indifference from institutional indifference from those charged with protecting their homes, and the final countdown has begun for results in the first round of the conservative leadership election. find out who will get the boots in less than half an hour as we go live to parliament for the results and the fallout. and elsewhere. the prime minister faced angry mps from both sides of the ballot box today as he tried to defend cuts today as he tried to defend cuts to the winter fuel allowance. sir keir starmer was also questioned on israel and tax rises. we'll have all the fallout from today's pmqs shortly and less than 24 hours after the tragedy in the english channel after the tragedy in the english channel, more small boats left france for the dangerous journey to britain. overnight, the boats were carrying migrants who are once again risking their lives. but the question begs why is no action being taken to stop them? it's all coming up in your next hour. it's all coming up in your next hour . and of it's all coming up in your next hour. and of course, i want to hear from you at home.

gbnews.com/yoursay. i'm all on my own today. i'm normally presenting with somebody to have a laugh with and present all the latest news with for you. but i'm by myself in westminster, so i'm by myself in westminster, so ineed i'm by myself in westminster, so i need a bit of company. gbnews.com/yoursay or gb news on twitter and i'll try and post all your comments and views throughout the next three hours before we do anything else. sophia wenzler has your news headunes. headlines. >> ben. >> ben. >> thank you. good afternoon . >> thank you. good afternoon. >> thank you. good afternoon. >> it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. rishi sunak, now 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. 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. >> 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, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying 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 .

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 lock, pensions are projected to increase by over £1,000 in the next five years. >> now, the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. that's to according a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. met police deputy assistant commissioner spoke a while ago , emphasising spoke a while ago, emphasising the scale of the investigation . the scale of the investigation. >> while criminal investigation into the grenfell tower tragedy is one of the most largest and

complex investigation the met police has ever undertaken , our police has ever undertaken, our investigation started in june 2017 and continues to this day . 2017 and continues to this day. ihave 2017 and continues to this day. i have a team of 180 investigators working on this full time, plus many others who support the investigation, particularly expert witnesses . particularly expert witnesses. it is hugely complex. we've seized over 150 million documents. the interconnectedness of the different companies, the different companies, the different individuals and their actions is something we need to untangle . untangle. >> meanwhile, around 70 firefighters are battling a blaze at a tower block in catford in south—east london. the fire broke out on the ninth and 10th floors, with images showing flames and smoke pouring from the building. the london fire brigade confirmed it's received at least 50 emergency calls , deploying ten fire calls, deploying ten fire engines to the scene. crews from nearby stations are working to contain the fire, which started just before 1 pm, though the cause remains unknown . in other cause remains unknown. in other news, 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 . earlier, french boat sank. earlier, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others from attempting the crossing . attempting the crossing. dramatic footage also showed people wading out into the water, many not wearing life jackets , before pushing away jackets, before pushing away from the shore. over 30 people have died in crossings this year as concerns grow about overcrowded boats, increasing fatal risks . four of the five fatal risks. four of the five children arrested over the murder of an eight year old bebe coli have been released without charge. coli was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park in braunstone town, near leicester, on sunday and later died in hospital. a 14 year old boy remains in police custody as investigations continue. the group, aged between 12 and 14, were initially arrested on suspicion of murder after a post—mortem revealed he died from a neck injury. police are

urging anyone with information about the attack to come forward now. england's gp services face a critical tipping point. that's to according a new study. researchers from university college london found that while the 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 an 11% rise in patient registration. concerns are growing over the increasing reliance on non—medical staff, with experts warning this could impact the quality of care. the government has promised reforms, including hiring more gps and raising pay . and conservative raising pay. and conservative mps will kick off the first round of voting today 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 the contenders include james cleverly, robert jenrick dame , priti patel, tom jenrick dame, priti patel, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more 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. >> thank you sophia, and welcome back. good afternoon to you ben leo covering for martin daubney today and tomorrow. now, the prime minister says that he's taken hard decisions to stabilise the economy following backlash for cutting the winter fuel allowance and refusing to rule out certain tax rises in october. in his first pmqs back following the summer break, sir keir starmer defended his policies as a result of the, quote, absolute chaos that his government inherited when they came to power.

>> the 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 are allowing housing benefits, which they did not do for years and over five years. this projected increase of up to £1,000 for those on pensions. we are the tough decisions that they are . tough decisions that they are. >> okay, well let's get the reaction now from political commentator nigel nelson, who joins us live. good afternoon, nigel, thanks for joining me . nigel, thanks for joining me. how do you think sir keir performed in his first pmqs back twitter at least the twitterati were saying that rishi wiped the floor with him . floor with him. >> well, i think it was a bit of a lacklustre pmqs one way or another, i mean, it was really expected that rishi sunak would go on the winter fuel allowance and i can understand why he did . and i can understand why he did. >> it's obviously a keir starmer's achilles heel. >> and so it left the prime

minister in the position of repeating the mantra that he's had all the way along, that it's the mess the tories left the country and or the country's finances it. >> and that has forced him to take this measure. i mean, really what it comes down to is that the winter fuel allowance is one of the few and perhaps the only way you can get an instant 1.4 billion this year. so that's why labour have done it. i wish that they hadn't, but that's what they that's what they did. >> well , they did. >> well, nigel, they did. >> well , nigel, they they did. >> well, nigel, they could start with the £11 billion they're sending to africa for climate aid. i mean, you get ten times bang for your buck. there >> well, there's always the argument about international aid. i mean, that that what the government would argue is that international aid actually helps britain. it opens trade routes. >> it doesn't help our cold and freezing pensioners, doesn't . freezing pensioners, doesn't. whose more? it's a serious point. who's more important? are cold and freezing pensioners who have grafted for this country for decades, or some climate

projects, you know, in timbuktu. >> they're both important . but >> they're both important. but i'm with you when it comes down to the pensioners, i don't think what labour should be doing is getting rid of the winter fuel allowance . what i think they allowance. what i think they should have done is roll that payment into the basic pension . payment into the basic pension. and as a result of that, the people who don't need the money, people who don't need the money, people who don't need the money, people who have got a higher pension income, would give an awful lot of it back in tax. so it would still save rachel reeves money that what is against that? is it wouldn't happen instantly. and this is the, the area that rachel reeves has to explain why she needs that money now rather than actually over a period of time. >> yeah. and rishi sunak who. sir keir starmer on three occasions referred to as the prime minister which got lots of giggles and laughs from the benches behind him and in front of him, rishi sunak made the point by saying, listen, sir keir starmer, you may claim that

you've inherited an economic nightmare, which again, he pointed out, wasn't quite true. the fastest growing g7 in economy, sorry, in the g7. interest rates, falling mortgages falling. so is he telling fibs? you know, it's argued. but he had the choice to pick on pensioners to give to train drivers. he had the choice to pick on pensioners, to give to pick on pensioners, to give to doctors . to doctors. >> yes. i mean when we're taking when we're taking pay rises, that it comes down to first of all that the, the when it came to nurses and teachers, that was a pay to nurses and teachers, that was a pay review body recommendation and there's not much point having a pay review body if you actually if you keep ignoring their advice, what part of the black hole was caused by the fact that we knew the pay review bodies were going to come back than higher than 2%, but the government, the tory government, had only budgeted for the 2%. when it comes to the train drivers, the reason for that was to try and end the strike action. and the big question there is just because somebody

is paid quite well, does that mean they should always have their pay frozen ? so i don't their pay frozen? so i don't think you can actually turn around and say, well, okay. as rishi sunak did, a train driver earned 65,000 a year. therefore train drivers should never get a pay train drivers should never get a pay rise . pay rise. >> and nigel, there was a point when one mp from the conservative benches , questioned conservative benches, questioned sir keir starmer on his recent popularity poll, saying, you know, you were a worse , a worse know, you were a worse, a worse racing in a very, very long time. i think a record for starmer himself. and sir keir replied to his credit with quite a decent barb, saying i'm not going to take lectures from people who aren't in government anymore. >> well, i mean, i think keir starmer is learning the realities of government, which is not quite so much fun as being in opposition. and, and certainly because he's taking a load of unpopular decisions , load of unpopular decisions, it'll probably get worse, by the way, when the budget comes along that his popularity rating has fallen . i mean, it just goes fallen. i mean, it just goes with the job basically .

with the job basically. >> yeah, yeah, it's going to be interesting in october as you said. i mean, if they do hike capital gains tax, which will probably happen to 45% to reflect the higher rate of income tax, that's another whole load of people who are going to be very miffed off with this government. but nigel nelson, thank you for joining government. but nigel nelson, thank you forjoining me. thank you for joining me. appreciate it. we'll catch up soon. the other big story today, of course , was this landmark of course, was this landmark report into the grenfell tower disaster, which showed that the 72 deaths caused by the fire that engulfed the tower block were indeed avoidable. the report also accused the government of ignoring systematic problems with the building safety and labelling concerned residents as troublemakers. and in response, the prime minister apologised to the prime minister apologised to the families of the victims and said the country had failed them. well, i'm joined now by our political correspondent katherine forster with the latest on this. good afternoon catherine. a very sombering and sobering day indeed. so many chances for this tragedy to be avoided from the tenant management company , from management company, from successive governments, from the manufacturers of the cladding.

but indeed, this isn't the end of it, because the police investigation isn't yet concluded. despite the inquiry finishing . finishing. >> yes. good afternoon ben, we're nearly seven years. over seven years since this tragedy that took 72 lives. we've got the final report. there is blame pretty much right across the board as you say. the inquiry says that the deaths were avoidable, voidable decades of failure and through incompetence and also through dishonesty and greed. blame for the government, as you say , the local council, as you say, the local council, the manufacturers, the regulators and the only people really to emerge, well, from the whole thing seems to be the local community that came together and looked after the survivors and those that had been through this terrible

trauma . when the state let them trauma. when the state let them down, as it had in allowing them to live in a building with this dangerous cladding on it. now, the survivors, the family groups, have held a couple of press conferences since the inquiry report was published. the first one said that the inquiry proved what we already know, that these deaths were avoidable. we will never give up fighting for you. and there was another press conference with more of the families in the hotel behind me in the last couple of hours, and a lot of them feel that, the inquiry hasn't really given them any new information that what they want is for people to be held accountable for criminal prosecutions, for people to go to jail. now, i spoke to one of the affected people a little bit earlier. her name is melina wahab. her grandmother, she

said, was like a mother to her. she'd raised her since she was two, when her father died and she. this grandmother died in the fire when she was in her mid 50s. let's have a little look at what her granddaughter had to say. >> and i heard that she she passed away forever, so i'm not able to see her anymore. i can say i stepped from 13 to 30 years old, straight on a on one day and we the only thing i want for her, for myself, for my family , just to heal us. family, just to heal us. >> and because i promised her i will show her i will. i will be like , i will stay in this board like, i will stay in this board to fight for her justice. so she would be in peace . would be in peace. >> so she's talking about the trauma , the ptsd that she had trauma, the ptsd that she had had and so many of the

survivors, you know , are living survivors, you know, are living with this day after day. and meanwhile , of course, across the meanwhile, of course, across the country, as we know, there are hundreds of thousands of people still living in high rise buildings with dangerous cladding that has not been removed. we saw that fire in dagenham just a couple of weeks ago. this is all taking far, far too long. is the verdict. and now, in terms of the police investigation , police chief investigation, police chief stuart cundy was speaking a little bit earlier. let's see what he had to say. >> but we are also personally connected and invested in this. everybody who has been affected , everybody who has been affected, whether they are from grenfell tower and i recognise that others are concerned in other buildings, not just here in london but elsewhere in the uk. >> whilst that is not part of our criminal investigation, we are cognisant that many, many people from different perspectives are looking at our

criminal investigation and waiting for justice for those who died . who died. >> waiting for justice as he said, we understand that 19 organisations and 58 individuals are under investigation over the grenfell fire by the police, but this is all going to take a long time. it will be late 2026 at the earliest, before any criminal procedures begin. in terms of anybody being sent to jail even longer. so ten years from this fire and still ultimately, though, lots of blame has been given out and nobody has yet been punished or held accountable. >> catherine, thanks very much. yeah, it really was the most awful of tragedies. i remember the night it happened . i was the night it happened. i was working in a tower block. i

could see something across the horizon, across london, something on fire. and i woke up the next morning. i could never have imagined the tragedy and the horror that followed that and so many stories. individual stories and anecdotes from that night. the people that died, children , five year old boy, children, five year old boy, a young lad and the 999 call handler. it was revealed in the inquiry and emergency service staff telling people to stay in their flats as it was burning around them. our thoughts are with all those victims, everybody who was there that night and of course all their families who are still alive today. anyway, coming up, we're even more small boats, believe it or not, have attempted to cross the english channel today. but why is nothing being done to stop them? despite the 12 deaths yesterday? i'm ben leo on gb news britain's news

hello. welcome back ben leo in for martin daubney this afternoon only on gb news now less than 24 hours after 12

people died crossing the english channel. more small boats, believe it or not, have attempted the dangerous journey. dozens of people were seen in calais this morning, charging across the beaches with french police attempting to stop them making the trip with provisional home office stats showing 317 migrants arrived in the uk yesterday. well, let's get the latest with our national reporter, charlie peters. good afternoon charlie, it beggars belief, really, that after a by any sense, a massive tragedy in the channel just 24 hours ago, scores and hundreds more would try the journey again the next day. >> yes, ben. at least 100 have made the crossing today . gb news made the crossing today. gb news can reveal in three separate boats that have so far made it into uk waters. from there, they are escorted by border force vessels, who then bring them towards dover for processing. so this morning we saw a dozen or so arrive in one vessel, then another 50, and now some 65 people have arrived. according to our sources on the ground, we're just showing some pictures

of a vessel that we think left this morning. i think that vessel has now arrived in dover. so the one that our cameras captured at about 9 am. this morning, that very dramatic footage of people rushing across the beaches are seeing the french gendarmerie there chasing, possibly not at the fastest pace possible across the beach towards a boat, but that was already in the water. and that's a concern for the authorities. they want to disrupt the process before those small boats enter the water, because once they're in, there is a security restriction on their actions. they have a militarised coastline in the northern france. they have uav drones, they have night vision goggles , scores of gendarmerie goggles, scores of gendarmerie officers scanning the area. but we did see one of those boats making it out. more footage now also showing people chasing on after the boat had already left . after the boat had already left. this has been an additional risk to the safety of people crossing because while many dozens pay for those individual trips on heavily laden dinghies ,

heavily laden dinghies, additional people often run forward once it's in the water and try and make it on the vessel without paying the fee. that could have led to the disaster. we saw yesterday. i think we can show you some footage of the most recent arrival of dover captured. now, these are the men who were on these are the men who were on the boat. we saw just earlier, which was leaving northern france. this morning at 9 am. they've arrived in dover in the last hour, making this another 100 plus day of arrivals in doven 100 plus day of arrivals in dover. now, at least 8000 people have made the crossing since labour came to power on july the 4th. we've also had some 21,000 crossings already this year , a crossings already this year, a little bit ahead of where we were this time last year, and it comes as the french interior minister last night said that britain was to blame for the small boats crisis, and he pointed very specifically at our lax employment rules. that's his perspective, that not as being not enough is being done to clamp down on asylum seekers and

those crossing the channel, working in our industries, potentially through the gig economy and the black economy , economy and the black economy, the underground labour. well, that perspective has attracted quite a lot of reaction today. tony smith, the former director general of border force, told me that he's not entirely wrong. there are many pull factors towards people coming to britain. there's a reason why they're taking that perilous journey, possibly because they know that a hotel is waiting for them on the other end and there are opportunities to work. but at the same time, in france, there are hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants, many of them working without the right to work . and also, this to work. and also, this fundamentally is not about this is the view of tony smith, the activities and opportunities in britain fundamentally , the britain fundamentally, the reason that this is happening is because people are taking the decision to get on the small boats, to give money to people smugglers, and to continue to contribute to that billion dollar organised criminal enterprise. >> charlie, excuse me for being

perhaps maybe a bit naive, but i've seen footage before as you've just alluded to, of the french police knifing these dinghies and popping them before they launch into the english channel. why can't we just send over hordes of border force staff, police officers to patrol the biggest points in france dunkirk, calais and so on to do exactly that en masse? why are we sending france half £1 billion a year for, frankly , a billion a year for, frankly, a job? they're not doing very well. >> well, it's a half billion pounds a year. we pay about a third into that operation, led by the gendarmerie . so they say by the gendarmerie. so they say that they stopped some 60 to 70% of launchings. and as you said, ben, there's plenty of footage of the french police intercepting and disrupting these operations at the shore, specifically, as you said, by slashing the dinghies with their knives. now the organised criminal gangs behind the people smuggling operations, as i said, it's $1 billion industry. they're not amateurs. they've adapted to the attempts to disrupt them. a lot of them have moved their craft further down the coast to boulogne sur mer.

that's where the disaster happened yesterday, further away from the concentration of assets in dunkirk and calais, which is further north. so it's getting a bit harder for them to deal with it. also, we've heard compelling reports of migrants now launching their boats and the gangs launching their boats in canals further inland. so the french authorities aren't getting a sight of them until it's too late. they're already in the water and they no longer have the freedom to disrupt those efforts . but gb news those efforts. but gb news sources did tell us this morning that there are 3000 migrants waiting on the coast, preparing for more crossings. this has been a relatively quiet month in the last 30 days or so. august had choppy weather, poor conditions for crossing, but now 3000 people reportedly preparing to cross . to cross. >> oh very good, good news. thanks for that bombshell at the end , charlie. excellent. look end, charlie. excellent. look forward to it. 3000 people. okay. well, look, we're going to move on to the bombshell news of the afternoon because the first round of results of the conservative leadership contest will be announced, with one of the candidates guaranteed to be

eliminated, apprentice style. let's speak to our political correspondent , olivia utley, correspondent, olivia utley, who's inside westminster palace. olivia what's the latest? the excitement is building . excitement is building. >> well, yes. it's finally hotting up in the seemingly endless conservative leadership race. mps are sequestered away in committee room 14, and we are expecting to hear the results in a few minutes. it's expected that kemi badenoch, who at the moment seems to be the favourite among party members and robert jenrick, who is the at the moment the most popular among mps who have declared their support. they're expected to sail through with great ease . sail through with great ease. suella braverman it's expected we'll get through as well as will james cleverly. and then the question marks are really oven the question marks are really over. priti patel, the former home secretary under boris johnson, and mel stride, one of those two will be knocked out today. it does seem at the moment, as i say, as though jenrick and badenoch are the favourites. but the contest really is still very, very wide open. there are, of course, only 121 conservative mps left in

that rump of the conservative party after the demolition in july, and half of those , over july, and half of those, over half of those haven't yet declared who they're supporting in this first round. so it could all change at the last minute. but at the moment it does look as though either priti patel or mel stride will probably be knocked out . knocked out. >> yeah, i was just looking at the conservative cotton home poll, which has kemi badenoch at 34%, leading the charge at the top of the polls to become the next leader. and as you said, robert jenrick is second on 18%. so a bit of a big lead. kemeys building for herself at the top. there >> she absolutely is. the question is how popular is she among conservative mps ? there among conservative mps? there are some some conservative mps who i've spoken to in the last couple of weeks who do like kemi. you like what she stands for, but are worried by her temperament. that's worried that she could be a little bit sort of ratty there. >> coming through now, olivia. so i'll just interrupt you and we'll go live to the commons 22

committee and the leadership contest. >> do hereby declare the results of the first ballot as follows. and i'll read the results in alphabetical order. kemi badenoch, 22 votes. james cleverly, 21 votes. robert jenrick, 28 votes. priti patel, 14 votes. mel stride 16 votes and tom tugendhat 17 votes. so as a result of the ballots, as a result of the ballot, priti patel is eliminated from the contest and there'll be a further ballot next tuesday to reduce the list from 5 to 4 candidates, who will then be going to the conservative party conference. thank you very much for your attendance and we look forward to the ballot next week . forward to the ballot next week. wow. there we go , olivia. wow. there we go, olivia. >> priti patel dumped out of the contest with just 14 votes shortly behind her by the skin

of their teeth. mel stride on 16 votes, tom tugendhat on 17 and the surprise there olivia kemi with 22, james cleverly with 21 but leading the way by some margin . robert jenrick 28 votes. margin. robert jenrick 28 votes. but priti patel on 14. she's out . but priti patel on 14. she's out. >> priti patel is now out. robert jenrick yeah , not that robert jenrick yeah, not that surprising that he's the favourite among conservative mps. we knew he was more popular with conservative mps than kemi badenoch. i mean, as we expected , badenoch. i mean, as we expected, those two are well in the lead but still it all is very, very close together. you've got sort of 22 and then the next, the next sort of pack of mps, if you like, you've got tom tugendhat on 17. that's only five votes in it. you don't have to have very many people to change their minds to see that all changing up.and minds to see that all changing up. and of course, there is a lot of time left that number five will be whittled to down four on tuesday. those four will have a sort of political beauty pageant at the conservative

party conference at the end of the beginning of october, then after that, we're going to see two weeks for conservative members to mull over what they make of it. conservative mps two. the mps will narrow it down to just two by the middle of october, and conservative members will vote by the end of october. we can expect to see a result on november the 1st. at the moment, it does look as though robert jenrick and kemi badenoch will be the two who make it to that ballot paper. but as i say, with so few mps and we're talking about such small numbers here, such very fine margins, it could all be shaken up at the last minute. >> thank you. olivia exciting stuff. a stark contrast to the support from mps and compared to the membership, i imagine that very many tory members won't be happy. that pretty has gone because she probably, i would argue, would have been one of the favourites. we're going to continue this after the break. olivia is hopefully joining us and i've asked pretty and her team to see if they'll join us for some instant reaction. where will these votes now be going ?

will these votes now be going? who will get boost from her exit out of the tory leadership race? this is ben

tick. welcome back. ben elliot with you for in martin daubney this afternoon on gb news and the bombshell breaking news. in the last five minutes, priti patel has been dumped out of the tory leadership contest in the first round of the vote, she was one of six contenders. of course, to take up the mantle from rishi sunak. she's out, she only got 14 votes and at the other end of the scale, robert jenrick leading the way with 28 votes. all very tight, it has to be said. but lots of you asking now what next for priti patel? somebody said is she going to join reform will? will priti patel join reform now she has no future in the conservative party? adrian, you said pretty needs to go. the old boris government that did nothing about illegal migration. john, you said the right of the party are going to be getting ousted.

so one nation contestants get gets put forward their agenda. dave briggs, you said pretty had my vote back to the safe liberal ways of the old tory party then. william. good afternoon. william. good afternoon. william. you said jenrick is the best choice. and kez good afternoon to you. you said the tory party have learned absolutely nothing from being a failed party. they have just eliminated probably the best of the bunch to be their leader. i am endeavouring to get pretty on the show perhaps, or some of her team to get her reaction from that. i want to know what's up for her next, what her plans are, and also where will those 14 votes go from prissy to whoever else? maybe. let's ask olivia utley who's back in westminster for us now? olivia, where might pretty's supporting mps now lends their loyalties ? mps now lends their loyalties? >> i'm not hearing them . >> i'm not hearing them. >> i'm not hearing them. >> oh, she back to me forjust a sec whilst we try and get olivia's comms sorted. so to just reiterate the results then from the tory leadership, first round of voting in first place by quite some margin. robert jenrick 28 votes. then it was

kemi badenoch 22 votes. james cleverly, the shadow home secretary 21 votes. then we had tom tugendhat on 17 mel stride by the skin of his teeth at 16 and last with 14 votes, and out of the race, priti patel. have we got olivia? is she there? not yet, not yet. let's read some more views. it's going to be interesting, isn't it, because the viewers, you stay at home and i'm hearing this from lots of tory members, that there's a clear divide between the tory mps in parliament who lots of you. i would call with respect. you'd call them one nation wets, and then the choice of the membership, which is the more sort of centre right hard line right wingers, the members know who they want. lots of you saying you wanted priti patel, but the mps in parliament not getting too excited for her, unfortunately, is it to do with her previous association with the boris johnson government as the boris johnson government as the home office minister? she's been criticised, of course , i'd been criticised, of course, i'd say quite deservedly for failing to tackle migration, both legal

and illegal migration. and she gave that rather interesting interview with our political edhon interview with our political editor, christopher hope, some weeks ago, saying that she wasn't sorry for the government's record, the tory government's record, the tory government's record, the tory government's record on migration had nothing to answer for, and more views are coming in. dave the rave, you say. i know priti patel is a favourite with gb news, but i don't recall her doing anything whatsoever to curtail illegal migration. yeah as i said, lynn, good afternoon lynn, you said it will be the same old for the conservatives. they needed suella for true conservative values. suella braverman of course not. in the race, and same with pretty. it'll be interesting to see if she starts putting the feelers out to reform , let's have a look out to reform, let's have a look elsewhere . leaky you say i'm elsewhere. leaky you say i'm a conservative member and fully expect that jenrick and badenoch will reach the final two. and carol, you say, is martin okay as ben lee was on? yes. martin is fighting fit. he is taking over from nigel farage tonight at 7:00 pm. so i'm covering for him. he's fine. you can see him

later at 7:00. right. coming up, we head to edinburgh to hear why the scottish government has announced a half £1 billion worth of spending cuts. i'm ben leo on patel with just 14

and priti patel with just 14 votes. so very, very tight at the bottom. lots of you asking now what now for priti patel ? now what now for priti patel? will she stay in the conservative party and support whoever may become the next leader? will she perhaps , maybe leader? will she perhaps, maybe have a conversation with nigel farage and reform? and also i want to know where her votes now will go. those 14 votes, who may they go to out of the other contenders? i think olivia utley has put £0.20 in the leaky machine and she's got some comms. olivia, can you hear me ? comms. olivia, can you hear me? >> hello? ben? yes, i can hear you . i'm here with peter you. i'm here with peter fortune, who is the new conservative mp for bromley and begum hill. peter, you backed james cleverly , didn't you? the james cleverly, didn't you? the former home secretary. how do you feel about the result? >> i did back james and i'm delighted with the result. >> i, i'd like to start by saying thanks very much to pretty for being part of this conversation. >> you know, she's been a wonderful advocate and champion for the party, and it's really great to hear her voice. >> but personally, yes, i'm

supporting james. he's a great communicator. he's a great unifier. i think he's somebody who can bring the party back together, and i'm looking forward to supporting him into the next round. >> it does feel as though robert jenrick and kemi badenoch are the runaway favourites at the moment. do you think james cleverly really stands a chance of making it onto the final ballot paper? isn't he a bit too tainted by the last government? >> not at all. i think that james has every chance of going through to the next session. in fact, i'm sure of it. all of our candidates are great. that's what's been so wonderful about this competition. there's so much talent on display for james. we just need to look at his record as chairman. he brought the party together, delivering a huge election result in 2019 with the help of bofis result in 2019 with the help of boris johnson. of course, as home secretary, he's got a great track record tackling the boats coming across the channel and as foreign secretary he was front and centre , tackling some of the and centre, tackling some of the really difficult issues that are in the world today. so he's got huge amounts of experience that he can bring forward to the next round. >> you say he was tackling the small boats issue, but if we look at the numbers, small boats crossings didn't really go down

under the years of rishi sunak's government. and actually robert jenrick resigned from rishi sunak's governance because he didn't think that rishi sunak was going far enough. the members of the conservative party are deeply concerned about illegal migration. can james cleverly really be trusted on that issue? >> they're right to be concerned about illegal migration, and james was tackling that. he had a plan to tackle that. and it's actually the labour party that we're seeing now that are dismantling that. that's why james experience is so important. and why we need him as the next leader of the conservative party and to become the prime minister. so he can finish the work that he started as home secretary. >> thank you very much. so that was peter fortune. there supporting james cleverly. his message is that james cleverly has the experience and the talent from his previous time in office to serve again. it does look at the moment as though kemi badenoch and robert jenrick are the favourites, both among conservative mps and in the wider party. but as i say, we're looking at a really small group of conservative mps who are voting and so the numbers are very, very close indeed. in fact, james cleverly was only

one vote in this round behind kemi badenoch. what will happen to priti patel's votes is the is the next big question she had 14 votes. we expect those will be from the right wing of the party. will those automatically go over to kemi badenoch and robert jenrick? that is. that's the sort of assumption at the moment , but the sort of assumption at the moment, but it's a the sort of assumption at the moment , but it's a little bit moment, but it's a little bit more complicated this time around. we're seeing all sorts of different characters from all sorts of wings of the party supporting very , very different supporting very, very different candidates. so it might not be quite as straightforward as those 14 votes. simply going to more of those coming up. but first of all, let' simply| to the two candidates who are more of those coming up. but first of all, let' simply going to those 14 votes. simply going to the two candidates who are perhaps seen as the most right perhaps seen as the most right wing of the bunch. wing of the bunch. >> olivia, do you know if >> olivia, do you know if michael gove is still working michael gove is still working with or milling around kemi with or milling around kemi badenoch these days? because badenoch these days? because that's a concern of some tory that's a concern of some tory voters that i've spoken to that voters that i've spoken to that gove is in the background of her gove is in the background of her campaign . campaign . campaign. >> well, that's a very good campaign. >> well, that's a very good question. kemi badenoch sort of question. kemi badenoch sort of slightly distanced herself from slightly distanced herself from michael gove. most recently. michael gove. most recently. that was the last thing we that was the last thing we heard. but that was that was heard. but that was that was

months and months ago, so we months and months ago, so we don't yet know for sure what, if don't yet know for sure what, if any , role michael gove is any , role michael gove is any, role michael gove is playing in all of this kemi any, role michael gove is playing in all of this kemi badenoch campaign only really badenoch campaign only really took off in the last week or so. took off in the last week or so. most conservative mps almost most conservative mps almost took took august off. perhaps took took august off. perhaps they needed it after that. that they needed it after that. that election demolition back in election demolition back in july. so we don't yet know the july. so we don't yet know the details of who's behind all of details of who's behind all the different campaigns, but i expect it will emerge in the coming days . coming days. >> okay, olivia, thank you very much. we'll catch you up later in the show. let's get your thoughts now. again on gbnews.com/yoursay and on the emails, let's have a look here. so, gwen, you think pretty will join reform. but dave, you've replied to that and said, if she gets into reform, i will not vote for reform again. interesting isn't it nigel farage? i think it was a few months back. he was asked about whether he would indeed join the conservatives in the future if reform made enough ground, and it would make sense for him to cross the benches in the commons, he said why would i? they're old news, their history. you know, they had their chance. more of those coming up. but

first of all, let's get on to

july. so we don't yet know the details of wh(he behind all july. so we don't yet know the details of wh(he took d all july. so we don't yet know the details of wh(he took over this he said when he took over this role was to eradicate child poverty here in scotland, not just some children, but all children. he went on to talk about investing £1 billion into early learning and child care, and promised that this government that he would now be leading. after 25 years of watching these statements and now finally delivering them, he said that his government would provide a practical, not partisan and affordable, impactful and deliverable deliverable programme for government. that is, of course, because the snp now finds itself a minority government here in holyrood and he will need collaborative collaboration across the chamber to make sure some of his ideas go through. we also heard some hope for these long missing in action ferries. three of the supposed six ferries being worked on at the minute will enter during this next term of parliament. we also heard more about the ideas for building houses. 600 million

getting put into affordable housing and 40 million on refurbished stock. and there was more about investing and more £500 million in green energy and the wind farms offshore in scotland to hopefully claw back 1.5 billion in investment. but as you say, this is all against that backdrop of yesterday's quite historic and perturbing budget cuts around 500 million, which has caused many to raise an eyebrow at some of the big figures getting passed out here today. but of course, by law, the scottish government has to balance the books year on year, you know, and it was pointed out as well that in terms of child poverty, it's going to be expensive. i mean, last year alone , the scottish child alone, the scottish child payment cost more than 450 million, not too far off the amount of those budget cuts yesterday. so the opposition parties, well they're getting their questions in with the first minister just now. their questions in with the first ministerjust now. but certainly it's going to be quite a few hours until we're finished

ponng a few hours until we're finished poring through all of these figures and all of these promises and working out just how many of them that the snp government here is going to be living up to against yesterday's cuts . cuts. >> and just in 30s, tony, apparently gb energy is going to be based in aberdeen. is that going to be a boost for the economy and jobs up there ? would economy and jobs up there? would you like to . well, you with me? you like to. well, you with me? tony, can you hear me? no we'll come off. yeah. to do with the half billion pounds cut to pubuc half billion pounds cut to public services in scotland. is a tragedy. i've got family in scotland. i love the scottish people. even though they tend to hate england supporters half the time. and let me tell you, in the most polite and respectful way possible, scotland does not need half £1 billion cut from their budget. the services, drugs, death, capital of europe . drugs, death, capital of europe. the nhs is failing, of course, as well, i wouldn't say they need more money. not up to me, of course, but they definitely don't need £500 million being swiped from them. just like that, stick with me on martin daubney show this afternoon. i'm covering martyn's in at seven.

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> very good afternoon to you . >> very good afternoon to you. hope you're well. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm ben liu of course, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the united kingdom, 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 families of victims have also said they suffered, quote, institutional indifference from those charged with protecting their homes and a huge shock in their homes and a huge shock in the last 15 minutes or so in the conservative leadership race as priti patel has been eliminated following the first round of voting. we'll have more on that, as well as what it means for the conservative party and pretty and her future in just a tick and her future in just a tick and elsewhere, the prime minister faced angry mps from both sides of the ballot box today as he tried to defend cuts today as he tried to defend cuts to the winter fuel payments. sir keir starmer was also questioned on israel and tax rises. we'll have all the fallout from today's pmqs and less than 24 hours after the tragedy in the engush hours after the tragedy in the english channel, more small boats left france for the dangerous journey to britain. the boats were carrying migrants who were once again risking their lives. but the question begs why is no action being taken to stop them? that's all coming up in your next hour. so

there we have it. then there were five. priti patel, the former home secretary under bofis former home secretary under boris johnson, is out of the tory leadership race. you've certainly been telling me what you think about that on gb news.com/yoursay keep those views coming in. i'm going to read them out shortly after your news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> ben thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 4:00 your headlines rishi sunak, now 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. 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. >> 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? >> however , prime minister sir >> however, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying 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 lock, pensions are projected to increase by over £1,000 in the next five years. >> now, the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was a result of decades of failure . result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap . families and into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. the deputy assistant commissioner of the met police spoke a short while ago, emphasising the scale of the investigation. >> while criminal investigation into the grenfell tower tragedy is one of the most largest and complex investigation the met police has ever undertaken , our

police has ever undertaken, our investigation started in june 2017 and continues to this day. ihave 2017 and continues to this day. i have a team of 180 investigators working on this full time, plus many others who support the investigation, particularly expert witnesses . particularly expert witnesses. it is hugely complex. we've seized over 150 million documents. the interconnectedness of the different companies, the different companies, the different individuals and their actions. it's something we need to untangle. >> meanwhile, a tower block blaze in catford in south—east london, is now under control. the fire broke out on the ninth and 10th floors, with images showing flames and smoke pouring from the building. the london fire brigade confirmed it received at least 50 emergency calls, deploying ten fire engines and 70 firefighters to the scene. there are currently no reports of any injuries. in other news, 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. earlier, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others from attempting the crossing. dramatic footage also showed people wading out into the water, many not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the shore . over 30 people from the shore. over 30 people have died in crossings this year as concerns grow about overcrowded boats, increasing fatal risks . four out of five fatal risks. four out of 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 in braunstone town, near leicester. that's on sunday and he later died in hospital. a 14 year old boy remains in police custody as investigations continue. the group, aged between 12 and 14, were initially arrested on suspicion of murder after a post—mortem revealed koli died from a neck injury. police are urging anyone with information about the attack to come forward. and priti patel has become the first

tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. meanwhile robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes. mps cast their opening votes this afternoon , reducing the this afternoon, reducing the number of candidates from 6 to 5. the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . those are the kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more 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. >> good afternoon. hope you're well. ben leo for in martin daubney this afternoon on gb news now. they've waited seven long years for it, but a

landmark report into the grenfell tower disaster shows that the 72 deaths caused by the fire that engulfed the tower block were indeed avoidable. the report also accused the government of ignoring systematic problems with the building's safety, and labelling concerned residents as troublemakers. in response, the prime minister apologised to the families of the victims today and said the country had failed them. let's get the latest from our political correspondent katherine forster. good afternoon catherine. what's the latest , please, afternoon catherine. what's the latest, please, on this pretty harrowing seven years we've endured . endured. >> yes. good afternoon ben. it really is 54 adults and 18 children died in that horrific fire, over seven years ago now. and still no sign of justice. we have a 1600 page report. the result of the public inquiry years in the making, finding that the deaths were all avoidable. talking of decades of

failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry, there is blame pretty much across the board for the government, blame pretty much across the board for the government , for board for the government, for the local council, for the tenant management organisation, for the cladding companies, for the architectural firm. now, the inquiry said that largely people were failed through incompetence, but in some cases by dishonesty and greed , by dishonesty and greed, particularly the cladding companies , and that knew that companies, and that knew that this cladding shouldn't be put on buildings over 18m, that there was a huge fire risk and it was done anyway. now the families, of course, have been through this incredible trauma. i was talking to a gentleman here, sam, a little bit earlier. let's look at what he had to say. >> i lost six family members .

>> i lost six family members. >> i lost six family members. >> my mother, sarah, my sister nadia, and my three nieces, mina , nadia, and my three nieces, mina, fatima and zainab, and my brother in law, bassem . brother in law, bassem. >> well, what i would like to see happen is for us to be given ourjustice. but unfortunately, we will not be given justice, the reason why is because the previous government opened an inquiry on the second day of the fire. >> and this has clashed. >> and this has clashed. >> running a criminal investigation parallel to an inquiry. we were promised that they wouldn't clash. however, it has interfered with our justice. >> it's taken the heat out of the situation. and it's an abusement of power. >> we were not consulted. we were not informed. we didn't have solicitors back then, and some people didn't even know

what an inquiry was. some people didn't even know what an inquiry was . so, we have what an inquiry was. so, we have been taken . we have been taken been taken. we have been taken advantage of . advantage of. >> yes. what hisham says there, that's something that i've heard over and over again. what these people want is justice. they want those that were responsible, held to account. they want criminal prosecutions. they want criminal prosecutions. they want criminal prosecutions. they want people, frankly, in jail. now, the police are investigating, but it's going to take a very, very long time. we're looking at potentially 2027 before any criminal prosecutions and anybody potentially goes to jail for this, if indeed they ever do . this, if indeed they ever do. >> katherine forster thank you very much . the wait goes on for very much. the wait goes on for those poor families. and i said in the last hour, our thoughts are with them all. now moving to on the conservative leadership election where priti patel, in the last 20 minutes or so has been eliminated after the first round of voting. she is out. ex

immigration minister robert jenrick finished first with 28 votes, followed by the members favourite kemi badenoch, on 22. priti patel, the former home secretary under boris johnson, managed only 14. let's speak to our political correspondent olivia utley for some reaction to that result. olivia >> hello. yes. as expected, kemi badenoch and robert jenrick have come out in first and second place, but the result was very, very mixed indeed. almost all the 121 mps voted 118 altogether, and not a single one of them managed to get more than a quarter of the vote. so it does feel as though the race is all still wide open. i'm here with john lamont, who is the shadow secretary of state for scotland. john, you were backing robert jenrick. you must be pleased with the result . but is pleased with the result. but is it a little bit concerning that even he hasn't managed to get a quarter of the vote? >> i'm very pleased with rob's result coming. top exceeded our expectations and it shows that the momentum is growing behind rob. i was very impressed with

how much activity and how much campaigning he was doing during the summer months. speaking to colleagues and association party members of the length and breadth of the country. that was one of the reasons why i was backing rob, just enthusiasm to drive his energy to bring the conservative party together and get us back into winning ways and hopefully other colleagues now having seen the result. rob coming top, will now get in behind rob and bakhmut on tuesday as well. >> robert jenrick is coming in first place among conservative mps, but among conservative party members, he's polling in second place and he only seems to have about 17% of their vote. about half of what kemi badenoch has. even if he does make it to the final two, do you think he really stands a chance of winning? >> well, i do think he's got a good chance of winning. i mean, clearly the one poll that matters will be the poll of the party members of the final two. the objective of the campaign just now is to make sure that rob gets into that final two. and that's obviously the decision of the party mps, the conservative mps here at westminster. but rob's got many unique qualities. i've already

spoken about his his drive and determination, but he is also a unifier, bringing mps from from the right and the left of the party together to get a clear plan on immigration. on how to reform public services. that's going to bring us all together , going to bring us all together, which i think is one of the biggest criticisms we had before the last election was that we were divided party. and he has this unique capacity, i think, in terms of this contest, to bnng in terms of this contest, to bring the party together and make it an election winning machine again. >> and what exactly is that clear plan for immigration? >> well, it's been very clear about his the possibility of leaving echr, if that is required. it's very clear from what happened in the last parliament with our rwanda bill and the courts and the that particular treaty was getting in the way of our ability as a country to set our own immigration policy. and clearly, that's the responsibility of the new government. it is very clear that they are already failing by any by many measures in this, in this area too. so it's up to us as the conservative party to put forward a credible plan to ensure that we have a clear policy that deals with both illegal immigration and also legal migration to ensure that

it is done in a controlled and managed way . and i think rob has managed way. and i think rob has got that plan. >> thank you very much. that was john lamont, the shadow secretary of state for scotland, supporting robert jenrick. the line from robert jenrick team, very, very happy with coming in first place. don't seem to be too concerned about that share of the vote being so split over all of the candidates. really. he is hopeful that robert jenrick will make it onto the final ballot paper if he does get there. the question is, can he then win among members? the conservative membership is known to be relatively fickle. they can change their minds quite easily, so even though kemi badenoch is in first place at the moment , badenoch is in first place at the moment, all of that could change. we've still got quite a lot of weeks left of this contest. >> indeed. how's robert jenrick got the x factor? is he a man you can look at and say he's going to be the next prime minister? and for all of them, in fact, mel stride james cleverly, so on and so on. i've just spoken to sources close to priti patel's camp, they say his team are shocked and they're stunned at the result of being

dumped out in the first round. and they suggested that there was some strategic voting going on, that people who would have mps, who would have voted for, say, kemi badenoch or james say, kemi badenoch orjames cleverly, would have voted for other people to ensure that pretty was dumped out of the race. i don't know if that's true or not. those are the whispers coming out from the commons. you guys at home. gbnews.com/yoursay you have been absolutely on it with this, a mixed bag, i must say. three card brag. you said priti patel out. couldn't even beat the also rans mel stride and tom tugendhat doesn't surprise me. she's always talked a good right wing story but never delivered on anything . political mess. you on anything. political mess. you say the problem the tories have isn't the leader, it's the party. they are mostly remainers. the fact will always cause more infighting. they need to go. but then that leaves no one. so in reality the tories are finished. i'm not sure they'd agree with you there, david says. hi ben, the only true blue tory on the leadership list was priti patel. this vote

says everything we need to know about the present state of the conservative party. shambolic. i'm done with this tory party, andy, you say? what's that , ben? andy, you say? what's that, ben? the liberal party pretending to be conservative, have kicked out patel. yawn and ap you say ben , patel. yawn and ap you say ben, it might just be me, but is the tory leadership contest a bit like plucking ear hairs until the most irritating one remains? oh, ap, that's cruel, and plenty more coming in as well. as i said, i've just spoken to some people close to pryce's team, who said that they are shocked and stunned that she was dumped out in the first round of this leadership contest. she thought she. well, they thought she had much more to offer in the campaign. she would have certainly done well with members . certainly done well with members. and if polls are to be believed, she was probably one of the favourites amongst members. i think there was a cotton home poll conservative home poll done over the past 24 hours, which put kemi badenoch in the lead alongside robert jenrick. but pretty was up there as well , and pretty was up there as well, and that's it. and then there were five pretties out remains to be seen. what will pitti do now ?

seen. what will pitti do now? will she go to reform? will she be speaking to her old pal nigel farage? and where will her votes be going? right. coming up, even more small boats have attempted to cross the english channel today. 8000, of course , since today. 8000, of course, since labour took power and more than 20,000 since the start of the year. 20,000 since the start of the year . can you believe it? and year. can you believe it? and our very own charlie peters. by the way, if you tuned in in the last hour, he revealed that 3000 people are currently waiting in france right now to make the crossing to britain. when would it all end? who knows? i'm ben leo on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back ben leo for in martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. hope you're well. thanks for joining me. now the prime minister says that he's taken hard decisions to stabilise the economy following backlash for cutting the winter fuel allowance and

refusing to rule out certain tax rises this october. in his first pmqs back following the summer break, sir keir starmer defended his policies as a result of the absolute chaos that his government inherited when they came to power. >> the 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 are tough decisions that they are . decisions that they are. >> there we go. tough decisions . >> there we go. tough decisions. well, for more on this, we're going to speak to the executive director of more in common uk, luke tryl. good afternoon, luke. thanks for joining luke tryl. good afternoon, luke. thanks forjoining me. does sir thanks for joining me. does sir keir starmer prioritise train drivers over our pensioners ? drivers over our pensioners? >> well i think there is a risk certainly in some of the early

decisions that have been made to settle some of those pay disputes, whilst at the same time cutting the winter fuel allowance that it gives the impression, and i think this is always a risk for labour governments, that they are backing the unions over other groups . backing the unions over other groups. certainly from our focus groups. certainly from our focus groups we've done on the winter fuel allowance, that decision is hugely unpopular with pensioners. they will say in focus groups we've paid in all our lives. we deserve now to be looked after by the state. and you see that in the polling as well. and so whilst i think, you know, you can sort of break up, i think some of the decisions labour has made on public sector workers, they clearly had to end those doctors strikes. you know, we know the nhs was a big reason the tories lost. it was it's the metric on which people say they will judge labour's success. but the train driver decision was actually much less popular with the public at large. so i think

labouris the public at large. so i think labour is going to be very careful as it moves into the autumn to show that it backs pubuc autumn to show that it backs public service users as well as pubuc public service users as well as public service users as well as public service workers. >> yeah, and luke, i just wonder how much goodwill this government has left , not least government has left, not least amongst its own voters, because angela rayner, now is mooted to be considering scrapping the single person discount for council tax. i mean that we're talking about widowed pensioners there so we could have a scenario where you're getting skint, pensioners just above the pension credit threshold at, say, £13,000 a year, who are widowed, their partners died and they were getting a single person discount. also being hit with the double whammy by this so—called kind, caring and tolerant labour government . tolerant labour government. >> look, i think one of the challenges you have to remember is this is a government that was elected on around a third of the vote. so they don't have many votes to sort of spare and lose. they didn't come in with as much political capital as other governments have done when they've just been elected. and you've seen that in keir starmer's approval ratings. you know, we had him at plus 11

points shortly after the election, a bit of a honeymoon. but that's now down at —16 at 27 point shift against him over the summer. now it's not all his fault. you know, the electorate is more volatile than it has been. but there's also a sense from people, look, we basically had some pain and misery and being told we've just got to suckit being told we've just got to suck it up since 2008. and i think what starmer is going to have to do moving into the autumn, and particularly rachel reeves in that budget, is, yes, difficult decisions. but what does the upside start to look like? you know what? what about when we reach the other side ? when we reach the other side? how will britain feel better? because at the moment it's just very, very gloomy indeed. >> yeah. okay, luke, thank you very much. luke tryl, you're the executive director of more in common uk. thank you. yeah. interesting isn't it ? because interesting isn't it? because come october. capital gains tax. i guess i assume will be hiked up to 45%. you're going to lose another massive swathe of voters there. yeah, i think the goodwill is arguably evaporating. and also another

challenge on labour's hands, of course, is the small boats crisis. because less than 24 hours after 12 people tragically died crossing the english channel yesterday, even more small boats have attempted the dangerous journey. today, dozens of people were seen in calais this morning and the pictures are on your screen now. look at that packed dinghy charging across the beaches with french police attempting to stop them making the trip , with making the trip, with provisional home office stats now showing that 317 migrants arrived in the uk yesterday. and we spoke to charlie peters a bit earlier on this show in the last houn earlier on this show in the last hour, he revealed. 3000 people are currently waiting on the french coastline, on the beaches, to make the journey to britain still 3000 and the rest, i guess. back at the camps. well, let's get the thoughts now of the chairman of migrationwatch uk, alp mehmet. good afternoon and thanks for joining me. pleasure, look, this is just never ending, isn't it? and despite the bluster from the labour government, we're going to smash the gangs. we're going to smash the gangs. we're going to stop the boats. it's just getting worse and worse. 8000 since labour took power. more than 21,000 since the start of the year. do you trust sir keir

starmer to get a grip of this? >> no, i don't trust him. simply because he's effectively said that he's not going to try to get a grip of it. >> he's going to smash the gangs. well, when's. >> when's that going to happen? he won't by the way. >> but that's by the way, there are thousands of people in the eu, some 300,000 who've entered the eu illegally, that they're aware of in the past year. >> there are hundreds of thousands who are in france illegally. so the ones ending up at calais or on the shores opposite dover, they're not the only ones. they are a really they are symptomatic and they are an indication of the huge numbers that are over there. and will get here at any cost. more will get here at any cost. more will come, more will die, >> i said to charlie peters in

the last hour, i said, maybe i'm being a bit naive here, but why can't we just send over not only border force and police officers? i'm sure there'll be thousands and tens of thousands of british people who are willing to volunteer to patrol british french beaches. why can't we just patrol the beaches with a good army of people and slash these boats with knives, as the french police are alleging to do now, despite, you know, half £1 billion a year. >> i suspect that the french might say no to that. that's just not realistic. >> it's not the way we operate. >> it's not the way we operate. >> it's not the way we operate. >> it isn't. it? would solve the crisis. >> do you not think? i mean, why would the french have a problem? they're not going to be paying, i don't know, ask the french, but they won't do it. >> it's. it's impinging on their sovereignty. they won't accept anyone. we've been trying for years to have joint patrols with them. and they won't accept that. i'm afraid that this is something that's going to go on and on. partly because our government is not prepared to do anything serious about it. and also because the french, because

of the eu , because of all sorts of the eu, because of all sorts of the eu, because of all sorts of other considerations, they just will not do what is necessary. and that's stop people, from entering the eu and be from actually setting sail from the shores of france. >> you said you don't think the labour government will get serious about stopping this. in your point of view, what is getting serious? look like? >> getting serious is actually detaining and dealing quickly with all those who come illegally, and then actually getting to the point where we are forcing the french to accept people back, and it's in their interest as well. if we were to send people back to france , then send people back to france, then they would stop arriving at the northwestern coast of france to set sail to britain from here. >> so sending people back to france, does that mean intercepting them in the channel? does it mean letting them come ashore to britain first and putting them on a flight back to paris? what does that look like? both

>> yeah. i mean, in the old days. and still, what is in theory, possible if they arrive on a ferry or if they arrive by plane and they don't qualify for entry into the country, then they're sent back whence they came, either back to calais , came, either back to calais, back to bologna, or wherever they came from, or to whichever airport they're set, set off from . that isn't happening. from. that isn't happening. can't happen because it's the carrier that we direct to take them back. well, you're not going to direct a dinghy driver to take them back to france or wherever. >> i'll tell you what, australia did i spent i mean, it's common knowledge anyway, but i spent some time in australia in december and i spoke to lots of people, tony abbott, including about their small boats crisis in the mid 2010s. i believe it was . and they physically stopped was. and they physically stopped boats in the water. they put the occupants in lifeboat style vessels and sent them back to where they came from or offshore

processing sites. when i suggest sending them back or turning them back in the water, i don't mean putting a bit of rope to the end of the boat and then just dragging them back through the channel. you do it properly. properly? why can't we just do that? why don't we just ignore the echr and declare it a national security threat? this is a national emergency. why doesn't any government or politician want to get serious about this? >> well , first of all, the >> well, first of all, the engush >> well, first of all, the english channel is not the waters around australia. it just isn't realistic. and even tony abbott has said, you know , abbott has said, you know, whether it's possible to do it across the channel. that's a different matter. if we could do it safely and the french would say, okay, we'll do this together , then it will be together, then it will be possible. but we are a long, long way from that. it just isn't going to happen. and it's really unrealistic to suggest that that's what we should be doing. >> well, just like a lot of our viewers and probably a lot of the nation, i just feel absolutely flabbergasted that a nafion absolutely flabbergasted that a nation which once ruled the waves rule britannia. you know ,

waves rule britannia. you know, we conquered the world with our navy. we now can't stop dinghies from their equivalent of tesco coming across the channel. i mean, it's just frankly absurd. we get bogged down in these conversations about legalities and law and policy and whether the french will do it. when it comes down to the actual facts of what's going on here, people coming in in rubber dinghies across the channel to britain en masse, thousands and thousands as the weeks go by, is just insanity. >> i agree , i agree. i mean, >> i agree, i agree. i mean, it's not the nation that we were unfortunately , that we were unfortunately, that we were probably instrumental in putting in place the sort of structures that make it much more difficult now than they would have done 100 years ago. it just wouldn't have happened . have happened. >> okay. do you ever get the feeling that they just don't care? the powers that be don't care? the powers that be don't care about it all? but yeah, we'll see. we care. good luck laboun we'll see. we care. good luck labour. thank you al. appreciate you being here. migration watch. time to get your news headlines now with sophia.

>> ben. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 430. your headlines. 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 700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government , reveals how missed opportunities by the government, companies, contractors and council staff turned the building into a death trap . families and survivors of trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. met police deputy assistant commissioner stuart cundy spoke a short while ago, emphasising the scale of the investigation . the scale of the investigation. >> our criminal investigation into the grenfell tower tragedy is one of the most largest and complex investigation the met police has ever undertaken. our investigation started in june 2017 and continues to this day. ihave

2017 and continues to this day. i have a team of 180 investigators working on this full time, plus many others who support the investigation , support the investigation, particularly expert witnesses. it is hugely complex. we've seized over 150 million documents. the interconnectedness of the different companies , the different companies, the different companies, the different individuals and their actions is something we need to untangle. >> meanwhile, a tower block blaze in catford in south—east london, is now under control. the fire broke out on the ninth and 10th floors with images showing flames and smoke pouring from the building. the london fire brigade confirmed it received at least 50 emergency calls , deploying ten fire calls, deploying ten fire engines and 70 firefighters to the scene. there are currently no reports of any injuries. rishi sunak, now 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 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. however, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying it's essential to stabilise the economy . and priti patel has economy. and priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. meanwhile robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes. mps cast their opening votes this afternoon, reducing the number of candidates from 6 to 5. the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat , mel stride and tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . those are the kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

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>> hello. welcome back ben leo for here martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. hope you're well. thanks for tuning in. and if you've missed the last hour or so, breaking news from the tory leadership race where priti patel has been dumped out of the race to take over from rishi sunak as leader of the party, she got just 14 votes, which i spoke to some sources close to the pretty camp, who said they were shocked and stunned that she was out in the first round. kemi badenoch, 22 votes. robert jenrick led the way on 28 votes. but priti patel, the former home secretary under boris johnson, is out some emails on that. dick, you say conservatives are no longer a right wing party. during thatcher, the phase wets was

coined . you need a few more coined. you need a few more dnes coined. you need a few more dries or else your voter base will completely dry up, pardon the pun. jacqueline, good afternoon. you say i would ideally want robert jenrick to win. the man has gumption. ideally want robert jenrick to win. the man has gumption . and win. the man has gumption. and patricia, you say i would ideally. i would ideally like the tory party to disappear. but one can only dream it's going to be a fascinating five weeks. of course, there's five contenders left in the race. you've got kemi badenoch, james cleverly, robert jenrick mel stride and tom tugendhat and of course, if you're not familiar with the process, once they get down to the final two candidates, it's then the tory members that decide. and when i was speaking to those close to pretty's camp a bit earlier, they suggested amid their heartbreak and disappointment, they suggested that perhaps there was some strategic voting going on to dump pretty out of the race votes being lent to different candidates by mps to ensure that pretty was given the boot. but there we go. let's move on now, because it seems the tale of the two princes seems to be a never ending story, as prince harry,

the duke of sussex, has allegedly refused to return to royal duties unless he receives an apology from his brother , an apology from his brother, prince william. reports today claim that harry could assist with certain events, given the health of both the king and princess of wales, but that would only be possible if prince william would take the leap of making amends with him first. well, for more on this, let's speak to the royal commentator, caroline ashton. good afternoon caroline, thank you for joining me. is wills going to be saying sorry ? come back harry. sorry? come back harry. >> well, put in order the words hell freeze over when you know i don't see this happening at all. and to be honest, who was asked prince to harry come back and do a little bit of light royal work ? a little bit of light royal work? >> because of course, even the suggestion seems to run absolutely diametrically opposite to what his revered grandmother, our late queen, said at the time of the sandringham summit. you can't be half in and half out. >> he's located in america. there's no talk at all. if you

nofice there's no talk at all. if you notice of his wife and those grandchildren of the kings, which, let's face it, he hasn't seen for a long, long time coming back as well. to me, this is a typical sussex ploy. he appears to be benevolent, offering to come back , offering offering to come back, offering to share his gloss, his glitz, his panache yet again with the royal family at their in their time of trouble. and as for the trusted friends and advisors, we were told when this story broke, had been in the picture guiding him well, those trusted friends made jolly sure the press got to hear about this . no, no, a hear about this. no, no, a thousand times no. we already know that the prince of wales has said that when the sad moment comes, his father dies and he succeeds to the throne. one guest he does not want at his coronation is his prodigal prince, brother harry. it's all to do with publicity, all to do with marketing as is so often

the case. and of course, having tested the water and found it to be perhaps a little hypothermic for his taste publicity wise , we for his taste publicity wise, we have harry then bringing in a little condition . i would do it little condition. i would do it if my brother apologised to me. for what? for the sad saga of broken dog bowls, necklaces and dreams that were of course shown to us all in spare. and don't forget the paperback of that is about to be released and harry has let it be known that with great kindness there won't be any extra material in it. so why buy it? especially when you can get one in a charity shop near you? all to do with marketing. we watch this space, but the saga of the sussexes, the story that gives and gives and keeps on giving the oxygen of pubuchy on giving the oxygen of publicity they can't get enough of it. >> so, caroline, just to be clear, you're on the fence about harry's intentions. intentions here, right? no.

>> look, if i'm sitting on the fence, i just fell off. let's put it that way. >> yeah. you fell off with a massive crash, let me just play devil's advocate here. harry, of course, is beyond the headlines and beyond the showbiz headlines and beyond the showbiz headlines and the gossip and the news reports. harry is the king's son. he is william's brother. his father is ill. his, sister in law is ill. is he not allowed to moot coming back to the uk to be closer to his dad? you know who he calls fondly . papa and who he calls fondly. papa and the king has spoken. how you know how much of course. like any. dad loves his boy very much. despite what's gone on. is harry not allowed to come back and spend time with his ill father and help him out? >> i didn't say he wasn't allowed to come back. i said the reasoning behind this story, that's what we need to look at. any father who'd fallen out , any any father who'd fallen out, any broken relationship. of course , broken relationship. of course, wants healing. but the one thing you have to have, be it a love affair, a father son

relationship, a mother daughter relationship, a mother daughter relationship , any relation is relationship, any relation is that bedrock of trust. trust has gone and i don't see see it being rebuilt any time soon. of course, he's concerned for his father, who would not be. and the king? i have to say, has looked somewhat stressed and tired lately. he's 76, in november and i'm sure he, after seeking advice from his own advisers about the nature of forgiveness, would like perhaps privately, to have something to say to his son to build some kind of link and bridge again, to put the past behind. but what's going on in montecito? nothing there, in my opinion, ever happens. by chance. and with the king off to samoa shortly. to a commonwealth meeting which strangely coincides with spare being released as a paperback. i think some old publicity tricks are being played here against a rather tragic background of lost

family love. yeah. >> will we get that update to spare? will there be a lucrative new addition for prince harry? we remains to be seen. caroline aston thank you, royal commentator. great stuff. thanks for having you. thanks for joining us. rather. okay. more to come in the next couple of minutes including we're going to speak to an expert on the impacts of strokes after queen guitarist brian may experienced one, risking his future in the band, no less. i'm ben leo on gb news britain's news channel. back in a

tick. welcome back to martin daubney this afternoon on gb news with me ben leo. now the queen's queen's rather the band lead guitarist sir brian may recently revealed that his ability to play revealed that his ability to play with the legendary band was in doubt after he suffered a minor stroke. the 77 year old has alleviated fans fears after

confirming that he is recovering and can continue to play safely , and can continue to play safely, but he says that his experience should be used to show that anyone is at risk of experiencing the deadly condition. well, let's speak to our gp down the line , doctor our gp down the line, doctor dean eggert, about the warning signs and risks that could increase our vulnerability to a stroke. thank you for joining me, doctor . appreciate it. first me, doctor. appreciate it. first of all, for anyone that doesn't know or that needs reminding, what is a stroke technically, what is a stroke technically, what happens to the body and why ? what happens to the body and why? >> hi ben. >> hi ben. >> so a stroke essentially is an interruption to the blood supply to the brain. >> the most common cause of that is essentially a blockage in one of the blood vessels. >> and as the blood can't get past the blockage, the blood can't then supply the nerves in the brain to do its function. it can't get the oxygen and sugar that it needs, so that part of the brain becomes impaired for a short period of time, and over time that those nerves then start to die. >> so not only do you get a short term symptom as those

nerves die, you then get longer term symptoms. >> so strokes are essentially an interruption to the blood supply that leave damage to the brain, leaving symptoms that last over a day . a day. >> doctor, if you don't mind me saying i think you've previously had a stroke as well. so you've got personal first hand experience with symptoms and aftercare. would you mind just running us through your own story ? story? >> no, not at all. that's fine. so the commonest cause of stroke in the uk is actually this firing up of the blood vessels as you get a bit older, so you get high blood pressure. >> you have cholesterol. >> you have cholesterol. >> it causes the blood vessels to narrow down. ultimately, that causes a clot. in my case, i had a new heart valve put in and sadly that threw off a little bit of a clot because the valve is metallic. but essentially it ends up in the same thing. a clot goes up your carotid artery, it ends up in the brain. and actually, the symptoms that i had are similar to what i saw bnan i had are similar to what i saw brian may describe. so when i saw him in the video he described this left arm feeling heavy, numb and not working quite well. well, that's an indication that actually the

blood clot has happened in the right side of the brain that controls the left arm, so it suddenly just goes quite heavy . suddenly just goes quite heavy. it goes quite numb, possibly a little bit tingly feeling . and little bit tingly feeling. and you lose the ability to control it no matter how much you want it no matter how much you want it to move. it just doesn't do that thing. and that's pretty much the same thing that happened to me. >> must be terrifying when you're going through those symptoms. did you know at the time that potentially you were having a stroke ? having a stroke? >> yeah, i think it's a doctor. >> yeah, i think it's a doctor. >> i'm quite fortunate in being able to recognise it. so i was wandering around my house doing my thing, and i found that my left arm went and at the same time, actually, i lost a little bit of my speech. i struggled to say words, and the words that i wanted weren't quite coming out in the way that i wanted to. and thankfully i was lucky enough to understand and recognise it. and i called, a family member for help and then ended up going to the accident and emergency department for further treatment . department for further treatment. now, i guess that's me as a doctor being able to recognise it, but that might be a bit harder for the individual who's not medically trained to spot

it. so there are some key features that can stand out so you can get treatment quite urgently , urgently, >> what are the things you can do immediately if you think you're having a stroke? or maybe you're having a stroke? or maybe you spot somebody else potentially having a stroke, what should you do immediately to get the best results? >> well, the most important part really is to recognise that you're having a stroke or somebody's having a stroke in the first place because as i said, with that blockage and lack of sugar and lack of oxygen, those nerves are dying. so every second counts. so there is a rapidity to this. so in terms of rapidity and time , i terms of rapidity and time, i want you to think of the word of fast. and this is quite a common way to recognise a stroke for the layperson. and fast basically stands for face. so if you feel that the or notice that the person's face is starting to droop or it's not symmetrical or not working the same, that is a red flag and you should call for help. and the a stands for arms. so just like in my case and in bnan so just like in my case and in brian may's case, where the arm doesn't quite work, again, that's a feature of a stroke you'd call for help. s is speech. so again, in my case, my speech. so again, in my case, my speech went it's a big marker of

having a stroke. and t stands for time. so it's time to call 999. so if you notice a problem with the face arms speech dial 999. because every second counts. >> gosh, i mean it's yeah, i can't imagine what it's like knowing that you're having a stroke, that you have to act so quickly or indeed watching somebody else potentially having a stroke. i mean, of course we're talking life and death, and it just must be absolutely terrifying. very quickly. we've got 20s left about that. you mentioned high blood pressure. i've got quite high blood pressure. it's through the roof, actually, but i'm not sure if it's just sort of hereditary or if it's a problem. are younger people getting strokes these days? sort of 30s? 40s? >> thankfully , strokes are >> thankfully, strokes are actually a problem of older generations, so we're finding people more in their 50s and 60s who are having strokes, and largely because of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. the easiest way to check is pop into your local pharmacy. they'll check your blood pressure for you, and if they're at risk, they'll send you to your gp. okay, great. >> doctor dean eggert, thank you for joining me and sharing your forjoining me and sharing your story. very much appreciated.

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well . well. >> very good afternoon to you. hope you're well. it's 5:00 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm ben elliott, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. and of course all across the uk, 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

families of victims have also said they suffered institutional indifference from those charged with protecting their homes elsewhere. this afternoon, a huge shock in the conservative leadership election as priti patel has been eliminated following the first round of voting. we'll have more on that, as well as what it means for the conservative party as a whole andindeed conservative party as a whole and indeed pretty's future. and the prime minister faced angry mps from both sides of the ballot box at pmqs today as he tried to defend cuts to the winter fuel payments . sir keir winter fuel payments. sir keir starmer was also questioned on israel and tax rises looming in october. we'll have all the fallouts from today's pmqs shortly , and less than 24 hours shortly, and less than 24 hours after the tragedy in the english channel after the tragedy in the english channel, more small boats have left france for the dangerous journey to britain. the boats were carrying migrants who are once again risking their lives. but why is no action being taken to stop them? that's all coming in your next hour.

to stop them? that's all coming in your next hour . thanks for in your next hour. thanks for joining me this afternoon. i'm covering for martin daubney today and tomorrow, and i think martin is covering for nigel farage from 7:00 pm. so you won't go without your dose of the daubney tonight. i want to hear from you. of course. gbnews.com/yoursay lots of you getting involved about that tory leadership race. priti patel, just 14 votes now dumped out of the race and we are down to five. we'll be getting stuck into that and plenty more in the coming hour. but first your news headunes coming hour. but first your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 5:00. your headlines. the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was a result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building . by the government building.

companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed . met police dishonesty and greed. met police deputy assistant commissioner spoke a short while ago, emphasising the scale of the investigation. >> while criminal investigation into the grenfell tower tragedy is one of the most largest and complex investigation the met police has ever undertaken, our investigation started in june 2017 and continues to this day. ihave 2017 and continues to this day. i have a team of 180 investigators working on this full time, plus many others who support the investigation, particularly the expert witnesses. it is hugely complex. we've seized over 150 million documents. the interconnectedness of the different companies, the different companies, the different individuals and their actions. it's something we need to untangle. >> meanwhile, a tower block blaze in catford in south—east london, is now under control. the fire broke out on the ninth

and 10th floors with images showing flames and smoke pouring from the building. the london fire brigade confirmed it received at least 50 emergency calls , deploying ten fire calls, deploying ten fire engines and 70 firefighters to the scene. there are currently no reports of any injuries. the scene. there are currently no reports of any injuries . now, no reports of any injuries. now, some breaking news coming to us from the us, where a high school in georgia is on lockdown following reports of gunfire. these are live pictures of apalachee high school in barrow county, which was put on lockdown this morning. according to local media, georgia state police reportedly said they're responding to an active scene but did not provide any additional information. we will bnng additional information. we will bring you more as we get it. now back in the uk, rishi sunak, now 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 recession 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. >> 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, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying 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. we intend to turn that around. we're 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. >> in other news, 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. earlier, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others from attempting the crossing. dramatic footage also showed people wading out into the water, many not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the coast. those migrants have now made it over to the uk as exclusive gb news footage reveals . and dame priti patel

reveals. and dame priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. meanwhile robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes. mps cast their opening votes this afternoon, reducing the number of candidates from 6 to 5. the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat , mel stride and tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . those are the kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more 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. >> thank you sophia, and welcome back. now a landmark report into the grenfell tower disaster shows that the 72 deaths caused by the fire that engulfed the

tower block were indeed avoidable. the report also accused the government of ignonng accused the government of ignoring systematic problems with the building safety and labelling concerned residents as troublemakers. in response, the prime minister apologised to the families of the victims and said the country had failed them. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent, katherine forster. good afternoon, catherine, thanks for joining us. seven long years. the families have waited for this inquiry . this inquiry. >> yes, indeed. ben. seven long years, but still, as they see it , years, but still, as they see it, no justice whatsoever. so a 1600 page report from the inquiry finding decades of failure , they finding decades of failure, they say, by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry. the deaths were all avoidable. the people that lived in the tower, they say , were badly failed. they say, were badly failed. they also talk about systematic dishonesty on the part of those

who made and sold the cladding, that highly flammable cladding that highly flammable cladding that should not have been used on buildings over 18m in height, that we're told the cladding companies knew wasn't safe, that concealed that and sold it on anyway. the failures in regulation , the failures to regulation, the failures to check and the failures pretty much of everybody, the blame seems to be put everywhere. the only people who come out of this inquiry , well, frankly, are the inquiry, well, frankly, are the local community, the people in and around the tower who came together in the chaos in the days following, where the state simply didn't know what to do . simply didn't know what to do. and they felt completely abandoned. now the families have been giving a couple of press conferences. i spoke to a girl, milena, a little bit earlier .

milena, a little bit earlier. she had lost her grandmother in the fire and her grandmother had raised her, had been like a mother to her since her father had died when she was just two years old. let's have a look at what she had to say. >> i heard that she passed away forever, so i'm not able to see her anymore. i can say i stepped from 13 to 30 years old, straight on a on one day and we had the only thing i want for her, for myself, for my family , her, for myself, for my family, just to heal us. and because i promised her i will show her i will. i will be like , i will will. i will be like, i will stay in this board to fight for her justice. stay in this board to fight for herjustice. so she would be in peace. >> all the families say they just want justice. speaking to another gentleman, a gentleman who lost six members of his family, his sister, his brother

in law, his mother, his three nephews and nieces, he said that the families had never asked for the families had never asked for the inquiry. they'd never wanted the inquiry. they'd never wanted the inquiry. they'd never wanted the inquiry. what they wanted was criminal prosecutions of those responsible. other people have told me that they were assured that the inquiry wouldn't get in the way of those prosecutions, but indeed, it seems that it has. so this drags on yet further. this is no by no means the end of this. the prime minister had said, this day of truth must lead to a day of justice. but when is that going to come ? now the police are to come? now the police are investigating. they're investigating. they're investigating 19 different organisations , 58 individuals. organisations, 58 individuals. but in terms of criminal charges being brought, we understand that that's unlikely to happen before late 2026 at the earliest. so we're looking at

ten years from that catastrophic fire in which 54 adults and 18 children died before potentially anybody is sent to jail, if indeed they ever are . indeed they ever are. >> yeah. thanks, catherine. a catastrophic fire, catastrophic failures by consecutive governments, by cladding companies, by tenant management companies. they were all let down. those who died at grenfell. and our thoughts are with them, their families and everybody involved. that night, the emergency service workers and still seven years. we come to the point of the inquiry fine. but now we need the police investigation, the criminal investigation, the criminal investigation, which again , investigation, which again, could take years longer. and if you look online at the daily mail this afternoon, fat cat bosses of firms in firing line over grenfell from aston martin, driving director with a james bond number plate to the executive, who bought a £75 million seafront mansion, a year

after the disaster as their employees sickening texts are revealed. and actually it was revealed. and actually it was revealed in the inquiry that the companies involved, the cladding companies involved, the cladding companies who provided the materials, who willingly ignored the fire safety risks . they were the fire safety risks. they were still getting government contracts up to £250 million in deals from the states over the past five years. and i think sir keir starmer said today, actually, that those companies from here forth will be banned from here forth will be banned from any more government contracts. we move on now to the conservative leadership election, where in the last hour or so, priti patel has been eliminated after the first round of voting, ex immigration minister robert jenrick topped the poll with 28 votes, followed by the widely reported favourite kemi badenoch, on 22. pretty the former home secretary under bofis former home secretary under boris johnson only managed a paltry 14. here are some of the mps who voted in today's election. >> i think what we need is a leader for the future, a new leader for the future, a new leader for the conservative party, someone who can take the party forward, take the fight to keir starmer and that is exactly

what tom can do. tom has the highest net favorability ratings among the public, and it is the pubuc among the public, and it is the public who will decide the next prime minister. we are deciding our next leader, but we are then going to the public, and the pubuc going to the public, and the public need to make sure that they know that they have got a leader of the conservative party, that they can trust, that they can see has served in the past. he knows how to act, and he knows how to deliver for the people of the united kingdom. and that's why i'm that's why i'm supporting tom. i truly believe he is the candidate, the only candidate who can get us back to power as quickly as possible. in four years time, five years time, whenever the next election is, you know, quite clearly has broad support in the membership, broad support in the membership, broad support in the membership, broad support in the parliamentary party and had a really good result here today with colleagues. >> and we've seen kemi in action. i've worked for her in the department for business and trade. she has the fight within her and indeed the determination to take the fight to the labour party and has got a plan to renew not just this party, but renew not just this party, but renew the country moving forward, not just in the second half of this decade, but into 2030s. and for all those reasons and many, many more, i'm supporting kemi for leader. >> so there we go. a bombshell

first elimination from the tory leadership race. let's get the thoughts now of the former immigration minister kevin foster. good afternoon kevin. thank you for joining foster. good afternoon kevin. thank you forjoining me. you of thank you for joining me. you of course, served under boris johnson, is that right? yeah, i was i was i was in the home office in boris under boris government and obviously under pressure as home secretary. are you as shocked as her team. is this afternoon. yeah. >> i was surprised that she was the first up. although let's remember, this has been quite an open contest. there's only three votes of separated, three of three of the candidates with pretty on 14 and tom on 17. so it's disappointing for her. it's you know, she's someone who had a lot to offer. and i know there's a lot of members across there's a lot of members across the country who are looking forward to going to vote for her in the members ballot, >> what do you make of the future for priti patel? now, there's some of our viewers this afternoon saying that she might give nigel farage a call and potentially join reform, or will she lend her hand and her support to some of the other runners in the race? where do you see her future? well, look pretty is a committed conservative. at the end of the day, she wants to see a conservative prime minister after the next general election,

replacing keir starmer. >> there's no two ways about that. and then been able to get on and deliver conservative policies because, you know, we can have every debate we want from the opposition benches. but at the end of the day, labour is going to win the votes afterwards. so that's where i think pretty will be still very active, very out and about with members campaigning, with candidates who we want to see, get become mps in future. so that's what i see. will she back any of the other candidates? well, if i was her, i'd probably take an evening to relax, you know, reflect on a lot of the campaign that she did fight quite energetically and then obviously take a view of whether she wants to do that in future, >> i spoke to some sources close to her camp this afternoon, and they suggested there was some strategic voting going on, mps lending their to vote other mps who they wouldn't normally vote for just to get pretty out of the race. is there any substance to that, do you reckon, kevin? >> well, it's always a prospect, but at the end of the day, you know, going into this contest we'd have issued, we'd have had to get more than 14 votes. and that's probably where the front you become vulnerable if you're not quite getting the votes and probably robert jenrick as campaign probably took some votes who may have gone, been expected to go to pretty

previously, but it shows this is a very open contest. and whilst rob won with 28, congratulations to him. kemi on i think 22 again, i think the idea that she was a clear favourite in this, i don't think was the right thing , don't think was the right thing, always felt a lot more open in this contest, but we'll probably learn more now as the next round of voting takes place . and as we of voting takes place. and as we see particularly, for example, 14 votes added to the top candidate would actually put you guaranteed on the members ballot because the members ballot guaranteed number is 41. yes. >> so where will pretty's 14 votes go? do you think? where will they? how will they be dispersed? >> well, knowing the people involved, you know, this isn't some sort of group, that's all. just going to vote as as as a bloc. i'd have thought probably it would be the jenrick and the badenoch campaigns, who are probably most busy on the phones this evening. but of course people will be also looking at who do we want at conference as well. you know, we do want to see a good debate there, a proper examination of the reasons why we lost the general election. you know, we have to remember all of this, that, you know, we're electing a leader of the opposition who might be

prime minister in 2028, maybe 2029. you know, we cannot take for granted that we will be able we will have guaranteed success in future. >> kevin, i'll be honest with you . there are large handfuls of you. there are large handfuls of tory members. i've spoken to this afternoon, indeed, on gbnews.com/yoursay, who say, frankly, they don't care who becomes the next leader of your party because you're finished. you squandered 14 years in government. you absolutely abandoned any idea of conservative policies and they've lost all trust and goodwill. and why should they give you another chance? can you sort of sympathise with that kind of view? >> well, i can say, ben, i'm old enough to have been involved in politics. the last time people were telling us we were all finished, and apparently it was gonna be the liberal democrats who were going to become the future government. that was back in the late late 90s and early thousands. and we know what. and we know what came next after then, you know, we haven't got a right to govern again. we have to earn that trust. we have to put forward a coherent set of conservative policies, work as a team. you know, the infighting, i think, dismayed many members and traditional supporters. we

cannot go on like we did in the last, in the last parliament. but again, you know, we need to have a clear conservative alternative at the next general election, because if not, if we just argue amongst ourselves, then the reality is it's keir starmer winning. we can already see what that means for many of gb news viewers, just very quickly, because we're pushed for time. >> some would say the only real conservative politician left in this country is a one. nigel farage, would you welcome him as the leader amongst any of the cohorts running now? >> well, nigel said he wants to destroy the conservative party, so i don't think that's a great pitch to lead something you want to destroy. but look, nigel is not about for me. it's not about an individual, nigel. it's about he speaks to a lot of people who feel the political system doesn't speak to them. and that's what many of the five remaining leadership candidates now need to think about. is why is that? what are the priorities of those people? because that is the key to unlocking being back in government, not just, for example, some people have thought we could offer nigel a knighthood or a seat in the lords. no, that's not what it's about. it is about answering those concerns and those issues that are held by many gb news viewers. all right. >> great stuff. former immigration minister kevin foster, thank you for joining me and keeping me company in this

lonely studio this afternoon. okay. coming up, even more small boats have attempted to cross the english channel today. but why is nothing being done to stop them ? that's the $64 stop them? that's the $64 million question, isn't it? i'm ben leo, covering for martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

hello. welcome back ben elliott with you on gb news this afternoon covering for martin daubney who by the way is covering for nigel farage at 7:00. so you will have your daily dose of daubney today. i was covering for patrick actually 9:00 pm. sorry now, less than 24 hours after 12 people died crossing the english channel people died crossing the english channel, more small boats have attempted the dangerous journey. dozens of people were seen in calais this morning, charging across the beaches, with french police attempting to stop them. and with provisional stats today from the home office showing that 317 migrants arrived in the uk yesterday. let's get the latest with our national

reporter, charlie peters. good afternoon charlie. thanks for joining us. you mentioned a bit earlier today that 3000 other people are currently waiting on the beaches in france, ready to go. >> that's right. ben, some 3000 people waiting near the coastline, which is a change from the normal procedure. people are more often preparing themselves to make that journey further inland and then make their way to the coast when the crossing operation is launched. and we've seen that occur several times in recent years . several times in recent years. but more recently, we have seen strategies by the french police to intercept these moves, meaning that people are hiding their dinghies and the small boats specially made to order mostly in china , in different mostly in china, in different locations on the dunes across that coastline, particularly near calais and dunkirk. and the footage we're showing you now was taken this morning as another boat was launched out to sea towards dover. we saw the french authorities running across the beach to try and

intercept some people making their way towards the boats and putting together some of the footage we saw. we saw this morning. it seemed as though an original group, all wearing life jackets, got themselves out to sea. and then, as is more commonly occurring, lots of people then attempted to join on themselves, having not necessarily been part of the original plan. now, some commentators and analysts have said that this is leading to small boats being overcrowded overladen and that is leading to more dangerous, dangerous scenarios like the tragedy we saw just off the french coast yesterday afternoon. some 12 people understood to have died in that at least 12 in that situation. but there have been more arrivals today, those deaths not deterring new attempts to cross the channel and the boat that we've just shown you that was pushing out into the channel to make the journey towards dover did arrive two hours ago. and we can bring you footage of those arrivals. that's exclusive footage obtained by our team down in kent. 65 people coming off that

boat. an earlier arrival stewarded in by border force, who escorted the small boats, also brought on another 50. and early this morning soon after sunrise, we also had at least a dozen arriving. so this is a 100 plus people arriving a day after a disaster on the english coast. >> charlie peters, thanks very much. and of course, 8000 people have come since labour took power. some 5060 days ago, more than 20,000 since the start of the year. and the french now want people to be able to claim asylum even from europe, in britain. so claim asylum in europe for britain, even if you're not here, beggars belief . you're not here, beggars belief. elsewhere, more pensioners than ever are fearing for their finances , with new analysis finances, with new analysis suggesting that the poorest among them could be at most risk of losing government support. the department for work and pensions released new data which claims that the majority of low income pensioner households will lose help when support is restricted to just those on

pension credit. let's get the thoughts of the chair of the chair of the women against state pension equality group, angela madden. good afternoon angela. thanks for joining madden. good afternoon angela. thanks forjoining me. it madden. good afternoon angela. thanks for joining me. it feels like, i don't know if you agree, angela, but it feels like this labour government sort of really hates pensioners because in addition to this winter fuel allowance, we've got the prospects, the idea being floated from angela rayner's camp that they're now going to take the single person council tax discount as well , which tax discount as well, which would of course would affect predominantly widowed pensioners , predominantly widowed pensioners, >> yes. it's, it's not something we would have expected from the party of social justice. >> i don't think, i mean, they talk about rich pensioners and there probably are some. >> but like everything else, it's probably a bell curve with very rich at one end, very poor at the other end and the mass in the middle, just about managing. >> do you feel pensioners in this country are being prioritised over train drivers, for example ,

for example, >> i think the government have said they have difficult decisions to make and i'm sure they have. i think we might seem like an easy target to them because we haven't got the power of train drivers or, you know, other groups of workers who can, withdraw their labour if they're not happy about something. but we do have influence, and we have influence. a lot of our members are also union members , members are also union members, and i'm sure, the unions are thinking about all of this as well. and i mean , i think unite well. and i mean, i think unite union has come out and said that they're very unhappy with what they're very unhappy with what the government seem to be doing at the moment. >> angela, you said that they're potentially picky on pensioners because you haven't got, say, the power or the sway of unionised train drivers. i mean, isn't that the hallmark of a bully picking on people who are powerless to respond , powerless to respond, >> i don't know.

>> i don't know. >> yes, it could be construed that way, i mean, certainly mr starmer seems bullish at the moment in the way he's approaching things, he said he's changed the labour party and if these, decisions are an example of the change to the labour party, then it doesn't seem like changes for the better to poorer people . people. >> do you feel like pensioners and the older generation are respected anymore in this country ? angela. country? angela. >> anymore? >> anymore? >> have they ever been , for >> have they ever been, for quite some time now. >> i mean, we've, we've we've got one of the lowest state pensions in europe, and the government seem to think of it as some kind of a benefit that we haven't worked for or paid into. whereas, you know, personally, i had a career of 42 years and i paid national insurance every month of those 42 years. and so i feel that we

have paid into it now . have paid into it now. government years ago decided to use a kind of a ponzi scheme where they used today's income to pay out today's benefits. and it's not working anymore. clearly, because there aren't enough workers to contribute to that particular scheme. so definitely, i think something needs to change. >> keir starmer said in parliament today that the state pension would be getting a £1,000 boost over the next five years. i mean, does that not sort of, neg out the winter fuel allowance being taken away, >> not really, that just kind of keeps pensioners standing still. >> £1,000 over five years isn't really very much, is it? i mean, the state pension now is only 11,500 a year. that would only make it 12,500 pounds in five years time , the median wage in years time, the median wage in the country is what, nearly

35,000. if you're on less than 60% of that, then you're considered to be in poverty. so that doesn't get us anywhere near the 21,000, which is 60% of the current median wage. it doesn't even get us near to the living or minimum wage. so i think, you know, pensioners have had a rough deal for quite a long time . and although the long time. and although the government seem to think these numbers are really big, when you're struggling with, council tax going up. yeah inflation as it is, fuel bills going up, you're only just standing still by getting those increases. nothing more . nothing more. >> okay. angela madden, you are the. you are. sorry to interrupt. you are the chair of the women against state pension inequality group. thank you, angela, for joining me. inequality group. thank you, angela, forjoining me. this afternoon. appreciate it. lots more to come between now and 6:00 when michelle dewberry takes over, including how sir keir starmer fared on his first pmqs after a summer of stabbings and riots across the country. now though, it's time for your

news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> benn. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 530. your headlines. 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 700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government companies , by the government companies, contractors and council staff turned the building into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. met police deputy assistant commissioner stuart cundy spoke a short while ago, emphasising the scale of the investigation. >> our criminal investigation into the grenfell tower tragedy is one of the most largest and complex investigation the met police has ever undertaken. our

investigation started in june 2017 and continues to this day. ihave 2017 and continues to this day. i have a team of 180 investigators working on this full time, plus many others who support the investigation, particularly expert witnesses. it is hugely complex. we've seized over 150 million documents. the interconnectedness of the different companies, the different companies, the different individuals and their actions. it's something we need to untangle. >> rishi sunak , now leader of >> rishi sunak, now 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. 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. however, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut the winter fuel payments , saying it's essential payments, saying it's essential to stabilise the economy and

more on that breaking news coming to us from the us, where it's understood two people have now died and four have been injured after a shooting at a high school in georgia. appalachia high school in barrow county has been put on lockdown this morning after reports of gunfire. georgia state police say one person is in custody after the shooting. we will bnng after the shooting. we will bring you more as we get it. and priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. meanwhile robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes. mps cast their opening votes this afternoon , reducing the this afternoon, reducing the number of candidates from 6 to 5. the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your

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the ballots will be opened first to the many uk fans who were unsuccessful on the initial sale, with ticketmaster. more details to follow. so just to clarify, if you care about oasis and you love music, you love britpop, oasis will be performing two new additional dates at wembley in london next yean dates at wembley in london next year, and they won't go on ticketmaster, so you won't have a chance to buy them for four, five, six grand. whatever. the original lot were going for. well, another box office show is coming up tonight and it's of course, dewbs & co who and tubes course, dewbs& co who and tubes of course, joins me now. tubes. what's in your box of tricks for tonight? hello >> yeah, of course we'll be leading on grenfell and i've got a labour housing minister joining me down the line. so i'm fascinated to know what the viewers want me to put to her. it's really an emotive topic, >> awful devastating . very >> awful devastating. very damning report. >> of course, that's been announced today, so i want to look at that. >> i also want to look at pensions more broadly, how much people need to retire these

days, whether the triple lock is the right position. one of my panellists says that the triple lock shouldn't even be a thing anymore, so there's you know, there's all of that and lots more coming up at six. >> cracking. look forward to it. thanks, tubes . okay. elsewhere thanks, tubes. okay. elsewhere coming up on my show. not long to go until dubai takes over. but reaction to pmqs today. sir keir starmer i mean, according to you guys online gbnews.com/yoursay, twitter and so on. you reckon rishi sunak absolutely skewered sir keir starmer today? starmer was saying he took the difficult decisions to stabilise the economy by taking away pensioners fuel payments. rishi sunak says well hang on a minute, you chose to do that and gave billions to public sector pay gave billions to public sector pay workers , train drivers, pay workers, train drivers, doctors. do you value train drivers on 60 5ka

tick? good afternoon ben lee with you on gb news. this afternoon in replacement of martin daubney who's covering for patrick christys tonight from nine. right. we move on. the prime minister says that he's taken hard decisions to stabilise the economy following backlash for cutting the winter fuel allowance and refusing to rule out certain tax rises in october. in his first pmqs back following the summer break, sir keir starmer defended his policies as a result of the, quote, absolute chaos that his government inherited from the tories . tories. >> the 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 are allowing housing benefits , which allowing housing benefits, which they did not do for years and over five years. this projected increase of up to £1,000 for those on pensions, we are the tough decisions that they are . tough decisions that they are. >> well, let's get the thoughts now of former labour mp denis

macshane, who joins me live. good afternoon denis. it's no surprise, is it, that sir keir starmer's approval ratings are in the gutter ? in the gutter? >> gutter? oh, i thought i saw they were doing rather well as a party overall. >> i mean, i really don't track day by day so—called approval ratings. i hear good reports in a number of papers that the economic situation is stabilising. >> now . >> now. >> now. >> certainly he dealt very strongly with the riots. >> the right wing racist violence really stepped down, hardened. >> it got applause from all over the world. given how big a problem that is . so i just bide problem that is. so i just bide my time, wait for a few by elections and we get a hysterical we're just out of the silly season. i impressed terms on any prime minister's ratings . on any prime minister's ratings. >> denis, can i interject? sorry. sorry to be terribly rude. you said the economic situation is stabilising. what economic situation is that ? economic situation is that? >> it was a report in the

financial times yesterday. i was reading, quoting a lot of business people , that they're business people, that they're confident that the general direction of travel of, of the country makes sense. it's got won international respect. i'm quoting them . look, you have quoting them. look, you have plenty of very highly qualified economists on all sides of the political spectrum who you can call upon. and i leave it to them to make things tell you what they think's going on. but this was certainly i was pleasantly surprised because you read about, you know, a crony story or a portrait of mrs. thatcher on a wall, and you read it in the daily mail, the daily telegraph and you'd think we're the sort of permanent crisis of some third world state. and then you just go out onto the streets of london and enjoy the sun and see all the kids going back to school and business is doing reasonably well. and, you know, let's wait and see. >> well, dennis, it might be, you know , non—news or people on you know, non—news or people on the mums taking their kids to

school might be oblivious to what labour is getting up to. but for starters, the cronyism but for starters, the cronyism scandal is not just anything scandal is not just anything they have appointed swathes of they have appointed swathes of former aides, donors , political, former aides, donors , political, former aides, donors, political, politically linked staffers at former aides, donors, political, politically linked staffers at labour together to politically labour together to politically neutral civil service jobs. neutral civil service jobs. let's tackle that. first, you let's tackle that. first, you must admit that is not a nothing must admit that is not a nothing burger. >> let's just say that the burger. >> let's just say that the previous government in the last previous government in the last two years appointed nearly 200 two years appointed nearly 200 of the you're meant to be doing of the you're meant to be doing better, dennis. >> forget the tories. they're better, dennis. >> forget the tories. they're gone. you won dennis. you won gone. you won dennis. you won the election. forget the tories. the election. forget the tories. you can't keep saying but the you can't keep saying but the tories did this. labour are tories did this. labour are meant to be better. meant to be better. >> all right, all right. i don't >> all right, all right. i don't like whataboutery. but if you like whataboutery. but if you think there's any government in think there's any government in human history , british history, human history , british history, human history, british history, human history, british history, european american history that european american history that just comes in and says to civil just comes in and says to civil servants, you're in charge now, servants, you're in charge now, we're not going to put anybody we're not going to put anybody else in who's, as it were, from else in who's, as it were, from our perspective, who's a real our perspective, who's a real expert, somebody who knows how expert, somebody who knows how

to get things done cronyism to get things done . from our to get things done. from our point of view, that will be the first time in the history of any democracy that i know. >> okay. well, i mean, the point is, keir starmer spent the entire election campaign at least going round pretending he's an angel, saying this is the government of service for you, for britain . i'm not going you, for britain. i'm not going to take lectures from a bunch of corrupt tories, but he's done the same thing when it comes to cronyism. >> dennis, where do you where do you see keir starmer taking £14 million from putin's oligarchs like boris johnson did, or giving contracts for covid did, god forbid again , god forbid god forbid again, god forbid covid happens again , again to covid happens again, again to tory donors or some of . the tory donors or some of. the appointments to the house of lords. we've seen where that's there. i completely agree with you, and i've argued for a long time. we need to get all financing out of private hands, and democracy should pay for democracy. that's another debate that you're talking, dennis. >> you're talking about the tories . again, you need to and tories. again, you need to and labour need to stop doing that because the goodwill is going to evaporate. talking about pmqs

today, sir keir starmer

starmer or to whoever the next tory leader is. >> well, my mum's not happy, i'll tell you that, dennis. >> i can believe it. for a lot of people it is a sensitive issue . i hope labour's got it issue. i hope labour's got it right. i'm putting a question mark over it. >> yeah, okay. denis macshane former labour mp. thank you for joining me. this afternoon. up next, england football team. they're back in action for the first time without gareth southgate in charge. hooray. i say this weekend the match kicks off. we get the of new boss lee carsley next. i'm ben

welcome back ben leo covering for martin daubney this afternoon. moving on to something a bit more down my street now. sports. the football is back on this weekend. cole palmer, ollie watkins and phil foden they've all withdrawn from the england squad for the nafions the england squad for the nations league fixtures. it comes as lee carsley rather

takes charge of his first england training session in front of the cameras. gareth southgate, of course , left after southgate, of course, left after the summer's euros debacle and that's ahead of their game against ireland on saturday. so how will england get on with an interim manager at the helm? and after life without gareth southgate? let's get the latest with the sports journalist ben jacobs. afternoon, ben. thanks for joining me, lee carsley's forjoining me, lee carsley's first game in charge. typically, i'd say i don't really care about the nations league. it's kind of the national international equivalent of the league cup. who cares? but important game for lee carsley . important game for lee carsley. >> yeah. very important. >> yeah. very important. >> let's not forget he might be a candidate to get the job permanently, so he'll be looking to impress. >> first up at the aviva stadium in dublin on september the seventh. >> and then there's that game at wembley stadium. >> so two opportunities for carsley against ireland and finland and a young squad very much putting his faith in some of the players that have come through at under 21 level. >> it's disappointing to lose somebody like cole palmer, but

by the same token, this early in the season, players don't want to take any risks. if they're carrying a little bit of a niggle. >> and as you say , ollie watkins >> and as you say, ollie watkins is another one that has an opportunity to prove himself, whether under carsley or a new boss. >> and then some young players and some new names coming into the side. >> noni madueke is a particularly interesting one because he started the season very strongly as far as chelsea are concerned, and tino livramento, who is keeping kieran trippier out of the newcastle side. >> and now trippier has retired from england. international duty and livramento has got his first call up as well. so for a chance for some young players to show what they're made of and maybe, just maybe, carsley to get rid of that interim title, if all goes according to plan, even if he's not necessarily the favourite to replace gareth southgate permanently at this stage. >> yeah, well, you can imagine if he wins the nations league, you know, fingers crossed. i'm sure he'll get the job. any idea what gareth southgate is up to? these days? >> nothing at the moment. >> nothing at the moment. >> i mean, he's contracted until

towards the end of the year with england. people will put two and two together and say if it doesn't work out for erik ten hag, then jim ratcliffe knows southgate well. he was a candidate. if ten hag had gone last summer. so maybe there is a neat narrative that says ten hag is under pressure because you've got a free agent in gareth southgate who might be waiting and would be open to manchester united. but at this stage we've heard manchester united officials say very clearly they're still backing ten hag. we wait and see whether that's a dreaded vote of confidence or the true reality. but southgate no closer to his next job. but sources do say that he is keen to get back into club management sooner rather than later . sooner rather than later. >> ben, do you think my desire , >> ben, do you think my desire, my fantasy of arsene wenger ever managing the england team will manifest in my lifetime ? manifest in my lifetime? >> i don't think so. only because of the age and the fact that he's very invested at the bureaucratic level of fifa, rather than necessarily being dragged back into management. there was a brief period in time, actually, before chelsea's parent company took over, where

strasbourg looked to try and bnng strasbourg looked to try and bring him back, and he wasn't interested in a sentimental return. so i think he's going to stay above management and at senior level within the fifa hierarchy. we're still maybe looking at the kind of names like eddie howe or graham potter who could get an interview for this job, and you never know, there might be a surprise candidate. i don't think it's going to be thomas tuchel, even though he would welcome a move. i'm not so sure that jose mourinho will be factored in ehhen mourinho will be factored in either, but someone like pep guardiola is of course very interesting simply because his contract expires at manchester city in 2025. he hasn't yet signed a new deal. you've got those charges hovering as well, and it wouldn't remotely surprise me if he ends up being factored in, at least as far as the interview process is concerned. but right now we don't have a singular candidate. we just have a series of names that may or may not get interviews, and we're going to have to be a little bit patient to find out who gets the job, including, of course, lee carsley as well. >> okay, ben. ben jacobs , sports >> okay, ben. ben jacobs, sports journalist with the latest on england and playing ireland on saturday night of course. thank

you very much. right. that's all from me this evening. i'm back tomorrow three till six. martins on patrick's show tonight . and on patrick's show tonight. and another cracking hour coming up next with jubes. thanks for watching. here's your weather with annie . with annie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> 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 , parts of eastern scotland, northeastern england, so that will drag in a bit more cloud with that northeasterly wind dragging showers down from the northwest 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 across the south coast of england, and

there is a rain warning in force from around 9:00 this evening across southern areas all the way through until friday evening . way through until friday evening. so it's the start of quite a wet penod so it's the start of quite a wet period for southern areas through tonight. further north, though, it is turning much drier , though, it is turning much drier, particularly across western areas of scotland, where it will be a clear and pretty settled night, in fact. so temperatures will fall away into single figures, not quite as cold as last night , figures, not quite as cold as last night, but still a fairly chilly start. lots of sunshine around. first thing though, across northern ireland we could see this low cloud lingering across northeastern coast of england as well as the east coast of scotland first thing. but it's across the south of england and southern areas of wales . we'll see pulses of heavy wales. we'll see pulses of heavy rain through thursday morning and after some heavy rain overnight tonight, there could be some trouble on the roads. so there is this weather warning in force. please take a closer look at the met office website and app at the met office website and app for more details on the warning. but the rain is likely to linger all through thursday and into friday. the best of the sunshine is going to be across northern ireland and western

scotland, and here temperatures could climb up to 22 degrees. northwestern 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 northwest . northwest. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

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labour housing minister about that. also speaking of labour, there's rumours now that angela rayner will scrap the right to buy scheme should she? also i want to talk about pensions and pensioners in this country. state pension is costing more and more. many people are saying is it time to scrap the triple lock? i personally absolutely do not think it is. what do you think? and priti patel out. that surprised me. did it surprise you? and is it the right move forward . all of that and more. forward. all of that and more. i've got a great. well i say great. you won't believe your eyes when i show you the video of shoplifting. i thought i'd seen it all, but clearly i haven't. look, before we get into all of that, let's cross for 6:00 news headlines . for 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening from the gb newsroom. it'sjust >> good evening from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 6:00. your top story this hour, the

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