the leader of the >> now the leader of the opposition, responding to the prime minister's statement into the grenfell inquiry report. a very united response from both leaders, those affected by the grenfell tower disaster were let down very badly during and in the aftermath of the tragedy. >> you've been watching . and >> you've been watching. and listening to pmqs live with gloria de piero and olivia utley. next up, it's good afternoon britain with mark dolan and dawn neesom . dolan and dawn neesom. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. sunshine and showers. for most of us today. some of those showers could be quite heavy across northwestern areas , heavy across northwestern areas, but in any sunshine it will still feel fairly warm. we've

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weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it's 1:00 >> good afternoon britain. >> it's1:oo on wednesday the 4th of september. i'm dawn neesom and i'm joined by mark dolan this afternoon. mark. >> lovely to work with you and it's lovely to work with you. >> and i wish it wasn't in the context of such sombre news. of course, the grenfell tower inquiry has made its findings pubuc inquiry has made its findings public and it makes for terrible reading. >> dawn . >> dawn. >> dawn. >> i mean, essentially the question on the tip of everyone's tongues is who's to blame? >> well, it seems everyone it's various governments of all political stripes over decades, the architects, the cladding manufacturers, building control, the local authority. >> it's been an abject failure. and of course, dawn, one of the great tragedies to befall this country , the history of this country, the history of this country, the history of this country, one of the worst single tragedies since the second world war. >> you know, it seems incredible, mark. it was a 14th of june, 2017 that that fire broke out. 24 story grenfell tower in north kensington in london. it burned for 60 hours.

70 people died and two people at the scene and two people died later. and it seems incredible that we are now in 2024 and we still don't have answers about who was responsible . and these who was responsible. and these people are grieving and we have had the result of the second part of the inquiry today. you have heard this morning. keir starmer and rishi sunak talking about what they've heard. but what i keep coming back to mark and i think what will really, really, you know , really get to really, you know, really get to these families is that all the deaths were avoidable. yeah. thatisi deaths were avoidable. yeah. that is i mean, there was there was no way around that. you know, the person you loved should not have died, as you say. it was a catalogue of errors from start to finish . and errors from start to finish. and nobody, nobody, as the families say that it was a catalogue. the loved ones say it was greed, corruption and incompetence and negligence that meant our loved ones are no longer with us, will tolerate incompetence. >> indeed , bureaucracy and also >> indeed, bureaucracy and also dishonesty as well. you know,

dishonesty as well. you know, dishonesty potentially from those manufacturers of the cladding who sat on evidence that those materials were unsafe. >> another important question to ask dawn is how many buildings that have this new cladding are still unsafe? there are people listening to or watching this show who may live in a tower block that's clad in this manner. do they have any right to feel like this tragedy couldn't happen to them? and of course, the other question you mentioned the timeline, which is absurd , 2017, but also what absurd, 2017, but also what about the cost ? almost £350 about the cost? almost £350 million so far to mothball that building. >> it's i mean, it's there as a memorial to these people that died and it's impossible to if you're in london to go past that tower and not think about all those that lost their lives, including many, many children . including many, many children. and also dawn, dawn, a third of £1 billion to mothball that building. >> how can that be justified? you could you could have given a portion of that money to the bereaved families or those that

needed rehousing. i think it's crazy. we do have our political correspondent, katherine forster, who is at the inquiry. catherine, a failure across the board. it seems, in regard to this colossal tragedy . this colossal tragedy. >> yes, indeed . 54 adults and 18 >> yes, indeed. 54 adults and 18 children died that day. and they the families are still waiting for justice. but at least today, they have had some answers. now, ispent they have had some answers. now, i spent three hours wading through the report. some 1600 pages long before it was published at 11:00. but a picture of failure, as you say, decades of failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry . the construction industry. frankly, almost nobody comes.

well, out of this, the inquiry found that there had known about the dangers of using cladding on high rise buildings as far back as 1991, and after the knowsley heights fire, and that by 2016 the then department of communities and local government were well aware of the risks of this cladding. but basically, sir martin said that as a combination of failures through incompetence, but in some cases dishonesty and greed in many instances, people weren't properly trained , they didn't properly trained, they didn't have the capacity, they weren't in the right job. but in some instances there was deliberate dishonesty and greed and fingers have been pointed , particularly have been pointed, particularly at, the architectural firm, the manufacturers of this cladding

that knew that there were problems with it but allowed it to be sold. and the regulators that should have checked but didn't make the proper checks. the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, the tenant management organisation that had a terrible relationship with the tenants, the people living in grenfell tower didn't take their concerns seriously. and of course, the first duty of the state is to keep its citizens safe. now we hear that a lot, don't we? in terms of foreign policy in terms of money to ukraine, etcetera , keeping us ukraine, etcetera, keeping us safe. but this is a domestic matter. these were people who just want to bed one night, the same as all of us do, and were failed massively. you know, the families who lost loved ones were speaking afterwards and they have said that, you know,

this is a first step, a significant chapter. they've called this but said that justice has still not been delivered. there's another group about to hold a press conference just at the hotel behind me. very shortly we will bring you that live. but, listening to one of the families groups a little bit earlier, they were saying that the inquiry has proved what we already know, that the deaths were avoidable and we will never give up fighting for you, talking to the loved ones, that they lost. of course, in parliament, we've had a very sombre and united reaction. as you would expect, the prime minister made a private visit to grenfell and was very moved by that. grenfell and was very moved by that . and he has said this day that. and he has said this day of truth must lead to a day of justice. but i have to say i've reported on many of these big

failures of state infected blood . failures of state infected blood. hillsborough, the post office and so on and so forth, and we see it again and again. ordinary people let down, ordinary people die. they want justice. they want people to be held to account. the families want people put in jail for this and held properly accountable. now we will hear from the police a little bit later . they are going little bit later. they are going to look in detail at this report. i understand they are investigating 19 organisations and 58 individuals, but in terms of potential criminal prosecution prosecutions, it will be late 2026 before those begin in earnest. if indeed they do . do. >> queen's sorry, catherine, which means basically, charging decisions are unlikely soon,

meaning trials may not start until 2027. that's a whole decade after the actual fire ran out to speak to you, actually. >> but they started with it. >> but they started with it. >> indeed it is. it's a hideously long time, isn't it? and meanwhile, the families who lost loved ones again, one of the many failures pointed out was the reaction of the royal borough of kensington and chelsea and the total lack of the bandwidth, the ability to deal with a large number of people suddenly being homeless. the report says that many of them felt they'd been just abandoned by the people in power. in fact , really the only power. in fact, really the only group who comes well out of this report, out of this inquiry, who's been given any credit , report, out of this inquiry, who's been given any credit, is the local residents because it says that the local people, the local residents, the local community stepped in where the government, the council, the big

organisations failed, gathered round, took people clothing, banded together, voluntary groups, charities, they come out very, very well out of this, but pretty much nobody else does. >> well, indeed, it's egregious that it was departments of state that it was departments of state that so categorically failed central government. more than one administration, new labour, the conservatives, they're all culpable. prime minister after prime minister failed to tackle this, the local authority involved have a case to answer to the timeline is extraordinary. as dawn said, potentially a decade before somebody faces jail , and what somebody faces jail, and what about the cost as well? that shocking figure of £340 million spent on the tower to mothball it. now it remains an important piece of evidence in terms of what happened. and of course, it's a memorial to that great tragedy . but more it's a memorial to that great tragedy. but more than a third

of £1 billion could and should surely have been better spent on the bereaved families and those who needed rehousing. catherine the local community. >> well, the thing with the tower itself is, you know, it will seem astonishing to many people that it is still standing, that it wasn't demolished for years. it stood there bleakly. you can see it for miles around and now, of course, it's been shrouded in white with a green heart and grenfell forever in our hearts. but it's incredibly difficult. and there's a huge amount of debate and discussion and disagreement as to what to do with the site, because many people would like some sort of memorial and many people , many memorial and many people, many local people, would like the tower taken down because they're constantly seeing it. okay it's covered over, but it's a continual reminder of the horror of that night and the horror that the community have dealt with for years afterwards . but

with for years afterwards. but of course, it's also a mass grave. effectively, this building that still standing. those 72 people who died. i don't want to go into very upsetting details, but, you know, there's the remains of people in that building that simply will never be removed. so there's a huge amount of emotion connected with it. so, sure, it's a lot of money. it's easy to say, you know, it should have been gone, the money should have been gone, the money should have been better spent. but to all the families affected, it's a very real, ongoing sort of monument and a cemetery really. >> catherine, thank you very much. that's katherine forster reporting live for us from the second part of the grenfell inquiry. indeed, because the first one was 2019 and that concluded that it was a horrific mess from start to finish. second part concluding the same thing . thing. >> definitely. and this inquiry

raises more questions than it. answers are the people that live in clouded, clouded tower blocks now safe or are they not? you wouldn't have any confidence that those buildings are safe. >> no, no. and lots of people will be out there living in these buildings. we saw example in dagenham recently where a fire went up a tower block went up because of the cladding. so if you have a story to share, please do get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay lots of you will be affected by this. whether you're living in private accommodation or in council accommodation. indeed, now from one tragedy to another, we saw several deaths in the channel yesterday. >> absolutely devastating. if that's not an argument for stopping the boats, i don't know what is. however, it hasn't affected numbers today, which continue to be astonishing. it's a big, massive headache. it's a national security disaster for the country as a humanitarian disaster, as we discovered yesterday. and it's an economic disaster as well. £8 million a day in the cost of hotels to accommodate people that have entered the country illegally. but wait for this dawn. the channel migrant crisis is our

fault, say the french . we'll fault, say the french. we'll tackle that next. >> yeah, and you're seeing live pictures of more migrants coming over morning. right. okay. the latest on all of

soon. hello. welcome back to good afternoon britain . now migrants afternoon britain. now migrants continue to cross the channel despite the news yesterday of a pregnant woman and six children being among 12 people who died after their boat sank. this comes as france calls for migrants to be able to claim uk asylum from within the eu. do we need a complete overhaul so people can be brought here safely and legally? >> well, let's get more with our national reporter. the one and only charlie peters. charlie, there was discussion pre—election about whether rwanda would be a disincentive, dying in the channel appears not to be because the numbers as

high as ever today. >> yes, an 8000 have now crossed since labour came into power in early july. this morning we've seen two boats enter uk waters, be escorted over towards dover. at least 50 migrants crossing. this morning we saw a boat launching at about 9 am. this morning. so 10 am. local time in france, which we captured live on gb news and our sources also telling us that a fourth boatis also telling us that a fourth boat is now in the water approaching the uk waters. so it could be another bumper day for border force. and for those numbers, we are on track to exceed the figures we saw last yean exceed the figures we saw last year, 29,000 crossed in that period. some people say it's a small number in comparison to net migration from the year before, but the tragedy of this crossing and the fact that in order to deal with these cases, they are always treated as asylum cases is giving such a strain on the taxpayer at least £8 million a day on hotels. and as you were saying, mark destruction and the misery of those deaths not appearing to deter many people rushing forward today. so last night we heard from french authorities

saying that they believe those caughtin saying that they believe those caught in that tragedy were eritrean heritage and that fixed with a recent pattern. we've seen of african heritage, people running towards the boats when they've already been paid for and dealt with by the smuggling gangs. so people who haven't paid their fare to cross the channel paid their fare to cross the channel, rushing the boat once it's already been launched. we have also seen a consistent trend of the number of people on each boat going up. these are made to order boats now coming often from china, having the facilities in turkey being shut down but are still being smuggled into northern france . smuggled into northern france. this isn't an amateur operation, as some people think about it. they talk about, oh, those small boat crossings, people coming over on dinghies. no, these are serious organised criminal enterprises as part of $1 billion industry. when we talk about smashing the gangs, as sir keir starmer wants to, i think we should compare it to the drug trade. how successful has government been at clamping down on that organised criminal gang operation? that is also £1

billion situation and the illegals are still getting away with it. >> did we see any french police on the beaches this morning? we did see live footage. what were they doing? >> well, so the french police have as part of a funding deal with britain, they've boosted the number of gendarmerie on the coast. it's about £500 million deal coast. it's about £500 million deal. they've got drones, they've got specialist night vision goggles. that is forcing more and more migrants to adapt and to overcome the disruption. so more of them are moving south away from dunkirk and calais into boulogne—sur—mer. so a little bit further south on the coast, that makes the journey more perilous. but what can the french authorities do? they can disrupt and prevent the start of a boat approaching the sea. >> often they fire a dart into a dinghy . dinghy. >> well, not once it's in the water. this is the thing. >> so even if it's shallow water, it doesn't matter. >> a lot of them are now being launched from the canals. french authorities. and if you're a low grade gendarmerie, why would you want the legal risk of going after a boat once it's already in? precisely. so they try and disrupt before they launch. and so these smuggling gangs are getting very adept at avoiding counter—surveillance from the french authorities, hiding their

boats in dunes. and as we're heanng boats in dunes. and as we're hearing more and more launching those crossings further inland. however, at the same time , gb however, at the same time, gb news sources this morning have told us that some 3000 people are waiting by the coastline, which is well above average for what we typically expect. so even after the choppy waters of august, as we're seeing this sudden rise in people crossing, there could now be a renewed surge of people attempting the crossing. after a recent backlog of attempts, the political elephant in the room for the prime minister, keir starmer, is rwanda. >> can we say that the scrapping of that scheme has impacted these numbers in the last few weeks and months, there have been some quite compelling newspaper reports from journalists in the camps, in and around the areas. >> those camps often, by the way, segregated according to the heritage of those there. an eritrean camp has been cleared by the french authorities in a forest near boulogne sur mer. this morning. a lot of people telling reporters that the change in government has been good for them. labour for their part, say that their border

security units will add 1000 new officers and investigators from the national crime agency, working with m15 and border authorities to deal with the problem. but i think the main political concern will be the comments from french interior minister last night, where he's mentioned that britain's pull factor is the real problem. this is a long standing concern coming from france that britain is to blame for the crossings, that we're a soft touch, which is the view of many of our viewers and listeners. >> yeah, and that's the second time the french have said that as well. and they have got a point, haven't they? he actually said it's you know, it's, often work with you can if you get over here, you can work without papers. a very rarely expelled. >> yes. well, at the same time, there are also hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants in france, many of them working, but potentially it's the sight of their fellow smugglers , of their fellow smugglers, fellow migrants and people smugglers living in hotels at the taxpayer's expense, circulating on social media, feeding back to family members back home. that is possibly more compelling to migrants making the journey than, say, seeing their loved ones in a camp on their loved ones in a camp on the northern.

>> so charlie, the one thing i have to say, and you've just come back from germany, haven't you been on holiday in germany? >> refugees who arrive in germany will be denied benefits as they do if they do so from another country in the european union, i.e. if they were coming from france to the uk, they could be denied benefits. now germany are saying they are going to do this now. why can't we do that? >> yeah, well i suppose that's an that'll be an inter eu deal. and i think germany is saying a lot of things that they have to deliver on. after a recent surges of the afd, those state elections in thuringia and saxony earlier in the weekend, but also they have actually achieved some of those ambitions. they managed to deport some 28 afghan asylum seekers back to afghanistan without a deal with the taliban , without a deal with the taliban, facilitated through qatar. that's quite significant. >> so the germans are bowing to political pressure. the rise of the far right is causing mainstream politicians in germany to wake up and realise that the public are furious about mass migration into their countries. however, what about the uk and the politics of it here? because in the run up to the election it was clearly a

concern for reform uk and conservative voters. illegal immigration and legal net migration not so much for labour voters. is there a political price to be paid to keir starmer for sir keir starmer? if these illegal crossings continue apace, is there a political pnce? >> almost certainly. and i think he has to hope that this border security unit, as it searches for a new commander and as they add those 1000 investigators can achieve that ambition of disrupting and possibly even denying access to the people smuggling gangs, these criminal enterprises. but i think it's really important to stress they are not amateurs. they are professionals in what they do. it works. we've seen that it works. there's no shortage of funding and attempts to disrupt these gangs. already. we've just spoken about some of the kit and equipment that the french authorities have on the north coast, dealing with preventing the launching of night vision goggles. it's a militarised coastline, quite frankly. what more can be added to those ? more can be added to those? >> smashing? smashing the gangs

has been an eu wide project for years and a uk project as well. all you've got from starmer, i think, is, you know, a bit more investment and a few more officers and administrators and all the rest of it. >> a few nail bars were searched, probably a couple of nail bars and maybe barber shops, but, ultimately, how can this hurt starmer in the years ahead? >> will it sort of paint a picture of a prime minister that's not in control of his own country? >> that'll almost certainly be how it appears to many voters. if you can't stop those accessing and leaving your country, then how much control do you really have? and i think for a lot of the labour strategy we've seen in the first couple of months has been to blame. the malaise in the country on 14 years of tory rule on this point, they have many easy arguments to push on that line, in particular even on the detention estate. now ten years ago, we had 4000 beds available to process failed asylum seekers and to send them back. we have now about 2300 at a time when the demand on those facilities and our state capacity has absolutely surged through the

roof. >> dawn, dawn. hand on heart. how many labour backbenchers let's not forget labour are now the governing party of this country. how many labour backbenchers hand on heart, really want to stop the boats? well perhaps as many as the people in france want to stop the boats. exactly i reckon you could probably fit them all in a mini. i mean, this is an issue with our governing party, isn't it? don't you think? philosophically ideologically, charlie, the labour movement are not that fussed about these illegal crossings. >> the labour movement has close ties with ngos and charities involved in this space. i think there are two lines of criticism that keir starmer is facing this morning from the right, which is the claim that this current strategy isn't working. he hasn't got a rwanda style deterrent, this border security unit isn't up and running as of yet. and those ncaa investigators, how much effect will they have? do we have control of our borders? that's the standard line coming from the standard line coming from the right. but also there's quite a lot of criticism coming from the left, from amnesty international and other associated ngos and charities saying what they need is safe and legal routes to skip the procedure. that might lead

people to want to be smuggled over the channel why not let them come directly apply through some processing unit elsewhere? apply online. that's also the perspective potentially being pushed by the french interior minister last night. he wants a new relationship between the eu and britain on asylum policy. >> is that a deal to accept 100,000 a year? >> well, i don't whatever the deal is, keir starmer has said that's not going to it's not going to happen. and it wouldn't be politically feasible for keir starmer anyway. >> and lots of you feel very, very strongly about this. darren says the french need to be using harpoons and drag those boats back to the beach. lots of you agreeing with that, and wendy says i agree. we've treated these illegal invaders like honour guests. free hotels, free meals, free money, free clothing, free smartphones and of course , bikes so they can get of course, bikes so they can get to their black market jobs. no chance of deportation. yes, it's our government's fault and political mess. says i've given up. they are never going to stop this illegal migration. lots of people feeling very strongly about this. >> i've got one quick comment. i spoke to tony smith, the former director general of uk border

force, this morning, and he said the only way that they can stop this smuggling operation and really deter people without rwanda is to collect people in the water and return them to france. that's what the uk border force and the associated authorities need the powers to do. until then, he said, the people smugglers will continue to work exactly that. >> well, as dawn said, those watching and listening are furious about what's happening. let's be honest, if you don't control your borders, you have no control over the country. a major and growing political headache for keir starmer. yes, he's inherited it from the conservatives, but it's his problem now and he's got to fix it. you're watching good afternoon britain on gb news myself and the lovely dawn neesom. lots more coming up on today's show. >> prince harry is reportedly ready to help out with royal dufies ready to help out with royal duties if king charles asks him , duties if king charles asks him, but he won't return unless his brother william apologises. >> oh my goodness. hell will freeze over first. lots more to get through our labour waging war on aspiration by scrapping margaret thatcher's right to

buy. lots to come. prince harry next. but first, the headlines with gb news royalty. someone that will never leave the family. sam francis . family. sam francis. >> mark. dawn. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon to you. just coming up to 1:32. and the headlines this hour, the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. that report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into what's been described as a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say that today's final and damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. >> we paid the price of systematic dishonesty,

institutional indifference and neglect. the government ignored warnings about dangerous cladding from as early as 1991. it knew the risk but failed to prevent them , revealing the prevent them, revealing the greed and profiteering of an industry that has been poorly regulated by governments over decades. >> rishi sunak, now leader of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. he was facing off with sir keir starmer at the first prime minister's questions since parliament returned from the summer recess. the conservative leader accused the prime minister of taking money from low income pensioners and ploughing it into inflation busting pay rises for union workers. >> his decision and his decision alone to award a train driver on £65,000, a pay rise of almost £10,000 and it was also his decision that a pensioner living

on just £13,000 will have their winter fuel allowance removed . winter fuel allowance removed. so can the prime minister explain to britain's low income pensioners why he has taken money away from them, whilst at the same time given more money to highly paid train drivers ? to highly paid train drivers? >> however, prime minister sir keir starmer defended that decision to cut winter fuel payments. he says it's essential to stabilise the economy. >> we've had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy and repair the damage, including targeting winter fuel payments whilst protecting pensioners. 800,000 pensioners are not taking up pension credit . are not taking up pension credit. we intend to turn that around. we intend to turn that around. we are going to align housing benefit we are going to align housing benefit and pension credit, something the previous government deferred year after year after year and because of our commitment to the triple lock, pensions are projected to increase by over £1,000 in the next five years.

>> and as we were just hearing from charlie peters, our national reporter, hundreds of migrants have attempted to cross the channel just hours after 12 people, including, sadly, a pregnant woman and six children, died when their boat sank . died when their boat sank. earlier, french police were seen storming a beach to stop around 200 others from making that crossing. this morning . dramatic crossing. this morning. dramatic footage also showed people wading out into the water, many of them not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the shore. over 30 people have died in crossings this year as concerns grow about overcrowded boats , increasing overcrowded boats, increasing the risk of fatalities . those the risk of fatalities. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with you in half an hour 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. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial

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>> hello, a good afternoon and welcome indeed to good afternoon britain. i'm dawn neesom. here's mark dolan. now we're going to talk royals. but before we've got some cracking messages coming in from you. so please do keep them coming , and lots of keep them coming, and lots of them are getting very angry about migration. >> most definitely this from wadekar, who is a gb news member who says mark and dawn safe and

legal routes will not help with economic migrants who will still cross the channel dennis says unlike most other european countries , we are in the countries, we are in the fortunate position of being an island. therefore, with the political will, our borders could and should be made virtually watertight. but of course, that's the issue. the political will is not there . political will is not there. >> it isn't actually. and a&e on similar lines says stop border force and the rnli going out and picking them up. they are not in difficulty whilst in a dinghy. well, i mean some did lose their lives, but you know, i understand your point mandy. and meanwhile gary says the french are correct, at least in part. it is our fault that migrants want to come here. we make it too attractive. they know they'll be treated very well and therefore it's worth the risk. >> i mean, the issue is, and i was listening to a guest from migration watch on the channel yesterday, and they were asked about the idea of the navy turning these boats away, which might have a sort of a logic to it, and certainly in historic terms, that would have happened .

terms, that would have happened. however, the issue you've got is criminal liability, because these these boats are very fragile. and if there were fatalities, then the consequences get back to france and the french will go right . and the french will go right. >> meanwhile, talking about passports, this is linked. bertie. hi. bertie says i would like to see harry have his title and passport taken away, which we're moving on to now . seamless we're moving on to now. seamless link to the royal rift rages on as reports emerge that prince harry will not return to royal dufies harry will not return to royal duties unless his brother william apologises. however, the duke of sussex said he would be open to a temporary role and willing to help out the firm if his father asked him to. yes. >> this comes after it was revealed last week that harry has turned his back away from hollywood publicists and texted former confidantes from his old life on how to plan a return from the us. >> right, okay, we're joined now by former senior gardener at highgrove, jack stokes. jack, thank you very much for joining

us. i've got i bet you've got some tales to tell, first of all, jack, why why should william apologise? what is he apologising for ? apologising for? >> this is one of the big questions that even i'm thinking is we're hearing reports that supposedly he wants william to apologise for. for something . apologise for. for something. none of us know what it is. none of us have actually heard harry say he wants an apology. so we don't quite know what's going on with that. who's saying what, >> and we're hearing, obviously, again , reports that it's an old again, reports that it's an old confidante, and yet nobody's saying, oh, it's actually this person, so we can't actually go to them. and say, listen, what's going on? apart from asking harry sort of to his face if we see him. but, i do feel that there's probably apologies from both sides, things haven't haven't probably been as easy as we all sort of see it. we sort of see a. harry decided to leave

harry decided to write a book. everything's harry's fault and he must just disappear forever , he must just disappear forever, but there's a lot more to it. and there is always more sides to the story . it's a bit like and there is always more sides to the story. it's a bit like a diamond with all the facets. it's so much more going on that none of us actually know. we also were sorry, jack. >> sorry to interrupt you, but with the best will in the world. what does prince william or indeed, what does king charles have to apologise for ? it's have to apologise for? it's harry who has thrown his own family and the country under the bus with the netflix tv series. the book spare and all of those podcast appearances . podcast appearances. >> i think at the time he just wanted everybody to hear his side of the story, and he probably felt a little bit disgruntled with things happening the way they were happening, i know that the press were, were sort of pretty much, if i can say, going to town on just him and everything. he did

was wrong. everything that meghan did was wrong . and if you meghan did was wrong. and if you put yourself into those shoes for maybe , you know, just for maybe, you know, just a minute and you sort of think to yourself, well, this is someone we all absolutely adored and loved to pieces . and suddenly loved to pieces. and suddenly within like a fortnight, he was suddenly the most hated person in britain. and it must be quite hard for anybody to have that happen to them to and sort of so sort of want to go hang on a minute. i'm still the same person. i need to get my story heard and no one's listening to me. and every time i open my mouth, somebody says something worse. so i think that's where probably the book came from. and the podcasts and the netflix deals. and i mean, i'm not i'm not saying that , you know, not saying that, you know, meghan might have had something to do with it. obviously with hollywood connections and said, look, let's do a the oprah interview. let's do the netflix deals . and obviously some of deals. and obviously some of which i don't feel were were right. i'm not i'm not completely on harry's side with everything, but i do think that he probably did it for a reason.

and those reasons we don't quite know. and fully understand. >> jack, you must. do you remember the boys when they were little? i mean, did you sort of like, you know, were you working there when they were little? do you have memories of them? >> well, so i was at highgrove for 21 years, so i knew i knew them when , when william was them when, when william was still at saint andrews, i knew obviously harry as well. so got got to know them from from being at highgrove, you know, when they, when they came home and saw them, saw them as themselves , saw them, saw them as themselves, saw them, saw them as themselves, saw them, saw them as themselves, saw them at the pub, saw them, drinking with all their friends, got to know all their friends. it was, it was a very much a family affair, you know, everybody knew, knew, knew them and left them alone in their in their local areas. and i think that's that's something that was really good for them to have that, to have that nice upbringing that i think they were lucky enough to have. and with princess anne, she's she's had the same with her family

living living quite nearby. so yes, i did i did know him, obviously i knew william, i knew kate, i didn't get to meet meghan though. >> kate. >> kate. >> jack, just very quickly, we're running out of time, unfortunately. so what do you make of, harry's decision to stay with earl spencer on his recent trip back rather than to stay in any of the royal palaces? >> i think if he's maybe not ianed >> i think if he's maybe not invited or, if, for instance, the king is in in scotland at balmoral, they may not have been that possibility for him to go and see family. and he thought, well, maybe if i'm up in norfolk i might as well go and see my, my, my mum's brother and, and actually see him and maybe, you know, he's , he's had some things know, he's, he's had some things he needed to say to his brother. sorry to diana's brother, or because i think he's just currently going through a divorce. i think if i'm not wrong, and so, you know, he might be going to, to sort of show support to to, him. >> jack, thank you very much. that's jack stokes, royal

commentator and royal gardener. thank you very much for joining us. us. >> us. >> tough gig, isn't it, being king charles's gardener, given his enthusiasm for horticulture? >> yeah, exactly. you know that's true. you've got to get it right. haven't you want to get it wrong? well, this is good afternoon. britain on gb news. there's loads more coming up on today's show as reports emerge that labour are set to tear up the right to buy policy. we're asking if they've waged war on aspiration. don't go anywhere. we'll see you very

soon. >> welcome back. mark dolan. and at dawn neesom with you until 3:00. now reports suggest that angela rayner is considering abolishing the right to buy scheme. that was brought in, of course, by margaret thatcher in the 80s. >> this is the right to buy scheme that angela rayner used to buy her property. anyway the

deputy prime minister. >> £40,000 in the process. indeed >> controversial ching ka ching did she did benefit from this? >> which house was that? let's not get into that. >> no no no no no no no no let's not— >> no no no no no no no no let's not go there. so she benefited from the scheme herself. so isn't this a classic case of pulling the housing ladder up behind you? no. >> it's definitely. well, this comes after research shows that more than 4 in 10 council homes sold under the right to buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. right >> we are joined now by property expert richard blanco to explain what is going on here and what's being suggested. richard, thank you for joining being suggested. richard, thank you forjoining us. lovely being suggested. richard, thank you for joining us. lovely to see you this afternoon. richard, what do you make of this suggestion from angela rayner? >> well, yes, i mean, she's launching a consultation. >> and i think part of the problem is that we've not been building enough council homes. >> in fact, we've lost 165,000 in the last ten years. and the concern has been that, council homes continue to be sold and not enough are built. the

housing select committee last january said that they thought 95,000 should be built every yean 95,000 should be built every year, and we're just not meeting those kind of numbers. there was a net loss of 14,000 in the last year that there are figures for now, whether or not she would be brave enough to abolish the right to buy. i'm not sure it's something that we've had since 1980, it's a policy that's really cut through. everyone knows about it , of course, one knows about it, of course, one of margaret thatcher's most famous policies. i think what might happen is she might kind of cut back on it so that perhaps , you can only buy, perhaps, you can only buy, council local authority homes and not housing association homes , or there might be a kind homes, or there might be a kind of review of the discounts or indeed , there might be a pause indeed, there might be a pause whilst local authorities get a chance to start building some more. >> indeed, richard , what's your >> indeed, richard, what's your view about right to buy? has it been good or bad for britain? >> well, it's been great for people wanting to buy their own

home. and of course that was the original aim . some people would original aim. some people would argue that it's actually created the housing crisis because we lost 1.5 million council homes between 1979 and 1995. now, the problem was that they weren't replaced . and i think if they replaced. and i think if they were replaced, if they had been , were replaced, if they had been, were replaced, if they had been, we wouldn't have the huge shortage of properties that we've got now. of course, the government wants to build 370,000 per annum going forward to try and build up the housing stock . so i always feel a bit stock. so i always feel a bit torn on this because i think it is an important part of aspiration for people to want to buy their own home. and of course, one of the challenges for social tenants is that, yes, you're paying a lower rent, but because you're never going to buy your own home, you're not building up any to capital pass on to your children. so it is , on to your children. so it is, you know, the opportunity to actually buy your own home is an important aspirational thing. but i think we haven't always

got the policy right. we need to make sure that we replace those properties that are sold. >> richard, so you mentioned it briefly there. the idea may be to pause the right to buy scheme while we build some of those 370,000 houses a year. and how's that going, by the way? and then reinstate it afterwards when we've got a few more properties ? we've got a few more properties? >> possibly. i mean, we built 160,000in the last year, so we're way behind the target. and of course, we can't just suddenly ramp up house building. we've got all sorts of other issues going on, interest rates are still quite high, which is, you know, making it tricky for people to get a mortgage. there are all kinds of issues about not having enough labour, enough skills, actually, to build all of these houses , so it's going of these houses, so it's going to take a while really for this massive house building programme to get off the ground, like i say, i think if angela rayner did stop right to buy, you know, it's been in place since 1980, it's been in place since 1980, it's going to be a really big

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>> good afternoon britain. it is 2:00 on wednesday, the 4th of september. i'm mark dolan and she is the fabulous dawn neesom . she is the fabulous dawn neesom. >> steady on. right. okay. now grenfell's inquiry final report has shamed the government, accusing them of ignoring constant warnings about the building safety. the families of

the victims have also said they suffered institutional indifference from those charged with protecting their homes. >> yes. more on that shortly. plus, the prime minister faced rishi sunak for the first time since the summer recess, with the leader of the opposition accusing starmer of choosing train drivers over vulnerable pensioners. keir starmer was also questioned on israel and tax rises. we'll have all of the fallout from a very feisty pmqs next. >> and a good news story british tennis starjack >> and a good news story british tennis star jack draper >> and a good news story british tennis starjack draper prepares tennis star jack draper prepares for the biggest game of his career so far after reaching the quarterfinals of the us open. we'll speak to his former coach this hour. yes, indeed . this hour. yes, indeed. >> let us know your thoughts throughout the next hour . throughout the next hour. gbnews.com/yoursay. lots to get through. but first, the news

headunes through. but first, the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> mark dolan. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon to you. it'sjust much indeed. good afternoon to you. it's just coming much indeed. good afternoon to you. it'sjust coming up much indeed. good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 2:02. we'll start with the prime minister's questions. and rishi sunak, now the leader of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. he first faced off with sir keir starmer at that first meeting since parliament returned from the summer recess, and the conservative leader accused the prime minister of taking money from low income pensioners and ploughing it into inflation busting pay rises for some union workers. >> it was his decision and his decision alone, to award a train driver on £65,000, a pay rise of almost £10,000, and it was also his decision that a pensioner living on just £13,000 will have their winter fuel allowance removed . so can the prime

removed. so can the prime minister explain to britain's low income pensioners why he has taken money away from them, whilst at the same time giving more money to highly paid train drivers ? drivers? >> however, the prime minister, sir keir starmer , defended that sir keir starmer, defended that decision to cut winter fuel payments. he says it's essential to stabilise the economy. >> we've had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy and repair the damage, including targeting winter fuel payments whilst protecting pensioners . 800,000 pensioners pensioners. 800,000 pensioners are not taking up pension credit. we intend to turn that around. we are going to align housing benefit and pension credit, something the previous government deferred year after year after year and because of our commitment to the triple lock. pensions are projected to increase by over £1,000 in the next five years. >> in other news, this afternoon the grenfell tower fire, which

killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. a long awaited report has found. over almost 1700 pages that grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned the building into what's been described as a death trap . described as a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze, now seven years ago, say today's final and damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. >> we paid the price of systematic dishonesty, institutional indifference and neglect. the government ignored warnings about dangerous cladding from as early as 1991. it knew the risks but failed to prevent them , revealing the prevent them, revealing the greed and profiteering of an industry that has been poorly regulated by governments over decades and just a breaking line to bring you from south—east london. >> we're hearing from the london fire brigade that around 70

firefighters are battling another blaze at a tower block in catford that's in the southeast of the city. that fire broke out on the ninth and 10th floors, with some images on social media. at this stage showing smoke pouring from that building, the london fire brigade's also confirmed it has received at least 50 emergency calls , deploying now ten fire calls, deploying now ten fire engines to that scene. at this stage, we don't know the cause of that fire, but of course that incident coincides with the release today of that final report from the grenfell tower inquiry that sadly claimed 72 lives. so that latest line just coming to us from south—east london, 70 firefighters on the scene of a blaze at a tower block in catford. as soon as we get images, we will bring them straight to you. well, hundreds of migrants have attempted to cross the channel just hours after 12 people, including a pregnant woman and six children, died when their boat sank . died when their boat sank. earlier, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others

from attempting the crossing. dramatic footage also showed people wading into the water, many not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the shore. over 30 people have died in crossings so far this year as concerns grow about overcrowded boats, increasing fatal risks . boats, increasing fatal risks. four of the five children arrested over the murder of eight year old bhim koli have been released without charge. koli was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park, near leicester, on sunday and sadly later died in hospital. a 14 year old boy remains in police custody as their investigations continue. well, that group aged between 12 and 14, were initially arrested on suspicion of murder after a post mortem revealed the victim died from a neck injury. police are now urging anyone with information about that attack to come forward . england's gp services forward. england's gp services face a critical tipping point, according to a new survey. researchers from university college london found that while

nhs workforce grew by 20% from 2015 to 2022, the number of gps per 1000 patients fell by 15%. gp practices also dropped by 20% over the last decade despite a rise in patient registrations. concerns are now growing over the increasing reliance on non—medical staff, with experts warning it could impact the quality of care. though the government has promised reforms , government has promised reforms, including hiring more gps and raising their pay . conservative raising their pay. conservative mps are set to kick off the first round of voting at around 330 this afternoon to choose a successor to rishi sunak. the initial ballot set for this afternoon will begin narrowing the field of six candidates, with further rounds throughout september, whittling the contenders down further. they include james cleverly, robert jenrick, dame priti patel, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . an exam board is badenoch. an exam board is warning that gcse students are taking too many exams and spending more than 30 hours in

tests. that's among the highest globally. ocr is one of the main exam boards in the uk, is calling for a reduction in the number and the intensity of exams. instead, they propose a shift towards a more balanced curriculum that report is backed by education figures and comes as the government launches its own review into the curriculum and assessments. and finally, sir brian may has revealed he suffered a minor stroke last week which briefly impaired his arm in an instagram video. the 77 year old said he's now doing okay but won't be driving, flying or doing any strenuous activity. the queen guitarist described the incident as a little scary, but praised the care he received from hospital staff, and he's also reassured fans he can still play guitar . fans he can still play guitar. thank goodness those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back in half an hour 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

the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> so very shortly we will bring you reaction to sunak versus starmer at prime minister's questions. plus, who is going to be the next leader of the conservative party? and does anyone care because you don't do you. >> do you care? gbnews.com/yoursay. i don't, to be honest with you. i've got five years to sort it out and i'm sick of them arguing. they're like kids in a playground arguing. >> i'm not sure any of them have star quality, but will ask olivia utley, our political correspondent, shortly. but let's start with the damning final report into the 2017 grenfell tower disaster that concluded the fire was the culmination of decades of failure by central government. inquiry chairman sir martin moore—bick said all 72 deaths in grenfell tower were avoidable. >> joining us now is political

correspondent katherine forster from outside the inquiry to bnng from outside the inquiry to bring us up to date catherine. hello. right okay. we know that the families have been given a press conference this afternoon. can you tell us what they've been saying ? been saying? >> yes. good afternoon to both of you. this report, so long in the making. the families have. there's been a couple of press conferences. one of them a little bit earlier. they basically said that the inquiry proved what we already know, that the deaths were avoidable. we'll never give up fighting for you. there's another press conference going on at the moment in the hotel behind me here in west london. and let's have a little look now at some of what's been said. >> the warning signs that were emerging from as early as 1991, that some kinds of materials in particular aluminium composite material panels with unmodified

polyethylene cores, were dangerous . we find that there dangerous. we find that there was a failure on the part of the government and others to give proper consideration at an early stage to the dangers of using combustible materials in the walls of high rise buildings . walls of high rise buildings. >> apologies. that was of course, a clip from the inquiry. that was the martin moore—bick speaking. i thought that we were throwing to a bit from the press conference, but as you can see, he has admitted that there were decades of failure and that the concerns about this cladding was known for many, many years and frankly, was ignored. now the relatives, do not feel that this inquiry really has achieved much. and in the hotel behind me, they have been talking and

the repeated theme is we still have no justice. many of them feel that they didn't ask for the inquiry, that it's delayed justice. what they really want to see is people held accountable. they want to see people locked up , people in accountable. they want to see people locked up, people in jail because the inquiry has said that the victims, the families, were failed through incompetence. but in some cases by dishonesty and greed. we know, for example , that the know, for example, that the manufacturers of the cladding and the insulation and knew that it wasn't suitable for use in high rise buildings and the regulators and helped to sort of allow them to pass the tests. it was insufficiently regulated and there's a lot of blame going around. and the families feel that they know, and they've known for a long time what went wrong. they want people punished. obviously nothing can

ever make up for the terrible, terrible loss of their relations. now, the police are apparently investigating 19 organisations, 58 individuals are being investigated, but any criminal proceedings won't begin until at least 2026, we're told. so any prosecutions? and it's been made clear that that's going to be very difficult and could be 2027, which would be a full ten years since this tragedy which happened, which took 72 lives in west london. >> katherine forster thank you very much. that's catherine, bnng very much. that's catherine, bring us up to date on the grenfell tower inquiry, which finalised this morning. now more politics. pmqs is back following the summer recess, there was no holding back as starmer said labour had inherited absolute

chaos from the conservatives, while rishi sunak hit back, saying the prime minister has to start taking responsibility for his own decisions. let's speak to our political correspondent olivia utley now, who joins us from westminster. hi, olivia. okay. what did you make of the first pmqs then ? first pmqs then? >> well , first pmqs then? >> well, beforehand, first pmqs then? >> well , beforehand, there first pmqs then? >> well, beforehand, there was quite a lot of talk that rishi sunak would be the oldest statesman in the room, sort of loftily rising above keir starmer's. but you know , starmer's. but you know, politics, political tactics. obviously rishi sunak is about to step down as leader of the opposition, but he didn't feel like a dead duck opposition leader today he was very much going for the jugular with keir starmer . he going for the jugular with keir starmer. he touched on two main issues, the first of which was winter fuel payments. now this is a this is an issue which has caused real consternation within the labour party. plenty of labour mps, even those who are on board with the general idea of limiting the winter fuel

payments to a smaller group of pensioners. plenty of them feel like the cut off, which is an income of £13,000, is just too low. and rishi sunak really capitalised on that today. let's just have a listen . just have a listen. >> no prime minister wants to do what we have to do in relation to the winter fuel allowance, but we have to take the tough decision to stabilise our economy to ensure that we can grow it for the future. and as i've said, we are working hard on pension credit. >> we're allowing housing benefits, which they did not do for years and over five years. >> it's projected increase of up to £1,000 for those on pensions. we under the tough decisions that they got . that they got. >> so keir starmer's argument that there is essentially that it's all the conservatives fault, that if there was if rishi sunak hadn't left labour with this enormous black hole in pubuc with this enormous black hole in public finances , then the labour public finances, then the labour party wouldn't be forced into

such a move. but you could see there on the backbenches, there were a few labour mps not exactly cheering keir starmer on the other issue , where rishi the other issue, where rishi sunak went pretty hard on keir starmer, was that the issue of israel, and again, he chose this because this is an issue which is dividing the labour backbenchers. yesterday, david lammy said that the british government would be halting 30 of its arms licences with israel. now that has gone further than the us. the us has threatened to do this but has actually stepped back and kamala harris has said that it's not something she plans to do. the white house has said that it does not believe that israel is breaking international law. so the fact that britain has diverged with our with our greatest ally, the us, on this issue, is causing definite consternation within the labour party. and there are even ministers suggesting that it's inappropriate for keir starmer to be doing this. so that's another issue where keir starmer, where rishi sunak was trying to sort of make a wedge between those new labour mps

because of course there are a lot of them now. >> well, indeed, i think it's terrible for britain to be throwing a key ally like israel under the bus when they're trying to stop another october the 7th from happening. and in the 7th from happening. and in the same week that they bury six hostages, of course, murdered in cold blood. but olivia, can i ask you, do you think it was politically wise of the prime minister, sir keir starmer, to pick a fight with millions of britain's pensioners ? britain's pensioners? >> well, it'll be really interesting to see if he ends up having to water this down a little bit. at the moment, rachel reeves is really digging her heels in, but we are still a month and a half off the budget, and there are plenty of labour mps who are furious, but plenty of those with big pensioner populations of constituents the argument, i think that that keir starmer would say is essentially the labour party now has an enormous majority. it has the power to do sort of unpopular

things, to try and fix the pubuc things, to try and fix the public finances. cutting the winter fuel allowance definitely comes under the umbrella headune comes under the umbrella headline of unpopular things to do. but that said, although keir starmer does have a big parliamentary majority, his personal popularity ratings in the country aren't actually that high at all. and when you look at the vote share from the election labour won with with actually a relatively small share of the vote, smaller than jeremy corbyn won in 2017. .now, why does all that matter? well, you could argue it doesn't really with with so many mps on those back benches behind them, almost as many as tony blair got in 1997, keir starmer will be able to just push through measures like this. but if there is sort of displeasure with the labour leader on his own backbenches, potentially within his ministerial ranks, as well, then you could see a situation where perhaps just months or maybe a couple of years down the line, keir starmer's leadership gets challenged from within the labour party. >> olivia, just quickly, one

final question. many, many viewers are getting in touch about this hour. this is dick dastardly great name, up up to now on the pmqs i'm watching on catch up. they have not asked one single question about immigration, especially considering we saw in the channel. yesterday, it seems to be banned from being discussed. what is going on? >> immigration is a very tricky issue for both parties. i was quite surprised that rishi sunak didn't bring it up, but i guess the weakness for the conservative party is that their silver bullet idea, the rwanda policy, just didn't work. boris johnson first brought it up in june 2022, and by the time the election was called in may 2022, there still hadn't been any movement, obviously keir starmer has a totally different plan for fixing the illegal migration crisis. he threw rwanda out of the window straight away , and the window straight away, and instead has come up with a

policy of smashing the gangs, tackling the gangs up source. i mean, that is something that is much easier said than done. of course, the conservative party tried to smash the gangs when they were in power, but these are very nimble, agile gangs. there isn't sort of one leader you can just take out. they move up and down areas of the channel. they're very small. adaptable gangs. and he's also talked about having an army of civil servants sort of pushing forward . but again, civil servants sort of pushing forward. but again, is civil servants sort of pushing forward . but again, is that forward. but again, is that really going to work? rishi sunak perhaps should have pressed him on that. >> definitely. >> definitely. >> let's have a look at the tory leadership race. if we can. olivia. it's an academic affair at this stage. we're four and a half years, most likely away from a general election. but if it boils to down robert jenrick versus kemi badenoch , who wins ? versus kemi badenoch, who wins? >> that's a really good question. i've been speaking to a couple of conservative mps today who do think that it probably will boil down to kemi badenoch versus robert jenrick,

although i should just say that the contest still is wide open. over half of conservative mps haven't yet declared who they're voting for. if it boils to down genenc voting for. if it boils to down generic versus kemi badenoch, my instinct is that kemi would probably be more popular with members on that conservative home list of the most popular cabinet members. when the conservatives were in government, kemi badenoch always came up very, very close to the top. so my instinct would be that kemi would edge win over robert jenrick. but as i say, it is still still very , very wide is still still very, very wide open. we don't even know if those will be the final two on the ballot paper this afternoon. we go down from 6 to 5, not quite sure who's going to be knocked out yet, but could be could be mel stride could be pretty. patel. those are the names that we're hearing today. >> dawn, as a broadcaster on tv and radio, do you remember i always used to call you the queen of all media when you used to be queen of fleet street? >> i think it was at one point previous, previous publisher, broadcaster. >> but listen, you've edited newspapers as well. what do you think? if it's jenrick versus badenoch, who's got the x factor in your view?

>> i think i agree with olivia. i think when it comes down to the x factor for the tory membership, who will ultimately decide on this, i think it will be kemi badenoch. >> why, what's she got that they like that jenrick hasn't got, she has got spherical objects okay. >> she's got a personality and she's got a couple of those at home. yes i know i bought them on ebay absolutely. but no i think she's got, i think she's got the she's up there and she says what people are thinking. but a lot of support coming in from you as well. for suella braverman interestingly. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's right. i think somebody is saying that she's not a real politician. looks like, what about the timeline? i mean, this won't be resolved until november, will it? olivia >> no, it won't be resolved until november. so we've got quite a long way of this to go, the today we will see those six candidates narrow down to five candidates. you have to get 40% of the vote. i think it is so where they will be whittled down, you know, relatively quickly and then when we have

that final two, it will go to the members. the conservative members are very a very fickle group of voters, as conservative mps have been saying to me today, of course, they famously voted in liz truss back in 2022. so although kemi badenoch does to think that kemi badenoch would evisce kemi(eir starmer to think that kemi badenoch would eviscekemi badenochzr seem to be the most popular at to think that kemi badenoch would eviscekemi badenoch does so although kemi badenoch does seem to be the most popular at the moment, we could see that the moment, we could see that all change very, very quickly all change very, very quickly indeed. on the whole, a good indeed. on the whole, a good rule of thumb is that that a the rule of thumb is that that a the conservative membership will pick the most sort of right wing conservative membership will pick the most sort of right wing candidate going. they are all candidate going. they are all you can see at the moment trying you can see at the moment trying to show their credentials as to show their credentials as that most right wing candidate that most right wing candidate going kemi badenoch at the going kemi badenoch at the moment, edging into first place. moment, edging into first place. but robert jenrick, who of but robert jenrick, who of course resigned from rishi course resigned from rishi sunak's government over not sunak's government over not feeling that the rwanda policy feeling that the rwanda policy was tough enough , might end up was tough enough , might end up was tough enough, might end up just pipping her at the post. was tough enough, might end up just pipping her at the post. >> brilliant stuff, i've got to >> brilliant stuff, i've got to say. thank you very much, olivia say. thank you very much, olivia utley, our political utley, our political correspondent at dawn . i happen correspondent at dawn . i happen correspondent at dawn. i happen to think that kemi badenoch correspondent at dawn. i happen to think that kemi badenoch

would eviscerate keir starmer would eviscerate keir starmer at the despatch box. i think that it would basically be a bloodbath every pmqs, because his woke identity politics wouldn't work on kemi badenoch, wouldn't work on kemi badenoch, would it? >> no, she she doesn't suffer fools gladly,

>> no, she she doesn't suffer fools gladlywhat i did there tennis? see what i did there mark? we're posing that question. you smashed it to his. oh, it's a love match. oh, we're posing that question to his former coach after this very short break. we'll see you soon.

break. hello and welcome back. now tennis british tennis player jack draper has secured a first grand slam quarterfinal appearance tonight against alex de minaur. >> however, draper has previously lost the last three games to his rival. >> he's playing tonight and so will the british number one be able to defeat him tonight and make it through to the semis? we're joined now by former coach jack draper. justin sharing justin, thank you very much for joining us. are we lost? justin just lost justin. >> do you know why he's gone for

a loo break or something like that? or maybe he's gone to get new balls. >> we've got him back. >> we've got him back. >> i'm here guys. >> i'm here guys. >> yeah. i'm here. how are you doing? yeah. i'm good. >> there you go. that was a net call . justin, great to have you call. justin, great to have you on the show. what kind of lad is jack draper? tell us about the boy. >> well, i coached him. i mean , >> well, i coached him. i mean, pretty much every day from 6 to 15, so. i mean, i grew up with him and he grew up with me, and he's. i tell you what, he's he's just he's just a bit of an animal. i mean, if you think that andy murray wants to win, i mean, we've just he's just passed the baton straight to another killer who wants to win as well. i mean, jack wants to play as well. i mean, jack wants to play tennis more than anything else in the world, but winning anything is probably more important. >> and what's his temperament? is he good at managing his emotions, or is he feisty out there on the court? >> you got to be feisty if you can't. if you can't get your emotions up to a point where you can do some outrageous things, then there's no chance. i mean,

novak djokovic, roger federer , novak djokovic, roger federer, rafa nadal, we know the players that have been around us these last sort of ten years and you know , without the intensity, know, without the intensity, without the emotional explosiveness that you're trying to manage somehow in your body, you're not going to compete at the highest level . so jack does the highest level. so jack does a great job at managing his emotions , despite the fact that emotions, despite the fact that he wants to win more than anything else. on the planet. >> he's been he's been called the new andy murray, hasn't he? and andy murray, we understand, is a huge fan of his as well. is there a comparison we can draw? >> yeah, i mean they both you know they they both as i say they both want to win. they're both really smart on the tennis court. they both figure out their opponents and they both also get incredibly nervous. and they and they and they and you know, they show that at times over the last couple of years, jack has shown that he's nervous. and i think they both had their little few issues with getting so nervous that it drains them of their energy and they can get a little bit they can look a bit fatigued on the

court, but you know, you imagine you go to new york and you've got those big stadiums and you've got all those people watching. it might take like 2 or 3 years for you to really get your head around it. but now that jack's got his head around it, yeah, his tennis will do the talking, >> justin, as he progresses, hopefully through the tournament, he will become a household name . how do you think household name. how do you think he'll cope with fame , he'll cope with fame, >> honestly, he won't mind me saying this. he'll love it. he'll love it because, well, because it's a platform to do good stuff . it's a platform to good stuff. it's a platform to talk about things that he really cares about. it's a it's an opportunity to show the kids what a great role model looks like. it's an opportunity to talk about nerves. it's an opportunity to talk about hard work all the things that he really values. and i think he'll embrace it . and i think he'll be embrace it. and i think he'll be he'll he'll be great for the living rooms. it'll be great. >> justin, how far can he go in this tournament? >> why not? look, if he serves really well, i don't know how much you know about the game. if he serves really well and he backs himself, he's as good as anyone in the world. >> you know, the thing i really

like about him is he keeps it real as well, doesn't he? he's a big man united fan and a big oasis fan. can we ask him if he's got any tickets and would he's got any tickets and would he like to sell them? >> well, he's probably got access to tickets, but growing up i'm a big liverpool fan. so liverpool are manchester united that that was always a topic of, you know , great, great sort of, you know, great, great sort of, you know, great, great sort of, you know, great, great sort of, you know, discussion on the tennis court. but but i always asked him as well. i said is it, is it a penalty for man united to win the champions league or is it a nice to win wimbledon. and he always said it was an ace to win wimbledon. >> well listen, justin jack draper has already had a really stellar career. he's only 22. he's got a big future and you deserve some of the accolades for that because you coached him for that because you coached him for many years from a youngster. so congratulations to you and we'll all be rooting for him at 5:00 tonight in the united states. our thanks to former coach to jack draper , justin coach to jack draper, justin sharing, who i do think could help me with my forehand. what do you reckon? >> i think anyone could help with your forehand. yeah frankly dreadful. >> i've always had a problem with the wrist action.

>> i'm not going there. >> i'm not going there. >> don't even tell me my teenage years. you know what? i'm like. this is good. family show on gb news. and there's lots more coming up on today's show. now, around 200 migrants have tried to leave the french shores for the uk today, this morning, and that follows the death of 12 trying to cross the english channel yesterday. and an admission from former pm sir tony blair, who said the influx of migrants under his premiership placed strain on communities . well, coming up now communities. well, coming up now though, we throw to the news headunes though, we throw to the news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. just after half past two, the top story this afternoon. the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. a long awaited report has found over almost 1700 pages that grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government, companies , contractors and companies, contractors and council staff turned the building into what's been

described as a death trap. families and survivors of that deadly blaze now, seven years ago, say that today's final and damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. >> we paid the price of systematic dishonesty , systematic dishonesty, institutional indifference and neglect. the government ignored warnings about dangerous cladding from as early as 1991. it knew the risks but failed to prevent them, revealing the greed and profiteering of an industry that has been poorly regulated by governments over decades. >> rishi sunak, now the leader of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. he faced off with sir keir starmer at the first prime minister's questions since parliament returned from the summer recess, and the conservative leader accused the prime minister of taking money

from low income pensioners and instead putting it towards inflation busting pay rises for union workers. >> his decision and his decision alone to award a train driver on £65,000, a pay rise of almost £10,000 and it was also his decision that a pensioner living on just £13,000 will have their winter fuel allowance removed . winter fuel allowance removed. so can the prime minister explain to britain's low income pensioners why he has taken money away from them, whilst at the same time giving more money to highly paid train drivers ? to highly paid train drivers? >> however, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments. he says it's essential to stabilise the economy. we've had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy and repair the damage , including targeting the damage, including targeting winter fuel payments whilst protecting pensioners. >> 800,000 pensioners are not taking up pension credit. we

intend to turn that around. we are going to align housing benefit are going to align housing benefit and pension credit, something the previous government deferred year after year after year and because of our commitment to the triple lock , pensions are projected to lock, pensions are projected to increase by over £1,000 in the next five years and hundreds of migrants have attempted to cross the english channel just hours after 12 people, including a pregnant woman and six children, sadly died when their boats sank yesterday. >> earlier this morning, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others from attempting that crossing and dramatic footage also showed people wading into the water, many of them not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the shore. so far this yean from the shore. so far this year, over 30 people have died in that crossing. as concerns now grow about overcrowded boats increasing the risk of fatalities , those are the latest fatalities, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, sophia wenzler will have your next update at 3:00. >> for the very latest gb news

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>> can this labour government stop the boats? we'll debate that in just a moment, but lots more to come before that. ben leo for in martin daubney at 3:00. and ben, let me thank you for doing a remarkably brilliant job hosting mark dolan tonight. you've done an amazing, amazing effort, but you're back on air in 20 minutes time. what's in yourinbox in 20 minutes time. what's in your inbox ? yourinbox? >> you're very welcome, mark. >> you're very welcome, mark. >> thank you for the privilege of hosting your show. >> i hope you had a fantastic houday >> i hope you had a fantastic holiday as well and your viewers are more than excited to have you back this weekend on my show in 20 minutes. >> i'm covering for martin daubney today and tomorrow, of

course the big story is the laboun course the big story is the labour. sorry the tory, leadership vote, which takes place now. the results of the first votes will come within the first votes will come within the first 30 minutes of my show from 3 pm. so one of the six candidates, badenoch mel stride. tom tugendhat, james cleverly, so on and so on. one of them will be going out today. over the next six weeks, they'll be whittled to down just two candidates, and the members will then vote. so today we will have then vote. so today we will have the results of the very first tory leadership race. one person is going to be evacuating the process as they say on the apprentice. elsewhere, of course, 12 tragic migrant deaths in the channel yesterday . in the channel yesterday. charlie peters has some more up to date information on unfortunately, more crossings today. mark more crossings. despite the death yesterday, the very brilliant and very busy ben leo is live at three. >> thank you ben. >> thank you ben. >> sounds like a cracking show, doesn't it? it does now, as ben has just said, the breaking news is 100 migrants have crossed the channel today. and that's after

the tragedy we saw yesterday where 12 lost their lives, including women and children , a including women and children, a pregnant woman at that, to be honest with you. right. okay. now this calls as france. this comes as france calls for migrants to be able to claim uk asylum from within the eu. so do we need a complete overhaul? what's going on? how can we stop it? and what's tony blair got to say about it all? but first of all, let's go to our national reporter charlie peters, to. so charlie, 100 migrants still cross the channel today. >> yeah. and that's so far today because there's still plenty of time to go today. and often what we find with these, the pattern of crossings, you can get a flurry in the morning, a break for several hours, and then they go again in the early evening. so far, we think four boats have successfully made it close to uk waters. three have made it into our territory and they've all been escorted , rescued off by been escorted, rescued off by border force and taken to dover for processing. so this morning we had up to 16 arrived another 50 and just now one of the

border force vessels has taken 65 over. so it's another triple digit day for the small boat channel crossings. this comes after, as you've just been mentioning, dawn, that tragedy yesterday with a dozen killed , yesterday with a dozen killed, six of them children, six women of eritrean background in french waters . that particular tragedy, waters. that particular tragedy, charlie, the one thing lots and lots of people are asking. >> it seems to be an inordinate number of women and children that died in that tragedy. were there any men killed at all? do we know? >> not as it stands. the information does seem to point that it's women and children. so far, there are many factors as to what leads to these appalling situations. when souls are lost at sea in that perilous journey, one of them, potentially, is that the effects actually , of that the effects actually, of the french authorities clamping down on the attempt by the people smugglers gags to get their boats out into the sea because they've moved further south, away from dunkirk and calais, where drones and specialist night vision equipment has been used very effectively by the gendarmerie. i say very effectively , that's i say very effectively, that's obviously wrong. not that

excessively low bar, isn't it? hundreds of crossings successfully, regularly, but they have disrupted, they say, some 60 to 70% of the crossings. so it could be much worse had that militarised coastline not be operational. but as i was saying, that is making more people move further south to boulogne sur mer was where this tragedy happened yesterday. that's further away from the oversight from the authorities. why is it women and children? well, firstly, they're just less strong. so dealing with the perilous conditions they're deaung perilous conditions they're dealing with, they're just as on average, they're going to be more difficult and dangerous. but also think about how many issues we've seen recently with people trying to surge onto the boats once they've left that that's often, as we've heard recently, been african migrants being involved in that process . being involved in that process. often it's been iranians, iraqis, afghans being involved in this process, even people from syria as well. still even a decade on from the civil war, that route is still coming on. but it's recently african migrants trying to rush boats that have already been launched and having not paid the fee, leading to this crisis potentially linked to that. >> you know what, as far as the women and children thing is

concerned, call me old fashioned, but you know, a real man would surely , you know, risk man would surely, you know, risk his own life trying to save his partner and his child. >> yeah, well, a real man possibly wouldn't bring their, their the wife of their children or their children onto a people smuggling operation. >> yeah, well, we don't know. we don't know, obviously, whether, you know, the men that were part of this tragedy didn't make an effort to save lives. of course, we don't have all the details. ultimately, it's a human tragedy. i mean, my position on the migrant crossings is that it's a humanitarian disaster. we saw that yesterday. it's a national security disaster. charlie peters , because i don't charlie peters, because i don't want to label everybody that enters the country illegally as a criminal. but if we don't have their details, if their documents and mobile phones are being thrown into the sea as they cross the channel, then we don't know who they are, what their background is, the authorities have pointed out that several suspected terrorists have been among those crossing the channel over the last couple of years, but it's an economic crisis, too, isn't it? because we have this figure of 7 or £8 million a day on hotel accommodation? >> that's an odd figure. it's almost certainly much higher

going up. >> and since the labour government was elected, it's 8000 people have entered the country illegally so that figure could rise to ten, 15, £20 million a day. at the moment it's about 3 billion a year, which is more than the previous government's levelling up budget. this is a financial crisis as much as any other, and it's a crisis, a financial crisis that goes on for many generations because the cost of maintaining families , the right maintaining families, the right for people to be reunited with their families, the cost of integration. >> well, indeed. and it's not necessarily the case that people coming over on small boats will be a net contributor to the economy. that's been, i think, an issue raised by some of the conservative party leadership candidates. they're looking at, not just this issue immediately in terms of housing, hotels, the process to security and the policing and probation efforts, etc. and all the other asylum unked etc. and all the other asylum linked requirements . they're linked requirements. they're looking at this as a long term cost. what is the long term cost to the state of people coming over on small boats? are we

getting the brightest and best from around the world? is this a brain drain for syria and iraq, or are these people not necessarily going to contribute to our economy? that's one perspective. you've also touched on the security issue, and i think that's really key because this is $1 billion industry. the people smuggling operation, it's unked people smuggling operation, it's linked to all sorts of nefarious alternative organised criminal enterprises. there is clearly an opportunity here for people smuggling , for terror, for smuggling, for terror, for terror actors and those who want to disrupt the security and safety of the united kingdom. it is a major issue on so many levels. >> briefly, the government have got time to fix this four and a half years until the next election. >> where do you think these numbers will be in a few years time? can labour stop the boats? >> well , 2022 was a surge year. >> well, 2022 was a surge year. last year was slightly less, but they're already on the way to beating it. can they stop the boats? only with a deterrent. >> interesting. yes. and they don't seem to have one at the moment. well they've just ditched one haven't they. well, quite. ditched one haven't they. well, quhe.thank ditched one haven't they. well, quite. thank you very much charlie peters bringing us up to date on the, the small boats crossing, 100 migrants today .

crossing, 100 migrants today. this is good afternoon britain on gb news coming up. are celebrity relationships all. can i just say that this celebrity relationship is the real deal. >> and dawn is the one. i do hope mrs. dolan isn't watching. this comes as a document circulating online claims that travis kelsey, who's a top sports star and pop superstar taylor swift are in a pr relationship and are scheduled to split later this month. we'll have all the juicy details

next. >> hello! welcome back. we thought we'd finish with a bit of showbiz fluff for you, i think so can i say i've enjoyed today thoroughly and we are back tomorrow. >> we are. >> we are. >> sorry about that. yeah, now. but showbiz fluff, taylor swift's boyfriend travis kelsey

has called in lawyers after a strategic document spread online seems to show the relationship is a pr stunt. >> who knew? yes, the paperwork seems to reveal a strategy for their break—up and says the date for an announcement is september the 28th. >> it also outlines a supposed plan to release an official statement at the very end of the month. three days post—breakup. >> oh dear . so month. three days post—breakup. >> oh dear. so are these celebrity relationships a sham? are they just a business arrangement? let's get the views of top showbiz reporter stephanie takyi stefani. what's the story here? >> oh my gosh. well, showmances are nothing new in the industry. >> i've known many showmances, but it tends to be the case where both of them need to get something out of this relationship, whether it's a rising actress who needs more profile , or whether it's a profile, or whether it's a musician who secretly in the closet but wants to appear straight. >> there's been so many

showmances in the showbiz industry, but when it comes to taylor swift and travis kelce , taylor swift and travis kelce, we haven't thought this was a showbiz relationship in the sense where it's fake, because taylor swift has had many, many boyfriends in the past. she never really talks about her relationships unless it's in music. so to have this pr orchestrated makeup and break—up seems very unusual. we know that, you know, at the end of a celebrity relationship, it only tends to be when there's a divorce at hand where most people get their agents involved to release a statement for the breakdown of a relationship, which is barely a year old, that's quite unheard of . that's quite unheard of. >> and stephanie, i mean, taylor has been accused this before, hasn't she? she was accused her and tom hiddleston were accused of being in a showmance to divert attention away from her. break—up with calvin harris . break—up with calvin harris. please do keep up at the back there. she does have a lot of boyfriends. it has to be said. >> she does have a lot of boyfriends, but i think it's more about taylor getting bored of men. quite quickly more than her trying to boost her appeal.

when it comes to taylor swift talking about her relationship, she puts it all in her music because that's where she wants the attention to come from. and with travis, kelsey and taylor, they've been together for almost a year. they seem like quite in a year. they seem like quite in a happy relationship at the moment, so i find this quite odd. he's obviously come out and said that the documents have been forged and they're very unlawful, and that he is getting his legal team to look into it. but, you know, from what i've seen from this press release, it seems like it was written by a high school student, not professionals. >> briefly, stephanie, do these showbiz romances work , showbiz romances work, >> it's a bit hard, mark, i would say, because you've got two people who have got egos big egos, and they both want attention. they both want the limelight. and it's hard. and sometimes you need someone who's actually out of the out of the industry to make it work, and for it to be more balanced and more like a traditional relationship. but we all love showbiz and we love the romance

that goes with it. and we love you. >> stephanie takyi. thank you so much. this has been good afternoon britain, but don't go anywhere because ben loo is up next in place of martin daubney. we're back tomorrow. but first, the all important weather for you. i wonder what's happening. here you go . here you go. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon . welcome to >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. some sunshine to come for some of us through the rest of the day and out of the wind. it's not feeling too bad, but for many of us, a risk of showery outbreaks of rain. through this evening, we're starting to see an easterly wind developing, particularly across parts of eastern scotland, northeastern england, so that will drag in a bit more cloud. and with that north easterly wind dragging showers down from the north—west through the irish sea, there's a risk of some showers across more southern areas of wales. the west coast of the england as well. we'll also see some rain intensify

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northern ireland and western scotland, and here temperatures could climb up to 22 degrees. nonh could climb up to 22 degrees. north western areas of england could also see some of those temperatures into the 20s as well. but the east coast still seeing quite a lot of cloud that will drag in further through thursday evening, with rain persisting across the south. and the story remains pretty similar all the way through friday and into the weekend, with more wet weather to come in the south and plenty of dry weather in the north—west, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb. >> news.

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm ben leo, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. coming up, the grenfell inquiry's final report has shamed successive governments accusing them of ignonng governments accusing them of ignoring constant warnings about the building's safety. the

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