanya well, the reality is they've got lots to say when they're writing their they've lots lots to say when they're writing th

man, they can actually ask a question, too. >> good point. >> yeah, good point. >> yeah, good point. >> scuttle off. i thought >> they scuttle off. i thought it was pathetic. and also i do think it was lost in the think that it was lost in the edit. i know that nigel had a lot to say and was lot to say and fred was completely the completely flummoxed in the sense he oh, you're sense that he said, oh, you're shameful poster. did it shameful poster. what did it show? showed loads men show? it showed loads of men arriving in the country and they still are. and they still are. and proved be true. so and it proved to be true. so what shameful telling what was shameful about telling the poster is so memorable. >> nigel yeah, and it does still. it doesn't always do. nigel does nigel any favours, does it? because kind reduced what because it kind of reduced what was complex conversation was quite a complex conversation to something a very powerful and reductive to something a very powerful and reductiite to something a very powerful and reductiit does. and think that >> it, it does. and i think that that interesting that it that was interesting that it came last night because you came up last night because you remember yeah you remember the poster. yeah you don't issues behind don't remember the issues behind it? issue it? yeah. i mean, the issue behind brexit sovereignty. behind brexit was sovereignty. it being able to make it was about being able to make our own this country our own laws in this country controlling borders, which we failed so hasn't failed to do. so brexit hasn't delivered that. but the i mean, i poster was i thought the poster was appalling. i thought that it was verging racism. and i'm verging on racism. and i'm not sure nigel actually sure that nigel would actually do if he was do that poster again if he was repeat saying the whole thing. >> i and it did cause >> i agree. and it did cause tension in the brexit camp

because people like gove because people like michael gove didn't didn't support the post. >> if you distance himself from it immediately. >> yeah, because there was vote leave and then there was nigel side of the argument. >> that's right. and >> yes, that's right. and i think both sides during the think on both sides during the whole that the whole brexit thing that the arguments forward were arguments being put forward were disgraceful . and that goes for disgraceful. and that goes for the remainer side as much as it does for the brexit side. and we should have actually had a chance consider that more chance to consider that more soberly than we did . my view is soberly than we did. my view is if you're going to make huge changes like that, something like a royal commission to examine all the evidence, it's would be much better than a political campaign, which just made overnight . made things up overnight. >> a royal commission >> you know, a royal commission takes five years report. takes five years to report. >> well, necessarily. you >> well, not necessarily. you can kicking it into the can do it kicking it into the long do it in a long grass. you can do it in a yeah long grass. you can do it in a year. we haven't had one since. i think, 1999 or something. so it may something like it may be, but something like that are presented that where people are presented with and with the evidence and not a political campaign in in fairness to what happened last night i'm a celeb nigel was night on i'm a celeb nigel was actually explaining that was

actually explaining that he was explaining meaning was explaining meaning he was explaining meaning he was explaining campmates what explaining to the campmates what brexit the simplest brexit was and the simplest possible terms. >> he in a very good >> and he does it in a very good way, i think. >> yeah. and so there was nothing he said last night about brexit. i would disagree as far as concerned, but as the facts are concerned, but the they scuttled is the reason they scuttled off is because then they won't be able to him xenophobic racist. >> if you explains nicely. >> if you explains it nicely. i think because are more think because they are more important to the jungle important things to the jungle to about. to worry about. >> no, they went to up. >> no, they went to wash up. >> no, they went to wash up. >> went to wash up because >> they went to wash up because they chat because hancock, when he the jungle, matt he was in the jungle, matt hancock was under sustained criticism, remember, by boy george. enough . >> oh, not enough. >> oh, not enough. >> yeah. over covid but that was a great opportunity last night for get stuck in. and for him all to get stuck in. and i thought they were all going to get stuck in on nigel and i thought, going to have his thought, he's going to have his work. >> but you know what? i think you're right, tony, because it shows, especially like shows, especially people like grace is a journalist. grace dent, who is a journalist. she a biting writer. she can be a biting writer. >> be she's very gobby. >> she can be she's very gobby. and you've got and get in there, you've got something say. don't something to say. don't just scuttle well a few scuttle off. well i've got a few more weeks yet to have a go.

>> yeah, i don't see it changing. >> i think they're all going to see how bright and intelligent nigel got nigel is and how he's got a great, competent argument and they're going to talking they're going to be talking less and it because they and less about it because they don't to be. look don't want to be. look made to look like because they look like fools because they don't have the answers. they've just kind of slogan just had this kind of slogan that they're going to use against without any against it without any real gravitas behind. against it without any real gravita�*wereind. against it without any real gravita�*were talking to chris >> we were talking to chris biggins a little earlier, tonya, and him can he win? and we asked him can he win? christopher of course, christopher won, of course, famously. absolutely famously. he said, absolutely not. can? famously. he said, absolutely not. think can? famously. he said, absolutely not. think he'll can? famously. he said, absolutely not. think he'll be can? famously. he said, absolutely not. think he'll be in:an? famously. he said, absolutely not. think he'll be in the last >> i think he'll be in the last three. so do i. i do think he'll be in the last three. i know josie. sweetest, josie. she is the sweetest, kindest. lovely on kindest. yes lovely woman on earth. so i think if she's allowed shine through, she allowed to shine through, she will minds of will win the hearts and minds of the got that great the public. she's got that great accent. young lot. i accent. and the young lot. i mean, my daughter was watching it neil is in it last night because neil is in there. would have been there. she would not have been watching one that my >> the only one that my daughters rose, daughters know is nella rose, because know her that division because i know her that division between the generations, she's not telly. youtuben >> i've never seen nella >> i've never seen seen nella before, but was really before, but i was really impressed her. thought before, but i was really imp haded her. thought before, but i was really imp haded great1er. thought before, but i was really imp haded great personality.t she had a great personality. it really out. nigel really stood out. nigel obviously likes her hugely. yeah, and yeah, she does. him. yeah and i would that would have thought that if you're a possible

you're looking for a possible winner, carries winner, if nella carries on the way she's going. yeah, she's. >> she's in with chance. >> she's in with a chance. you know year is know what? my 14 year old is watching? nigel farage, and she said, i know him? how do said, how do i know him? how do i watching and i know him? she's watching and she's she's listened she's listening. she's listened to she went, he's to his voice. she went, oh, he's the tiktok. the guy off tiktok. >> there how clever. >> there we are. how clever. >> there we are. how clever. >> because is actually >> because nigel is actually quite on tiktok. >> because nigel is actually qui'moving1 tiktok. >> because nigel is actually qui'moving1 tiionz. >> because nigel is actually qui'moving1 tiion tiktok autumn >> moving on. on tiktok autumn statement tomorrow. >> nigel, going to be a >> nigel, it's going to be a little frustrating because little bit frustrating because we hope little bit frustrating because we today hope little bit frustrating because we today that hope little bit frustrating because we today that none hope little bit frustrating because we today that none of hope little bit frustrating because we today that none of these earlier today that none of these policies be enacted policies are going to be enacted until even if they until the spring, even if they do reduce national insurance. what think we what tax cuts do you think we might what tax cuts do you think we migwell, he seems to have >> well, if he seems to have gone back on inheritance tax, i mean, basically, what jeremy gone back on inheritance tax, i mearis)asically, what jeremy gone back on inheritance tax, i mearis looking, what jeremy gone back on inheritance tax, i mearis looking, wiis jeremy gone back on inheritance tax, i mearis looking, wiis aeremy gone back on inheritance tax, i mearis looking, wiis a nicey hunt is looking for is a nice big tax cuts. big headline to say we tax cuts. that's what he's after. >> so but we're not going to get them april. >> so but we're not going to get the well, april. >> so but we're not going to get the well, irpril. >> so but we're not going to get the well, i mean, he can announce >> well, i mean, he can announce them tomorrow. there is obviously we'll have to see whether they in whether or not they can come in before april. well, why can't they? they they they? well, they could. they could. problem could. but the problem about it is i this whole tax is i mean, i find this whole tax cut completely cut business completely bizarre on that both on the basis that both rishi sunak and jeremy hunt were saying, look, can't have them saying, look, we can't have them because will fuel inflation. because it will fuel inflation. and so we look for a tax cut

that wouldn't certainly inheritance tax falls into that category because people tend not to splurge their inheritance, their inheritance , things like their inheritance, things like national insurance . it will fuel national insurance. it will fuel inflation. and if you end up in a situation whereby that you give give people a big tax cut , give give people a big tax cut, inflation goes up, bank of england then raise interest rates again , then you've lost rates again, then you've lost the benefit of the tax cut. >> but equally we saw retail figures last month. nigel collapsed, they fell off the cliff. people people haven't got any money. they've got no confidence. you need to put money back in people's pockets. let decide how to spend let people decide how to spend the money rather than government spending it for us. >> yeah, whole thing is >> yeah, but the whole thing is what don't want do is what you don't want to do is then is fuel price rises then is then fuel price rises along way. so at the moment along the way. so at the moment there's still a reasonable demand i mean, the demand for goods. i mean, the last time we say had a big tax cut was was in 2009 after the financial crash when vat was lowered by 2.5. now at that

time, there was a demand was really low because of the crash. at the moment, demand isn't low. and that's why if you start start whacking more money back into the economy, prices will start going up. >> so labour will vote against tax cuts, will they? >> well, mean labour wouldn't >> well, i mean labour wouldn't do the problem about it do it, but the problem about it is labour have said is is that what labour have said is they will take whatever tory spending plans they inherit out spending plans they inherit out spending and tax plans they inherit when they get into government. so although labour will probably vote against it and will say they're against it, it doesn't mean they'll abolish it doesn't mean they'll abolish it . it. >> right. what you think, tanya? >> well, i think i think the whole way of dealing with inflation in this country has been wrong in the been gone about wrong in the sense keep sense that, you know, they keep giving pill and the giving the bitter pill and the bitter poisoning the bitter pill is now poisoning the people. if you've people. so, you know, if you've got a temperature, you take paracetamol. don't just keep paracetamol. you don't just keep taking amol, kill taking parasite amol, it'll kill you. inflation you. and that's what inflation has we need to has done to us. so we need to relook how inflation relook at how we bring inflation down it's not a spending down because it's not a spending inflation. an inflation inflation. it was an inflation brought the brought upon us because of the lockdowns that

lockdowns and the struggles that we that and the we had through that and the money printing and the money printing, it printing, that's what did it. it was and it's wrong. >> quantitative easing expression. >> well, it's just and that's what to be fixed. they what needs to be fixed. they need look into that. need to look into that. and i think, whole thing think, you know, the whole thing about i'm about inheritance tax, i'm greek. inheritance greek. we don't have inheritance tax me, it seems tax in cyprus. for me, it seems like the most illegal tax in the world. know, here is my world. you know, here is my father. he's worked mean, my father. he's worked i mean, my parents were immigrants. they worked god gave. worked all the hours. god gave. they on it. and he they paid tax on it. and then he worked to it to me, his worked to give it to me, his child. i have to pay child. and then i have to pay tax don't i tax on it. i don't make. so i don't it's not taxing the rich. it's taxing those that have worked. >> we have to jump in. i'm so sorry, tanya. we've got get sorry, tanya. we've got to get to break. up next, to the to the break. up next, tory mp richard graham is going to tomorrow's to look ahead to tomorrow's autumn is autumn statement. this is britain's newsroom on news. britain's newsroom on gb news. hello latest hello and welcome to your latest gb weather from gb news weather update from the met with annie shuttleworth. >> it turn sunnier for many >> it will turn sunnier for many through cloud through today as the cloud slowly clears will stay slowly clears and it will stay dry that's because dry as well. that's because we've pressure we've got high pressure dominating to the southwest. dominating out to the southwest. but the ridge will extend across much the uk throughout today . much of the uk throughout today. there is weather front up to there is a weather front up to the though, the northwest, though, that's already thicken

already starting to thicken cloud northwestern cloud across the northwestern parts . elsewhere, parts of scotland. elsewhere, though, the cloud will lift through today and it will stay relatively dry. any showers will tend fade away across eastern tend to fade away across eastern areas to leave many of us with a fine autumnal day. highs of around 11 or 12 degrees just above average for the time of yeah above average for the time of year. a slightly cooler feel after that chillier start across the north and west, though . then the north and west, though. then through tonight, it'll stay dry. still across the bulk of the uk , still across the bulk of the uk, across wales and england , we across wales and england, we could see some mist and fog patches , particularly across the patches, particularly across the far south. it'll be a chillier night here as well . a different night here as well. a different story further north across northern ireland, much of scotland, really scotland, that rain really starting it will be starting to arrive. it will be breezy as well and will breezy as well and that will hold temperatures up . so hold temperatures up. so a milder come despite the milder night to come despite the wind and rain. and then throughout wednesday, we'll see that rain continue to persist across the bulk of scotland. the breeze will continue to stay strong, particularly across coastal . a cloudier day coastal areas. a cloudier day further south, but still some sunshine to be had and it will

stay dry for many of us down here as well. temperatures around degrees once around 11 or 12 degrees once again . it'll be cooler by again. it'll be cooler by friday, though . see you later. friday, though. see you later. >> still to come this morning, there is a frantic search going on for four teenage boys who went camping in a car up snowdon on sunday morning and they have not been seen since . we'll bring not been seen since. we'll bring you the latest on that. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's .

channel >> it's 11 am. on tuesday, november the 21st. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner, one of the most recognisable faces from the covid pandemic. >> the chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, is giving evidence at the covid inquiry speak . inquiry as we speak. >> tory, tax cuts . rishi sunak >> tory, tax cuts. rishi sunak says his government will and will cut taxes in tomorrow's autumn statement . we're going to autumn statement. we're going to be talking to a tory mp saying what they should do and which taxes should be cut . taxes should be cut. >> global britain, the uk and south korea are set to sign a new long term agreement covering defence and technology cooperation. this comes as the president of the republic of korea arrives in the uk for a state visit. we'll have the latest . latest. >> and broke birmingham following the declaration of bankruptcy by birmingham city council. residents have now started to notice real changes

in their day to day lives. our reporter jack carson will have the latest . the latest. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address. first, though, your very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> good morning. it's 11:01. with sophia wenzler. >> good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. the leader of the hamas terror group says a deal for what he calls a truce with israel is close to being agreed . and the close to being agreed. and the group's leader, who is based in qatar, released a statement this morning raising hopes of a pause in the fighting. negotiations are said to be centred on how long the truce will last and details of a prisoner exchange that could see the release of israeli hostages . israel has not israeli hostages. israel has not commented on the report, however. us president joe biden

says a deal is close and the government's most senior medical adviser during the pandemic is giving evidence at the covid inquiry. sir chris whitty told the inquiry that with the benefit of hindsight, the first lockdown in march 2020 was a bit too late . he said he was too late. he said he was cautious about locking down the country in the early days of the pandemic due to its potential impact on disadvantaged people and those living alone . and those living alone. >> one of the problems i had in thinking this through was i thinking this through was i think some people were thinking that this was just a matter of getting through a few weeks and then we're out and then it's all fine. my view is you had to think about this over the course of the epidemic as a whole , and of the epidemic as a whole, and that clearly going to go on that was clearly going to go on for a lot hence why we for a lot longer. hence why we put much emphasis, for put so much emphasis, for example, view example, on research. my view was always that you were was that always that you were only going to get to a situation you would not have to consider npis for the sake of argument. once you'd got medical

countermeasures . countermeasures. >> a search is underway for four young men who have been reported missing in the north of wales. jevon hurst, harvey irwin , wilf jevon hurst, harvey irwin, wilf henderson hugo morris henderson and hugo morris haven't been accounted for since sunday morning. they were last seen in a silver ford fiesta as they headed off on a camping trip in snowdonia area. trip in the snowdonia area. nonh trip in the snowdonia area. north police is appealing north wales police is appealing for anyone with information to contact them . government contact them. government borrowing was higher than expected in october , reportedly expected in october, reportedly due to cost of living payments and benefits. the office for national statistics says public sector net borrowing stood at £149 sector net borrowing stood at £14.9 billion last month. that's 4.4 billion more than a year before . the chancellor says that before. the chancellor says that while the government has reduced inflation more work is needed to achieve the bank of england's goal of 2. lancashire police has been criticised for its handling of the disappearance of nicola bully. a review found failings in the way personal information about ms bullies health struggles was disclosed to the press , which contributed to wild

press, which contributed to wild speculation when it said that non—reporting background information should have been provided to the media to help shape responsible reporting without disclosing sensitive information . speaking at a press information. speaking at a press conference to discuss the report, chief constable andy marsh admitted the way the police released the information was needless. >> one of the decisions, which is arguably the most significant impact on public confidence, was the release of personal information about nicholas health. we found that due process was followed in this decision and that it was lawful. but we were in no doubt that releasing this information in the manner the constabulary did was both avoidable and unnecessary . unnecessary. >> tax cuts and welfare reforms are expected to be announced by the chancellor tomorrow. jeremy hunts autumn statement is expected to bring changes to benefits which could see those with mental health or mobility problems told to look for work . problems told to look for work. reports suggest that benefits could be cut by more than £4,000

a year for some people . chief a year for some people. chief secretary to the treasury laura trott told gb news. the prime minister is making the right decisions for the country. >> the prime minister and chancellor have taken some really difficult decisions in the last year, which has meant that inflation has now halved. it's a 4.6. that is great news for everybody at home who we know have been struggling with the cost of living. and it means now the chancellor is focusing tomorrow growing the economy, tomorrow on growing the economy, making increasing making sure we are increasing the amount of supply side capacity. that's the amount that we can produce in this country. and a part that is path and a part of that is a path to lower taxes we how lower taxes because we know how important everybody important that is to everybody sitting school holidays sitting at home. school holidays in wales may be shortened under proposals put forward by the government. >> welsh education minister jeremy miles says long summer breaks can be a strain on families with disadvantaged students suffering from a loss of learning . a consultation of learning. a consultation opens today on altering the term calendar . it opens today on altering the term calendar. it could opens today on altering the term calendar . it could see the calendar. it could see the summer holiday shorter and with the addition of a new two week

autumn break. the association of head teachers says it's bewildered by the plan and that no evidence has been presented to show how it would benefit young people . this is gb news young people. this is gb news across the uk on tv , on your across the uk on tv, on your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> very good morning. it is 1106. thank you for joining >> very good morning. it is 1106. thank you forjoining us 1106. thank you for joining us this morning. you've been getting in touch. fiona has said , why do we accept excuses for failures in the police, the nhs and education? these institutions are not performing for public and yet they have for the public and yet they have no impacting gender, no problems impacting gender, ideology values. ideology and woke values. this has a lot of has to be questioned. a lot of you calling for to king you calling for nigel to be king of the jungle. you know you're doing right. when ant doing something right. when ant and dec take the mickey out of you and peter. looking forward to statement to the autumn statement tomorrow. who do the tomorrow. he said, who do the tories think they are kidding? their was just fill their taxation was just to fill their got global

their coffers. we've got global supply side inflation. exactly and higher taxation interest and higher taxation and interest rates one make no rates in one economy make no difference . where is food? food difference. where is food? food inflation now, instead of slowing down the buying of non—essential items, people have struggled for struggled just to pay for essentials. businesses are providing non—essential services they've closed with their they've now closed with their staff unemployment. staff facing unemployment. the economy is worse than it economy is now worse than it could been. what tories success? >> well, let's go back to that conservative move to the autumn statement today, 106 conservative mps, they are part of the one nation caucus of unveiled a vision for what they believe will help create a fairer and more dynamic britain. the report's called boosting growth . growth. >> it forward policies for >> it puts forward policies for the autumn statement and provides framework for an provides a framework for an electoral strategy for the prime minister. >> one of those members of that group richard graham, who's group is richard graham, who's the tory for gloucester, the tory mp for gloucester, richard to richard graham, good morning to you . can you me out here? you. can you help me out here? one the things you're calling one of the things you're calling for is rebate bouncing tax rates. so all income is taxed the same regardless of source. that's that simplifies the tax system. what does it mean in

effect ? effect? >> well, you'll remember so well that during the pandemic we had a situation where people were able to apply for furlough. but what we discovered was that quite a lot of small business owners were in fact, paying themselves through dividends rather than paying themselves a salary and then using dividends as a return on equity of the business. and that meant a distortion in how people were paying distortion in how people were paying themselves. it was being done purely in order to pay a lower tax rate. so one way of avoiding all that and making things simpler and easier would be taxation at the same rate . be taxation at the same rate. whatever the source of the income , simpler and easier income, simpler and easier unless you pay yourself by dividend because then you're presumably paying more tax . yes, presumably paying more tax. yes, but the whole point of having a small business, just like my father's small business, is that you should pay yourself a salary which rewards the work you're doing. and then dividends are a way of rewarding the return on equity, i.e. the profitability of the company, which will go up and down. you shouldn't be just

using as means to lower using that as a means to lower tax, it's also an indication tax, but it's also an indication of how are working as a of how hard you are working as a business . no, not business owner. no, not necessarily , because the return . necessarily, because the return. have we lost richard ? have we lost richard? >> i think we've lost him. >> i think we've lost him. >> that's very irritating . we'll >> that's very irritating. we'll try and get him back because he's got quite some quite is the one nation caucus. >> are mean they are >> they are they mean they are centrist as opposed the old centrist as opposed to the old thatcherite . thatcherite. >> right. you might even say on the there like the left there are people like damian member. in damian green is a member. in fact, are on the left of fact, they are on the left of the conservative party, but they call one nation. call themselves one nation. it's the of the michael heseltine wing of the michael heseltine wing of the , left the the tory party, the left of the current party, current conservative party, michael in current conservative party, mic conservative in current conservative party, mic conservative party in current conservative party, mic conservative party anymore . the conservative party anymore. i don't think we're going to talk hope, of course, talk to chris hope, of course, who is our political who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin is our political who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin downinglitical who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin downing street who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin downing street . who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin downing street . i who talk to chris hope, of course, wiin downing street . i thinkio is in downing street. i think chris, this time tomorrow, i think. what time do we actually get the chancellor on his feet ? get the chancellor on his feet? >> about 1230 tomorrow. this time tomorrow, the cabinet will be breaking up. >> they end their meeting at 10:30. they will approve what's

in the autumn statement. i think so for the show. my shoulder number 11 downing street. you'll have chancellor, hunt have the chancellor, jeremy hunt walking out there and he won't be holding his red box. that's, of course, for the spring budget . he'll simply be leaving behind me and going off to prime minister's questions. and then this moment for and what this big moment for him and what what me, what what they're saying to me, what we'll getting clear we'll be getting very clear messages the treasury messages here from the treasury is this thatcherite is they've got this thatcherite view this period of rishi view of this period of rishi sunak as prime minister. they've worked on cutting inflation as thatcher did in the early 80s. andrew and bev, as you remember. andrew and bev, as you remember. and now come the tax cuts. but they've to not they've been very careful to not cut try and force up cut taxes to try and force up inflation because they have now got inflation to a level got inflation down to a level where rises now beating where pay rises are now beating inflation, which they're people they'll they've they'll be happy with. they've got today from got some big support today from their borrowed less than they thought 17 billion thought they would, 17 billion less they thought less than they thought they would year. that's would earlier this year. that's what headroom that gives what we call headroom that gives a for the chancellor to a chance for the chancellor to cut taxes if they want. there's talk today of the government bringing stick, more

bringing a tougher stick, more than less than a carrot for those on benefits. get more people who aren't working back into lose as into work. they could lose as much as £4,700 by 2025 if they don't try and find work that's causing concern from left more left wing leaning tory mps like stephen mcpartland. they don't want the carrot to be too strong. but i think for a lot of viewers in tomorrow, we're looking forward what what's looking forward into what what's in it for them? it looks like in pension, the state pension will go pension, the state pension will 9° up pension, the state pension will 90 ”p by pension, the state pension will go up by around 8.5. that's the triple lock coming to force. then that's a big increase and a big there for people who big boost there for people who are pensioners and benefits could rise by 6.7, not the 4.6, which is the october rate. the chancellor had a choice to choose different rates of inflation. he's choosing september being more generous. we could have saved 3 billion by not doing that elsewhere. the tax big headlines tax cuts, the big headlines tomorrow be about tax cuts. tomorrow will be about tax cuts. maybe insurance maybe national insurance could come down. that's that's charged at of earnings or 2% for the at 12% of earnings or 2% for the higher rate. so that could come down and that could be quite

interesting. i think, for many people we into the people as we look into the spnng people as we look into the spring budget, more spring budget, when more tax cuts so cuts might happen. so here's this i think, mr this chance. i think, for mr sunak try get those polls sunak to try and get those polls motoring back in his direction. he stuck he still 20 points behind, stuck there for the past year. everything he's done hasn't worked. david cameron is going back to the cabinet, hasn't worked. the small set back worked. the small boats set back hasn't he do hasn't worked. he needs to do something. out what something. we'll find out what it tomorrow , see what happens it is tomorrow, see what happens after the autumn statement. >> do the tax changes have to then be voted through the commons ? and if so, does that commons? and if so, does that create a challenge for the labour party ? will they dare to labour party? will they dare to vote against them or abstain? or will vote in favour of will they vote in favour of them? yes >> well, the big question for laboun >> well, the big question for labour, which will be put, i think almost certainly put by the and by his chancellor the pm and by his chancellor tomorrow labour tomorrow, is what would labour do? we are looking into an election year. would labour support the tax cuts put forward by mr hunt? now i'm old enough to remember september last year andrew and bev when the labour did say they would support the

one p cut in income tax which was pushed put forward by kwasi kwarteng. so and then for a penod kwarteng. so and then for a period when the tories reversed that labour were still going to cut taxes, which which was shows how topsy turvy the world was in westminster time last year. westminster this time last year. i try and they i think they will try and they will and go with what the will try and go with what the tory plans are. they won't want to the horses. to try and do scare the horses. they try and reassure they want to try and reassure middle england that they will reward with tax cuts. reward hard work with tax cuts. okay >> interesting. all right. that's chris who our that's chris who is our political westminster . political editor in westminster. course, we will have live coverage autumn coverage of that autumn statement tomorrow . and i think statement tomorrow. and i think they do have to nail down if they've got the authority, if they've got the authority, if they can do it straight away, do it now. why have we got to wait till april? >> well, let's go back , if we >> well, let's go back, if we can, to richard graham, conservative mp, are you there, richard , on that issue? richard, on that issue? thank you. sorry blooming technology. one of our viewers, his messaged in john on that issue and he said, conservative all said, i voted conservative all my . this is the final straw my life. this is the final straw that the chancellor is considering income tax considering to cut income tax but not not until the next

financial year. what a buffoon . financial year. what a buffoon. i'm done with the conservatives. i'd rather not vote that very much sums up the mood of a lot of viewers this morning . of our viewers this morning. >> well, we'll have to see what jeremy hunt announces tomorrow, but i suspect that there will be some encouraging tax cuts for business owners, whether it's 100% expensing or other means to reduce the costs of business, grow the economy, deliver more jobs. you've heard from chris there . the likely good news for there. the likely good news for both pensioners and those on benefits . so i think there will benefits. so i think there will benefits. so i think there will be something for everyone in this autumn statement and i'd think your viewer understand , be think your viewer understand, be frustrated. of course, you know , frustrated. of course, you know, everyone is frustrated. we'd all like to see the economy growing faster and stronger and all sorts of other things happening. but you know, when you've got very difficult problems to deal with, they do take time to work through. inflation is now down considerably. and i think hopefully this autumn statement will give all our supporters a more reasons as to why they will

prefer to vote conservative rather than risk a huge amount of instability. and no doubt more taxes with a labour government that would inevitably borrow much more . borrow much more. >> i think people are going to be confused watching this, richard, because we have the autumn statement. we get these tax cuts announced tomorrow and then a then we're going to have a budget march and presumably budget in march and presumably they're to tax they're going to be more tax cuts do we need cuts announced. why do we need to we just get the to why don't we just get the whole thing done tomorrow and bnng bring them in immediately if there headroom, £25 there is this headroom, £25 billion extra, they found, which we haven't spent, why can't they do it straight away ? do it straight away? >> well, you've got to give people some notice of changes. they can't just come in overnight. and the practice is always been separate, if you like. departmental spending from some of the other aspects of the budget that will come in the spring. so i think we will get most of the story today and then the date at which certain things happen will vary according to what they are, but for example, changes to pensions and so on

have to come in with the tax year. yeah >> what do you as a one nation group particularly want to see come out of this autumn statement tomorrow? richard well, there are 2 or 3 things that we've called for, one of which is for those who are first time buyers to be able to access their savings for the their pension savings for the deposits, that i think that could be important stimulus could be an important stimulus to house buying and to young people in particular. >> we've also want to see a rationalisation of the vat being charged on electric vehicle charging points have the same rate at home as with the public spots. and then there are 1 or 2 other detailed things about second homes, which are particularly affect parts of the country like the south—west, where you've got a lot of second home owners crowding home owners and a crowding out feeling of the locals feeling for some of the locals who are finding house prices very expensive. so there are there's sort of small there's a sort of small selection of stuff in there. but this is about trying find selection of stuff in there. but this iof about trying find selection of stuff in there. but this iof growtht trying find selection of stuff in there. but this iof growth without find selection of stuff in there. but this iof growth without always ways of growth without always just simply asking for more money from the public purse. >> forgive me, richard, but that

sounds like tinker ing around the edges with some rather niche issues there. do you know how many young people have a pension that they could tap into to get on the property ladder? >> well, if you look at the new pension that we introduced almost a decade ago , there is almost a decade ago, there is a huge take up of people of all ages available through the workplace. and it's a case of whether being able to access that in order to buy your pay for the deposit on your first home, as well as using it later in life for a pension is something that will be helpful. so accessing a small percentage of that for your deposit could be very helpful. these are modest ideas. i agree . but the modest ideas. i agree. but the bigger one on the 100% expensing for businesses is a big deal and could be a game changer i think for small and medium sized businesses. >> and what about vat? >> and what about vat? >> the threshold on vat for small businesses? it hasn't been raised for years, richard. it's gone. it's fallen way behind .

gone. it's fallen way behind. and, well , that's probably, if and, well, that's probably, if you like , a benefit for some you like, a benefit for some micro businesses . micro businesses. >> but if you mean that it should have gone from 85,000 upward with inflation over time, you can make the case for that . you can make the case for that. whether that would have quite the same effect on growth. i don't know. my youngest son is a sole trader with the vat limit that would mean that he would change into a small business, but he's not really employing anyone else at the moment. so i don't think we have the same effect on employment . effect on employment. >> there's just back to >> there's just getting back to this young people can this idea that young people can access their pensions isn't the solution young people solution open to young people not being able to get on the housing ladder, building more houses and making councils give more land or give more planning permission, at least for people who've got application in to build new houses. who've got application in to build new houses . because if build new houses. because if you're a young person and you're quite proud of the fact that you've been putting money into your because you're

your pension pot because you're planning years from now, planning for 40 years from now, you're encouraging them to you're now encouraging them to rip investment , you're now encouraging them to rip investment, which rip up that investment, which seems messaging seems slightly mixed messaging about how meant to plan about how we're meant to plan for future. well for our financial future. well no, because the proposal is to be able to access 25% of the savings , which should be enough savings, which should be enough for most people around the age of between 30 and 35 to be able to pay the deposit on their first home. >> that is limited to 25% of what they'd say. it's not going to be enough. >> it's staggering, isn't it, though, richard, really, that so many people between the of many people between the age of 30 to 35 don't own their own home? now, when i bought my 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, ', when i bought my 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, richardi bought my 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, richard ,bought my 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, richard , back|t my 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, richard , back inny 30 to 35 don't own their own hom home, richard , back in the first home, richard, back in the early 80s, when i was 19 on and i wasn't alone, many people did . i wasn't alone, many people did. i wasn't alone, many people did. i mean, the tories have really lost their way as what mrs. thatcher famously called the property owning democracy . property owning democracy. >> well, if you were able to buy your first home at 19 and that probably wasn't from savings or equny probably wasn't from savings or equity that you built up through your own business, was your own business, that was probably of mum and dad probably bank of mum and dad wasn't at. here is, is

wasn't looking at. here is, is more like a situation in continental europe where people are having to save for longer. but of course it also gives them more flexibility in where they live when they're young, if they're moving around from workplace to workplace. so it's a bit of a mixed story, but you're right the you're absolutely right in the sense we to do more sense that we do need to do more to enable young people get on to enable young people to get on the and that's the property ladder, and that's specifically what this proposal should with. specifically what this proposal should right.nith. >> all right. >> all right. >> all right. >> all right, richard , just >> all right, richard, just i think we might have one more question for you. want to know question for you. i want to know how how it feels part of how how it feels to be part of the party at the the conservative party at the moment. part of this this moment. you're part of this this particular one caucus. particular one nation caucus. you've side. you've got the other side. you've got the other side. you've of new you've got the sort of new conservatives jacob conservatives with the jacob rees—mogg crowd, with miriam cates who are talking cates, people who are talking quite messages . how quite different messages. how divided conservative divided is the conservative party? that election is party? because that election is hurtling towards you and it's not looking good you at not looking very good for you at the moment . the moment. >> listen, the conservative party, as we all know, has always been a very broad church. if can bill cash , ken if you can have bill cash, ken clarke same party, clarke in the same party, talking amicably with very different views on europe for the best part of a a

the best part of a half a century, everything is century, then everything is possible. people like danny are very good friend of mine. the idea that everyone is caricatured camp or caricatured into one camp or another is for the fairies. we all share lots of things in common. that's why we're conservative. we may have different views on some aspects of that's exactly of policy, and that's exactly what a broad church party should be. >> one more question what are you conserving? what is the conservative party conserving family life ? if low taxes house family life? if low taxes house buying business owners ? i can't buying business owners? i can't see any more what you're trying hard to retain as the conservative party, the reason why the conservative party is the most successful political party in history is precisely because we continue to adapt to circumstances as they evolve. >> we have to deal with the world as it is. i'm a strong believer in multicultural cohesion in a diverse city like my own constituency of gloucester. there will be other people in the countryside who will be more focussed on traditional conservation of buildings, heritage, countryside , wildlife, you name it. so

everyone will have a slightly different approach according to what part of the country they live in. but the success of the conservatives is because we adapt to deal with crises , adapt to deal with crises, whether they're inflation. ukraine pandemic, get through them and move the country forward afterwards. >> okay, i appreciate your time this morning, richard. enormously. richard graham there, conservative mp for gloucester . gloucester. >> for gloucester. for the record , there was no bank of mum record, there was no bank of mum and dad when i bought my first house at age 19. >> i was not. »- >> i was not. >> know how old you are? >> know how old you are? >> well, was working on a >> well, i was working on a local but when i was in local paper, but when i was in my i got job at my sixth form i got a job at sainsbury's. i was selling flogging tickets, lottery tickets for swindon town football worked at football club, and i worked at the i'd the local greengrocer, so i'd saved saved a bit saved some money, saved a bit when working on first when i was working on my first local paper. you didn't need local paper. and you didn't need a budget because the house a huge budget because the house only £19,000. only cost £19,000. >> didn't understand >> you didn't really understand that. no. that. a terraced house? no no. >> you >> and i don't think you understood question about understood the question about what party is conserving. >> i don't think family was >> i don't think my family was ever of mum and my ever the bank of mum and dad. my parents lived. brought up parents lived. i was brought up in council house and mum

in a council house and my mum lived for 59 years and she lived in it for 59 years and she loved so to come, loved it too. so still to come, what day to day looked what has day to day life looked like birmingham like for people in birmingham since the council went bankrupt? >> do remember if >> do you remember that if you've affected, us you've been affected, email us and council and let us know. another council has as well. has gone bankrupt as well. now you britain's newsroom you are with britain's newsroom on

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newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, bev turner. >> well, following the declaration of bankruptcy by birmingham city council, i'm afraid people live there are afraid people who live there are noticing some pretty poor changes life because of changes in their life because of the deteriorating the council's deteriorating deteriorate eating ability to keep maintaining services. >> so reporter jack carson >> so our reporter jack carson has been in birmingham talking to as . hello, jack . to the locals as. hello, jack. how difficult has life become down there? i mean, most of us, even we've got functioning councils notice that the streets look a bit of a mess at the moment. the bins in the parks are never emptied. is it worse in birmingham now ? in birmingham now? >> well, essentially the situation here in birmingham is that this city is very much still in this kind of this kind of limbo, because since they declared that section 104, nofice declared that section 104, notice effectively declaring themselves over that, themselves bankrupt over that, of course, equal pay liability of course, equal pay liability of more than £700 million dating back to a supreme court case in 2012, essentially , this council 2012, essentially, this council still has not put together a fully fledged financial plan as to how they're going to cut, cut

their costs and, of course, make up over the next two financial years, as it was revealed earlier this month, over £200 million, pounds. and so the commissioners, of course, of the government, michael gove, of course, the department for levelling up, sent the commissioners into this council to oversee, course, the to oversee, of course, the running of financially. and to oversee, of course, the runnirdecision financially. and to oversee, of course, the runnirdecision that|ancially. and to oversee, of course, the runnirdecision that theyilly. and to oversee, of course, the runnirdecision that they make 1d every decision that they make here now scrutinised here is now scrutinised financially, but they still haven't put together a financial plan of what exactly it is they're going to cut. of course, statutory services of statutory services are one of those that remain . those things that will remain. so things adult social so things like adult social care, like waste care, things like waste collection will still , of collection will still, of course, happen. possibly, maybe at a little bit less of a less of a regular rate. but of course, it's also possibly the selling assets . i spoke selling off as assets. i spoke to jeevan jones from save birmingham, campaigning birmingham, who was campaigning to the to try and save some of the buildings sold off buildings from being sold off from our perspective, the people of birmingham didn't cause the problems birmingham city problems at birmingham city council therefore they council and therefore they shouldn't facing the shouldn't be the ones facing the consequences community places that people will use matter a

lot . lot. >> they range from allotments , >> they range from allotments, open spaces, parks , leisure open spaces, parks, leisure centres, library, swimming pools, all kinds of things they use every day. we don't want the people birmingham to lose people of birmingham to lose them decisions they them due to decisions that they didn't launched didn't make. since we launched the only a few weeks the campaign, only a few weeks ago, had 1000 ago, we've had over 1000 residents nominating residents sign up nominating hundreds of places, and last week got unprecedented week we got unprecedented cross—party support for the campaign. that we now campaign. that means that we now have the opportunity to work with with the with the council, with the commissioners, develop commissioners, to develop community protect community solutions that protect our community places maybe our community places and maybe actually . to actually improve them. to >> yes. so she heard there from some of the lists that jeevan was was saying it's things like leisure centres, parks , all of leisure centres, parks, all of these things that maybe the community doesn't necessarily isn't a community, isn't necessary to a community, but it reaches a community both culturally and of course for all kinds of different things, whether taking your kids to whether it's taking your kids to the park, whether it's going to the park, whether it's going to the this, the park, whether it's going to the these this, the park, whether it's going to thethese assets this, the park, whether it's going to thethese assets that this, the park, whether it's going to thethese assets that the1is, all these assets that the council owns, there concerns council owns, there are concerns that could be sold off a that they could be sold off in a quick to raise that quick fire sale to raise that £200 million that going £200 million that they're going to that deficit to need to bridge that deficit gap the next couple of

gap over the next couple of years. news years. and of course, the news today well today that nottingham could well be going bankrupt because it's got a £23 financial gap be going bankrupt because it's got for23 financial gap be going bankrupt because it's got for this financial gap be going bankrupt because it's got for this year financial gap be going bankrupt because it's got for this year alone. :ial gap be going bankrupt because it's got for this year alone. it'sgap just for this year alone. it's bad news for councils across the country . country. >> well, that's our. thank you, jack . jack. >> and birmingham , when jack >> and in birmingham, when jack says the council is selling off its assets, hang on. who's assets are they? they're the people's assets. the community centres a really important part. sports centres, really important for unemployed, keeping people healthy . healthy. >> and the centre is not a luxury item for a community. a leisure centre with a swimming poolis leisure centre with a swimming pool is a vital part of keeping that local population mentally and physically . and physically. >> well, i wonder if they've reduced the workforce course. i wonder how many of the workforce work from home and i wonder how many if councillors have taken a reduction in pay. the office have taken outrageous just get in touch with us. >> if you live in birmingham and our second, are you noticing you know and you're noticing know exactly and you're noticing services and the services being cut and the provision in not being as good as it right. still to come as it was. right. still to come this awful story. this morning, awful story.

missing police and no missing teenagers, police and no doubt the parents are frantically concerned for four teenagers who went missing on sunday morning while on a snowdonia camping trip . we'll snowdonia camping trip. we'll have the latest . have the latest. >> anneliese. black friday, a scam? yes, according to the consumer group, which just 2% of black friday bargains are really legitimate. i'm not surprised. >> do you know that? >> do you know that? >> and much more after your morning's news sophia . morning's news with sophia. >> it's 1131. morning's news with sophia. >> it's1131. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom . i'm the in the newsroom. i'm the government's most senior medical adviser during the pandemic is giving evidence at the covid inquiry sir chris whitty told the inquiry that with the benefit of hindsight , the first benefit of hindsight, the first lockdown in march 2020 was a bit too late . he said he was too late. he said he was cautious about locking down the country in the early days of the pandemic due to its potential impact on disadvantaged people and those living alone .

and those living alone. >> one of the problems i had in thinking this through was i thinking this through was i think some people were thinking that this was just a matter of getting through a few weeks and then we're out and then it's all fine. my view is you had to think this the course think about this over the course of epidemic as a whole, and of the epidemic as a whole, and that was clearly going to go on for a lot longer , hence why we for a lot longer, hence why we put much emphasis , for put so much emphasis, for example, research. my is example, on research. my view is that that were that always is that you were only going to get to a situation that always is that you were you would not have to consider npis for the sake of argument at once. you'd got medical countermeasures . the leader of countermeasures. the leader of the hamas terror group says a deal for what he calls a truce with israel is close to being agreed . agreed. >> the group's leader, who is based in qatar, released a statement this morning raising hopes of a pause in the fighting . are said to be . negotiations are said to be centring on how long the truce may last and details of a prisoner exchange that could see the release of israeli hostages. israel not commented on the israel has not commented on the reports, however israel has not commented on the

joe biden says israel has not commented on the reports, however . us president reports, however. us president joe biden says a deal is close reports, however. us president a search is underway for four young men henderson and hugo morris haven't been accounted for since sunday morning. they were last seen in a silver ford fiesta as they headed off on a camping trip in the snowdonia area. nonh trip in the snowdonia area. north wales police is appealing for anyone with information to contact them . and you can get contact them. and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . for exclusive gb news.com. for exclusive limited gbnews.com. for exclusive limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy i >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . and here's a quick report. and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 1.25, three, $4 and ,1.1453. the price of gold . is £1,585.82 per ounce.

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>> so you've got to be smart to be prime minister, right? well, you'd so. yesterday the you'd hope so. yesterday the former scientific adviser, former chief scientific adviser, patrick to the patrick vallance, relayed to the covid about how boris covid inquiry about how boris johnson difficult, johnson found it difficult, apparently what apparently to understand what was on. was going on. >> certainly when i left a meeting, i would i would meeting, i would be i would usually be persuaded that we had got him understand what it got him to understand what it was. trying say . but was. we were trying to say. but as one of the extracts showed, that you put up there that six hours later he might not have remembered what was what was in that presentation . i don't care. that presentation. i don't care. >> i don't care how intelligent bons >> i don't care how intelligent boris johnson is . boris johnson is. >> but he is very clever. he's got a blooming honours degree in the classics from oxford now , the classics from oxford now, tonya and nigel. >> but i think we've got to break this up, guys. unfortunately, we're just about to having party to start having a party here. we're a royal we're expecting a royal arrival at mall moment now . so at the mall any moment now. so there charles queen there are king charles and queen camilla that is the mall camilla that that is the mall outside buckingham palace. this is because there's a visit by the president of south korea.

>> and on a state visit, you will see the flag of the country . the national flag will be flying the korean so flying the south korean flag. so that's the king and queen arriving buckingham palace arriving at buckingham palace because because because the because the because because the president of south korea, who's here on a state visit, the first one for the king here since the coronation, they are going to sign a trade deal later today . sign a trade deal later today. thatis sign a trade deal later today. that is the point of it, really. kemi badenoch is going to sign the trade deal. we did talk to the trade deal. we did talk to the trade deal. we did talk to the trade minister, didn't we, guy hands tried to him the trade minister, didn't we, guputands tried to him the trade minister, didn't we, guput ads tried to him the trade minister, didn't we, guput a figure tried to him the trade minister, didn't we, guput a figure on ed to him the trade minister, didn't we, guput a figure on what him the trade minister, didn't we, guput a figure on what it him the trade minister, didn't we, guput a figure on what it wasn to put a figure on what it was worth and said worth the trade to and he said it was going to be about greg hands >> he was very excited about david cameron going there. david cameron going into there. our new foreign our new our new foreign secretary course secretary because of course he'll parade. secretary because of course he'ithere'll parade. secretary because of course he'ithere'll para ie. secretary because of course he'ithere'll para number of very >> there'll be a number of very senior cabinet will senior cabinet ministers will be involved. state involved. there'll be a state banquet at buckingham banquet tonight at buckingham palace, a grand palace, as it's always a grand affair. out the affair. and they get out the best crockery that. best crockery for that. >> bet do . >> i bet they do. >> i bet they do. >> very smart. >> very smart. >> so that's the president of south korea, excellency yoon south korea, his excellency yoon suk accompanied his suk yeol, accompanied by his wife, kim hee. and wife, mrs. kim kyung hee. and they expected arrive for they are expected to arrive for a visit any minute now. a state visit any minute now. yeah, . right. shall we go

yeah, tanya. right. shall we go back to what we were discussing about the covid inquiry >> tanya? yes. >> tanya? yes. >> i mean, i mean, i don't, you know, i shake when we start discussing the covid inquiry. i mean, when i speak people mean, when i speak to people like think that like nigel who still think that think did think that lockdowns did anything apart harm, anything apart from harm, it blows my mind. it blows away in a talking about a minute. you're talking about intelligent people. you were just saying, boris is intelligent. first his intelligent. he got first in his classics degree. but whatever it shows really shows you that it really intelligent people have become shows you that it really intellnumbinglye have become shows you that it really intellnumbingly stupid become shows you that it really intell numbingly stupid just)me shows you that it really intell numbingly stupid just toe mind numbingly stupid just to hold on to their politics and their ideas. when we see that there is no way that lockdowns were good for us, they were so bad. i mean, we it's funny bad. i mean, we had it's funny because was just watching because i was just watching a clip of vallance on the bbc ten days we locked down, days before we locked down, talking about the fact that this is a virus. we just need to is a virus. you we just need to protect those are elderly, protect those that are elderly, mild symptoms , mild flu mild flu like symptoms, mild flu like symptoms. we need to get herd immunity in the young and just after old off just look after the old and off we days later, was an we go. ten days later, it was an about was that about? about turn. what was that about? why did that happen? about turn. what was that about? wh'andi that happen? about turn. what was that about? wh'and they happen? about turn. what was that about? wh'and they aren't�*n? about turn. what was that about? wh'and they aren't asking in >> and they aren't asking in other think other countries, don't you think that's what it was? >> too? because in italy it >> me too? because in italy it

was locking down other countries, they panicked. countries, so they panicked. yeah, think happened. >> these intelligent >> how dare these intelligent people panic? they? people panic? how dare they? >> what patrick vallance said yesterday the lockdown yesterday was that the lockdown should have place a week should have taken place a week earlier. rubbish. earlier. oh, rubbish. >> nigel. that would have made a blind difference was blind bit of difference was the feeling time the feeling at the time and the french from the chinese communist party. french from the chinese con exactly. party. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> well, from french >> well, from the french actually, french actually, because the french locked down a week early because of chinese communist party. of the chinese communist party. >> yes. >> yes. >> well , i >> yes. >> well, i don't think because. because because they because of that. because they were because infections were then doubling every three days. and there was infections. >> and we know that we know that these the recording of these infections and everything was really whiff. didn't really skew whiff. it didn't made difference. it wasn't made no difference. it wasn't people dying. and that was true. >> e- e point was, e—n >> but the point was, the only interventions we had, the only interventions we had at that time were lockdowns, social distance , seeing and masks, distance, seeing and masks, masks. obviously arguably where they did any good or they did at all. >> but let's be truthful. if we had social media and had didn't have social media and we have gone for this we hadn't have gone for this phase, would we have even noficed phase, would we have even noticed bad flus noticed we've had bad flus before that happened was noticed we've had bad flus befo people that happened was noticed we've had bad flus befo people said,at happened was noticed we've had bad flus befo people said,at hapyes,ed was

noticed we've had bad flus befo people said,at hapyes, we /as that people said, well, yes, we would 230,000 people. no, would die of 230,000 people. no, that not correct. we that figure is not correct. we 230,000 had covid on 230,000 people had covid on their death certificates. >> yes, 77 covid my mother in law who died of cancer, they tried to put covid on her death certificate. >> but we know there's lots of lies going on there. >> an underlying >> had it as an underlying cause, which means the cause, which means it was the main for the main cause of death for the majority of those people. >> give the actual ons >> no give you the actual ons statistics that. know, statistics on that. as you know, nigel nelson, sure an area nigel nelson, i'm sure an area in i have spent huge in which i have spent a huge amount being a complete amount of time being a complete girly swot, only 0.4% of covid deaths were listed as having covid as their only code on their death certificate. the ons own assessment is that in summer 2020, 16,000 excess deaths were non covid 18 to 21,000. excess deaths were covid. there's been hundreds of meta analyses now that prove that the idiocy and the non scientific logic behind locking people up means it must never happen again. this inquiry. what is so frustrating is that they aren't even discussing whether lockdowns

should ever have happened in the first place. >> that's the main thing is why aren't asking vallance was aren't they asking vallance was was response justified in was the response justified in the place? well, that's the first place? well, that's what we need to understand. >> today will be >> whitty we know today will be saying shouldn't have saying that we shouldn't have locked down anything like as soon as did. that's right at all. >> i mean, the scientists didn't actually each actually always agree with each other, bit like other, were a bit like economists or politicians. they don't our don't necessarily impact on our mental and especially on mental health and especially on kids. a different kids. everybody had a different kind there. so chris kind of function there. so chris is overall is function was the overall health of the public. yeah. so health of the public. yeah. so he was taking into account all those other things . you know, those other things. you know, what would be the effect on on as mentions, cancer as tonya mentions, cancer patients mental mental patients, mental health, mental health on. and rishi health and so on. and rishi sunak was concerned about the economy was not not was not economy was not not not was not concerned about health. the health secretary was concerned about about decent figures for him. i mean, he obviously just depends on where you are and what your responsibilities are. >> but it irrelevant that patrick vallance has £600,000 worth of shares in glaxosmithkline and then was put head of the vaccine taskforce . head of the vaccine taskforce. >> well, i think it's

>> i think. well, i think it's irrelevant. yes >> they asking him? >> why aren't they asking him? >> why aren't they asking him? >> may. they well >> well, they may. they may well do. but have you do. they haven't. but have you seen a future a future occasion raised? >> f- raised? >> didn't challenge him raised? >>to didn't challenge him raised? >>to whetheridn't challenge him raised? >>to whether itn't challenge him raised? >>to whether it washallenge him appropriate. >> it was taken as credibility. they're positions they're taking these positions when these when these contributors to this covid inquiry are asked to set out who they they take a fact like they are, they take a fact like i was a you know, a shareholder in glaxo. oh, that's that's really nice. thank you. mr mr vallance for that detail. where is follow up question? did is your follow up question? did that decision that affect your decision to lock to recommend lock people up to recommend lockdown because the solution to lockdown because the solution to lockdown was going to be a jab in arm? a vested in your arm? and he had a vested interest. aren't they asking interest. why aren't they asking those questions? >> to actually the >> we go back to actually the timeline when first timeline that when we first locked there was no jab in locked down, there was no jab in the arm. we didn't know at that point how long it would take to develop let's develop a vaccine. but let's be honest we we've got we honest, if we if we've got we know what's happened and we're moving forward now. >> if lockdowns were >> so if lockdowns were necessary, why is sweden not a tune know, why it why not tune you know, why is it why not just graveyard where they just a graveyard where they didn't down, why we need to didn't lock down, why we need to go back the of why go back to the reasons of why they well, they locked down? well, that's they locked down? well, that's the point. did the power

the point. why did the power go to know. know to the head? we know. we know now things rule of six were now things like rule of six were straight up nonsense. oh, yeah. so nonsense. straight up nonsense. oh, yeah. so yes. nonsense. >> yes. >> yes. >> should be on 5 should be on trial. >> yes. >> your should be on trial. >> yes. >> your system be on trial. >> yes. >> your system was»n trial. >> yes. >> your system was nonsense. >> your system was nonsense. >> be trial for >> they should be on trial for frightening the nation. the damage they did damage that they did psychologically, legislation. damage that they did psychologiciabout gislation. damage that they did psychologic.’ about gislatthe never mind about what the lockdowns fear lockdowns did, but this fear mongering, was mongering, this excess fear was that it? when you that coffee worth it? when you go should be trial go out, they should be on trial for regardless for that. well, but regardless whether on trial, whether they should be on trial, the of the inquiry so the point of the inquiry is so we make same mistakes, we don't make the same mistakes, but not asking the right but they're not asking the right questions to stop from questions to stop that from happening. questions to stop that from happeyoul. questions to stop that from happeyou if the question is >> if you if the question is over lockdown, nothing over lockdown, there was nothing else in our armoury at the time to deal with it. no, we didn't. >> but this didn't deal with it. >> but this didn't deal with it. >> been on since the >> i've been going on since the black death of 700 years ago dunng black death of 700 years ago during black death. during the black death. >> not have health >> they did not have health because dropping >> they did not have health becau black dropping >> they did not have health becau black death dropping >> they did not have health becau black death . dropping dead. black death. >> seriously saying that >> are we seriously saying that our strategy be our health strategy should be based for medieval ? based on something for medieval? >> how little things >> it shows how little things have . were still have developed. so we were still stuck kind of stuck with the same kind of mitigations they had in medieval times. they covered themselves up. they socially distanced . up. they socially distanced. they didn't call it those during that period people, but during

that period people, but during that were dropping that period people were dropping down dead in streets that down dead in the streets that was with covid. was not happening with covid. >> it was it was fearmongering. >> it was it was fearmongering. >> the dead wheelbarrows, if >> the dead in wheelbarrows, if you thank you. during you remember. thank you. during the just to be clear, the during the just to be clear, the during the just to be clear, the black death . the black death. >> during the black death. so dunng >> during the black death. so during covid, that wasn't happening. it was a fear mongering. it was completely wrong. being wrong. questions are not being asked in order to make sure this never happens didn't never happens again. we didn't know how serious might be. know how serious it might be. >> number 10, we're doing things like working where put like working out where to put mass graves as they were thinking about could they hire ice fear mongering as ice rinks, fear mongering as morgues because they didn't know on false models, early days, nobody actually knew what we were facing. nobody actually knew what we were f.why . nobody actually knew what we were f.why were we making such >> so why were we making such a drastic decisions? why were we putting things need mass putting things like we need mass morgues? putting things like we need mass mo because we might done no. >> based on who? based on what. the chinese communist party wants do bring down the wants to do to bring down the west. you think about that, west. if you think about that, based we didn't based on a virus we didn't understand, didn't how understand, we didn't know how serious understand about serious we understand about people were dying. >> know how many we >> we didn't know how many we had the imperial college report that said are actually

that said we are not actually going to take on imperial college modelling. >> we are not we are not because everything they say is completely wrong. >> modelling, modelling, fear mongering >> modelling, modelling, fear mongerin modelling a pandemic response. >> it's a warning what might have doing a decade. have been doing for a decade. >> we looked at pandemic >> we looked at our pandemic response. this is what we'll do if have pandemic and they if we have a pandemic and they tore it up and threw it out the window and we are suffering the consequences that. window and we are suffering the conspeople es that. window and we are suffering the conspeople that that. window and we are suffering the conspeople that up that. window and we are suffering the conspeople that up ourat. the people that tore up our pandemic response that had pandemic response that we had studied, we had brilliant minds studying, deciding how we do this was thrown away. the people that decided to throw that away need on trial. would you need to be on trial. would you put them on a criminal trial? >> yes, i would. >> yes, i would. >> absolutely. i would. >> absolutely. i would. >> would say they were >> they would say they were doing >> they would say they were doiiyes. i think i think they >> yes. i think and i think they were. not suggesting were. and i'm not suggesting that made. that mistakes weren't made. mistakes made not just mistakes were made made not just by politicians, but by the by the politicians, but by the by the politicians, but by the by the politicians, but by the by the scientists to eat out to help out was completely mad . help out was completely mad. >> why so mad? >> why so mad? >> why so mad? >> why was that mad? why was it mad? mean , i did mad? okay. well, i mean, i did actually go out for an eat out to help out, but it had one meal because the whole thing was so

uncomfortable. but it was quite it was quite clearly a disease spreader to sit in a restaurant with a load of other people when there's an airborne virus , when there's an airborne virus, when there's an airborne virus, when the disease is going to spread . the disease is going to spread. >> what ever happened? nothing we going help we did is going to help out. that actually ridiculous to we did is going to help out. that peoplerally ridiculous to we did is going to help out. that peopleralloutside ous to we did is going to help out. that peopleralloutside andto we did is going to help out. that peopleralloutside and go, make people go outside and go, oh, you're just sticking to the disease. let's just forget about the first lockdown. you're picking on things because you know nigel know that you're wrong. nigel the is lockdowns the real thing is that lockdowns were completely incorrect. they were completely incorrect. they were way deal with were not the way to deal with this which this particular virus, which didn't hurt the young. you don't lock down healthy people. you care people that have care for people that have a virus and you guard them, but you lock inside their you don't lock inside their homes , healthy people, that this homes, healthy people, that this is harm. that is not going to harm. that was the there are two the mistake there are two fundamental issues , and once you fundamental issues, and once you understand those, we understand why it was overreaction and why it was an overreaction and why it was an overreaction and why need be why you didn't need to be frightened, your family i >> -- >> and it kind of breaks my heart about going heart thinking about you going out your to help the out for your burger to help the nafion out for your burger to help the nation and being nation and then being frightened. you were never at any of dying any significant risk of dying from and neither were from covid 19, and neither were

your . your family. >> well, i mean, i don't know. all do what i do know. all i do know is what i do know. >> i do know that restaurant and i could have the i could have given you the figures can give you them now >> and i can give you them now because the average age because what was the average age of death of? >> i know the average age of death elderly, what death was elderly, 82, what was it, 80 something. it, 82? it was 80 something. >> 83. >> 83. >> it was higher than average life expectancy. yes. and so this predominantly this was always predominantly a virus elderly. >> it but wasn't just >> it was. but it wasn't just old people who were being affected. again, go affected. and once again, i go back know at that back to we did not know at that stage we did what it might do, but we did. stage we did what it might do, butwe did. stage we did what it might do, butwe knew. stage we did what it might do, butand> and the infection fatality rate, i mean, we're talking in the inquiry about fact the covid inquiry about the fact that infection that they thought the infection fatality going to be 4. fatality rate was going to be 4. that's where neil ferguson got his a million going his half a million are going to be dead in six months from the imperial who imperial college, who have vested financial interests to come up with those sorts of figures. it wasn't the figures. and it wasn't the infection fatality rate for the vast majority of people was less than was proven now than 0.1. so it was proven now over slightly more over 70. it was slightly more potentially more lethal flu potentially more lethal than flu at time . at that time. >> you, and tanya seem >> but you, you and tanya seem to it's actually to think that it's actually rather flu or a bad cold or rather like flu or a bad cold or something like that . it is.

something like that. it is. >> it wasn't for the people who ended on ventilators and what ended up on ventilators and what killed them was. >> i get can i give you an >> can i get can i give you an example of that? people that don't allergies. don't have peanut allergies. okay, of peanuts . so okay, do not die of peanuts. so the whole point is, is that there people, there were certain people, a small people , the very small group of people, the very elderly, the morbidly obese. this is these are the people that we had to protect and need to be protected from covid. but the rest of the population did not need to worry. we're not going get rid of peanut going to get rid of peanut butter because there's a few people peanut people who can't eat peanut butter because they're to butter because they're going to die that's the point. die from it. that's the point. that's example was that's the example that was taken out of proportion. >> one of the people say one of the reasons johnson got so the reasons boris johnson got so sick, he 17 when he sick, wasn't he 17 stone when he was yes i and he's was taken? yes i mean, and he's smaller a smaller than me. yeah. he's a he's not very he's not a tall he's not a very he's not a tall man. >> e lifestyle. >> he's a lifestyle. >> he's a lifestyle. >> overweight , which >> not hugely overweight, which is why he almost was on a ventilator. >> yeah, but mean, there's >> yeah, but i mean, there's somebody who wasn't in his 80s. >> yeah, but but massively overweight. >> but an awful lot of people had other health conditions , had other health conditions, which meant they were under threat.

>> and i think that the reason the actually went along the nation actually went along with the restrictions that were imposed appear imposed on us is they did appear to because they to make sense. no because they were frightened witless by the psych that were that psych ops that were that were done upon us. >> but people are still suffering this feeling of anxiety sense. anxiety that makes sense. >> were things >> there were certain things that the that didn't. i mentioned the tier made no sense tier system that made no sense whatsoever. the rule of six made no whatsoever when it came no sense whatsoever when it came down. 10 pm. lockdown, social distance . distance. >> i can't even remember that you had to start to close restaurants and pubs. >> everyone had come at >> everyone had to come out at the same time at 10 and the same time at 10 pm. and leave everyone was leave was all everyone was forced together. >> so that's is that an >> so that's is that not an exact sign kind of men exact sign of kind of men letting to head letting power go to their head have gone crazy. >> and the rule of six i'd forgotten rule six people. >> just forget. yeah. quickly we forget. >> i don't forget. i remember every them. every one of them. >> and also, don't that >> and also, don't forget that that wave, the vast that very first wave, the vast majority the over 50% majority of the deaths, over 50% of that first of deaths, if not that first wave, 70. wave, is about 70. >> if i'm wrong, and >> correct me if i'm wrong, and they in care homes, those they were in care homes, those deaths elderly deaths and their elderly discussion about that discussion about whether that was the treatments that were administered under panicking

environments and treatments given they were elderly care homes, untested. >> was a matt hancock >> that was a matt hancock mistake would have killed mistake which would have killed between 20 and 40,000 people, all because they were untested coming out hospital and then coming out of hospital and then put care homes where covid put into care homes where covid spread and the treatments that they were given. >> i know that ventilation questions the questions to be asked about the treatments to treatments that were given to the those care homes the elderly in those care homes in initial initial phase in that initial initial phase as well . well. >> well, you to quite a conversation that was baroness hallett. >> you're out of a job. me and tonya are in the chair. >> oh, that right. >> oh, that right. >> next story . what else are we >> next story. what else are we going to talk about? >> foreign aid. >> foreign aid. >> oh, right. david cameron, the foreign secretary, says he's going to put foreign aid at the centre. not want it going centre. we do not want it going back up. >> e“ n emma back up. >> well, i do. back up. >> well, i i do. back up. >> well, i don't. do. back up. >> well, i don't. charity begins a i do. a cost of living. i do. >> do. tell us why. >> i do. tell us why. >>— >> i do. tell us why. >> i do. tell us why. >> i think that do have an >> i think that we do have an international responsibility. >> giving far >> we are already giving far more even america. we're more than even america. we're giving at moment. giving 0.5% at the moment. >> david cameron his day >> but david cameron in his day it point 7. he'll it was nought point 7. he'll go, he'll along current he'll go along with the current figures, about 12 billion. he

will go along with the with the current figure because he accepts collective responsibility , but he would responsibility, but he would like to see it go up. well i hope he doesn't get his way . hope he doesn't get his way. well, mean, if it just well, okay. i mean, if it just depends whether we think we have have of a responsibility to the rest of the world. >> we do. we're giving billions a year already. i know. we know. nigel one particular year nigel in one particular year there billion in there was £1 billion unspent in there was £1 billion unspent in the and they were running the budget and they were running around dishing around the world dishing it out like appalling. like smarties. appalling. when we've people . we've got people. >> we were, we were. >> we were, we were. >> we were, we were. >> we were, we were. >> we giving people 12 >> we were giving people 12 billion a year. >> we were if we just go out >> if we were if we just go out to covid rishi sunak spent $400 billion during the covid period . billion during the covid period. >> it shows that money is actually there. >> it's not, though, is it? well, paying the price for well, we're paying the price for that now. >> printed money we're that now. >> the ited money we're that now. >> the price loney we're that now. >> the price foray we're that now. >> the price for it we're that now. >> the price for it now. we're paying the price for it now. >> don't think we shouldn't >> don't you think we shouldn't break international aid? i not only do i think we shouldn't be raising international rates, i think we should be reducing it because british people are suffering moment suffering at the moment and therefore looking therefore we should be looking at not making it greater. >> their taxes were giving to

countries often squander >> their taxes were giving to countrwaste often squander >> their taxes were giving to countrwaste it. often squander it and waste it. >> foreign aid is given >> if that foreign aid is given to countries which therefore help their economies. tonya help their own economies. tonya and that those and it means that those countries as many countries don't have as many immigrants to come immigrants leaving there to come here better standard of here for a better standard of living. on board with living. are you on board with more foreign aid? >> more. >> not more. >> not more. >> i think we pay enough. i don't more. don't think we should be more. i think to be regulated think it needs to be regulated more. we need look at where more. we need to look at where it's that's the point. it's going. that's the point. you the with the you know, it's the same with the nhs. keep pouring nhs. you can't keep pouring money make to money in things to make to fix them. you have to look at how money in things to make to fix them. that have to look at how money in things to make to fix them. that money look at how money in things to make to fix them. that money is ok at how money in things to make to fix them. that money is going, |ow money in things to make to fix them. that money is going, how where that money is going, how it's linked. where that money is going, how it's linketrade here. >> it to trade here. >> it to trade here. >> so british jobs could be benefit from foreign aid is unked benefit from foreign aid is linked trade. benefit from foreign aid is liniwell, trade. benefit from foreign aid is liniwell, irade. what is >> well, i mean, what it is i mean, the whole point of giving foreign india, which has foreign aid to india, which has got program, is because foreign aid to india, which has gotwant program, is because foreign aid to india, which has gotwant trade ogram, is because foreign aid to india, which has gotwant trade deals, is because foreign aid to india, which has gotwant trade deals with ecause foreign aid to india, which has gotwant trade deals with them.e we want trade deals with them. madness. well, we want trade deals them. deals with them. >> we've been giving >> so we've still been giving money okay. well, money to china. okay. well, fastest like. fastest growing, if you like. >> some kind bride. but >> it's some kind of bride. but on basis you are on the basis of that, you are trying deals with trying to do trade deals with these people, which is one of these people, which is one of the reasons for it. i also think it's basically right. it's it's just basically right. it's right than right to actually rather than cut what did , cut it, which is what we did, the 0.7% seems to be a very

small , small the 0.7% seems to be a very small, small amount compared to everything else. >> you lefties were pleased david cameron came back . david cameron came back. >> shoot. >> shoot. >> well he hasn't got no many tories pleased. tories who were pleased. >> got his way yet. >> he hasn't got his way yet. >> he hasn't got his way yet. >> won't. >> no. and he won't. >> no. and he won't. >> there'll be a revolt on the tory mps, you think? tory mps, don't you think? >> i don't think tory mps will like it very if goes >> i don't think tory mps will like iupzry if goes >> i don't think tory mps will like iup again. if goes >> i don't think tory mps will like iup again. if i goes >> i don't think tory mps will like iup again. if i agree with back up again. now i agree with you, tanya. >> who would want a teacher? now? taken now? the activists have taken over what's over our schools. what's this story about? >> it's first just to say >> so it's first just to say that i was a primary school teacher in tottenham and i must have loved you. >> i was really, really strict . >> i was really, really strict. i was really strict. if you were naughty in any part of the school you got sent to mrs. buxton's class. and you know what? the kids that were sent to my loved me. so anyway, my class loved me. so anyway, irrelevant of that. going irrelevant of that. what's going on i'm going to have to do this >> i'm going to have to do this to again. i'm so sorry. i'm to you again. i'm so sorry. i'm afraid the president of south korea you again. korea has overtaken you again. tonya, go tonya, we're going to go live bow news royal bow and curtsy to gb news royal correspondent walker, bow and curtsy to gb news royal correisondent walker, bow and curtsy to gb news royal correis at dent walker, bow and curtsy to gb news royal correis at buckingham walker, bow and curtsy to gb news royal correis at buckingham palace r, bow and curtsy to gb news royal correis at buckingham palace for who is at buckingham palace for a what's going on? a royal visit. what's going on? cameron bev and andrew it's certainly getting very busy here

at buckingham palace. >> a large crowd has gathered, waiting for all the carriages and the procession to start. granted, a majority of them are tourists, but that's not the only thing that's going on here. we've just had the king's troop royal artillery roll their royal horse artillery roll their guns green park in front of guns into green park in front of me. they're going to be firing a 41 gun salute at around midday. okay. starting the welcome for the president of south korea and the president of south korea and the first lady. now, about half an hour ago, the prince and princess of wales departed buckingham palace en route to the president's hotel to collect them and take them to horse guards parade, which is where the ceremony all welcome will be taking place very shortly. you can just see live pictures on your screens of horse guards parade. we've had a few more details buckingham palace details from buckingham palace in last minutes. a guard in the last few minutes. a guard of honour founded by f company, the scots guards with the state colour will be providing the ceremonial welcome. a royal salute for the president of south korea and the first lady.

the king and queen will be departing buckingham palace. very shortly and will be making their way down the mall towards horse guards parade, where they will be greeting the president and the first lady. then the king and the president will be inspecting the troops who have gathered there . of course, it is gathered there. of course, it is the british government's that organises these state visits . organises these state visits. and this morning we've had a few announcements from them, the first of which is a new joint , a first of which is a new joint, a new perhaps trade deal. kemi badenoch is expected to sign that trade deal after negotiations and talks this week dunng negotiations and talks this week during the state visits with the country of south korea and the other is joint sanctions, which have been agreed between south korea and the united kingdom against north korea to do with joint sea patrols , preventing it joint sea patrols, preventing it from developing or at least trying to prevent the state from developing what they describe as illegal an illegal weapons program . so the prime minister program. so the prime minister and the president of south korea

will be signing or are expected to sign a treaty on that in downing street later on. there are bilateral talks going on between the prime minister and the president of south korea to the president of south korea to the prime minister is also at horseguards parade, as is the new foreign secretary, david cameron . and james cleverly, cameron. and james cleverly, cleverly as the new home secretary is also going to be on the dais at horseguards parade for this ceremonial welcome. but this trip is not without controversy either. far from it, in fact. now, opponents from for the south korean president, they are accusing him of trying to suppress free speech within south korea, particularly when it comes to news reports which are critical of his government and his regime. now, the south korean president is saying that is claiming that this is to tackle what he describes as fake news. and this does appear to be in a bit of a contrast to what queen camilla was saying last

night. she she was made an honorary member of the foreign press association last night in london. and during a speech, she said that true freedom of expression heart of expression is at the heart of our democratic system . but i am our democratic system. but i am sure, as queen camilla and the king well know, this is all about their power of soft diplomacy having an impact on strengthening relations between the two nations. as i said, it is very much the foreign office and the governments that that organises these trips. and it is about strengthening relations between the two nations. now, it is almost midday, so we are expecting the king and queen to leave buckingham palace, go down the mall towards horseguards parade, and now back to tom and emily in the studio. but that was that was cameron

walker, our royal correspondent , walker, our royal correspondent, giving us the latest on the state visit of the south korean president and his wife to be a major trade missing. >> and we've now got. good afternoon britain next with tom and . emily and. emily >> we can't hear anything out . >> we can't hear anything out. >> we can't hear anything out. >> james needs to kick off about in britain with me, emily carver and tom harwood. >> what have we got coming up on the show today? well get back to work, prime minister rishi sunak will reportedly end the national scandal of 2 million people languishing on out of work benefits . too little, too late benefits. too little, too late or too much too soon. sir chris whitty has said. we should have locked down sooner. is he right? we'll bring you the latest from the covid inquiry. >> police under fire. lancashire police were wrong to reveal intimate details of nicola bullies mental health and drinking habits after she disappeared . a landmark review disappeared. a landmark review into the police's handling of the case has concluded and the koreans are in town .

koreans are in town. >>