refused to rule out reeves refused to rule out raising pensions tax in her autumn budget. now, with all these attempts to save money targeting the elderly, is britain beginning to feel like no country for old folks .7 next no country for old folks.7 next story israel's prime minister blasts the uk government's move to suspend certain arms sales to his country as shameful. benjamin netanyahu also claimed that britain's decision to withhold weapons will only embolden hamas and disaster in the english channel, as 12 people have reportedly died after attempting to make the perilous journey. the french coastguard have already begun an extensive rescue operation, but when will we see any real to action prevent these dangerous crossings from happening .7 and crossings from happening? and it's full steam ahead for the government's plans to nationalise the railways. the transport secretary says that passengers have been let down by private operators for way too long. but does this make? does this move risk overregulating

our transport network? and that's all coming up in your next hour . welcome to the show. next hour. welcome to the show. a delight to have your company. they say you can judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable. how we treat our elderly. how do you think we treat our elderly people at the moment? i put it to you that i think they've been treated as a cash cow . £4 billion saved on cash cow. £4 billion saved on the winter fuel allowance. today the winter fuel allowance. today the chancellor, rachel reeves, is being urged to increase the retirement age. this time to age 68. that means we work for longer and we stay poorer for longer. if you saved your whole life, have you been sensible? have you done the right thing? put a nest egg aside. well, the government has just removed the £86,000 so—called dementia tax cap . that means if you need end cap. that means if you need end of life care, then you might lose all of that money to the

state. whose side are they on? where are their priorities? £8 billion being spent on unemployment for immigrants. £6.6 billion per year being spent on our asylum system. are they taking pensioners for a ride? let me know your thoughts. usual way. of course. it's gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your news headlines. and here's will hollis . will hollis. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> the time is 3:00 with your afternoon updates. >> i'm. will hollis. >> i'm. will hollis. >> the french interior minister has confirmed at least 12 people have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. >> gerald darmanin, the french, french coast guard, says more than 50 people have been rescued dunng than 50 people have been rescued during its search and rescue operation. many reportedly require emergency medical treatment. >> a huge emergency search and rescue operation is underway.

>> here is gb news homeland security editor mark white >> this is a very significant tragedy that's unfolding in the engush tragedy that's unfolding in the english channel on the french side of the channel. it was about 1130 in the morning local time, when rescue services got reports of a migrant boat in difficulty. and in sinking a number of maritime assets and search and rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene. now, there are conflicting reports at this hour about just how many people have been killed and injured in this incident. coastguard reports suggesting five confirmed fatalities but other reports from french media now widely circulating, putting that death toll at closer to ten. >> there has been backlash over the decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to israel, including from former

prime minister boris johnson, who's accused sir keir starmer of abandoning the ally. foreign secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk they might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law. >> mr lammy says around 30 of 350 licences will be suspended , 350 licences will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban andifs stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo. >> however , former defence >> however, former defence secretary grant shapps has told media this morning the suspension was akin to student politics, also calling it a very retrograde step. energy secretary ed miliband says the government will always support israel, while holding it accountable. >> we've always said, and we believe, that israel has a absolute right to defend itself, but within international law and the foreign secretary took advice as he said he would, on

whether there was a risk that british arms sales would be used in breach of international law. that's why he made the decision. he did to ban the export of some arms to israel . arms to israel. >> to. the tory leadership race now. and tom tugendhat has launched his campaign the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for the future of the party and the nafion future of the party and the nation . mr tugendhat is one of nation. mr tugendhat is one of the six tory mps vying to replace rishi sunak, says he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the public. he's also promised a return of honesty in politics. >> we must change and britain deserves better and we need a different government , one that different government, one that will serve our country with conviction and act for you . my conviction and act for you. my mission is the happiness and

prosperity of the british people. now, it's easy to say , people. now, it's easy to say, but it's tough to deliver because at its heart, it's about putting the government back at the service of the people. it's about investment and innovation, but it's also about freedom . but it's also about freedom. freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to fail. it's about a commitment to grow our economy and to see our people prosper. >> the inquest of steve dymond, a guest on the jeremy kyle show, has heard that the 63 year old died of an overdose of morphine and a heart problem. he's suspected to have taken his own life. seven days after filming for the itv programme in may 2019. he'd taken a lie detector test for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex—fiancee. steve's son carl woolley, says his father had continued to be very upset in the following days and would call him up to six times a day. those are your latest gb news

headlines? i'm will hollis. the time is 3:10. we'll be back in about 20 minutes for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you will. now to our top story this afternoon. and pensioners across the country are worried and bracing themselves for their incomes after the chancellor refused to rule out tax hikes on their pensions. rachel reeves also refused to speculate on replacing the winter fuel allowance, which has already been cut. and this is how she addressed concerns in the commons earlier today. >> i'm not going to speculate about what will be in the budget, but i am absolutely determined to ensure that working people are better off under the last government. the tax burden reached its highest level in 70 years, and ordinary

working people paid the price for that. this budget will be a budget to fix the foundations of the economy. after the mess left by the previous government, to rebuild britain and to make working people better off. >> pensioners are once working people too. are they now footing the bill? well, joining me now to discuss this is our political correspondent katherine forster, and the political correspondent for the spectator, james hill. james, catherine, welcome , james, catherine, welcome, catherine. let's start with what appears to be impending bad news for pensioners. so we already know the winter fuel allowance has been cut, £4 billion there, tax breaks for pensioners not being ruled out. not the same as them happening of course. angela rayner was pushed on the single occupancy council tax status. might that change? she refused to rule that out again. not the same as it actually happening. and then today a london school of economics reports urging the chancellor to raise the state pension age to 68 as soon as

possible. pensioners are costing the country too much, and it seems they're now being asked to cough up. >> well , cough up. >> well, certainly this announcement on the, you know , announcement on the, you know, the means testing of the winter fuel allowance has gone down like a ton of bricks with many, hasn't it? and it does feel like for pensioners it may be going to get yet worse. of course, we don't know, just looking at that clip, i was really struck by this working people line that labour used consistently during the election to okay, pensioners were working people, many of them still are. but, you know, labour told us during the election campaign no planned tax increases on working people, no planned tax increases. but, you know, looking at capital gains tax, inheritance tax, plenty of working people pay those. so there is pain coming. i think for a lot of people and pensioners, it seems , are not

pensioners, it seems, are not going to be immune to that. one thing, rachel reeves is defending this , saying, look, defending this, saying, look, you know, we've got the triple lock , pensioners are going to be lock, pensioners are going to be £900 a year better off because of this. they're also trying to boost the take up of pension credit because that's worth up to £4,000. there's about 900,000 people not currently claiming that who could do , but many, that who could do, but many, many very concerned, including many very concerned, including many on the labour benches to james. >> i'll bring you in here. it kind of went under the radar on a lot of news channels. we were picking up on it at the time and that was the cap. the conservative party cap on social care. £86,000. borisjohnson put care. £86,000. boris johnson put that in. that's already been announced. that's going. so that's basically a dementia tax. and pensioners groups are very, very concerned about that. so my question to you is quite straightforward. if you do the right thing for your entire life , right thing for your entire life, pensioners, a lot of them, they were working people for decades. they paid in, they paid their

stamp. they did the right thing. they paid their way. they put a nest egg to one side. does it feel now like this government has their sights firmly set on their savings? >> i think that's certainly a sense among a lot of pensioners right now. >> and talking to a couple of labour mps over the past few weeks, they've always been surprised by the fact that rather than being thanked for taking away the winter fuel allowance, they've had a great deal of correspondence. now, perhaps in one sense they shouldn't have been, given how we know pensioners are one of the most switched on voting groups, always very keen to write to their mps. but i think perhaps it shows something which is that when a tangible benefits are taken away and juxtaposed against something like the big pubuc against something like the big public sector pay increases that we saw a few weeks ago, that is the kind of comparison that can kill a government whereby the government, which talks the language of national service about being a government for all, actually is seen to be operating in quite a factional way and helping those who help them get elected in the first place. >> catherine, if you to be a cynic and you looked at the voting metrics at the last general election, pensioners don't ostensibly vote for the labour party. at the last election, the over 70s, only 20% voted for the labour party, 46 for the tories, 15% for the

reform party, the 60 to 69. they are the ones who might be dragged into this pension bracket. only marginally more for the labour party. 28 percentile, 33 tories, 18 for the reform party to be brutal, do the labour party perhaps think well, pensioners don't really vote for us. why should we care? >> well, i don't think you need to be a cynic to realise that that has got to be a factor in a government's calculations. and i think what's clear is with this incoming labour government, there has been a definite shift of focus in terms of who they are going to prioritise. they are going to prioritise. they are very clearly wanting to speak to younger people, talking about housing. we know the average age for voting conservative is now well over 50, and so focus on the young , 50, and so focus on the young, focus on public sector workers. you know , giving teachers, you know, giving teachers, junior doctors, railway workers. more controversially, these big pay more controversially, these big pay rises and a real shift in focus. and of course, there's not much money going round.

choices are being made . and, choices are being made. and, yeah, i mean, of course there were plenty of older voters who may have naturally been conservatives who sat on their hands or who voted for reform, feeling that the conservatives weren't conservative enough. but of course, the conservatives still did tend to look after that age group more mindfully than the current labour government. >> james, one of the things we talk about a lot about british values is this sense of fairness, a sense of doing the right thing . right thing. >> pay in, follow the rules, be a law abiding taxpayer, and then this is the net result. and then on the flip side, we're seeing some incredible some grotesque wastage in many people's eyes. we saw on friday an announcement over £8 billion per annum being spent on unemployment for immigrants, £6.6 billion on the cost of the asylum system

annually . cost of the asylum system annually. that's cost of the asylum system annually . that's over £15 annually. that's over £15 billion per year being spent on people who've never paid a penny into the system. and at the other end of the scale, we have pensioners feeling under the pinch. are we on the brink? do you think of breaking that social contract we have in britain? >> i think there's a risk. i think also it shows how stupid the government were, for instance, on sunday to claim that they had to scrap winter fuel allowance. when lucy powell did the media round, they had to do that or risk a run on the pound, because of course, that figure was about £1.4 billion is expected to save. and yet we're spending 7 million a day on hotel bills for asylum seekers. so much bigger sums are going elsewhere. and actually politics is about priorities. and really i think labour is too stuck in its campaigning mode rather than governing mode. they're too busy, for instance, talking about the economy and talking about the economy and talking about the economy and talking about the legacy they had, rather than, for instance, trying to build up business confidence. and i think that will hurt them five years down the line. if people aren't investing in the uk and they want to get re—elected. >> james heale katherine forster excellent. thank you very much. now moving on. israel's prime minister has responded to the uk government after they announced

the suspension of certain arms sales to the country. benjamin netanyahu slammed the decision as misguided and shameful, also saying that the uk has only emboldened hamas. and here's what the shadow transport secretary said about the move earlier on today. >> well, i think it's really important that we stand firm in our support of israel in their conflict with hamas , which of conflict with hamas, which of course is a terrorist organisation. >> i like many people, i am concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza, but we know hamas is using people as human shields and still has israeli hostages. and in fact, one of the problems with this announcement is one of timing. >> it was just a few days ago that hamas murdered six hostages rather than release them. >> and right on the back of that is this announcement by labour about limiting arms sales to israel . israel. >> well, joining me now to discuss this is our political correspondent, olivia utley olivier. welcome to the show. so it's fair to say this has gone down very, very badly in israel, as you'd no doubt imagine, the government's original position was to allow israel to defend itself. now that seems to come

with some pretty serious caveats. and the question that people are asking is why and why now? is david lammy pandering to his backbenchers? is he pandenng his backbenchers? is he pandering to the gaza vote? what do you think was the explanation behind it ? behind it? >> well, this is a hugely controversial move from david lammy . the government party line lammy. the government party line at the moment is that this is essentially about a legal technicality. david lammy , the technicality. david lammy, the foreign secretary, says that he received this report which explained that it is possible that british arms exports to israel could potentially be being used to break international law. and in light of that review, he is limiting the number of arms that are going from britain to israel. it might be a little bit more complicated than that. and why i say that is because the us, which obviously is obliged to maintain international law as well, hasn't gone as far as britain. the us has at certain points warned that it might

withdraw arms from israel, threatened if you like, but hasn't actually gone that far. and in fact, kamala harris, the democrat nominee, says that she will continue to support israel and, of course, the us to market israel in terms of weapon exports is much, much, much bigger than the uk. it's only about 0.02% of israel's arms come from britain. so if the us doesn't , doesn't feel that it's doesn't, doesn't feel that it's breaking international law in providing israel with arms, why does the uk could it be that david lammy is reading quite far into this report further than others would? and if so, does that mean that it's not just a technicality? it's not just about the legalities of this. it's actually more of a political decision that is going to be the question over the next few days. ever since october 7 last year, keir starmer and first the shadow government, now the government has come under massive amounts of fire from both sides, actually for its position on israel. you've got those in labour and of course on the conservative benches too, as we heard from helen whately

there, who think that the government should be supporting israel 100% all the way. in fact, even a couple of ministers have expressed disquiet on the side about keir starmer's decision today. but on the other hand, of course, you have plenty of labour backbenchers and five independent mps who were elected on a purely pro gaza ticket, among them jeremy corbyn, former leader of the labour party, who think that britain is giving israel an easy ride, who are deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and think that the answer to that is clamping down on british exports to israel . so could it be that to israel. so could it be that david lammy is giving in to some of that political pressure there? and if that is the case, how is that going to play with the rest of his party, with israel, with the wider world, including of course, the us, britain's biggest ally ? britain's biggest ally? >> okay, olivia utley is a controversial decision. it hasn't really pleased anybody. zarah sultana and the pro, the pro—palestine backbenchers, they're not happy about it.

israel isn't happy about it. makes you wonder what the point was. thank you very much for joining us. excellent. well coming next, we've got the latest on the capsized boats in the english channel, which has left 12 people tragically dead. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 322 on martin daubney on gb news. at least 12 people have died after attempting to cross the english channel, according to reports in the french media. a rescue operation is already underway from the french coast guard, who have confirmed that at least 50 people were on the capsized boat. and join us now to discuss this is the executive director of migration watch, doctor mike jones. doctor jones, welcome to the show. another tragedy. i believe this is the biggest disaster in the channel so far

this year. and as far as we know, 12 confirmed dead. this was an incident that happened just off the french coast. and mike, this points to the fact , mike, this points to the fact, doesn't it, that this will just continue on and on and on until we do something serious to stop this miserable, miserable human trade. >> yeah. afternoon martin, you know, this is a hugely tragic case. and unfortunately, it is just one among many, you know, not just in the english channel, but also in the black sea, the mouth of istanbul's bosphorus strait , where boat crossers have strait, where boat crossers have died and also in the mediterranean, where irregular migrants have died. making the journey from libya, lebanon and tunisia . death, i'm afraid to tunisia. death, i'm afraid to say, is part and parcel of the illegal migration, trade . and illegal migration, trade. and this is part and parcel too, of the lax laws in europe that encourage these people to cross

in the first place, to make a dangerous journey across, you know, choppy and unpredictable waters in tiny makeshift boats. at the end of the day , the at the end of the day, the people traffickers don't care about life and death, provided that these people have paid their fees. and unfortunately, this disgusting trade is going to continue until we start deporting people and making the people traffickers business model redundant . but sir keir model redundant. but sir keir starmer, i'm afraid to say, is not going to do this and it's well worth repeating that fact, doctor jones, that the people traffickers, they don't care about life and death. >> they care about profit. we've seen instances where a seven year old girl was trampled to death on a dinghy by adult men scrambling to get on many of whom haven't paid, and it's just a lawless situation. we know the situation on the coast of france is getting worse. there have been reports this week and last week of police officers coming unden week of police officers coming

under, sustained attacks, barrage of projectiles being thrown. now the dinghies are taking off from canals to avoid the beaches. so the french gendarme are chasing shadows, despite the fact we put £500 million per year their way. what can be done to stop this? because if the people traffickers don't care about death, if the traffickers themselves only care about profit and the people boarding these craft will take whatever risk it is they can put themselves through for the chance of getting to britain. what do we need to do to stop this grotesque trade? >> well, i mean , ultimately the >> well, i mean, ultimately the solution to this is to make their business model redundant. how do you do that, should you try to smash the gangs? which is what sir keir starmer wants to do. i mean, you can make life uncomfortable for the gangs, but you can't smash them . you can't smash them. ultimately, you need a policy to detain and deport the people who

arrive, because that sends a very strong signal that the euros you're spending on crossing the english channel are going to be completely worthless. so to do this , we worthless. so to do this, we need to amend or abolish the human rights act, remove any reference to the european convention of human rights, you know , possibly even withdraw know, possibly even withdraw from the council of europe, you know, which implies membership of the european court of, human rights. and then we need to thrash out deportation policies with various countries. now, deporting people is going to be very difficult in some cases. but that's where you need agreements with countries like rwanda, for example. but unfortunately, the labour party has mothballed this plan. so, my expectation is that this problem is, is going to get worse . is, is going to get worse. >> now, it's worth pointing out that the labour party, are

installing, they say , 100 installing, they say, 100 officers to try and deal with this and they have a new a new task force to deal with it . task force to deal with it. they've ruled out any such thing of getting out of the council of europe. they've ruled out the european court of human rights as a withdrawal tactic, smashing the gangs. they've tried to do deals on part of the pan european tour with france, with germany and with sinner giorgia meloni in italy also being courted. but these things take time, don't they? if they even come to fruition at all. and isn't the point of the immediacy of interception of the turn back something that worked in australia? we saw with operation sovereign borders the only successful returns policy of its kind anywhere on the planet. and yet there still seems to be reluctance to adopt anything along those lines. >> i don't think a pushback policy is, is suitable for the engush policy is, is suitable for the english channel because, you know, most of these people aren't crossing in boats,

they're crossing in dinghies , they're crossing in dinghies, and lots of these people will die if you attempt a pushback policy and border security staff will then be liable for voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. so, i mean, priti patel trialled a sort of pushback scheme with with jet skis. but obviously that didn't pan out, i mean , ultimately, you pan out, i mean, ultimately, you need to be able to detain and deport people very quickly. the key thing is you need to amend the human rights act. you need to remove any reference to the european convention of human rights, and then you need to begin a sort of diplomatic, policy of negotiating returns, agreements and, you know, agreements and, you know, agreements with third safe countries. you know, we had one with rwanda. we don't anymore. but the key thing is, is to actually deport people, because that strikes to the heart. and soul of asylum policy, because if you can't deport people, then

you don't have border control . you don't have border control. and if you don't have control of your borders, then you don't have control of your country. >> and mike, again, it's worth pointing out that yvette cooper has said that the labour party has said that the labour party has pledged to deport 14,500 illegal asylum seekers by the end of the year. but i guess the point is 7000 or 7500 have arrived since the labour party got into power. it's more than 23,000, i believe , so far this 23,000, i believe, so far this year alone. so even if that percentile were reached, it still wouldn't scratch the surface, would it ? surface, would it? >> well, no, i mean, yvette cooper wants to expand detention centre levels, but that's only going to make a difference by a couple of hundred. she wants to return to 2018 levels of deportations , but 2018 deportations, but 2018 deportations, but 2018 deportation levels were considerably down, during the early years of the cameron government. i mean, in the early

years of the cameron government, it was about 46,000, whereas you know, 2018 was close to half of that. know, 2018 was close to half of that . so, you know, it's small that. so, you know, it's small beer at the end of the day, it's not going to make any difference. i mean, the labour party do want to fast track deportations to safe countries where the human rights lawyers can't interfere . and i think can't interfere. and i think that's sensible. but the fact of the matter is , most of these the matter is, most of these people are arriving from from countries that are deemed unsafe. by by the human rights authorities, the ngos, the blob, if you like, inverted commas. so their plans may make a difference to the margins, but it's not going to stop this. >> okay . meanwhile, in germany, >> okay. meanwhile, in germany, of all places, they've just agreed the first deportation plan to afghanistan, returning afghan criminals to the taliban. perhaps it's time for a similar approach here. thanks for joining us. that's the executive director of migration watch, doctor mike jones. thank you for your time. now, loads more still

to come between now and 4:00, including will labour's plans to nationalise our railways finally, and the transport chaos we've experienced all of us over these past few years, or might it make it even worse? but first, it's time for your headlines. and here's wallace . headlines. and here's wallace. >> your latest stories. at 3:30, some breaking news. the scottish government will make £500 million worth of cuts. that's according to finance secretary shona robison. but to our top story, the french interior minister, gerald darmanin , has minister, gerald darmanin, has confirmed at least 12 people have have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel, the french coast guard says more than 50 people have been rescued during its search and rescue operation. many of these people reportedly required emergency medical treatment. a huge emergency search and rescue operation is

underway . there's been backlash underway. there's been backlash over the decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to israel, including from former prime minister boris johnson, who's accused sir keir starmer of abandoning israel. foreign secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk they might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law. mr lammy says around 30 out of 350 licences will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban andifs stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo. however, former defence secretary grant shapps has told media this morning the suspension was akin to student politics, also calling it a very retrograde step. but defence secretary john healey insists israel's security will not be weakened by the suspension of some arms exports to the tory

leadership race. and tom tugendhat has launched his bid today. the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for the future of the party and the nation. mr tugendhat is one of six tory mps vying to be rishi sunak's successor . he says he'll vying to be rishi sunak's successor. he says he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the public. he's also promised a return to the honesty of politics. five children have been arrested over the murder of an 80 year old man. he was walking his dog in franklin park in leicestershire when he was seriously assaulted by a group of young people on sunday, and later died in hospital . a boy and a girl, aged hospital. a boy and a girl, aged 14, and one more boy, plus two more girls aged 12, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward and due to prior contact with the victim, the force will be making a voluntary referral to the independent office of police

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>> welcome back. your time is 337. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. labour's plan to nationalise the railways has been brought before parliament as the legislation gets closer to becoming law and the plans could see over 70% of the transport network nationalised by july 2025, after what the government described as years of unacceptably low performance from private operators. well, joining me now is the transport journalist christian wolmar. christian, welcome to the show. so to be fair, the labour party made this as a manifesto pledge.

they're pressing on with it as promised. do you think it will catch on? will it be a good thing? >> well, it's amazing that they're pressing on with it. so quickly. it does show that they're giving big priority to this. and look, here's the plan. they want more people to use the railways. they want to reverse the situation where there were >> the point is, though, ideologically where 7 >> the point is, though, ideologically where there were the situation where there were declining numbers, where people declining numbers, where people were banding the railway because were banding the railway because it's been so poorly operated in it's been so poorly operated in the past few years. so the idea the past few years. so the idea is that they create this great is that they create this great british railways organisation, which will much better bring british railways organisation, which will much better bring together both the together both the infrastructure, the stations and the track with the operators, so infrastructure, the stations and the track with the operators, so that you don't have two major that you don't have two major conflicting parties arguing over conflicting parties arguing over who's who's been delayed and why who's who's been delayed and why they've been delayed and so on they've been delayed and so on they've been delayed and so on the whole idea is to create one they've been delayed and so on the whole idea is to create one big organisation that will be big organisation that will be responsible for the running of responsible for the running of the trains . the trains . the trains. >> the point is, though, the trains. >> the point is, though,

ideologically it ideologically it may matter to the labour party to make the railways nationalised, but most people just care about will it be reliable, will it be affordable? will the food be decent? i'm old enough and christian, dare i say so? are you to remember british rail? the food was like prison food. the food was like prison food.

the , your memory is slightly kind of, influenced by the ridiculous tales about bad sandwiches and the like. >> and in fact, it invented the wrapped up sandwich . wrapped up sandwich. >> so let's lay that aside now. will it be better in the in the future? well, the hope is that by having a single organisation running it and not a whole bunch of different train companies, which confuses passengers and which confuses passengers and which often don't kind of work well together, will it result in a better run railway? and my view is that, yes , this is a view is that, yes, this is a good opportunity to reset what was a very messy privatisation, which in its early days caused a whole lot of accidents, which has been far more costly at running the railways than br was, and which in may 2018, you may remember the whole system fell apart because network rail , fell apart because network rail, which runs the infrastructure and so on, didn't manage to sort out the train services that the operators wanted to operate. so

there was all sorts of delays. and that's what led to the reform process under the tories, which is now seeing the light of day today. >> the fact of the matter is christian, the railways need a huge amount of public money already to prop them up. we've seen a huge change in the use of railways since the pandemic. a lot of people working from home, a lot of people can't afford to live in cities, so they're moving out. is this a solution of its time? do we need really to be investing much more money in the railways like this, or actually are the railways a moment in time and they're kind of we don't need them as much as we used to. >> no, we need the railways more and more, both to carry passengers and to carry freight . passengers and to carry freight. and the whole point of this reorganisation is to save money. so if you don't have lots of different companies, each with their own managing director and each with their own, human resources department and so on, you'll be able to save quite a

lot of money in terms of wages to managers. and you'll also have a much tidier kind of way of operating the railways so that you don't need lots of consultants and lots of lawyers and all these people kind of making a lot of money out of the network. and labour party reckons that it can save around £150 million a yearjust by bringing these services into the state owned gbr and not having to pay out profits. and there's lots of other ways that savings will be made. i'm optimistic about this, that, you know , they about this, that, you know, they can return to a much more efficient and economically run railway . railway. >> are you optimistic, christian, about the timetable? the first major delay could be the launch date. july 2025. seems awfully ambitious to me. might they be setting themselves up for the first cancellation straight away? >> well, they are not promising to take over the whole network.

how it works is that the private companies, the abantes and stagecoaches of the world, they have contracts which the labor party quite rightly doesn't want to break, because that would be very expensive. so they'll wait for these contracts to run out and then take these services under the wing of great british railways. now there's already four companies out of about 17 that are already operated by great british railways. these are the companies that have in the past failed under the private sector and been taken into government. control, like london and north eastern railway and southeastern. so what they're going to do is wait for their other ones for the contracts to run out. and this bill that is passing through, which they're discussing in parliament at this very moment, will then enable them to take over these companies. one by one, integrate them into great british railways and hopefully improve their efficiency and performance. >> superb, sir. i'm afraid it's

the end of the line, christian wolmar. we'll have to leave it there. but i'll tell you, i'm right about those sandwiches. they're no good for eating. they're no good for eating. they're just only good for throwing. thanks for joining they're just only good for throwing. thanks forjoining us on the show. superb stuff. now up next is the war on motorists ever going to end with manufacturers claiming they are being forced to ration their petrol car production? you couldn't make it up. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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channel. >> welcome back. your time is 348. i'm martin daubney on gb news. well, the war on motorists drags on today once again with some dealerships being forced to ration sales of petrol cars due to net zero fines on factories. you couldn't make it up. the to net zero fines on factories. you couldn't make it up. the zero emission vehicle mandates, zero emission vehicle mandates, which requires at least 22% of which requires at least 22% of cars sold by manufacturers to be cars sold by manufacturers to be electric from this year, is electric from this year, is causing some dealerships to causing some dealerships to stall their petrol car sales as stall their petrol car sales as manufacturers delay their manufacturers delay their production lines. with fears of production lines. with fears of supply issues growing across the supply issues growing across the country. well, joining me to try country. well, joining me to try and make some sense of this is and make some sense of this is someone very familiar with the someone very familiar with the risks of selling cars as a used risks of selling cars as a used car dealer, danny kelly. danny, car dealer, danny kelly. danny, welcome to the show. always an welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure , mate. i need absolute pleasure , mate. i need absolute pleasure, mate. i need you to try and make some sense absolute pleasure, mate. i need you to try and make some sense of this, because i can't. what's of this, because i can't. what's basically happening here is that basically happening here is that manufacturers are being told. manufacturers are being told.

22% of their vehicle sales must 22% of their vehicle sales must be electric on factories. be electric , but people aren't be electric, but people aren't buying 22% of electric cars. for various reasons. we've been through many times before, and as a consequence, they're not allowed to sell them petrol cars.is allowed to sell them petrol cars. is this the definition of insanity? >> it's financial insanity ,

what car manufacturers are doing, they are dramatically reducing if they need to hit this 22% target. martin. because generally speaking, i'm speaking broadly and generally electric cars are not popular. the infrastructure or the perception that the infrastructure just isn't there. and it's more than a perception. it's actually it's an actual reality. so what they're doing, martin, in order to get that 22%, they're dramatically reducing the cost of electric vehicles, losing money or scraping without losing money. and then they're managing to make more dough on petrol or diesel, because if you sell a load of electric cars, then you can squeeze in a few petrol or diesel. generally speaking , diesel. generally speaking, martin, i'm a motoring man. i'm a businessman, and it's just financially counterintuitive. the fact that you've got to sell something at cost price or indeed lose money on it because somebody is going to hit you with a £15,000 per car fine . with a £15,000 per car fine. it's punitive. >> 15 grand per car. i water in numbers. and danny, we saw this situation with boilermakers. and the boilermakers started saying, i'll tell you what, if you're

going to tax us on, if you're going to tax us on, if you're going to tax us on, if you're going to fine for us selling gas boilers, we're going to put the price of gas boilers up. so the gas boilers were paying were basically paying for the subsidies on the electrics. do you think we might see the same with cars, mike? car manufacturers say, well, if we're going to get fined, the only way out of this is to put the prices up because we can't just mothball our entire industry until next year. that will simply kill off the manufacturing industry. and by the way, don't the government make tax from that? >> martin, it gets worse. it's 22% this year. by 2030, it's got to be 80% of all new cars. it staggers northwards proportionally. so it's not a case of mothballing until 2024 is over. 2025 is even more punishing. i think the figure is closer to 30% of all new cars they desperately want petrol and diesel cars off the road because they have this 2035 net zero target that they've got to hit , target that they've got to hit, andifs target that they've got to hit, and it's a self implemented target as well. all it's going to do just to go back to your

comparison, i, i heard that people were stockpiling on cheap boilers. believe it or not, they were actually buying boilers for £1,500, £1,200, putting them in the garage, because in 12 years time they've got something that's probably worth 7 or 8 grand, or in 12 years time they've got something that they can't even buy. and so what it's going to do, martin, it's actually going to i know it's farcical. it's i don't know why we're laughing because it's just the reality of britain in 2024, the reality of britain in 2024, the comparison with petrol cars is that it's going to shoot up the used car prices. because let me tell you, if you if you're forced into buying a car, you're going to buy a second hand petrol and you're going to pay through the nose for it. >> well, danny, here's what i predict is going to happen. and maybe this is how you can make a few quid, and that is we're going to become like cuba. everybody is going to buy the last petrol car possible in 2035, and we're going to keep it on the road forever. and we're not going to buy a new car. we're going to take care of our used car like a lover, and nobody's going to make any money from car sales. let alone the government. and they might realise then this entire thing is self—inflicted suicide .

is self—inflicted suicide. >> yeah. and also, martin, with all the push for electric , the all the push for electric, the government relies on £25 billion a year fuel duty. government relies on £25 billion a year fuel duty . and at the a year fuel duty. and at the moment you have the these smug electric car drivers not paying any fuel duty because they don't pay any fuel duty because they don't pay £0.52 per litre at the pump, not paying vat on that because they're simply charging at home and then 1.3 billion cars on the road , 34 billion in total. so road, 34 billion in total. so the government, the more they push for electric cars, martin, the more it's going to punish themselves. the coffers are going to diminish and they're going to diminish and they're going to diminish and they're going to have to try and find that dough from other sources. but yes, you're right. and your west end bentley dealer, martin, he is going to rue the day that they implemented this madness, because i know you're not going to buy the latest bmw, bentley product or whatever it is, fully electric. they're going to lose your hundreds of thousands. >> danny. let's get a few cars and put them in a container and make a few quid together. always a pleasure to talk to you, mate. an absolute delight. now, up next, we turn our attention to rachel reeves and her refusal to

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. for old folks? you work hard, you saydaubneth a nest egg for old folks? you work hard, you saydaubney showest egg for old folks? you work hard, you saydaubney showest gb] for old folks? you work hard, we're broadcasting live from the you saydaubney showest gb news. martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, after the uk. on today's show, after slashing pensioners winter fuel slashing pensioners winter fuel allowance to save £4 billion allowance to save £4 billion today, rachel reeves refused to today, rachel reeves refused to

rule out raising pensions tax in rule out raising pensions tax in a autumn budget. now, with all a autumn budget. now, with all these attempts to save money these attempts to save money targeting the elderly, is targeting the elderly, is britain beginning to feel like britain beginning to feel like no country for old folks ? and no country for old folks ? and no country for old folks? and israel's prime minister blasts no country for old folks? and israel's prime minister blasts the uk government's move to the uk government's move to suspend certain arms sales to suspend certain arms sales to his country as shameful. his country as shameful. benjamin netanyahu also claimed benjamin netanyahu also claimed that britain's decision to that britain's decision to withhold weapons will only withhold weapons will only embolden hamas , and motorists embolden hamas , and motorists embolden hamas, and motorists embolden hamas, and motorists feel like they are once again feel like they are once again under attack, as manufacturers under attack, as manufacturers tackle more net zero fines and tackle more net zero fines and drivers are now facing speeding drivers are now facing speeding fines from new eye cameras. is fines from new eye cameras. is this war on motorists ever going this war on motorists ever going to end? and that's all coming up to end? and that's all coming up in your next hour. in your next hour was the show always a delight to have your company today? i'm asking the question do you think our country feels like no place for old folks? you work hard,

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to end? and that's all coming up in yotyour(t hour to end? and that's all coming up in yotyour say. ur to end? and that's all coming up in yotyour say. but before we slash your say. but before we kick off our next hour, here's your headlines with will hollis . your headlines with will hollis. >> thank you martin. your afternoon headlines at 4:00. the top story. the scottish government is to make half £1 billion in cuts according to its finance secretary, shona robison told msps scotland cannot ignore the severe financial challenges it faces in announcing the £500 million savings plan, she claimed the uk has entered a new era of austerity under the labour government . next, the labour government. next, the french interior minister, gerald darmanin, has confirmed at least 12 people have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel, the country's coast guard says more they might be used to commit a serious violatio guard says more than 50 people have been rescued country's coast guard says more than 50 people have been rescued dunng than 50 people have been rescued during its search and rescue dunng than 50 people have been rescued during its search and rescue operation. many reportedly operation. many reportedly requiring emergency medical requiring emergency medical

treatment. here is gb news home treatment. here is gb news home and security editor mark white and security editor mark white >> this is a very significant >> this is a very significant tragedy. that's unfolding in the tragedy. that's unfolding in the engush tragedy. that's unfolding in the english channel on the french engush tragedy. that's unfolding in the english channel on the french side of the channel, it was side of the channel, it was about 1130 in the morning local about 1130 in the morning local time, when rescue services got time, when rescue services got reports of a migrant boat in reports of a migrant boat in difficulty and in sinking a difficulty and in sinking a number of maritime assets and number of maritime assets and search and rescue helicopters search and rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene. have been sent to the scene. now, there are conflicting now, there are conflicting reports at this hour about just reports at this hour about just how many people have been killed how many people have been killed and injured in this incident. and injured in this incident. >> there's been backlash over >> there's been backlash over the decision by the government the decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to to suspend some arms sales to israel, including from former israel, including from former prime minister boris johnson, prime minister boris johnson, who's accused keir starmer of who's accused keir starmer of abandoning the ally. foreign abandoning the ally. foreign secretary david lammy says the secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk found there was a clear risk they might be used to commit a they might be used to commit a

serious violation of serious violation of international humanitarian law. mr lammy says around 30 of 350 licences will be suspended , licences will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban andifs stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo. however former defence secretary grant shapps has told media this morning the suspension was akin to student politics, also calling it very retrograde. energy secretary ed miliband says the government will always support israel while holding it accountable . accountable. >> we've always said, and we believe that israel has an absolute right to defend itself, but within international law and the foreign secretary took advice as he said he would, on whether there was a risk that british arms sales would be used in breach of international law . in breach of international law. that's why he made the decision. he did to ban the exports , some

he did to ban the exports, some arms to israel . arms to israel. >> tory leadership candidate tom tugendhat has launched his campaign today. the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for the future of the party and the nafion future of the party and the nation . mr tugendhat, one of six nation. mr tugendhat, one of six tory mps vying to replace rishi sunak, has said he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the public while also promising a return to the honesty of politics. >> we must change and britain deserves better and we need a different government , one that different government, one that will serve our country with conviction and act for you. my mission is the happiness and prosperity of the british people. now it is easy to say, but it's tough to deliver because at its heart, it's about putting the government back at the service of the people. it's

about investment and innovation , about investment and innovation, but it's also about freedom. freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to fail. it's about a commitment to grow our economy and to see our people prosper. >> five children have been arrested over the murder of an 80 year old man. he was walking his dog in franklin park in leicestershire when he was seriously assaulted by a group of young people on sunday and died in hospital. a boy and a girl, aged 14, plus one more boy and two more girls aged 12, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police are appealing for any witnesses asking them to come forward and due to police contact with the victim prior to the incident, the police is going to be making a referral to the iopc. that's the independent office for police conduct and finally the inquest of steve diamond, a guest on the jeremy kyle show, has heard that the 63

year old died of an overdose of morphine and a heart problem . morphine and a heart problem. he's suspected to have taken his own life . seven days after own life. seven days after filming for the itv programme in

after the chancellor incomes after the chancellor refused to rule out a pensions tax hike. rachel reeves also refused to speculate on replacing the winter fuel allowance, which of course has eggs planned for their future, did the ringhich g. and eggs planned for their future, did the ringhich ofand eggs planned for their future, did the ringhich of course has already been cut by the allowance, which of course has already been cut by the government. and this is how she government. and this is how she attempted to alleviate fears attempted to alleviate fears that cuts could be unfairly that cuts could be unfairly targeting pensioners earlier on targeting pensioners earlier on today. today. >> i'm not going to speculate >> i'm not going to speculate about what will be in the about what will be in the budget, but i am absolutely budget, but i am absolutely determined to ensure that determined to ensure that working people are better off. working people are better off. under the last government, the under the last government, the tax burden reached its highest tax burden reached its highest level in 70 years and ordinary level in 70 years and ordinary working people paid the price working people paid the price for that. this budget will be a for that. this budget will be a budget to fix the foundations of budget to fix the foundations of the economy. after the mess left the economy. after the mess left by the previous government, to by the previous government, to rebuild britain and to make rebuild britain and to make working people better off. working people better off. >> okay, lots to get our teeth >> okay, lots to get our teeth into and it's certainly got you into and it's certainly got you going at home. and joining me going at home. and joining me now to help with that now to help with that conversation is our political correspondent katherine forster conversation is our political correspondent katherine forster catherine, this obsession with catherine, this obsession with working people , pensioners were working people , pensioners were working people, pensioners were once working people. the vast working people, pensioners were once working people. the vast majority of whom put aside nest majority of whom put aside nest eggs planned for their future, eggs planned for their future,

did the right thing. and did the right thing. and now many of them are feeling very aggrieved. the winter fuel allowance was a taste of things to come. £4 billion that will save today. this alarming news. the london school of economics is urging the £900 a

citizens are going to be £900 a year better off, because in changes to the basic state pension , they're also pension, they're also encouraging take up of the pension credit. there's just shy of a million people who could claim it and are not doing it. it's quite complicated, but you know , politically they are in know, politically they are in hot water over this because it's not just the conservatives and liberal democrats up in arms. there's quite a number of labour backbenchers deeply unhappy about this, not least because they're getting very worried emails from constituents. but of course, you know, there is a reason why the older you get, the more likely you are to vote, because politicians do pay attention to those who vote for them. and historically and more and more now, you know, the only groups of people more likely to

vote conservative are senior citizens. and so of course, labour have got rather different priorities. >> and is that the brutal reality of this? catherine, when you delve into the figures at the last general election, if you're over 70, you're only 20% likely to vote for the labour party. 46% went conservative, 15% to reform. if you're 60 to 69, and that could start to envelop you in this pension age change. only 28% voted for the labour party, 33 tories, 18% to reform. is it cynical to say that the labour party are not especially bothered about pensions because they don't vote for them? >> well, look who votes for a political party is always going to be a factor in decisions that they make. but certainly this government has made it clear that it has rather different priorities. it wants to focus on young people and families that can't get on the housing market,

etc. and also, of course, public sector workers. they've given these, you know, £10 billion pay awards. now that is a choice. now of course, rachel reeves has found this £22 billion black hole, we're told, which is going to lead to these very painful choices. but yeah, as you say, about 10 billion of that is directly from decisions that the government has made in terms of awards to unions and going with the recommendations of the pay review bodies. >> meanwhile, if you worked hard all your life, perhaps you're expected to foot the bill. katherine forster, thank you very much. now moving on. israel's prime minister has responded to the uk government after they announced that the suspension of certain arms sales to the country. benjamin netanyahu slammed the decision as misguided and shameful, also saying that the uk has only emboldened hamas. well, joining me now is our political correspondent , olivia utley correspondent, olivia utley olivia. welcome back to the show. this decision has been met

with horror in israel, saying this will embolden hamas. it hasn't best pleased the americans. by all accounts , they americans. by all accounts, they were told they weren't told about it. they are saying it begs the question, olivia, why make this decision and why now ? make this decision and why now? >> well, this is, as you say, a hugely contentious decision made by david lammy, the foreign secretary, and keir starmer, the prime minister, david lammy , is prime minister, david lammy, is saying that the reason he has made this decision is because he received a review of what's happening in israel with weapons exported from the uk, and that review said that there was a risk that israel could be using british arms to break international law. he says that this is basically all about a legal technicality. he is obuged legal technicality. he is obliged to withdraw arms from israel because of that review . israel because of that review. but he says that fundamentally the government is still fully behind israel's right to protect itself. now, that sort of hasn't

pleased anybody. on the one side, you've got the conservatives and quite a few labour mps too, who say that the timing of this, for a start , is timing of this, for a start, is unacceptable. this announcement comes on the day of some of the funerals of some of those israeli hostages who were found murdered, rather than released in gaza. and secondly, that it's all very well to say that the uk is fully supporting israel's right to defend itself. but actions speak louder than words, and if the uk is not carrying on with its export deal, then how is it supporting israel? on the other hand, you've got people like zarah sultana, who was elected as a labour mp at the last election, saying that britain isn't going far enough in reprimanding israel that in even saying that britain still fully supports israel's right to defend itself, britain is sort of ignoring the humanitarian crisis in gaza . so what this crisis in gaza. so what this sort of feels like is a bit of a fudge from david lammy and keir starmer. they say that it's all about the kind of legal

technicalities, but it feels a little bit more political than that. it feels as though they are under quite a lot of pressure from their own backbenchers, particularly those with big muslim majorities, to toughen up their line on israel. and so they've sort of done that , and so they've sort of done that, but they've also stuck with the official party line that the government is supporting israel's right to defend itself, which ties in with what the us is doing. so this has gone down badly with those on both the sort of left and the right of the political spectrum here in the political spectrum here in the uk and of course, internationally. it's gone down very badly as well. it won't materially, materially impact israel's prospects in this war. britain only supplies 0.02% of israel's arms, but it is a statement of intent, one that israel clearly doesn't like. and the united states , as you the united states, as you mentioned, doesn't much like either . ehhen >> olivia utley superb summary. thank you very much for joining us. now for more on this, we can speak to the defence editor of the evening standard. i'm delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by robert fox. robert, always a delight to have your expertise so politically nobody seems to be especially

happy. hasn't believed the left of the labour party certainly hasn't pleased washington, hasn't pleased washington, hasn't pleased washington, hasn't pleased israel strategically. what are the implications of this? >> it's the symbolism , as olivia >> it's the symbolism, as olivia said, quite rightly in practical terms , there's very little going terms, there's very little going for this. it's quite a small amount of stuff probably to do with helicopters and with communications with their maybe helicopter gunships. the big question, of course, is that britain contributes at the tier one level, as they call it, to the construction of the f—35 aircraft. this is a fraught argument, which goes on and on, and on. and this is where i if you don't mind, if i could cross over into olivia's territory, as it were, i think the government is struggling a bit with the politics of war and actually, war always starts with politics and ends with politics. and this is why it reads a bit like an alice in wonderland nightmare this that they can't see the way out either. in gaza, israel, houthi , west bank, you name it,

houthi, west bank, you name it, iran. it looks as if it's getting worse. nor in eastern europe with the ukraine. tell me how it finishes. >> do you think that this is a kind of glimpse into the labour party's mindset of how it how it looks at defence? and with the october review coming up, i mean, there are a lot of ghosts of the labour party past that would like to see big slash and big cuts on defence. what do you think we can expect from from the new government ? the new government? >> i think it would like to pay a neutral hand. it just can't. this is the trouble because i think that, yes, it's funny, you have to look both both sides and they're both getting bigger. the ukraine situation . but we ukraine situation. but we shouldn't just talk about israel and the houthis, the middle east, the outplay from sudan is looking absolutely awful at the moment. and matt reeves and the cabinet office and the treasury, who seem to be lining up on this, actually bad news. you can't afford to sit on your

hands. i think that starmer knows that he's going around visiting all the military chiefs or the principal military chiefs. this coming month, and i think that they're not going to get a neutral report from the defence review, nor by making it independent. i thought that was their get out clause, nor are they going to get a report that they going to get a report that they can afford to ignore. they're going to say britain is expected by allies east and west . expected by allies east and west. by expected by allies east and west. by that i mean in europe, the northern europeans who are very keen on british leadership but say britain's got to do more and america we've got to step up more. one calculation is that i think there's a general feeling that actually starmer in his first term, will take the defence budget to 2.5% of gdp . defence budget to 2.5% of gdp. actually, the what mr cleverly has been saying, it's nearer the mark. it should be 3%. and what nato requires uk to do. oops, it's 3.5%. but i don't think, that they've got the realism bug

either in the new administration coming in, nor the kind of people that they're getting to advise them. it's very strange if i can quickly say this in the defence review, it's like a bit like dad's army. they're calling back people who've done all this before. well, if you were so darn good in the past, why are we in such a mess now? i think it's going to be quite an exciting story, and it's one that's coming up like that. black cloud on the horizon . it's black cloud on the horizon. it's only the size of a man's hand at the moment, but i think i do predict a first class row by christmas. >> robert fox excellent summary. they're a delight to have in the studio. please come more often. thank you very much. now coming up, we hear about today's inquest into the death of a man who had appeared on the jeremy kyle show just a week before his death. i'm martin daubney on gb news fryston news

channel. welcome back. your time is 423. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. an inquest into the death of 63 year old steve dymond, who died after a morphine overdose following his appearance on the jeremy kyle show in 2019, has officially begun today and the inquest will review mr dymond's participation in the show and how it may have affected his mental state in the days leading up to his death. well, joining us now to discuss this is gb news gb news national reporter charlie peters, who has the latest on this story. charlie, over to you . over to you. >> good afternoon martin. well, we've just heard testimony from jane callaghan, the former fiancee of mr diamond. now she, it was heard, was pushing for mr diamond to go on the jeremy kyle show when they rekindled their relationship in the march of 2019. there were concerns that

he had been unfaithful and they both saw it together as an opportunity to take a lie detector test on the itv programme, which would allow mr diamond to prove his fidelity. she said that they pushed and pushed to get on the programme. there was discussion about getting a private test, but in emotional proceedings here at winchester coroner's court, she wiped away tears with tissues . wiped away tears with tissues. occasionally while giving evidence. she said that the jeremy kyle show would be a faster and cheaper opportunity of getting that lie detector test delivered. now, that testimony went for on some time, she said that they talked about it quite a lot, referring to going on the programme , she said going on the programme, she said he was very excited to go on there because he wanted closure. he wanted me to know that he had lied quite a lot, but he had hadnt lied quite a lot, but he had hadn't cheated on me. now she told the counsel to the inquiry, rachael spearing, that she saw

the opportunity of appearing on the opportunity of appearing on the programme as a chance for a new start in their relationship. now their first application to appear on the programme. we heard in the inquest wasn't successful and mr diamond had to get proof for the producers that he wasn't taking anti—depressant medication and jane, miss callaghan, said she went to the doctors with him to get a note to confirm this, and she said that when she was asked about his demeanour, she said he was quite upset because he wanted to go on the show. but the producers wouldn't let him unless they had that proof. now miss callaghan later told the barrister representing mr diamond's brother and son that she was confident that mr diamond was not taking those anti—depressants at the time. now, in a separate part of the questioning in the inquest earlier, miss callaghan said that jeremy kyle was very rude and very offensive to mr diamond. on the programme this

morning we heard from karl woolley, the estranged son of mr diamond, who said that the presenter had egged on the crowd to boo him while he was participating in the jeremy kyle show. and when mrs. bowring, the counsel to the inquiry, asked mrs. callaghan today if she had concerns about jeremy karl's behaviour , she said jeremy was behaviour, she said jeremy was a bit rude to steve about. he didn't trust him with it. he wouldn't trust him with a chocolate button and this was before the results were put forward. he didn't know steve, he didn't know anything about him. now later in potentially what i think was the most key part of the inquest hearing this afternoon , neil sheldon, the kc afternoon, neil sheldon, the kc and the barrister representing jeremy kyle, questioned jane callaghan after giving her audience a he went through notes of calls between miss callaghan and mr drymon and a producer from the jeremy kyle show. that

night she said that she said on the phone call with the producer, everyone looked after us brilliantly. jeremy was excellent, which was said the day after he appeared on the show. that's where the inquest was closed. this afternoon. but it continues again tomorrow morning at 10 am. but the court was told it's been very upset, not just about the show but about the breakdown of his relationship with jane had thought that the test was 100%.

>> good afternoon. the time is three 434. we're here in the gb newsroom. and your top story at half past the hour, the scottish government is to make half £1 billion worth of cuts , according

billion worth of cuts, according to its finance secretary, shona robison told msps in scotland that scotland cannot ignore the severe financial challenges it faces. announcing the £500 million worth of savings , she million worth of savings, she claimed the uk has entered a new era of austerity under the labour government . next to the labour government. next to the migrant deaths in the english channel. these are live pictures we're bringing you right now from boulogne sur mer in france. the french interior minister has confirmed that at least 12 people have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. gerald darmanin added that the coastguard rescued more than 50 people during its search and rescue operation. many of those were reportedly needing emergency medical treatment. here is mark white gb news, home

and security editor. >> this is a very significant tragedy. that's unfolding in the engush tragedy. that's unfolding in the english channel on the french side of the channel, it was about 1130 in the morning local time, when rescue services got reports of a migrant boat in difficulty and in sinking a number of maritime assets and search and rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene. now, there are conflicting reports at this hour about just how many people have been killed and injured in this incident. >> a new story just coming in now that at least 41 people have died in a missile strike in ukraine, that's the deadliest so far this year. more than 180 people were wounded on tuesday when the russians hit a military institute in the central town of

poltava. president volodymyr, excuse me, zelenskyy has said. zelenskyy said that putin's forces struck with two ballistic missiles, damaging a building of the military institute of communications . there's been communications. there's been backlash over the decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to israel, including from former prime minister boris johnson, who's accused keir starmer of abandoning the ally. foreign secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk that they might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law . mr lammy says humanitarian law. mr lammy says that around 30 of 350 licences will be suspended , stressing will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo . however, not an arms embargo. however, former defence secretary grant

shapps has told media this morning that the suspension was akin to student politics. he also said that it was a very retrograde step. now energy secretary ed miliband has said that the government will always support israel while holding it accountable. >> we've always said and we believe that israel has a absolute right to defend itself, but within international law and the foreign secretary took advice as he said he would, on whether there was a risk that british arms sales would be used in breach of international law. that's why he made the decision. he did to ban the export of some arms to israel . arms to israel. >> well , yesterday we saw the >> well, yesterday we saw the launching of bids for the tory leadership campaign by kemi badenoch and by james cleverly. today it's tom tugendhat's turn .

today it's tom tugendhat's turn. the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for the future of the party and the nafion the future of the party and the nation . mr tugendhat is one of nation. mr tugendhat is one of six tory mps vying to replace rishi sunak. he says that he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the public. he's also promised a return of honesty to politics. >> we must change and britain deserves better and we need a different government, one that will serve our country with conviction and act for you. my mission is the happiness and prosperity of the british people. now it's easy to say, but it's tough to deliver because at its heart, it's about putting the government back at the service of the people. it's about investment and innovation, but it's also about freedom, freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to succeed and yes,

freedom to fail. it's about a commitment to grow our economy and to see our people prosper. >> five children have been arrested over the murder of an 80 year old man. the gentleman was walking his dog in franklin park in leicestershire when he was seriously assaulted by a group of young people on sunday, but died in hospital. a boy and a girl, both aged 14, and one more boy, plus two more girls aged 12, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police are appealing for witnesses to come forward due to prior police contact with the victim. the force will be making a referral to the independent office of police conduct, sometimes called the iopc . chancellor rachel the iopc. chancellor rachel reeves has defended the decision to cut winter fuel allowance payments for some pensioners. she said it should be offset by

increases to pensions and lower energy prices this winter compared to last year. mr reeves said the state pension was worth £900 more than last year, and it will again rise in april under the triple lock. but members of parliament have raised concerns about cuts to the winter fuel allowance, with one saying that 90% of pensioners in devon and cornwall will be affected. she also confirmed the government will be capping corporation tax at 25% as part of tax roadmap for business, which will be set out at the next budget. headteachers in schools in england will now be told on monday if they're due an ofsted inspection that week. it comes after a major review has found that ofsted's response to a headteachers suicide following a school inspection was defensive and complacent. the independent review was commissioned after an

inquest last year concluded that a critical ofsted inspection contributed to ruth perry's death. mrs. perry took her own life after an ofsted report downgraded her primary school in a reading. in reading pardon me from its highest rating of outstanding to its lowest rating inadequate over safeguarding concerns. and finally, the inquest of steve diamond , a inquest of steve diamond, a guest on the jeremy kyle show, has heard that the 63 year old died of an overdose of morphine and a heart problem. he's suspected to have taken his own life. seven days after filming for the itv programme in may 2019. he'd taken a lie detector test for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex—fiancee . steve's son, carl ex—fiancee. steve's son, carl woolley, says his father had continued to be very upset in the following days and would

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gb news. and no, your eyes are not deceiving you. i am not martin daubney. we've just had a couple of technical issues so look, you've got me. i'm much younger and much better looking, so i think it's win win. what can i say? look, let's crack on with the programme. let's cross to scotland because over in scotland, the finance secretary there has been announcing £500 million in spending cuts. i can tell you this has created quite a reaction. let me cross live now to our gb news scotland reporter tony maguire. tony, good evening to you. bring us up to speed . to speed. >> good evening . well, certainly >> good evening. well, certainly this was quite a report from shona robison as she took her place at the front of parliament just a couple of hours ago to deliver a pre—budget fiscal update. >> and as you said there £500 million worth of cuts as part of a budget of around £1,000,001 billion. sorry. you know, she a lot of the language that we

heard this afternoon, we've been actually hearing for the last couple of weeks, hard decisions ahead and tough times ahead. so you know, we're sort of are used to this now. and indeed part of this is because in anticipation of a lacklustre uk budget coming up down the line that the scottish government money that is gleamed from that known as the barnett consequentials, will be too low for the scottish government to achieve many of the things that it set out to do. now. while she did recommend that the labour government has recognised the dire situation that she says that the conservatives have left the country's finances and she fears that this will go on towards a continued austerity . so before continued austerity. so before we dig in, let's have a little listen to shona robison delivering that bad news in the chamber earlier today. >> setting out today a range of measures to support the 20 2425 budget, totalling almost £1

billion, of which up to 500 million are direct savings. >> the savings include up to £60 million of further savings that will be realised through the implementation of the emergency spend controls, particularly targeting recruitment , overtime, targeting recruitment, overtime, travel and marketing . travel and marketing. >> we're going to see a recruitment freeze up here in scotland across the public sector. we're going to see the scrapping of many popular pilots among the people in scotland, but we're sure to know more in the run up to the budget as it's due to be delivered round about the 4th of december. >> scarlett mccgwire, thank you very much for that. are you at home in scotland ? what do you home in scotland? what do you think when you hear about those cuts? do get in touch with us all the usual ways. you can email gbviews@gbnews.com. you can tweet or x us @gbnews. or of course you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay and talk to me and each other. another story that's got you all talking today

is of course, the situation when it comes to our decision to suspend some arms sales to israel. earlier on in the programme, martin daubney spoke to defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox. take a listen. >> so politically, nobody seems to be especially happy. hasn't believed the left of the labour party certainly hasn't pleased washington, hasn't pleased israel . strategically, what are israel. strategically, what are the implications of this? >> it's the symbolism, as olivia said, quite rightly in practical terms, there's very little going for this. it's quite a small amount of stuff, probably to do with helicopters and with communications with their maybe helicopter gunships. the big question of course, is that britain contributes at the tier one level, as they call it, to the construction of the f—35 aircraft. this is a fraught argument, which goes on and on, and on. and this is where i if you don't mind, if i could cross over into olivia's territory, as it were, i think the government is struggling a bit with the

politics of war, and actually war always starts with politics and ends with politics, and this is why it reads a bit like an alice in wonderland nightmare this that they can't see the way out either. in gaza, israel, houthi , west bank, you name it, houthi, west bank, you name it, iran. it looks as if it's getting worse. nor in eastern europe with the ukraine. tell me how it finishes. >> do you think that this is a kind of glimpse into the labour party's mindset of how it how it looks at defence? and with the october review coming up, i mean, there are a lot of ghosts of the labour party past that would like to see big slash and big cuts on defence. what do you think we can expect from from the new government? >> i think it would like to pay a neutral hand. it just can't. this is the trouble because i think that, yes, it's funny, you have to look both both sides and they're both getting bigger. the ukraine situation . but we ukraine situation. but we

shouldn't just talk about israel and the houthis. the middle east. the outlay from sudan is looking absolutely awful at the moment . and ms reeves and the moment. and ms reeves and the cabinet office and the treasury, who seem to be lining up on this, actually bad news. you can't afford to sit on your hands. i think that starmer knows that he's going around visiting all the military chiefs or the principal military chiefs. this coming month, and i think that they're not going to get a neutral report from the defence review, nor by making it independent. i thought that was their get out clause, nor are they going to get a report that they going to get a report that they can afford to ignore. they're going to say britain is expected by allies east and west . expected by allies east and west. by expected by allies east and west. by that i mean in europe, the northern europeans, who are very keen on british leadership but say britain's got to do more and america we've got to step up more. one calculation is that i think there's a general feeling that actually starmer in his first term, will take the defence budget to 2.5% of gdp .

defence budget to 2.5% of gdp. actually, the what mr cleverly has been saying, it's nearer the mark. it should be 3%. and what nato requires uk to do. oops, it's 3.5%. but i don't think, that they've got the realism bug either in the new administration coming in, nor the kind of people that they're getting to advise them. it's very strange, if i can quickly say this the review, it's like a bit like dad's army

0h oh well . oh well. >> hello there. >> hello there. >> it's 5:00 and this is the martin daubney show with me . martin daubney show with me. michelle dewberry here on gb news now after slashing pensioners winter fuel allowance today, rachel reeves has refused today, rachel reeves has refused to rule out raising pensions tax in her autumn budget. let me ask you this. with all these attempts to save money targeting

the elderly, did you vote for labour? do you regret that vote? is this a country for old folks? you tell me . also tonight a new you tell me. also tonight a new pay per you tell me. also tonight a new pay per mile scheme could save motorist £190 a year, but only if they earn an electric car. what do you reckon to this then? is this yet another shot fired in the ongoing war for motorists? and tom tugendhat has launched his campaign to become leader of the conservatives, promising to reset the party. he's also pledged to stop the infighting, which has plagued them over the last few years. i'll believe that when i see it. what do you reckon then? has he got enough to beat his rivals ? got enough to beat his rivals? and a new study claims that apparently we aren't feeling proud to be british anymore. well, stay tuned till the end of this show where we will put the great back into britain. yes we will. that is all coming up in your next hour . and here @gbnews

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claimed the uk has entered a new era of austerity under the labour government. here's shona robison speaking in holyrood today. >> a range of measures to support the 20 2425 budget, totalling almost £1 billion, of which up to £500 million are direct savings . the savings direct savings. the savings include up to £60 million of further savings. it will be realised through the implementation of the emergency spend controls , particularly spend controls, particularly targeting recruitment overtime, travel and marketing . travel and marketing. >> next to the migrant deaths in the english channel. well, these are live pictures we're bringing you from boulogne sur mer in france. the french interior minister has confirmed at least 12 people have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. gerald dahmer added that the coastguard rescued more than 50 people dunng rescued more than 50 people during its search and rescue

operation. many of these people were reportedly needing emergency medical treatment. here is our home security editor , here is our home security editor, mark white. >> this is a very significant tragedy that's unfolding in the engush tragedy that's unfolding in the english channel. on the french side of the channel. it was about 1130 in the morning local time, when rescue services got reports of a migrant boat in difficulty and in sinking a number of maritime assets and search and rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene. now there are conflicting reports at this hour about just how many people have been killed and injured in this incident. >> two ukraine now and at least 41 people have died in a missile strike, the deadliest so far this year . strike, the deadliest so far this year. more than 180 people were wounded on tuesday when russian the russians hit a

military institute in the central town of poltava. president volodymyr zelenskyy has said. zelenskyy said in a video that putin's forces struck with two ballistic missiles, damaging a building of the military institute of communications . there's been communications. there's been backlash over the decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to israel, including from former prime minister boris johnson, who's accused sir keir starmer of abandoning the ally foreign secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law . mr lammy says humanitarian law. mr lammy says around 30 of 350 licences will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo. however, former defence secretary grant shapps has told media this morning that

the suspension was akin to student politics, and he also said it was a very retrograde step. energy secretary ed miliband says the government will always support israel while holding it accountable. >> we've always said, and we believe that israel has a absolute right to defend itself, but within international law and the foreign secretary took advice as he said he would, on whether there was a risk that british arms sales would be used in breach of international law. that's why he made the decision. he did to ban the export of some arms to israel and to the tory leadership race. >> yesterday we saw the launch of campaigns by kemi badenoch and by james cleverly . today and by james cleverly. today it's tom tugendhat's turn the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for

the future of the party and the nafion the future of the party and the nation . mr tugendhat is one of nation. mr tugendhat is one of six tory mps vying to replace rishi sunak. he says he will promise to reset the party's relationship with the public. he's also promised a return of honesty in politics. >> we must change and britain deserves better and we need a different government , one that different government, one that will serve our country with conviction and act for you . my conviction and act for you. my mission is the happiness and prosperity of the british people. now, it's easy to say , people. now, it's easy to say, but it's tough to deliver because at its heart, it's about putting the government back at the service of the people. it's about investment and innovation, but it's also about freedom . but it's also about freedom. freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to fail. it's about a commitment to grow our economy and to see our people prosper. >> police in leicestershire say

they've arrested five children over the murder of an 80 year old man. the gentleman was walking his dog in franklin park when he was seriously assaulted by a group of young people on sunday, and died in hospital. a boy and a girl, both aged 14, plus another boy and two more girls aged 12, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police are appealing for witnesses to come forward and due to the prior contact that police had with the victim, the force is making a voluntary referral to the independent office of police conduct. sometimes called the iopc . sometimes called the iopc. chancellor rachel reeves has defended the decision to cut winter fuel allowance payments for some pensioners. she said it should be offset by increases to pensions and lower energy prices this winter, compared with last. this miss reeves said the state pension was worth £900 more than

last year and it will rise again next april under the triple lock . next april under the triple lock. but members of parliament have raised concerns about cuts to the winter fuel allowance, with one saying that 90% of pensioners in devon and cornwall will be affected. she also confirmed the government will be capping corporation tax at 25% as part of a tax roadmap for business, which will be set out at the budget . headteachers in at the budget. headteachers in schools in england will now be told on monday if they're due an ofsted inspection that week. it comes after a major review found that ofsted's response to a teacher's suicide following a school inspection was defensive and complacent. the independent review was commissioned after an inquest last year concluded that a critical ofsted inspection contributed to the death of ruth perry. mrs. perry took her own life after an ofsted report

downgraded her primary school in reading from its highest rating of outstanding to its lowest rating, inadequate over safeguarding concerns . and safeguarding concerns. and finally, the inquest of steve diamond, a guest on the jeremy kyle show, has has heard that the 63 year old of an overdose died of an overdose of morphine and a heart problem. he suspected to have taken his own life. seven days after filming for the itv programme in may 2019. he'd taken a lie detector test for the show after being accused of cheating on his ex—fiancee. steve's son, carl woolley, says his father had continued to be very upset in the following days and would call him up to six times a day. the time is 5:10. i'm will hollis with more in 20 minutes for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thanks for that. well, i'm michelle dewberry identifying as martin daubney for the foreseeable. >> now to our top story this afternoon . older people across afternoon. older people across the country are worried for their incomes after the chancellor refused to hike out tax to rule out tax hikes, hikes on their pensions. rachel reeves has also refused to speculate on replacing the winter fuel allowance, which has already been cut. now i can cross live to the former labour spokesperson james matthewson on this. good evening to you. i can tell you now, just looking at some of our viewer comments, there's a lot of anger around this policy when it comes to winter fuel allowance. do you support this decision to remove it from many pensioners ? it from many pensioners? >> it's quite a complex one, i think, michel. i think what we're seeing is an

understandable backlash and understandable backlash and understandable outrage , and not understandable outrage, and not just from your viewers, but from the some 2 million people who will be affected by this. understanding the context of why it's happened and how it's come to happen is a little bit more tricky. pension credit and the background of pension credit being something that the conservatives are now talking aboutin conservatives are now talking about in opposition to labour being the need to offset this now. pension credit was something that was put in a small print for so long. we've had so many people who've been entitled to pension credit for many, many years who never claimed it, so much so that some mps claimed it, so much so that some mp5 i claimed it, so much so that some mps i knew when i was in parliament were were si king their caseworkers to actually find people in their constituency who were entitled to it so that they could claim for it because they, they deserved it. so this is kind of a historic issue with this fund and winter fuel allowance has been tied to that traditionally. now, i don't want to see people lose money. nobody should nobody should see this . but the 2 should see this. but the 2 million who were affected are not the worst off pensioners. now. it will be hard for them to hear that because they're

struggling. everybody's struggling. everybody's struggling . i understand that struggling. i understand that there isn't a single person in this country. i don't think, who has been affected financially by decisions, especially government decisions. but i do think we have to look at it in the context, realise that there are pensioners out there who are getting the bus to try and stay warm because they have no heating at home, and that those who are in receipt of this and this change are those who will be able to kind of manage in the short term. but that's the crucial element of this. it has to be short term. and i hope by the time the budget comes round, we'll see a long term solution for replacing it. >> so do you believe that this is a spontaneous measure? literally just dreamt up very recently off the back of the so—called black hole ? or do you so—called black hole? or do you think this was long in the planning , planning, >> it's hard to say. i mean, you know, civil servants in the treasury have lists of things that you can find money from. i mean, they're few and far between. everyone knows because every government will have pillaged every possible avenue for money. that's the way it works. so there will be people

who've always known it was a possibility and an option. but the political desire and the political direction to do so. i think, is recent. i think rachel reeves has gone into the treasury, looked at it. she is, you know, a chancellor with an iron fist. she's not from my tradition of the labour party, but we have to respect keir starmer's decision to appoint her as chancellor and her financial credibility in running the economy . so i do think it's the economy. so i do think it's important that we acknowledge that this is a last resort and it's about plugging this black hole, this supposed black hole , hole, this supposed black hole, which, you know, i have as much information as you about that, whether it's real, whether it's legitimate, we have to put faith in the government and believe that they're doing this for the right reason. i know, but many people will feel. >> well, hold on a second. we do everything right. we've tried to work. we've tried to provide for ourselves. we tried to not be a drain on society as we've progressed through life, and now they've got to their kind of golden chapter of life. they're supposed to be relaxing, taking it easy, you know ? so what if it easy, you know? so what if they can afford, i don't know, to not have to get the bus to

keep warm. why? why do we have this kind of sentiment when, on the one hand, james, we've got a government telling us, apparently, that we all have to brace for pain in this country and then hitting these people, these pensioners , the types of these pensioners, the types of people that perhaps they're not able to easily re—enter the labour market and earn extra income. and then , on the other income. and then, on the other hand, you've apparently got a magic money money tree to send off to other countries for their net zero stuff to put into wars in places like ukraine. but yet it's people here that are struggling . they are the ones struggling. they are the ones that are hit. some people would say that the party has got their priorities completely wrong . priorities completely wrong. >> it's understandable and i can understand the anger when something affects somebody individually, or even worse, when something affects your parents or your grandparents, you know, you think, how can it be fair? how can it be just. but we look at the system in a whole, and government has a view of the country, of our finances that we as individuals simply don't. and i don't believe it's in the it's certainly not in the interest of any government in

the democracy that needs to be re—elected to take on pensioners, because, let's be honest, who votes regularly? who comes out to the polls? pensioners. so you can believe this as a last resort based on that alone, because they wouldn't take on pensioners if they didn't need to. but the fact that 2 million pensioners may sound like a lot to us, but the fact that there is so few money to find out there to fund things that are essential and that are important to keep the economy afloat until until we can see growth. and that's the vision. and let's hope that it works, because the vision of the labour party is let's get the growth back in the economy, then let's spend it and let's invest. it's keynesian economics. it's, you know, fix the roof while it's before it's raining. you know, it's that kind of economics. but let's hope it works. i'll be hoping for it as much as the 2 million pensioners will be. yeah. >> the shadow energy secretary she was tweeting out the other day, pointing out that winter fuel payments have been regularly mentioned in labour manifestos 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019. but lo and behold, in 2024 there was apparently not a

single mention of it in their manifesto. so make of that. everybody what you will. but for now, james matthewson, thank you very much for your time. are you a pensioner? how did you vote in the last election and how do you feel? i don't know, perhaps if you did vote for labour, do you back this? do you sit there and think it's only right? michelle, why should the likes of i don't know, lord sugar get this extra money when there's people really struggling in this country? does it make you rethink your vote? perhaps if you did vote labour, get in touch with me all the usual ways and let me know your thoughts on that. but another big story that has really got you all talking today as well. israel's prime minister has responded to the uk government after they announced the suspension of certain arms sales to the country. benjamin netanyahu slammed the decision as misguided and shameful, also saying that the uk has emboldened hamas. well, let's talk about this. and joining me down the line is the former nato commander and former ministry of defence director general, rear

admiral chris parry. good evening to you, chris. we've got to have some context here. you know, we're suspending about 30 of 350 licences. so this is very small in the grand scheme of things , notwithstanding that things, notwithstanding that it's managed to seemingly upset both sides. some people saying it's not going far enough, other people saying it's completely the wrong thing at the wrong time, sending the wrong message. where are you on it? >> well, i think it's spiteful, performative nonsense, as you say . say. >> it's a pinprick in the arms sales , which are still pretty small. >> anyway, >> anyway, >> that go towards israel. >> that go towards israel. >> the trouble is, it harms our interests massively. >> it sends the wrong signal. >> it sends the wrong signal. >> hamas kills six hostages, and suddenly the uk government thinks it can reward hamas by putting these arms limitations on israel . on israel. >> israel is one of our closest allies. it supplies us with quite a lot of what i call real

weapons , and in return, of weapons, and in return, of course, they're not going to be very happy about that. and it damages our interests as i said, i think it's spiteful. and i think the government really isn't looking out for the uk's interests when it does things like this. >> so what do you think has dnven >> so what do you think has driven this decision then, >> i personally think it's ideology. >> i think there's a very large section within the labour party that has put pressure on the leadership, and i think we're going to see more of it in future. and this sort of sectarian pressure, i'm afraid, doesn't actually help us out , doesn't actually help us out, because i don't believe the majority of the country does in fact, believe that this sort of thing should happen. i mean, if you look at the what they've done, it's got a very weak case in international humanitarian law. the geneva convention doesn't apply in these cases. and if you look at the justification that's been put out by the cho, it's pretty flimsy to tell you the truth. so that suggests to me that rather

than having an objective legal view , they're adopting view, they're adopting a subjective political view . subjective political view. >> but also the flip side of this is that there are many people that, as we've just been discussing, think that this absolutely doesn't go far enough.the absolutely doesn't go far enough. the labour muslim network, they want to stop all arms sales pretty much immediately. would you ever kind of support that position ? of support that position? >> well, it's just performative because israel will simply get the weapons and the parts it needs from elsewhere. >> i mean, right at the centre of it is the f—35 jet. well, if we don't supply the stuff, then the americans and a half a dozen other countries will, the fact of life is it'll have no effect other than really to upset the israelis. upset the americans, too, as well , because it was too, as well, because it was done without consulting them, you know, it doesn't help our interests. it looks clumsy and as i said, it's spiteful and performative . performative. >> interesting. perform ative. >> interesting. thank performative. >> interesting. thank you very much for sharing your perspective on that. that's rear

admiral chris parry. what do you make of it all at home, you will, i know, have very strong opinions on that one. coming up next, another candidate now has stepped forward in the conservative leadership election. can you guess who it is? i'm michelle dewberry this is? i'm michelle dewberry this is gb news, britain's

>> flying as martin daubney until 6:00 tonight. >> welcome back everybody. now the tory leadership contest. is this something that you actually care about? i saw a poll recently and it had quite a high number of people saying they couldn't care less. who is the next leader of the tory party? are you one of them? if so, do get in touch and tell me why. but today we've seen another candidate for his hat in the ring. this time , tom tugendhat. ring. this time, tom tugendhat. he's officially launched his campaign. he reckons he's going

to reset the party's relationship with the public. what do you think to that? and across live now to the former member of the european parliament, david campbell bannerman, good evening to you. >> hi, michel. >> hi, michel. >> how important do you think this contest currently is in the minds of the british public? >> well, i don't know how front of mind it is for them to be honest, but it is very, very important for the future of our country, though, because i think if we get this wrong, we can leave this terrible government in place , in place, >> and, you know, the stakes are very , very high, which is why very, very high, which is why i'm backing , robert jenrick for i'm backing, robert jenrick for the position i do. >> i'm fond of the others. i like pretty and others, >> but, you know, robert , i >> but, you know, robert, i think, is he's intelligent. he's personable, and he listens. and i think that's really critical. >> and he understands that we've got to get this right.

>> you know , we've got to reform >> you know, we've got to reform the party. we've got to clear out central office, which has done a terrible job for us and start again. >> so, you know , this does >> so, you know, this does really matter. >> i think people will get it down the line . down the line. >> and, you know, there's been lots of conversation about the direction of travel that the tory party need to go in. you've seen lots of people actually saying that what we need is some kind of merger with, say, the reform party. you've got lots of people looking on to see what happened in, for example, germany about the rise of the afd there. and this huge question mark about where should the tory party be positioning itself? what do you think to that? >> well, we must unite the right. >> i think that is a very, very important message. >> i mean, when you look at what happenedin >> i mean, when you look at what happened in the general election and complete disaster, but, you know, very few actually swung to labour and lib dems and the conservatives. it was just conservatives not turning out. >> there was a 20% drop in conservative support. you had a

turnout that was 52%. >> it's normally about two thirds, not a half of the electorate . so it was electorate. so it was conservatives not turning up or millions going to reform. they got 4 million, maybe half of that were conservatives. so we've got to win those people back, and i think robert jenrick is in the right place to do so. >> he's got the right kind of policies. >> look at the who's backing him. many of those, like mark francois, sir bill cash, etc, so i think we're in the right place and we've got to take on reform because otherwise we are lost. >> one of the challenges that the tory party will have, in my humble opinion, is something that was identified actually by tom tugendhat today. he says in his campaign launch that basically he believes that the voters stopped taking the conservative party seriously. and he says that he felt that duty gave way to ego and i think that's absolutely right. and i think once a lot of , voters have think once a lot of, voters have kind of seen some of the goings

on because, let's face it, it was appalling. some of the bickering and infighting, it was all if you ask me, as a humble kind of observer of it all, it was like they were performing almost daily acts of self—harm. so how do you re—engage people and get them to reconnect with the tory brand? >> i to be honest, i don't think it was about bickering or division like that. what it was we, you know, the conservative party was not conservative enough. you know, a lot of conservative voters said, well, we're not voting for you because, you know, you don't actually believe in your own policies anymore. and reform is more likely to represent our views, conservative views . so views, conservative views. so i'm sorry you've got it's all very well to talk about uniting the party, but you have to have a common creed . you have to have a common creed. you have to have something that actually you can unite around that you all believe in. and that's what's been missing. and that's what we'll get conservative voters back. we'll get conservative voters back . and robert does have that back. and robert does have that in his offering that he's got these ten propositions, ten points that you can look at. and

national sovereignty is number one. and that is really critical to me and to any brexiteer , for example. >> but many of these candidates are plucking numbers. i mean, i don't know where they're getting these numbers from, but they're talking tough when it comes to immigration 100,000. this we've had these, figures when it comes to immigration caps for goodness knows how many years. and they range from the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. how are people actually practically going to be able to deliver those things? >> well, i think robert jenrick again, he's got the only real answer , which is put parliament answer, which is put parliament in charge. you know, if you actually put it legislation through for a target . and he's through for a target. and he's talking about tens of, of thousands , not not, you know, thousands, not not, you know, 100,000 was one cap. i think tom tugendhat talked about. but to be honest, if parliament rules on it, then you have the power of legislation and civil servants and that's not right. >> that sounds really interesting. and i don't mean to cut you off, but how my question is practically, what are you going to do? you're going to

have some kind of bean counter sitting in parliament checking. right? okay. somebody now just left i don't know, stoke on trent. so that's one person out that means that now we can have one person in that spreadsheet over there. i mean, it's nonsensical when it comes to implementation. >> no, it's not not actually. >> no, it's not not actually. >> the funding of the eu is nonsensical because we didn't know who had left. we often didn't know who came in either if they were eu citizens. actually, that was what free movement was about. but we do now have a control systems and exit controls as well. we have so we know who's leaving as well as who's arriving. so you know, and obviously visas, we have a visa system now which drives it. so we do know far more about those who come into the country, obviously not the illegals . and obviously not the illegals. and obviously not the illegals. and obviously we had a tragedy today with 12 dying on the boats, you know, coming over, which again underlines how important it is to have a proper immigration policy. robert is the only one, by the way, to have cut legal migration by a third. he cut it

by a third as a minister. and thanks to him, he's making labour look quite good because it's been cut three. >> time will tell. i suspect. let's all follow that contest with interest. because, as you say, the opposition is very important to a functioning democracy. but for now , david democracy. but for now, david campbell—bannerman, thank you for your time . all right. let's for your time. all right. let's get back then to the news that israel's prime minister has branded the uk's move to stop certain arms sales to this country. apparently, that has emboldened hamas, not to this country, to israel. earlier on, martin daubney spoke to the gb news reporter olivia utley. let's take a listen. >> decision has been met with horror in israel, saying this will embolden hamas. it hasn't best pleased the americans by all accounts, they were told they weren't told about it. they are saying it begs the question. olivia why make this decision and why now ? and why now? >> well, this is as you say, a hugely contentious decision made by david lammy , the foreign by david lammy, the foreign secretary, and keir starmer, the

prime minister. david lammy is saying that the reason he has made this decision is because he received a review of what is happening in israel, with weapons exported from the uk, and that review said that there was a risk that israel could be using british arms to break international law. he says that this is basically all about a legal technicality. he is obuged legal technicality. he is obliged to withdraw arms from israel because of that review . israel because of that review. but he says that fundamentally the government is still fully behind israel's right to protect itself. now, that sort of hasn't pleased anybody. on the one side, you've got the conservatives and quite a few labour mps too, who say that the timing of this, for a start, is unacceptable. this announcement comes on the day of some of the funerals of some of those israeli hostages who were found murdered, rather than released in gaza. and secondly, that it's all very well to say that the uk

is fully supporting israel's right to defend itself. but actions speak louder than words, and if the uk is not carrying on with its export deal, then how is it supporting israel? on the other hand , you've got people other hand, you've got people like zarah sultana, who was elected as a labour mp at the last election , saying that last election, saying that britain isn't going far enough in reprimanding israel that in even saying that britain still fully supports israel's right to defend itself, britain is sort of ignoring the humanitarian crisis in gaza. so what this sort of feels like is a bit of a fudge from david lammy and keir starmer . they say that it's all starmer. they say that it's all about the legal technicalities, but it feels a little bit more political than that. it feels as though they are under quite a lot of pressure from their own backbenchers, particularly those with big muslim majorities, to toughen up their line on israel and so they've sort of done that, but they've also stuck with the official party line that the government is supporting israel's right to defend itself, which ties in with what the us is doing. so this has gone down badly with

those on both the left and the right of the political spectrum here in the uk, and of course internationally. it's gone down very badly as well. it won't materially, materially impact israel's prospects in this war. britain only supplies 0.02% of israel's arms, but it is a statement of intent, one that israel clearly doesn't like. and the united states, as you mentioned, doesn't much like either . ehhen >> interesting stuff . now >> interesting stuff. now there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including at this electric cars apparently could be leaving a black hole in pubuc could be leaving a black hole in public finances. we'll look at that and more. but first, your latest news headlines with will hollis . hollis. >> good evening. it's 5:33. i'm will hollis with your updates. french prosecutors have opened an investigation into the deaths of 12 migrants in the english channel. these are live pictures. we're bringing you from boulogne sur mer in

northern france. the french minister has confirmed 12 people have died after a boat with dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. it's believed ten of the 12 are women, with most of the migrants on board from eritrea. gerald darmanin added that the coastguard rescued more than 50 people during its search operation . many of those operation. many of those reportedly needed emergency medical treatment. here is mark white gb news home and security edhon >> this is a very significant tragedy that's unfolding in the engush tragedy that's unfolding in the english channel. on the french side of the channel. it was about 1130 in the morning local time when rescue services got reports of a migrant boat in difficulty and in sinking a number of maritime assets and search and rescue helicopters have been sent to the scene . have been sent to the scene. now, there are conflicting reports at this hour about just how many people have been killed

and injured in this incident, and injured in this incident, and the minister for state border security, angela eagle, has just finished speaking to these dangerous boat crossings are being facilitated for financial reward by smuggling gangs who don't care about the safety of the people that they are cramming onto boats, often overcrowding onto boats and causing these dangerous crossings . crossings. >> and it's that that we've got to stop happening in the future. >> to scotland now, where the devolved government has announced it is to make half £1 billion in cuts. that's according to its finance secretary, shona robison told msps scotland cannot ignore the severe financial challenges it faces in announcing the savings, she claimed the uk has entered a new era of austerity under the labour government. here's shona robison speaking in holyrood

today. >> a range of measures to support the 20 2425 budget, totalling almost £1 billion, of which up to £500 million are direct savings. the savings include up to £60 million of further savings that will be realised through the implementation of the emergency spend controls , particularly spend controls, particularly targeting recruitment overtime , targeting recruitment overtime, travel and marketing . travel and marketing. >> at least 41 people have died in a missile strike in ukraine, the deadliest this year. more than 180 wounded were wounded on tuesday when a russian missile strike hit a military institutes in the central town of poltava. that's to according president volodymyr zelenskyy, who said in a video that putin's forces struck with two ballistic missiles, damaging a building of the military institute of communications to israel, where there's been backlash over the

decision by the government to suspend some arms sales to the country , including from former country, including from former prime minister boris johnson , prime minister boris johnson, who's accused keir starmer of abandoning its ally. foreign secretary david lammy says the decision follows a review which found there was a clear risk that the weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law. mr lammy says around 30 of 350 licences will be suspended , licences will be suspended, stressing it's not a blanket ban andifs stressing it's not a blanket ban and it's not an arms embargo. however, former defence secretary grant shapps has told media this afternoon that the suspension was akin to student politics, saying it was retrograde . energy secretary ed retrograde. energy secretary ed miliband says the government will always support israel while holding it accountable . holding it accountable. >> we've always said, and we believe that israel has a absolute right to defend itself,

but within international law and the foreign secretary took advice as he said he would. on whether there was a risk that british arms sales would be used in breach of international law, that's why he made the decision. he did to ban the export of some arms to israel . arms to israel. >> well, yesterday we saw the launching of kemi badenoch and james cleverly's tory leadership campaigns. today it's tom tugendhat. the shadow security minister has been setting out his vision for the future of the party and the nation. mr tugendhat is one of six tory mps vying to replace rishi sunak, saying he'll promise to reset the party's relationship with the party's relationship with the public and also promising a return of honesty in politics. >> we must change and britain deserves better and we need a

different government , one that different government, one that will serve our country with conviction and act for you. my mission is the happiness and prosperity of the british people. now it's easy to say, but it's tough to deliver because at its heart, it's about putting the government back at the service of the people. it's about investment and innovation , about investment and innovation, but it's also about freedom. freedom to succeed and yes, freedom to fail. it's about a commitment to grow our economy and to see our people prosper. >> police in leicestershire say they've arrested five children over the murder of an 80 year old man. the gentleman was walking his dog in franklin park when he was seriously assaulted by a group of young people on sunday, and died in hospital. a boy and a girl, both aged 14, plus another boy and two more girls aged 12, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. due to prior contact the victim had with the police force . because with the police force. because of that, they are making a referral to the independent office of police conduct . office of police conduct. chancellor rachel reeves has defended the decision to cut the winter fuel allowance payment for some pensioners. she said it should be offset by increases to pensioners, to pensioners and lower energy prices this winter compared to last. mr reeves said the state pension was worth £900 more than last year , and will more than last year, and will rise again in april because of the triple lock. but some mps have raised concerns about the cuts to the winter fuel allowance, with one of them saying that 90% of pensioners in devon and cornwall will be affected. she also confirmed that the government will be capping corporation tax at 25% as part of a tax roadmap for business, which will be set in the budget . those are your

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>> hello there, it's almost 6 am. michelle dewberry and i've a.m. michelle dewberry and i've been busy self—identifying as martin daubney whilst martin himself has also been busy eating his weetabix, doing his push ups and humming the rocky theme tune in front of his own reflection in the mirror. well, i'm pleased to say those tasks are complete and martin daubney is back . is back. >> michelle dewberry that was absolutely magnificent. thank you very much. holding the fort. the strangest thing happened there. the entire building plunged into darkness. i think angela rayner or rachel reeves pulled the plug. we were just getting flowing. we've had hundreds and hundreds of messages from you throughout the

show, on the topic of pensioners feeling like this is no country for old folk, but thank you very, very much for bearing with us. i martin daubney and i return with some breaking news for you now, and the french interior minister, gerald darmanin, has confirmed that 12 migrants have died after their small boats capsized off the northern coast of france . and northern coast of france. and speaking to the media at the site of the emergency operation earlier, mr darmanin said 70 people were on board the dinghy, including women and children, when it capsized after beginning its perilous journey across the channel to the uk. now 51 people were rescued and two people are continuing to be in a critical condition in hospital now. a new way for you to get in touch with me here @gbnews, send your views and post them by going to gbnews.com forward slash your say and hundreds have been getting in touch and the topic that's really got you going today is that topic of pensions. the of course the winter fuel allowance cut £4 billion of

savings there. there was news today from the london school of economics urging rachel reeves, the chancellor, to raise the pension age to 68. that would save £68 billion per year. i've been asking you the entire show, does this feel like a country that's putting pensioners at the back of the queue? rachel reeves seems obsessed with working people. let's not forget pensioners were working people for almost the entirety of their lives. they did the right thing. they saved for their retirement. they saved for their retirement. they put aside a nest egg to take care of themselves in their old age. and we've seen a raft of movements already from from the government, which makes you people feel very, very concerned about that. i've got a quick message here from june who says this? perhaps our minister should lead by example and all take a 20% salary cut to help our economy , michael says. i see our economy, michael says. i see that there will be a vote next week on the winter fuel payments, but i'm not very hopeful. there will be no no doubt there'll be strings

attached. i'm still paying off. last winter's fuel bill, possibly like many, many other pensioners, we'll have lots more something coming on the show, and we've got something coming up, a very special end to the show as we celebrate everything great in britain, including some unseen footage of nigel farage singing save the queen. as it was

welcome back. your time is 10 to 6. we're on the final. final furlong i martin daubney on gb news now. big question. how proud are you to be british? well, a brand new survey has shown that there's overall there's been a steep decline in there's been a steep decline in the proportion of people who take pride in this country's achievements in 2013, 86% of those asked said that they were proud of britain's history, but this fell to less than two thirds. ten years on, does the last decade justify this drop in thirds. ten years on, does the last decade justify this drop in

pride ? but how can you feel pride ? but how can you feel pride? but how can you feel unpatriotic when you hear pride? but how can you feel unpatriotic when you hear something like this belter ? we something like this belter ? we something like this belter? we something like this belter? we want our chloe pomfret grant want our chloe pomfret grant shapps back . shapps back . shapps back. >> we have no reform. have shapps back. >> we have no reform. have there ten years on, does the glorious mark dolan over. broad glorious mark dolan over. broad days , days , days, one we. days, one we. >> know you're not telling me >> know you're not telling me that that didn't warm your that that didn't warm your

cockles. that was nigel farage. cockles. that was nigel farage. there belting out god save the queen as it was at the time. on brexit day, i took that footage. i must admit i was wobbling a bit port to starboard. we have been having the brussels breakfast. that was the day we finally left the european union. now joining me is the former ukip deputy leader, rebecca jane. rebecca jane. now i know you love your country. this survey must dismay you. why do you think it is that we're having our patriotism kicked out of us? >> well, i think there's a number of reasons. >> i think one, first and foremost is the fact that, you know what have our politicians done to our country? they've absolutely destroyed it .

absolutely destroyed it. they've made it us. they've made it unfashionable . unfashionable. >> rebecca joynes, i'm afraid i have to cut you off in your prime. there, the very best of british to you. we've simply run out of time. i'm so sorry. but now it's time for dewbs& co. who's next? she's been here the last hour. have another hour with dewbs & co. thanks for with dewbs& co. thanks for saving the day. now it's your weather with annie shuttleworth. >> it looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day, there is a risk of showers for some of us, but also some sunny spells and clearer skies will lead to a cooler night tonight. for many areas, but particularly across northern areas. now this weather front is pushing into parts of scotland, northern ireland through the rest of today, bringing a risk of showers here and any showers across the south and east will push away to the east as well. so quite a lot of cloud to come across much of scotland and then into parts of wales, northern

england overnight, as well as the southwest . to the north, the southwest. to the north, though, we'll see clearer skies developing as well as a few showers, particularly across southern areas of scotland and northern ireland. but under the clear skies, temperatures could fall as low as 2 or 3 degrees across rural parts of scotland. further south, a milder night than that , but definitely cooler than that, but definitely cooler than that, but definitely cooler than it has been lately. so with clearer skies across more northern areas, it will be a bright but chilly start to the day across western and central areas of scotland in particular. as i said, there's a risk of some quite heavy showers across southwestern areas of scotland as well as northern ireland. we could see some hail, possibly some thunder in there through the rest of wednesday. a few showers still across parts of the midlands, southern counties of england too, with a bit more cloud around. but i think there will be some sunshine on offer despite the slightly cooler start on wednesday and a mix of sunny spells and a risk of showers through the rest of the day. as well. as i said, some of those showers could turn quite heavy, particularly into wednesday afternoon across parts of scotland and northern

ireland, as well as the south—east. but in any sunshine it won't feel too bad. temperatures are a little bit below average, but the winds will be light, so it will feel pleasant enough in any sunshine with temperatures in the high teens now, the showers will tend to fade across northern areas through wednesday evening, but it's in the south and east where we see the showers intensify through wednesday evening. there's a risk of some localised flooding through thursday morning and a weather warning in force. but towards the end of the week and the weekend actually looks like it will turn dner actually looks like it will turn drier and warmer across north and western areas . and western areas. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

drop in brits who are i've got to say, quite frankly, it paints quite a bleak picture when it comes to our satisfaction levels in areas such as immigration, nhs and trust in the government. your thoughts on that? also, a rise of populism is said to be sweeping across the eu , and it's sweeping across the eu, and it's been suggested that this could soon affect keir starmer and politics here. could it also, do you reckon that council tax now could be the potential latest victim of labour's economic hit list? deputy prime minister angela rayner has refused to rule out scrapping an exemption for people living alone. goodness me. do you support that or not? and get this a group of children, some as young as 12 and primarily girls, have been arrested for allegedly murdering an 80 year old. i've got to ask an 80 year old. i've got to ask a simple question. what is going on when it comes to children? are they becoming more violent? if so , what do you think is if so, what do you think is behind it? and crucially, what do we do about it ?