closer party as election edges closer into view or is it too little, too late for rishi sunak.7 plus later in the show, shadow secretary of state for business and trade jonathan reynolds gives his verdict on the autumn statement as shadow chancellor rachel reeves says has rachel reeves says growth has hit a dead end under the tories. all of that and much, much more. but first, the news with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> chris, thank you and good evening to you. well, our top stories tonight, a raft of tax cuts and benefits increases aimed at making 27 million people better off was announced today by the chancellor in the biggest change outlined in his autumn statement. jeremy hunt said national insurance will be cut from 12 to 10. the triple lock on pensions will be kept taking the state pension up by 8.5% to more than £220 a week, and taxes on alcohol will be frozen until august 1st next yean frozen until august 1st next year, meaning there'll be no

increase in duty on beer, cider wines or spirits. >> instead, i'm going to go further and cut the main rate of employee national insurance by two percentage points from . 12% two percentage points from. 12% to 10. >> that change will help 27 million people. >> it means someone on the average salary of £35,000 will save over £450 for the average nurse . it's a saving of £520 for nurse. it's a saving of £520 for the typical police officer, a saving of £630 every single year i >> -- >> well, 5mm >> well, also in the news today, four men were given life sentences with minimum terms to serve of between 41 and 47 years for the murder of a woman in liverpool . 28 year old ashley liverpool. 28 year old ashley dale was killed when james witham forced his way into a home and opened fire with a machine gun . home and opened fire with a machine gun. he and co—defendants joseph pierce , co—defendants joseph pierce,

nana barry and sean zeiss were all found guilty of murder and conspiracy to murder . all found guilty of murder and conspiracy to murder. ms dales partner , the hometown of four partner, the hometown of four teenage boys who died in north wales has been cancelled tonight . they've decided to cancel the switching on of the christmas lights out of respect for the families of those involved . and families of those involved. and jevon hirst harvey , owen, wilf jevon hirst harvey, owen, wilf fitchett and hugo morris all had set off on a camping trip to the snowdon area. their bodies were recovered yesterday after a car was found overturned and partially submerged in water. nonh partially submerged in water. north wales police have said it appears to have been a tragic accident . at israel and hamas accident. at israel and hamas have agreed to a four day pause in fighting starting tomorrow morning. but within the last hour the israeli military said it isn't sure for when the exact timing of the ceasefire will come into effect . 50 hostages come into effect. 50 hostages are due to be freed by the terror group in exchange for 150

palestinians who were held in israeli prisons. and here in the uk, the foreign secretary, david cameron, has said the truce is a crucial step towards providing humanitarian relief to gaza . and humanitarian relief to gaza. and lastly, the prime minister and his wife have welcomed south korea's president and first lady to number 10. today yoon suk yeol and rishi sunak signed a new long term agreement covering defence and technology. the deal covers improved military cooperation between the uk and south korea. phone focussed on countering smuggling in the east china sea . that's the news this china sea. that's the news this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back to farage with me , christopher hope. now as the me, christopher hope. now as the dust settles on jeremy hunts

autumn statement, the big question tonight is has the chancellor fired the starting gun .7 on a may 2024 general gun.7 on a may 2024 general election? gun? on a may 2024 general election? that surely is the reason why jeremy hunt announced a tax cut for 29 million workers at the beginning of january rather than waiting for the new tax year in april. as is normal and that's our question tonight. do you want a may general election? email us farage at gb news .uk or tweet us where we're hashtag farage on gb news. to discuss this, i'm joined in the studio by liam halligan gb news economics and business editor and richard tice , the leader of and richard tice, the leader of reform uk . liam, to you first. reform uk. liam, to you first. is that right or am i being too cynical? is it all about politics? politics is about politics. >> of course it is. chopper, you should know that you're the political editor. look, there was a massive reverse ferret here, as we say in journalism just a weeks ago. rishi just a few weeks ago. rishi sunak, jeremy hunt,

just a few weeks ago. rishi sunak, jeremy hunt , they said sunak, jeremy hunt, they said tax cuts would be irresponsible or impossible, and now they're inevitable and the right thing to do. but the real headline today is that , yes, there were today is that, yes, there were big eyebrow raising . attention big eyebrow raising. attention seeking tax cuts that will be all over the front page of the newspapers tomorrow. a big tax cut in terms of employee fees on the national insurance from 12 to 10. a big tax cut for businesses in terms of making full expensing permanent, particularly if they're big businesses and they can afford to invest. but manufacturers too early? yeah, guess what? if you look at the fine print and rachel reeves, i have to hand it to her. she nailed this. if you look at the fine print in the obr document, look at the fine print in the obr document , the office of obr document, the office of budget responsibility document, even two headline even those two big headline grabbing tax cuts, they're entirely offset by the fact that tax thresholds have been frozen until 2028. more and more people are being dragged into paying income tax . 4 million more income tax. 4 million more people over five years paying income tax that weren't paying

income tax that weren't paying income tax that weren't paying income tax before, 3 million more people paying the higher rate of tax when they weren't paying rate of tax when they weren't paying the higher rate of tax before. not very well off people. the stealth tax from people. the stealth tax is from that call drag that what we call fiscal drag from those frozen thresholds. the more than the sneaky taxes more than offset the trumpeted tax cuts. this wasn't a tax cutting autumn statement , chris. it was this wasn't a tax cutting autumn statement, chris. it was a this wasn't a tax cutting autumn statement , chris. it was a tax statement, chris. it was a tax raising autumn statement. whatever the chancellor tries to tell us, liam halligan thank you. >> richard tice but don't they want to just think the tories want to just think the tories want to just think the tories want to cut taxes and you're only doing that because it's an election year. you're a leader of a party. election year. you're a leader of (thisty. election year. you're a leader of (this is a huge pre—election >> this is a huge pre—election attempt at a bribe, but it is smoke and mirrors best. it's smoke and mirrors at best. it's a bunch of fibs. at worst, he's deliberately lied. this is a catastrophe. >> he's not lying. that's a bit harsh. >> let me tell you the truth about when you go through the 170 page obr forecast, which i have done, growth is down over the medium term from 1.8 to 1.6. net disposable income to individuals is the lowest it's

ever been on record, down 3.5% since peter pan pandemic and they blame net migration of 606,000 last year. let's see what happens tomorrow. tax burden up every single year in the next five years. unemployment up every year over the next three two years. inflation even higher for a year longer to get down to 2% public sector debt. i think we may have a graph that we can show you on here. he talked about public sector debt coming down that graph on the right there. if you look at that blue column, that doesn't look to though doesn't look to me as though it's well, it looks at as >> well, it looks at as a percent of gdp . so that's that's percent of gdp. so that's that's why finally, ben, it's right. >> welfare spending the >> welfare spending up over the next years changes he next three years the changes he talked start until 2020. >> that graph is a percent of gdp, by the way. >> that is as a percentage of gdp. >> and it shows it flat lines at best. richard's right is that worrying you? >> halligan are you >> liam halligan then? are you surprised almost the tory surprised almost that the tory party doing this with party should be doing this with our economy? because i've our economy? no, because i've been politics and been covering politics and economics thick end of

economics for the thick end of 30 years. >> chris, and nothing shocks me. however cynical you are, it's never enough. frankly look, i wish the chancellor was just more honest with people this freezing of tax thresholds amounts to the equivalent of a 5 or £0.06 increase in the basic rate of income tax. so if you want to tax people that much more, do it let's have a more, do it and let's have a discussion about it and some people agree some people will agree and some people will agree and some people will agree and some people will disagree to treat the public disingenuous way the public in a disingenuous way as if they're stupid, as if they don't the fact that if you don't get the fact that if you freeze tax thresholds , they get freeze tax thresholds, they get dragged tax brackets dragged into higher tax brackets . of course they do. often it's the is well ahead of the the public is well ahead of the political class. it's certainly ahead most journalists in my ahead of most journalists in my experience. >> but that freezing >> but also that freezing of the thresholds, hurts and hits thresholds, it hurts and hits the lowest paid on the lowest incomes. the hard is it worth 44,000,000,044 billion by 2028 is huge. and that's why 45 billion per annum by in five years time 28 and that's why it's so unfair. it's so egregious . it's so unfair. it's so egregious. it's so dishonest of this, this chancellor and the

prime minister to pretend that this autumn statement is something that it's not. >> i got a text from a very senior person, close to the pm today. he said, look what we've done. we've controlled inflation, we're controlling spending we're cutting spending and now we're cutting taxes. the truth is, the taxes. well the truth is, the truth is, when you look at the document, inflation is document, actually inflation is going longer to going to take a year longer to get down growth and these get down growth and all these changes pve get down growth and all these changes i've just talked changes is that i've just talked about catastro fee. about this catastro fee. >> is with the changes that >> this is with the changes that he's place. so he's he's put in place. so he's saying that this is going to make things but obr make things better. but the obr is confirming actually it's getting worse. >> richard mentioned >> richard, richard mentioned there they're the there that they're delaying the curve is less curve on inflation is now less steep. they said, didn't they, in a briefing after the chancellor spoke, spoken liam halligan. that halligan. they're doing that because want to get more because they want to get more people into work, more productivity, paid . productivity, more taxes paid. so it's offset against the benefit the economy. benefit of the economy. >> to be, you know, >> yeah, just to be, you know, fair decent this, fair and decent about this, there were really good there were some really good things the chancellor did things that the chancellor did today. know shapo to today. and you know, shapo to him. i it's right that he him. i think it's right that he maintained triple so maintained the triple lock. so pensioners their pensioners get their their promised increase in the basic

state pension twice inflation. >> it's a big one. >> it's a big one. >> it's a big one. >> it is a big one. i think it's right that benefits are uprated, not by 4.6. the october inflation number but following convention by the september inflation number which is inconveniently higher , 6.7. but inconveniently higher, 6.7. but the chancellor stuck with that. i think it's good that they made full expensing permanent to the extent anything is extent that anything is permanent politics. think permanent in politics. i think it's that they it's good that they gave restaurants and pubs, hospital industry another holiday, a reprieve from business rates because they're trying to repair their balance sheets after the tragedy, the design of lockdown. so there are lots of things that were pretty good. but on the headune were pretty good. but on the headline measures, i just don't like dishonesty. i don't like it when ordinary people are treated like fools. and i think that's what they were trying to do. >> what changed since september? you mentioned the initial comments, but in september they made the time made clear now is not the time for cuts. heard we heard for tax cuts. we heard we heard what changed in your world. >> things inflation >> two things changed. inflation did by percentage did come down by 2.1, percentage points . it

did come down by 2.1, percentage points. it did did come down by 2.1, percentage points . it did come down more points. it did come down more than many people expected. it's nothing to do with the chancellor or the prime minister entirely because of the 14 interest rate rises and also a global energy price global energy energy price easing and so on. and because the opec exporters cartel has taken a little breath before, it tries to nail us the wall tries to nail us to the wall again, frankly . but also what again, frankly. but also what happenedis again, frankly. but also what happened is he sacked home happened is he sacked his home secretary centre right secretary and the centre right of his party really didn't like it and he didn't get a bump in the opinion polls. and whatever he he's still to 25 he does, he's still 20 to 25 points behind pretty points behind a pretty lacklustre labour mean, lacklustre labour party. i mean, compare starmer's frontbench with blair's frontbench in the mid 90s. they don't compare to blair's front benches. you know, incomparably superior rachel reeves gets gets a big tick from . yeah she's she's yeah but it's pretty thin gruel after that with all respect there aren't really that substantial really that many substantial figures you know they'll grow in their more their role as they get more publicity. but i fear for starmer as his frontbench comes under scrutiny. i think the under more scrutiny. i think the public's fondness for them will go down rather than up . yeah. go down rather than up. yeah.

>> richard tice you're a leader of a party on the right of the tory party, which is causing it problems. you have cost them arguably by elections this year. what would you do if you were in charge of. >> i've been very clear. we've always said you've got to lift the tax thresholds from 12.5 grand to 20 grand. that's £30 a week net into the pockets of the least . how do week net into the pockets of the least. how do you week net into the pockets of the least . how do you afford that least. how do you afford that lowest base? you cut spending? and where i slightly disagree with liam is that public spending has gone up hugely with this . the outlook spending has gone up hugely with this. the outlook is spending has gone up hugely with this . the outlook is awful. what this. the outlook is awful. what you've got to you've got to you've got to do, you've got to be absolutely brutal same be absolutely brutal in the same way businesses are . you've way that businesses are. you've got to every manager of got to say to every manager of every spending department, you've £5 and 100. you've got to save £5 and 100. we've a here. the we've got a crisis here. the outlook absolutely terrible. outlook is absolutely terrible. >> just say no, though. i mean, what you're saying. >> you do in >> listen, what you do in business, say no, you business, if they say no, you fire that's what the fire them. no that's what the civil richard tice civil service richard tice that's why we're in the pickle that we're christopher and that's why we're in the pickle that wwhy christopher and that's why we're in the pickle that wwhy chrgotpher and that's why we're in the pickle that wwhy chrgot tozr and that's why we're in the pickle that wwhy chrgot to get1d that's why we've got to get real. recognise we've got a serious economic and get serious economic crisis and get some people who are going some proper people who are going to it it is elected

to tell it as it is elected representatives that get action, not get dominated by not waffle and get dominated by symbols. realistic. symbols. not realistic. >> halligan play to >> liam halligan fair play to richard. you know, richard doesn't in politics. doesn't need to be in politics. he's, know, in politics he's, you know, he's in politics because he really cares about his so let's be his country. so let's be completely clear that. completely clear about that. but i take slight issue with i would take slight issue with with difference is, with richard. the difference is, you you're you know, you're you're a businessman, successful businessman, a very successful businessman. tip my hat to you businessman. i tip my hat to you for the you've provided, for the jobs you've provided, the tax you've paid over many, many businesses are many years. but businesses are basically dictatorships, right ? basically dictatorships, right? and we live in a democracy. our political square. and i've got a lot experience crossing lot of experience crossing between politics and business and back again in my life, my personal life, my professional life things that work in life and the things that work in business work in business just don't work in politics. politics is a lot more touchy feely . and that's why touchy feely. and that's why with huge respect, you know, you guys are having tremendous success. chris is completely right. you have cost the tory party by you say that, but in other countries , very rarely do other countries, very rarely do business people really succeed at the highest end of politics. and i don't i say that as a fact

rather than any kind of. >> but the reality is in other countries like the us, like australia, they've got higher growth because they've got lower pubuc growth because they've got lower public spending as a percentage of of the economy. and of the size of the economy. and there be a day, there has there has to be a day, there has to be day of reckoning and to be a day of reckoning and a day of honesty. but the will isn't there, the will is not there amongst the political leaders, the there amongst the political lead�*party the there amongst the political lead�*party and the there amongst the political lead�*party and we're the there amongst the political lead�*party and we're in thee tory party and we're in the pickle in. that's why pickle we're in. and that's why it's pickle we're in. and that's why wsfime pickle we're in. and that's why it's time for change. >> take crisis. will >> we'll take a crisis. it will take like guilt strike. we are take like a guilt strike. we are we are we are heading towards a flatlining at recessionary crisis. >> you've got immigration. >> you've got mass immigration. people are feeling a lot worse off. think heading to crisis. >> well, richard tice, thank you, halligan you. you, liam halligan thank you. that was a good sparky debate. and talk of a day here in and talk of a busy day here in westminster in a moment, i'll be i'll speak to former minister and mp paul

sometimes earlier on gb news radio . we. radio. we. >> welcome back to farage. with me, christopher hope. today wasn't just a big day for the

taxpayer. it has also been a test for jeremy hunt, the chancellor himself. if he's facing a tough fight to keep his seat the next general seat at the next general election, we sent our reporter, adam cherry down to leafy surrey to ask constituents what they thought today's thought of today's announcements. look . announcements. take a look. >> in perfect autumn >> in the perfect autumn statement . but what does it look statement. but what does it look like for you ? well keep the like for you? well keep the pensions up. >> yeah , i think it's being >> yeah, i think it's being raised by 8.5. >> is that high enough? go higher. >> oh, higher. the better. got paid for a holiday. >> somehow non—personal taxes. so they've announced that they're going to cut national insurance. no difference. insurance. make no difference. >> really? it's my view it'll be a lot more than that, given how much things gone up by the much things have gone up by the thresholds if cost thresholds have to go up if cost of living is going up, you know, loaf of goes from £1 to £2 loaf of bread goes from £1 to £2 packet of crisps for, you know, six of crisps goes from £1 six bags of crisps goes from £1 to to £2.50. and it's surely to 50 to £2.50. and it's surely the everything else has the tax and everything else has to accordance described to go up in accordance described jeremy hunt in in one sentence there's a rhyme for that. >> do you think he deserves to

keep his seat ? keep his seat? >> i think you have to work a little bit harder in order to earn it. >> taxation should come down, you know. tax cuts. yeah they should go further. but better than nothing, isn't it? >> keep economy going straight. >> i think he's doing a good job. >> he's doing a good job as best he can. >> well, i feel like rishi sunak being as being a tory, he's. >> he's not really a good representative of what a tory is. i'd say that people are losing confidence in the tories. >> jeremy hunt what do you make of jeremy hunt, top man rishi both of them. >> top job, top boys . >> top job, top boys. >> top job, top boys. >> adam cherry there in jeremy hunt constituency. now i'd like to join in the studio now by paul scully, the former minister for london, and mp for for london, and tory mp for sutton, and cheam paul. welcome to gb news. you've been a tory all of your life. that's right, isn't it? well, i've been a conservative minded. >> i joined when i was about 30 after the 97 election. >> yeah, well , after the 97 election. >> yeah, well, i after the 97 election. >> yeah, well , i give 25 >> yeah, well, i give you 25 years then. why on this years then. so why on earth this tax the rates since

tax hit the highest rates since the second world war? well, if you think what we've been through over the last years, through over the last 15 years, we've through three once in we've been through three once in a events . a century events. >> when you talk about the financial crash, you're talking about covid, you're talking about covid, you're talking about ukraine. we've about the war in ukraine. we've had contend with. and had so much to contend with. and then when was minister for then when i was minister for small hospitality small business and hospitality and retail minister, all the stuff on pandemic. absolutely. yeah, absolutely . i reacting yeah, absolutely. i was reacting through of stuff. so the through a lot of stuff. so the things that rishi, when he was chancellor, were announcing i was shovel out of the was having to shovel out of the doon was having to shovel out of the door. that's £408 billion of business support trying to protect protect protect jobs, trying to protect livelihoods businesses livelihoods and businesses themselves. clearly that themselves. and so clearly that money's got to come back in. you can't magic half £1 billion can't magic up half £1 billion of support like that back into the economy immediately. what is going on with the chancellor? >> because he said september, >> because he said in september, now the time for tax cuts now wasn't the time for tax cuts . is the time for tax . november is the time for tax cuts. the tax cuts are cuts. in fact, the tax cuts are going to in january. is an going to come in january. is an election coming? >> there is an >> well, of course there is an election but actually, election coming. but actually, what's been interesting and i heard exchange that you had heard the exchange that you had with halligan earlier,

with liam halligan just earlier, and i would say, look, budgets are clearly a choice. you have to pull one lever. and in doing so, another lever gets pushed. and chosen, if you and what he's chosen, if you look at national insurance, what's that that's done what's that what that's done it's given some reward to people and self—employed. i used to be self—employed myself, and so i was asking the chancellor, please make sure entrepreneurs in this country reward a bit of risk because that's gone away from our tax system at the moment. and also, obviously national insurance changing that, reducing it by 2. it helps more people understand the argument about fiscal drag. it's something that i want to see those thresholds be uprated at some point as soon as surely that nurses, doctors as people on modest wages. >> let's be honest about it should be paying the higher rate of income tax long term. >> it is, absolutely. but >> yes, it is, absolutely. but by dropping national by dropping the national insurance by 2% the insurance rate, by 2% for the employees, pay , they will employees, pay, they will benefit that . and so benefit from that. and so actually affects a wider range of people than just the threshold. but clearly the long term. yes, those and all this

tinkering means that inflation is for longer. well, is higher for longer. well, i think with inflation, if think with with inflation, if you why inflation is you look at why inflation is being it's the being caused, it's not the traditional overheating of the economy. got sort of economy. we've got a sort of stag at the moment. it's stag flation at the moment. it's because it's because of energy costs, it's because of energy costs, it's because tight labour because of a tight labour market. and so we've got to do all measures about all those other measures about keeping work and keeping people in work and getting people back into getting more people back into work. are a former >> but you are a former businessman and former tech minister london for minister and london minister for you must be pleased with the full and the other full expensing and the other measures and the business measures there and the business rates being rates relief being being delayed, pushed as delayed, being pushed back, as you carrying on. and also you say, carrying on. and also some on pubs. some good measures on pubs. >> absolutely >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> of natwest. >> key bits of natwest. >> key bits of natwest. >> . you know, so we'll see >> yeah. you know, so we'll see what we can get for natwest and we'll obviously only do that if that's value but that's good value for money, but it's that it goes it's right that it goes back into into private into fully into private ownership than public ownership rather than public ownership. you're right, the ownership. but you're right, the business rates extension for hospitality gives an average pub about £12,800 extra. a year. and we know how hard pressed pubs are up and down the country. so that's really to be commended . that's really to be commended. >> and you also formerly you

were lost your job in the reshuffle just a few weeks ago. you tweeted that you've got the spanish the spanish, spanish archer. why what's your end of that joke? >> well, that's rhyming slang for elbow. elbow. yes exactly. >> got that. but no, exactly. >> it was my you missed the bus that day. >> you had a difficult day. >> you had a difficult day. >> yeah, it was my dad, my dad joke sense of humour, i guess, which little bit of which got a little bit of interest at least. but it interest at least. but yeah, it is. why was trying to do is, is. why i was trying to do is, you know, i don't want to write a memoir. i'm not going to be exchanging letters with the prime but gave me an prime minister but it gave me an opportunity reflect on my opportunity to reflect on my nearly four years in four different nearly four years in four difficovid pandemic. the covid pandemic. >> were? >> you were? >> you were? >> yeah. minister for small business. i covered. so, as i say, city, business. i covered. so, as i say, city, all say, retail hospital, city, all the stuff, stuff the hard pressed stuff, stuff like the wedding the hard pressed stuff, stuff like i the wedding the hard pressed stuff, stuff like i started the wedding the hard pressed stuff, stuff like i started to the wedding the hard pressed stuff, stuff like i started to blow~edding the hard pressed stuff, stuff like i started to blow openng sector. i started to blow open the horizon. suppose masters? yes. caught mistrial when it's probably the proudest thing i've donein probably the proudest thing i've done in politics. the biggest thing i'm ever going to do in politics, frankly, is to start writing some of those wrongs

where people have committed suicide. >> one the biggest scandals. >> one of the biggest scandals. i it's more british history. >> it's awful. so how can as >> it's awful. so how can i, as a human being, sit there and try and, know, not cover and, you know, just not cover anything but just ignore it anything but but just ignore it and move on to the next thing? >> does happen? >> and how does it happen? >> and how does it happen? >> tell me what horizon >> just tell me what the horizon or the. >> no that happened. the >> no, no that happened. the sacking was the process. >> i tell you exactly. i can >> i can tell you exactly. i can tell you exactly what happened. i on a call with d i was actually on a call with d luck with the secretary of state, michael gove, state, with michael gove, about london, euston. london, talking about euston. i was virtual and was the virtual meeting and i saw the background my phone saw in the background my phone was ringing with the chief whip and i turned my camera off and so i turned my camera off and so i turned my camera off and i was going to be and i thought i was going to be back place. he kindly let me back in place. he kindly let me go the nicest possible way go in the nicest possible way because a lovely and because he's a lovely man. and so the call, went so i left the call, went outside, packed my office up, went said goodbye my went out, said goodbye to my private and i think it private office, and i think it was within about 20 was in the pub within about 20 minutes. that's that's the minutes. but that's that's the brutality it. it you know, brutality of it. it is you know, you you expect these sort of things come into the things when you come into the rough tumble of politics. rough and tumble of politics. >> with mr >> any hard feelings with mr sunak? >> any hard feelings with mr suri k? >> any hard feelings with mr suri mean, look, you know,

>> i mean, look, you know, people make their choices. i you know, obviously disappointed people make their choices. i you know, otl iously disappointed people make their choices. i you know, otl really disappointed people make their choices. i you know, otl really enjoyed nted people make their choices. i you know, otl really enjoyed thei because i really enjoyed the tech role because having all tech role because having had all that reaction, you know, being able to the able to look forward to the technology was really exciting. and for me, the and of course, for me, the minister for london was always and of course, for me, the minister the .ondon was always and of course, for me, the minister the prime was always and of course, for me, the minister the prime role always and of course, for me, the minister the prime role thatiys probably the prime role that i had because i'm very had because so i'm very passionate for london and i really want to see so much more in terms housing crime, um, in terms of housing crime, um, transport, global investment coming london. it's to coming into london. it's got to be carrying throbbing be carrying on throbbing and really be carrying on throbbing and reaiare you carrying on yourself? >> are you carrying on yourself? are you reviewing being an mp or you're committed to being. well, i'm reselect it as as the i'm reselect it as a, as the candidate election candidate for the next election for scotland. >> shame i'm out every saturday doing there because >> shame i'm out every saturday doin never there because >> shame i'm out every saturday doin never thought here because >> shame i'm out every saturday doin never thought of re because >> shame i'm out every saturday doin never thought of my ecause >> shame i'm out every saturday doinnever thought of my seat;e >> shame i'm out every saturday doinnever thought of my seat as i've never thought of my seat as being safe . it's always been being safe. it's always been marginal in my in my head and my majority has gone up and down. of course, we'll see what happens. >> this we ask on this programme, does it mean a may election is now more likely? i don't think cutting taxes is unusualin don't think cutting taxes is unusual in january, isn't it? i mean, that's not normal. so what's that about? >> i think in terms >> yeah, well, i think in terms of i think people need a bit of relief in of the economic

relief in terms of the economic situation so as situation at the moment. so as i say, aiming at national insurance gives people an insurance really gives people an opportunity to help grow the economy and work on that. so tax cuts that are focussed on growing the economy and getting people back into work and encouraging people back into work. the big work. so it's not like the big headune work. so it's not like the big headline cuts that you might otherwise have expect. >> your when's your best >> when's your when's your best guess? i'm still guess? guess? well, i'm still going i'm still expecting an going for i'm still expecting an october election. >> that kind of time autumn because gives us best time to because it gives us best time to get on top of inflation, keep inflation stopping inflation driving down, stopping the boats, growing the economy, reducing debt and tackling reducing the debt and tackling the backlog in the nhs, all the things that the prime minister promised. he's really got to deliver on and then can start deliver on and then he can start talking vision because talking about vision because that's will reward that's what people will reward us at next us or otherwise at the next election happens next election is what happens next and more tax cuts maybe in the spnng and more tax cuts maybe in the spring because it's so high. >> the if the chancellor has got the headroom to do so, we are the headroom to do so, we are the party of low tax. >> we believe instinctively in low but we've got do it low tax, but we've got to do it only when we can afford to do so. 50. >> so. >> well, paul scully, former

small businessman, for small businessman, thanks for joining coming today joining us and coming in today to gb news. thank you. pleasure. now, earlier, the now, earlier, i spoke to the director of institute for director of the institute for fiscal paul johnson. fiscal studies, paul johnson. when asked him if was good when i asked him if it was good news will see tax cuts in news that will see tax cuts in early january. >> well, there wasn't actually a lot of good news in the forecast. the office of budget responsibility thinks that the economy to grow slower economy is going to grow slower over and over the medium term and actually that tax revenues are going up quite going to go up quite fast because of all the extra income tax that the chancellor is getting he spent a bit getting in. he has spent a bit of money on cutting of that money on cutting national insurance contributions of that money on cutting nationverysurance contributions of that money on cutting nationvery quickly contributions of that money on cutting nationvery quickly .ontributions of that money on cutting nationvery quickly . but butions of that money on cutting nationvery quickly . but we'rels really very quickly. but we're all going to paying an all still going to be paying an awful were awful lot more tax than we were 2 or 3 years ago. >> so it's smoke and mirrors job. it because of the job. is it really because of the way they've kept thresholds way that they've kept thresholds where be paying where they are? we'll be paying millions us being pulled into millions of us being pulled into brackets. we weren't paying before, will feel an before, so we will feel an immediate effect in pay before, so we will feel an immedi'in effect in pay before, so we will feel an immedi'in january�*n pay before, so we will feel an immedi'in january when 3ay before, so we will feel an immedi'in january when the packets in january when the national insurance happens. national insurance cut happens. >> the amount of income tax >> but the amount of income tax we're paying certainly within a year or two will be a lot higher than it would have had than it would have been had thresholds and allowances risen in prices as

in line with prices as they normally do. >> being asked on tv news >> we're being asked on tv news today changed since today what's changed since september when were september when tax cuts were impossible and it's november impossible and now it's november when do cuts . when you can do tax cuts. >> it looks like the forecast of change would only change a little bit. the chancellor has a particular fiscal rule. a particular fiscal rule. it's a slightly strange rule slightly strange fiscal rule about falling in five years about debt falling in five years time and it like he got time and it looks like he got a little bit more space against that he's used some that that and he's used some of that at least cut taxes. now of at least to cut taxes. now of course, the risk for him is that the forecasts move in other the forecasts move in the other direction march budget direction before a march budget and then he's going to really and then he's going to be really scrabbling around for he's scrabbling around for how he's going that going to meet that rule. >> this politics a >> is this politics a pre—election pre—election tax cutting government ? cutting tory government? >> there's politics here. there's tax cuts in the short run. there's some long run stuff as well. i mean, look, the full expensing for corporation tax isn't going to play particularly strongly on the doorstep. but he spent a lot of money on that in the medium run with a lot of things for businesses as well. the medium run with a lot of thi 13s for businesses as well. the medium run with a lot of thi i think businesses as well. the medium run with a lot of thi i think we've�*sses as well. so i think we've got a combination of some giveaways for election reasons and actually on long term actually a focus on long term growth too.

>> i'm just finding crucially, paul they us paul johnson, they they tell us the won't the government this won't increase inflation. is that right? will inflation keep coming down but maybe take longer? >> inflation will presumably keep coming down. what the scale of what happened isn't terribly big in the £25 trillion economy. it maybe adds a little bit to the risk, but i don't think this is going to make a big difference to inflation. >> paul johnson now from the institute of fiscal studies. and tomorrow morning he'll be making his verdict on this autumn his big verdict on this autumn statement. a lot of statement. and a lot of journalists were watching that very closely. he'll say more, i think, tomorrow. now, coming up as to speak as we head down under to speak to news. ben, ben, leo on the to gb news. ben, ben, leo on the gold the very latest on gold coast. the very latest on nigel farage his jungle nigel farage and his jungle journey. stay

finances. earlier on gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to farage with me, christopher hope. >> now last night in the jungle we saw less skin and more emotion from nigel as he opened

up about his near fatal plane crash back in 2010. let's take a look. >> we've already seen nigel farage naked in the shower this week. and now he's gone and got wood. >> no, thank you. no, not for me . where you get that very smooth spheres and stuff going bowels like those. >> nigel just saw you doing a bit of a workout over there. yeah, i have to. really? why? >> because i've had a neck reconstruction and i've smashed everything more than once . so if everything more than once. so if i don't do it, i'll be in a terrible state. >> did you smash it? >> did you smash it? >> a car crash and a plane crash. >> a plane crash crash? >> a plane crash crash? >> yes. >> yes. >> what were you doing at the time, nigel, when were time, nigel, when you were flying a where are you flying a plane? where are you going? what? going? yeah. what? >> being an idiot flying >> i'm being an idiot and flying a banner. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> it wasn't the banner, >> well, it wasn't the banner, was it? who are you? >> most brexit message, obviously. >> you ? marry me . it was >> were you? marry me. it was marriage. what was the message? >> oh, it was vote for independence, something like

that. i don't recall being unconscious , but i do recall. unconscious, but i do recall. yeah the explosion. oh, my god . yeah the explosion. oh, my god. the plane flipping over, being stuck in there. everything broken? >> yeah, every rib front and back, split sternum punctured lung. >> oh, it was bad . >> oh, it was bad. >> oh, it was bad. >> bad. how long was you hospitalised for? >> not as long as i should have been.i >> not as long as i should have been. i discharged myself. i got bored, but. oh, yeah, i can tell you one of them. >> when nigel said that he'd discharged himself after his plane i was just like, plane crash, i was just like, yeah, of course you did. >> things happen you >> if bad things happen to you in got to make in life, you've got to make a decision. have been unlucky or decision. have i been unlucky or have been lucky? have i been lucky? >> yeah. go right. you know, and i positive people say, i think positive people say, well, know what? well, you know what? >> have been dead. >> i could have been dead. >> i could have been dead. >> joining now all the >> now joining me now all the way the gold coast in way from the gold coast in australia news reporter australia is gb news reporter ben leo. ben, what's the jungle latest out ? latest out? >> morning chopper from from the sunny gold coast into listing conversation that last night about nigel's injuries all the campmates thought that the plane the plane journey was to do with

some sort of romantic proposal. but no, of course it was to do with brexit aside from that, it's been a couple of quiet nights for nigel. he didn't get voted to do monday night's bushtucker challenge. he was exempt from last night's because of the aforementioned medical grounds and he's doing grounds and he's not doing tonight's either. however, i can't reveal too much, but in tonight's episode in a couple of hours, nigel does have another explosive live argument about immigration. i won't tell you who with. and he's also quizzed on his the full extent of his political ambitions as well. elsewhere, there's rumours of two new campmates arriving , two new campmates arriving, which may put a further dent into nigel's ambitions to get more airtime. he was caught having a discreet conversation with food critic grace dent moaning , i with food critic grace dent moaning, i would say about the fact that he wasn't doing bushtucker challenges and that was going to harm his airtime because he wants to, of course, connect with celeb viewers connect with i'm a celeb viewers and over some new and win win over some new swathes of the electorate in the absence nigel doing absence of nigel doing any challenges , i've answered

challenges, i've answered the calls the gb news viewers. i calls of the gb news viewers. i have gone out , tried my hand at have gone out, tried my hand at surfing, not with budgie smugglers. as some of you have asked, but this asked, unfortunately. but this is very ungraceful attempt at is my very ungraceful attempt at getting stuck into the waves here on the gold . coast that's here on the gold. coast that's up . waves looking, pumping, up. waves looking, pumping, dude. heaps . dude. heaps. good to . be surfer dude . to. be surfer dude. >> ben leo there. well, ben, that looked great fun. thank you for joining us from the gold forjoining us from the gold coast. now usually at this time nigel delivers his what he calls the farage moment. what the

farage forgive me , farage moment. forgive me, richard tice. what's richard richard tice. what's your what? the farage moment? well, first thing is i think well, the first thing is i think ben leo should stick to the day job, not the surfing job. >> a really >> yeah, this is a really important. what the farage actually, is actually, because there is a serious clearly in serious crisis. clearly in the on the french side of the channel with the with the police. it turns out the chief in charge of preventing migrant crossing, he's been basically missing for 14 years. he's been playing there's a huge internal report which has been conducted. he's been out there basically. he's been out there basically. he doesn't go to do anything in the morning. rocks up for a couple of hours, according to this report. and then disappears swimming or playing golf. and he's commander of the riot he's the commander of the riot police unit, chris, for and here's the thing . we spent £500 here's the thing. we spent £500 million in order for more patrols, more squadrons , more patrols, more squadrons, more gendarmes. it turns out that the prefecture have confirmed that at the moment there's only one mobile unit that's being essentially funded by the uk that patrols the calais area. so you're sort of thinking what

else are they doing with all of our cash ? and you know, this our cash? and you know, this guy, this this chief, mr laschet , from this report just look at this. the result is a veritable mafia that reigned via a regime of terror within the police unit. and his second in command, i mean, there's serious problems in this unit is being accused of ethical breaches, anti—semitism, sexist and racist nature. i mean, this is not a good report. this is reported in the parisien and yeah, you sort of think, well, they've got serious problems over there. it doesn't give you any confidence that they're going to get on top of what we know is a huge crisis. so when nigel hears about this, when gets back, i have to say when he gets back, i have to say i think he might words. and i think he might have words. and that serious what the that is a serious what the farage they responding farage are they responding to the claims ? the claims? >> they the. >> are they the. >> are they the. >> well, they surprise >> well, they are, yes. surprise surprise. gentlemen in surprise. the gentlemen in question disappeared on sick question has disappeared on sick leave for many, many weeks. but he feels bound by duty of reserve in the force. so all the

usual stuff he's suffering from burnout. but this apparently has gone on for 14 years. but all we're getting value for money here, chris. >> and the concern you have is how is being spent. absolutely. >> giving. i mean, the prime minister millions to hundreds of millions, minister millions, the prime minister has committed to stop committed to in order to stop the and yet every week the boats. and yet every week they keep coming when the weather it's november . weather is good. it's november. the boats are still coming. it may be him personally doing. may not be him personally doing. he's obviously very senior he's obviously a very senior chief and it's a it's a big report. there's obviously a lot of problems. i think the point is that it doesn't give one any confidence that our money is being well spent. and i'm pretty anxious about that. and i'm pretty sure that nigel would be, too. the british people are too. and the british people are fuming despite all this too. and the british people are fumirthey despite all this too. and the british people are fumirthey keep pite all this too. and the british people are fumirthey keep coming this too. and the british people are fumirthey keep coming and we're cash, they keep coming and we're looking a big day tomorrow, looking into a big day tomorrow, not about illegal migration, tomorrow legally tomorrow tomorrow, it's legally tomorrow is migration. is about lawful migration. and we've had actually we've we've we've had actually from the opr report confirm nafion from the opr report confirm nation that net migration in 2022 600,000 606,000 people has

actually led to a deterioration in per head living standards. the worst on record . so this the worst on record. so this great sort of myth, we're told by people in westminster that immigration is good for us, it's good for the economy per person, per head . it's not. here good for the economy per person, per head. it's not. here is good for the economy per person, per head . it's not. here is the per head. it's not. here is the evidence from the obr itself, the government is trying to shake that up . shake that up. >> they're trying to bring more people back into the workforce off on benefits, aren't they ? off on benefits, aren't they? >> that's those who are already living here. i'm talking about net immigration into net law, full immigration into the country . forecasts suggest the country. forecasts suggest it could be as high as 700,000 for the year to june 2023. maybe they've sort of managed the expectations. it's clearly another massive number. it clearly proves the total lie about from the tories manifesto when they said they were going to bring numbers down, in particular, low skilled numbers down, they've done the absolute office nowhere near 10,000, which course david cameron which of course david cameron pledged 2010. truth pledged back in 2010. the truth is, nearer a million net is, it's nearer a million net than tens of thousands , which than tens of thousands, which was pledged back in 2010. i think absolutely let

think people feel absolutely let down from the from all parties and no party. they're just saying this is changing the quality of our life. it's reducing our public services , reducing our public services, ability to look after us all. >> but, richard, the problem is it's a choice is that the elected leaders make about this because the small boats issue is a problem . it's you can see it a problem. it's you can see it happening weekly. a problem. it's you can see it happening weekly . see, the net happening weekly. see, the net migration figure is a political choice. >> they made it political choice . and deliberately having told the people we would have a skilled worker visa system, which one assumed would have therefore a high salary threshold, they set the threshold, they set the threshold for some jobs down as low as 20,000. now they're trying to desperately play catch up. created up. they've also created a complete open season for student visas again in the year to june some 650,000 student visas granted , who can then, once granted, who can then, once they've finished their degree , they've finished their degree, stay on a graduate worker visa, then stay on a skilled worker visa, then stay permanently. so there's another legal backdoor to forever. know , to stay here forever. you know, and i know the treasury need a

certain amount of net migration also completely dispute also know i completely dispute that. >> e finish. let me finish. >> let me finish. let me finish. we know that treasury say we know that the treasury say this. say this. they this. they do say this. they need 200,000 net migrants arriving here. you may not be happy, tice, but they happy, richard tice, but they do say dispute that figure? >> i do completely dispute that. and is now there and the evidence is now there per it's not good for per head. it's not good for people already living here and therefore, treasury is therefore, the treasury is letting british people. letting down the british people. what we need is courageous politicians it out. politicians to call it out. i say we should have net zero. we want smart , high skilled, highly want smart, high skilled, highly qualified immigration. but about 400,000 people emigrate every year so you can welcome high qualified people to a similar sort of number. you get one in, one out net zero. that's the smart way to run this. >> the labour market is so tight. you talk to anybody trying to guess what happens. >> guess wages go up. okay >> guess what? wages go up. okay that's works. and then if that's how it works. and then if you afford wages, you you can't afford the wages, you invest equipment. invest in capital equipment. that's how economics since the beginning the industrial beginning of the industrial revolution beginning of the industrial revolutithe combine harvester why do the combine harvester develop? because farmers couldn't the in couldn't afford the labour in the fields. that's called technological progress. that's what rely not

what we should rely on, not importing low skilled importing cheap, low skilled laboun importing cheap, low skilled labour. that means businesses don't have to train people, don't have to train people, don't put them on apprenticeships have apprenticeships and don't have to capital. to invest in capital. >> so why are so many brits on benefits ? is there an issue here? >> well, we've just had benefits being going to being announced. it's going to increase today. increase another 6.7% today. that's tax number. that's that's a post tax number. that's equivalent to just under 8.5. pre tax, very low numbers, very low income levels here. >> we're talking about all these benefits. >> but the reality is we've got we've got 1 in 8 of the working age population ,1 we've got 1 in 8 of the working age population , 1 in 8 on age population, 1 in 8 on benefits because are benefits because benefits are net tax . and so for too many net of tax. and so for too many people, they're saying on low incomes, tax rates are too incomes, the tax rates are too high. that's why my proposal to lift it 20 grand is lift it to 20 grand is absolutely the right proposal. as liam halligan said earlier , as liam halligan said earlier, that's what got to do. that's what we've got to do. you've to get british people you've got to get british people motivated into work. motivated back into work. >> back going back your >> going back going back to your issue the french issue there with the french enforcement, you think that enforcement, do you think that sir starmer could do a sir keir starmer could do a better because is he's betterjob because he is he's met with macron . you know, he's met with macron. you know, he's maybe there's no indication open to no indication to the european no indication whatsoever that keir

whatsoever ever that keir starmer is going to control either lawful immigration or unlawful . says he'll work more unlawful. says he'll work more closely on the continent. >> yeah, but he also the implication of that was that he would want it to welcome 100,000 plus asylum seekers every single year and the flaw in this whole thing about safe and legal routes is what happens if someone is rejected. guess what? they'll still come to the beach. they'll still come to the beach. they'll still come to the beach. they'll still get a boat, and they'll still get on a boat, and we're still waiting for we're still waiting calls for the response for the government's response for the government's response for the treaty might be the around the treaty might be out week or the week after. out next week or the week after. >> then there's many days to >> and then there's many days to get vetted. and we get to get vetted. and then we have the new law maybe to disapply human rights, rights to certain migrants. i mean, that could be a solution. and again, that could look that could see the first plane taking off in may to rwanda. >> in may. that'll be two years after they started this process >> in may. that'll be two years afte said.r started this process >> in may. that'll be two years afte said. but rted this process >> in may. that'll be two years afte said. but noj this process >> in may. that'll be two years afte said. but no ones process >> in may. that'll be two years afte said. but no one seriously has said. but no one seriously thinks that a few hundred people going to rwanda is going to be a deterrent to tens and tens of thousands who are trying to cross the channel. >> you say no one, but the

government thinks that the government thinks that the government thinks that the government thinks it will break the argument. >> that i think when >> they say that i think when you talk to them privately, as i suspect you do, they don't really believe it. it doesn't make could make sense. how could a deterrent hundred deterrent of a few hundred sorry, a few hundred sorry, how could a few hundred going a genuine going to rwanda be a genuine deterrent for 25 or 30,000? chris, it just doesn't stack up to they're hoping so. to me. well, they're hoping so. >> they're all their eggs >> and they're all of their eggs in one basket, which is what in in one basket, which is what the former secretary said. in in one basket, which is what the she1er secretary said. in in one basket, which is what the she said secretary said. in in one basket, which is what the she said quite secretary said. in in one basket, which is what the she said quite rightly,( said. >> she said quite rightly, you've a plan b and you've got to have a plan b and a plan c, that's what we do in the world of business. you never rely just on plan a, otherwise when plan a doesn't out, when plan a doesn't work out, you look bit of a fool, i'm you look a bit of a fool, i'm afraid. that's what's happened you look a bit of a fool, i'm afraid. tiprime'hat's happened you look a bit of a fool, i'm afraid. tiprime minister. pened you look a bit of a fool, i'm afraid. tiprime minister. he'sd with the prime minister. he's he's desperately scrambling, he's now desperately scrambling, trying up. yeah but trying to catch up. yeah but i think people are think the british people are losing and losing faith rapidly, and i don't there's much tory don't think there's much tory mps are losing faith. >> are reaching out to >> are they reaching out to reform a happy birth for reform as a happy birth for them? richard, i'm being asked this by lots of just you and me talking. >> it is just you and me talking. of course, there's but what the numbers of what we forget is the numbers of people watching gb news is going

through roof. so actually, through the roof. so actually, there thousands there are hundreds of thousands of people watching and listening. not going to listening. and i'm not going to give running commentary. give a running commentary. christopher would christopher because that would be do. be the wrong thing to do. >> like the rest of them. >> you're like the rest of them. you are richard tice. you're all the you're no running commentary. >> but because you >> yeah, but that's because you want a journalist, you know, want as a journalist, you know, you want to break the exclusive, but i'm not giving a running commentary. it's commentary. but i think it's fair to it's a hotline. fair to say it's a hotline. >> it's a hotline established. >> it's a hotline established. >> my number. >> they've all got my number. put like that. put it like that. >> and see. well, on his >> wait and see. well, on his way to our camera in the heart of hopefully of westminster, hopefully we'll be by the be joined very soon by the shadow secretary of state for business trade, jonathan business and trade, jonathan reynolds, on reynolds, to give his view on the the statement. the charts of the statement. we'll see you in three. >> i'm patrick christie tonight, 9 heavyweight 9 to 11 pm, tory heavyweight and former home secretary priti patel me to give her patel joins me live to give her exclusive to today's exclusive reaction to today's autumn you feel autumn budget. do you feel better pretty won't be better off pretty won't be pulling i was pulling her punches. plus i was lorraine out order lorraine kelly out of order for body shaming hero, body shaming ourjungle hero, nigel farage, the one and only kim woodburn bites back. and should work the uk should we ban sex work in the uk 7 should we ban sex work in the uk ? also tune in for the most exciting paper review anywhere

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and we're back now . and we're back now. >> jonathan reynolds is the mps shadow secretary for business and trade and he joins me now live from college . green in the live from college. green in the darkness. jonathan, welcome to gb news. thank you forjoining gb news. thank you for joining us today . good evening. evening us today. good evening. evening it's great news right ? the it's great news right? the tories are cutting taxes in january . well look, i think when january. well look, i think when people look at any government statement like this, they'll ask themselves is, am i going to be better off? >> and the answer for the last 13 years, for most people in this country has been no. and after statement, the after this autumn statement, the answer much still no. i answer is very much still no. i mean, this a statement mean, this was a statement billed a statement for billed as a statement for growth. we've got growth downgraded for next year. the year after that, the year after that, got a really major that, you've got a really major reduction standards reduction in living standards and i mean,

and just on taxation, i mean, a headune and just on taxation, i mean, a headline on a national insurance cut. i mean, look, if you look at the rise in taxes in this parliament alone, it's equivalent to about £0.10 rise in the rate of national insurance. so it's gone up £0.10 and you're going to get £0.02 off. fact you'll off. the fact is, you'll go anywhere will go anywhere in this country will go to the polls in the next election, and that taxes will be higher they were in 2019. higher than they were in 2019. so, wasn't the game so, look, it wasn't the game changing that i think changing statement that i think the needs. i think we'll the country needs. i think we'll only that when we get the only get that when we get the chance for a general election and change in the country. >> but jonathan reynolds, the government they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat nt they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat they they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat they have they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat they have had they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat they have had a they >> but jonathan reynolds, the goverthat they have had a covid( here, that they have had a covid pandemic to deal with a war in ukraine and across the living crisis. that's why have crisis. and that's why we have taxes greater they were taxes are greater than they were in 2019? well i would say look at the performance of the government across the duration of its time in office. >> look at the whole 13, soon to be 14 years. it's been a story of low growth, of high taxes, taxes getting higher all the time, and that has been because growth is so low. so you don't get good public services. you get good public services. you

get to cover if you like get that to cover if you like the costs that failure. and the costs of that failure. and it's same today . i it's the same story today. i mean, the rise in the tax burden for a conservative government is very, very significant indeed. but don't think anybody looks but i don't think anybody looks at thinks, well, it's at it and thinks, well, it's okay because nhs is doing okay because the nhs is doing great, my school is doing great, or my school is doing great. actually, no public service would say works service today, i would say works better did when the better than it did when the conservative came conservative party came to power. take the whole of power. so take take the whole of their hold to their record, hold them to account of their account for the whole of their record. it's been a really, really story. agree really poor story. and i agree with one thing the chancellor said, which is that low growth is productivity and is down to low productivity and thatis is down to low productivity and that is down to low business investment way. investment in a principal way. but again, mean, i support but again, i mean, i support actually the full expensing changes, thing changes, but it's only one thing of needs and the of what business needs and the instability we've seen from this government has been a big cause of drop off in investment. government has been a big cause of seen�* off in investment. government has been a big cause of seen a ff in investment. government has been a big cause of seen a whole|vestment. government has been a big cause of seen a whole range ent. government has been a big cause of seen a whole range oft. we've seen a whole range of problems. can't build problems. you can't build anything in the uk. planning reform big skills no reform is a big issue. skills no changes apprenticeship changes to the apprenticeship levy today, getting a better trade with europe that trade agreement with europe that hasn't so we're hasn't been part of it. so we're just seeing what we need to just not seeing what we need to see step change the see for the step change the country needs. and more of

country needs. and it's more of the it's making you the same and it's making you worse off. the same and it's making you worwhat. labour do, though? the same and it's making you worvlabour labour do, though? the same and it's making you worvlabour supportr do, though? the same and it's making you worvlabour support this though? the same and it's making you worvlabour support this tax ugh? the same and it's making you worvlabour support this tax cut? will labour support this tax cut in january? will it vote down or try and down other parts of try and vote down other parts of this autumn? statement if they get opportunity? get the opportunity? >> well, don't even >> well, look, we don't even know we'll get a vote know where we'll get a vote on it, but do support the it, but we do support the reduction. actually opposed it, but we do support the reductio in actually opposed it, but we do support the reductio in nationallly opposed it, but we do support the reductioin national insurance,i it, but we do support the reyouioin national insurance,i it, but we do support the reyou can national insurance,i it, but we do support the reyou can remembernsurance,i it, but we do support the reyou can remember thatince,i it, but we do support the reyou can remember that under if you can remember that under i think the prime minister was bofis think the prime minister was boris johnson at that point. now, point we think taxes now, point was, we think taxes on working people's on income, on working people's income we income are too high. and we think the cost of think that's the cost of conservative over the conservative failure over the duration time in duration of their time in office. so can be consistent on that have it what we that and not have it what we what to see is a what we really need to see is a step change the performance step change in the performance of economy. that requires of the economy. that requires not just a change like the full expensing change investment. expensing change to investment. we means we saw today. it means stability, means industrial stability, it means industrial strategy, green strategy, it means our green prosperity plan with public investment to the brexit investment changes to the brexit deal deal, changes to the apprenticeship you apprenticeship levy, you know, all this what required. all of this is what is required. we that in we haven't seen that today in the projections. honestly i've really fairly stark when you get the it. the detail of it. >> jonathan reynolds listen, the detail of it. >> joryouan reynolds listen, the detail of it. >> joryou forteynolds listen, the detail of it. >> joryou forjoining; listen, the detail of it. >> joryou for joining us sten, the detail of it. >> joryou for joining us tonight thank you for joining us tonight from green. it's been from college green. it's been a busy thank for

busy night. thank you for joining coming state of joining us. coming up, state of the with jacob rees—mogg. the nation with jacob rees—mogg. jacob, what's coming 7 up. up? >> well, going to be talking >> well, i'm going to be talking about statement. about the autumn statement. kwasi on to kwasi kwarteng is coming on to discuss me. what's been discuss it with me. what's been done?is discuss it with me. what's been done? is it right? will it be effective? and why are in effective? and why are we in such thrall obr, which such thrall to the obr, which seems be the real chancellor seems to be the real chancellor in well, there we are, jacob >> well, there we are, jacob rees—mogg with his take on rees—mogg there with his take on what a difficult budget what is quite a difficult budget for on the right to for some on the right to stomach. stomach i think. but first though, soon, first though, come very soon, the weather. for joining the weather. thanks for joining us tonight gb thank us tonight on gb news. thank you. us tonight on gb news. thank yougood us tonight on gb news. thank you good evening. us tonight on gb news. thank yougood evening. i'm alex deakin >> good evening. i'm alex deakin . your latest weather . this is your latest weather update met office for update from the met office for gb news. the wind's picking up a bit gb news. the wind's picking up a bh and gb news. the wind's picking up a bit and tomorrow, bit tonight and tomorrow, particularly the particularly so across the north, in the south north, largely dry in the south tomorrow , but it's going to turn tomorrow, but it's going to turn colder for of by friday. colder for all of us by friday. still high pressure nearby still got high pressure nearby to the south—west, cold to the south—west, but this cold front introducing the front will be introducing the colder as the isobars colder air as the isobars squeeze together. the wind's picking up a very blustery night across scotland, across northern scotland, particularly in the northern particularly so in the northern isles. got a night for the isles. got a wet night for the highlands and that rain slow, slowly edging south across the western south,

western isles. further south, some over the hills some patchy rain over the hills of scotland of southern scotland and northern . many northern england. but many places dry . the breeze places will be dry. the breeze and the cloud will help to keep the temperatures up. so a milder night than of late, but it is going turn colder. initial going to turn colder. initial tomorrow scotland. tomorrow across scotland. so there'll be some sunny spells developing, but there'll be blustery across far blustery showers across the far north, wet through the north, a wet morning through the central rain central belt. that rain spreading into northern spreading south into northern ireland, eventually into northern england a good northern england, but a good part england wales, part of england and wales, again, dry, some again, looking dry, some sunshine of the sunshine across parts of the south easily seeing south and east, easily seeing temperatures up to 12, maybe 13 celsius. but there's the colder air, single digits and feeling even colder with the wind across scotland and the colder air spreads south for friday, some patchy rain in the south—west showers coming into the north—east. there'll be wintry in nature, some sleet and snow even to lower levels for many , even to lower levels for many, though, friday will just be a bright, crisp day. but you will nofice bright, crisp day. but you will notice drop in temperatures notice that drop in temperatures single figures and feeling even colder in the east with the

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