>>a >> a very good afternoon to you and a very happy monday. it's 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. today with the revolt over the winter fuel allowance and 2000 lags being released early from jails. could this be labour's darkest week and the beginning of a long winter of discontent? for sir keir? starmer's under—fire government will bring you the inside line from the heart of westminster. and on friday, an emergency meeting at the national crime agency promised to smash the gangs. but today a damning report claims that the nca is on its knees with its it systems creaking and with almost 25% of senior roles vacant. the report

warns of potentially catastrophic implications for both the agency and for the country . and a top cop at the country. and a top cop at the metropolitan police has admitted finally, they didn't get everything right and how they managed pro—palestine protests. officers stood by as vile slurs were projected onto big ben. i saw that with my own eyes. masked thugs cried for jihad. what took the mets so to long confess? that's all coming up in your next hour . once the show. a your next hour. once the show. a delight to have your company. i've got one simple question for you today. is it fair to axe the pensioners winter fuel allowance? why on earth does the government continue to tell us black lives matter , trans lives black lives matter, trans lives matter, refugees lives matter. yet it seems pensioners lives. they don't seem to matter that much at all. in 2017, the labour party's own report predicted there would be 4000 deaths in

that winter due to the tories if they planned to cut the winter fuel allowance. and yet tomorrow, with almost certainty, this will get voted through . this will get voted through. what's changed? or will no pensioners die on the labour watch? let me know if you've been affected by this . let me been affected by this. let me know how outraged you are. please go to gbnews.com forward slash your say and have your say and i'll read out the best before the end of the show. but now let's have your headlines andifs now let's have your headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. stephen ling, who raped and stabbed joanne tulip 60 times in a sadistic murder in northumberland 27 years ago, should be freed from prison . should be freed from prison. that's according to the parole board. stephen ling was jailed for life in december 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on joanne tulip, who was 29 years old. ling was sentenced to life

with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 years by the high court. in other news, gun salutes are marking the anniversary of the king's accession today , a 62 gun royal accession today, a 62 gun royal salute is being fired by the honourable artillery company at the tower of london and marks a two year anniversary of king charles taking to the throne. earlier, the 41 gun salute took place at hyde park in london. that gun salute fired by the king's troop, royal horse artillery. it also marks the passing of the late queen elizabeth the second. leaders of two of the biggest unions have put further pressure on the government over its plans to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. unite and pcs union have both criticised the plan, while paul nowak, head of the trades union congress, says the government should rethink the plan and consider other lines of support for pensioners. the health secretary says the policy will

have a negative impact on his constituents, but insists it's a necessary move. mps will vote tomorrow on the plans to scrap the payment. speaking at the tuc conference in brighton, paul nowak said he'll work with the government to rebuild public services . services. >> play our part in recasting britain's industrial future and above all, we'll work with the government to face down those on the right who wish to sow division and discord in our communities. and our message to the tinpot politicians. the street thugs and any rag tag group that tries to promote their message of hate is clear. not in our workplaces, not in our communities, not on our watch. >> now , hollywood actor idris >> now, hollywood actor idris elba has joined the prime minister in downing street to launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. elba, an anti—knife crime campaigner, joins the keir starmer this morning as he

launched the coalition, which aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs. the coalition will bring together campaign groups , together campaign groups, families of people who've lost their lives to knife crime and young people who've been affected by it , as well as young people who've been affected by it, as well as idris and the home secretary, yvette coopen and the home secretary, yvette cooper. sir keir starmer says he wants to make it harder to buy dangerous weapons online. idris says it's time to put ideas into action. >> today was identified some of the low hanging fruit that can be actioned quickly , right. be actioned quickly, right. things around, you know , things around, you know, accessibility of knives , online accessibility of knives, online sales and things like that. there's all these things take time to actually get into law. but today was really about how do we get to them quicker. and so our next step is to aggregate the thoughts that we've had today. we've got a point of contact, and that person will be, aggregating those action points and then those involved in those action points will be then tasked to get and get them

done.the then tasked to get and get them done. the prime minister, by the way, is super, super keen to just keep pushing and that's what we've seen. so it's been good. >> meanwhile, the metropolitan police says it's very likely arrests will be made more quickly when it handles large protests in the future. assistant commissioner matt twist also admitted the force didn't get everything right when policing recent demonstrations, frequent protests and counter—demonstrations have been held since last october, including by environmental campaigners and from groups calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas conflict. protests also developed into rioting and disorder after three girls were killed in an attack in southport in july , and noel gallagher says in july, and noel gallagher says he's thrilled and honoured to have his portrait added to the national portrait gallery. despite, he says, being a grumpy, middle aged man who hates having his picture taken. the picture, taken by zoe law, will go on display for the first time on november the 29th as part of the london gallery's

legends exhibition, which will feature 100 portraits taken by law of people who have influenced her life and career. the image of gallagher will remain part of the gallery's permanent collection once the exhibition ends on the 2nd of march next year. 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. now we've got an epic week ahead in politics, so let's get stuck in. could this be the labour party's darkest week? and are we headed for a winter of discontent? well, tomorrow, sir keir starmer faces the first major rebellion of his premiership as mps also vote on scrapping the controversial pensioners winter fuel allowance. now this comes

as tomorrow will also see a mass release of prisoners back onto the streets, with 2000 being released. in fact, tomorrow, which shockingly includes a high proportion of domestic abusers. and if things couldn't get any worse for the prime minister, the law enforcement agency at the law enforcement agency at the forefront of sir keir starmer's plan to smash the gangsis starmer's plan to smash the gangs is said to be in crisis, putting at risk its ability to take on people smugglers and other organised criminals. well, that's a lot to get stuck into. so let's get started. i'm joined now in the studio by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, i said at the top of the show, it seems the labour party, everybody's lives matter, black lives matter, trans lives matter, refugees lives matter. except old people's lives don't seem to matter. why on earth are they choosing this as their first hill to die on? >> that's a choice which the labour government would not accept. but there's no question that they are putting at risk pensioners by this change. there's a report, of course,

commissioned by the labour party back in 2017, which forecast that thousands of pensioners could, could die, could literally freeze to death because of this change. there's apparently 2 million pensioners just above that pension credit line who can't benefit from this pension credit, which the government is trying to expand to make up for the removal of this winter fuel payment. of course, there's 800,000 still to be signed up. so far in the past five weeks, the numbers signing up for that winter fuel, winter fuel credit has increased by 100% to just 38,000 in 5 weeks, from 18,000 in the five weeks before. so with very low numbers and barely touching the sides of the numbers, you need to sign up to do this. there is concern, i think, in the labour high command, although it wasn't raised by any minister at today's cabinet meeting, no one said why was this happening? wasn't in the manifesto. why are you doing this? rachel reeves meets the parliamentary labour party at 6 pm. tonight. she's the chancellor. she'll be trying to make the point to these. many of them. in two thirds of these are new labour mps not used to

making tough choices in government. and here's a big one.then government. and here's a big one. then alison mcgovern, i can reveal on gb news will brief members in a mass members phone in at 7 pm. >> this is the whip around? >> this is the whip around? >> yes, it's a ring. it's a ring round of members, a massive phone call with members. they are seriously worried. i think, about how this is going down on the doorstep. we are a long way from an election, martin. we haven't even got a tory leader yet . and yet this has made some yet. and yet this has made some real choices here. >> we might be a long way from an election, but these are memories that could last a long time. people still say now, maggie thatcher, milk snatcher. that was when i was a boy. that was a fact of my childhood. that meanness gets will remind viewers of what that is. >> that was when she was, of course, the education minister, and she sanctioned the removal of free school milk for children in about 1971. how old you are, martin? but it was a long time ago when i was eight, so i 79, 78, 70. >> so just before she was prime minister. but the fact of the matter is, what i'm saying is that casts a long shadow over her meanness. and i think this feels like it could go the same way in terms of the revolt. how

big do you think it's going to be? we've seen on the front page of the papers today scores what, 20, 40, 60, 40 is the ballpark figure? >> revolt is a funny word. it means not supporting the government. so it means not backing the government, abstaining or being absent without leave. unlikely to be many voting against the government. you'll have those rebels, those six or so rebels like jeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell and others. they will be rebelling. but you can imagine there won't be that many want to have that fight right now. but it's a very big day for keir starmer. tomorrow he's off to the tuc conference in brighton. two big unions are saying reverse show. it shows leadership. sharon graham, who's the head of the unite union, a massive donor, says it will show leadership. if you do try and reverse this policy. >> keir starmer is not a whiff of hypocrisy about that, though. as you pointed out, 2017 the labour party's own report said 4000 pensioners could die. that winter, energy was much cheaper then. there are far more pensioners now than then, so presumably more than 4000 people could die this time round. and

that's a decision they're taking willingly. the tuc are saying that we should reverse this. they've been campaigning for pay rises for all of their members. unite the teachers union, saying that sir keir starmer is picking the pockets of pensioners. they gave £10 billion to the teachers and the nhs workers . so your and the nhs workers. so your members, crucially, could get an inflation busting pay rise. they're part of the problem, martin. >> crucially, those who who can work can get pay rises. pensioners by their very nature being pensioners, are not working. they're stuck with a fixed income. later this week we'd like to see the increase in the state pension by a big figure by the triple lock. we'll see it announced probably wednesday or thursday, and that will be a way for this government to move on from what could be a damaging vote tomorrow and a damaging debate in the tuc. i can see why they're doing it in that order, but it's definitely picking a fight here. they didn't really need to have. i think, so early in their time in government. >> do you think a lot of the young mps you talked about there understand the magnitude of what's about to happen here? because i'm going to speak to a guy later on from the pensioner

vote, andrew david pinellas, he started a grassroots foundation. he's planning to name and shame every single politician who votes for this and to go on an awareness campaign in every constituency across the land, say your mp voted to make pensioners colder and poorer and or worse. back to my first point. do you think that the shadow that this vote cast could could haunt the labour party for a long time? >> it depends how this winter is. they'll be hoping for a mild winter if it's a cold winter, and if people do start to pass away very, very sadly, of course, very sadly, if they have to turn off the heating and they can't, they can't afford to stay warm. and we have tragic consequences that will be on elements in this labour government already. i put a note out on social media saying that not a single cabinet minister spoke out in today's cabinet against this withdrawal of this benefit, and that's already been picked up by the tory party because that will be on them on this cabinet for not rejecting astonishing and on a day, if it's not a big day of news already for the labour party. >> tomorrow, of course, is that early release day, 2000 inmates being released after only

serving 40% of their tariff, and the headlines today, again from supportive media like the guardian saying domestic abuse survivors will be having sleepless nights. another bad news day for the labour party. yeah, well, the government says on that. >> they say that those who are convicted of violent or serious offences over four years inside won't be released , nor will won't be released, nor will those with coercive control. domestic violence or domestic abuse. but of course, you can be convicted of a different charge assault and battery . and but assault and battery. and but behind that lies domestic abuse. what's happening is here and we've seen it on gb news from our viewers . they're getting our viewers. they're getting phone calls from the probation service to say , the individual service to say, the individual who caused your family such misery. you thought was locked up, maybe till the middle of next year is now out this week and many people don't always watch gb news as closely as we do, or watch the news, or are aware of what's happening to them. it's a bolt from the blue. they're trying to move on from a dreadful time in their lives. and here comes the government to say, i'm sorry, we're releasing people early. we heard from number 10 earlier. they said it's a difficult and tough but

necessary decision to take. and they also say , number 10, that they also say, number 10, that had they not done this, the police wouldn't be able to make arrests. so they're putting it back on the on the tory government. but however you see it, the choices being made here by the labour government and it may come back to backfire on them. >> what a huge day ahead. 6 pm. so all eyes are on that ring around to see what the. >> well, that's an in—person meeting at 6 pm. is it? yeah that's the in—person meeting. the 7 pm. is your conference call. >> and when will you get snippets of i'll do my best for six beautiful stuff, chris. always a pleasure. thank you very much. and see you again in the next hour. let's go back now to speaking about pensions with the pensions expert, tom mcphail. tom, welcome to the show. you've no doubt heard our exchange there. and the thing that makes this even more astonishing , tom, is that we astonishing, tom, is that we learned today that in 2017, the labour party briefed against theresa may's, winter fuel cut, labour party briefed against theresa may's, winter fuel cut, which never happened, saying which never happened, saying 4000 deaths could be 4000 deaths could be precipitated by that. and yet, precipitated by that. and yet, here we go. now, what are you here we go. now, what are you heanng here we go. now, what are you hearing from pensioners in terms heanng here we go. now, what are you hearing from pensioners in terms of their their worrisome of their their worrisome

situation about they situation about they could be facing a much colder and a much poorer winter ahead. >> well, you earlier on you used the phrase the labour party have chosen as hill to die on, and it does seem a very curious hill for them to choose to die on. it's not going to save the government more than £1 billion or so, which is a rounding error in terms of the overall national account. you know, they're giving far, far more than that, ten times more than that away in in overseas climate aid, you talked about the settlement of pubuc talked about the settlement of public sector workers. so this is a choice. the government is making. and what does it mean for pensioners? well, for those pensioners just above the pension credit and credit entitlement income level, they're going to lose up to £300 from this. and that's going to really matter a lot because by definition, we're talking about people who don't have a lot of money and they're worrying about

april, which kick in until next april, which is after the coming winter. kick in until next april, which is after the coming winter . and is after the coming winter. and in any event, that is simply a cost of living increase. the winter fuel allowance, by definition, is intended to target pensioners above the state pension, so it's an additional payment which is now being removed. it's going to be extremely worrying for pensioners who are looking ahead to possibly a cold winter . we've to possibly a cold winter. we've had a pretty wet summer, so they're going to be very anxious about this. so i think the labour party has chosen a really interesting battle to fight. and they're losing a lot of friends in the process . in the process. >> okay. tom mcphail i'm also joined in our studio by our political editor, chris hope. he has a question for you. >> hi, tom. just a very quick question. the government says today that so far around 38,000 people in the past five weeks have signed up to the pension credit, double the figure in the previous five weeks. but the number who haven't signed up for this yet is 850,000 at the last count. have you worked out if all those 850,000 people signed up for pension credit, would it

wipe out the saving of axing the entire winter fuel payment to everybody? >> largely it would, yes. and i don't have the numbers at my fingertips, but largely, yes, it would eliminate it. and on that point, chris, you made it earlier on. look, the previous pensions minister, guy opperman in particular, went on long campaigns, invested months of their time in trying to boost take up of the pension credit. so as you say, we've seen a modest uptick in the take up of the pension credit. and in recent weeks it hasn't really shifted the dial. so i think the government are using this as as window dressing to say, look, we've done our best to encourage those who are eligible to take up the pension credit. it's not our fault. they're not claiming it. if they're not getting their winter fuel allowance as a result, it's on them. it's not our fault that really doesn't wash. because, you know, the definition of madness is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome. we've been here before and it hasn't worked. it's an extremely bureaucratic process to apply for pension credit. so i think the government really does need to have a look at this . to have a look at this. >> and tom, isn't that the point,

you know, a lot of old folks struggle at the best of times. with all due respect, i do myself with things like parking apps, you know, with technology , apps, you know, with technology, the interface to get access to these benefits, multi—page, endless questionnaires, confusing at the very best of times for anybody with access to technology who understands their way around all of this. and so it's all fair and well to say, oh, no, the benefits are there. if you want them. but it's difficult. it's harder for pensioners to get their heads around this and to get in gear. and so maybe you're right. maybe this is just window dressing. >> yeah. no look, this is a well known dirty secret of the treasury that they are intensely relaxed about the failure of the take up of pensioners to claim this, this important benefit. and i saw that at first hand under the previous government. i'm sure it's the same is true today. now it's politically awkward for the current government, but the truth is, the treasury has always been pretty relaxed about people not claiming the pension credit because it saves them a couple of billion pounds a year. >> yeah, it's astonishing stuff. okay. thank you very much for

joining us. tom mcphail. no doubt we'll be sharing words with you over the coming days as this vote. inevitably, it seems , this vote. inevitably, it seems, goes through parliament tomorrow night. thank you very much. and also, thank you very much to you, chris hope. always a pleasure to see you in the next houn pleasure to see you in the next hour. now lots more on that story. of course, throughout the rest of the show we'll have some experts to help you tread through this minefield. and also on how to fight back. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country, so thank you very much . now, if you're short of much. now, if you're short of your winter fuel allowance, this might for be you because it's time for the great british giveaway now. and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. £36,000 tax free could be yours. that's like having an extra £3,000 tax free in your bank account every single month for an entire year. now here's all the details that you need to make it yours. >> there's an incredible £36,000 to be won in the great british giveaway . that's like having an giveaway. that's like having an extra £3,000 each month to play with. and because it's totally tax free, you get to keep every

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welcome back. it's 3:25 on martin daubney on gb news now . martin daubney on gb news now. as the uk marks two years since king charles ascended to the throne following the tragic, sad death of his mother , elizabeth death of his mother, elizabeth ii. gun salutes have been fired today in hyde park and at the tower of london to mark this historic occasion. however, this comes against the backdrop of the so—called prince andrew problem with the king reportedly keen to move his brother to more suitable accommodation to reduce his security costs. well, here are the thoughts of our royal correspondent cameron walker. >> it's hard to believe it's been two years now since king charles ascended the throne, and we very sadly lost the late queen elizabeth the second. today, to mark that occasion,

the british army have paid their own personal respects and celebration of two years of king charles the third. first, at midday, precisely, we had a 41 gun salute in hyde park in central london, provided by the king's troop, royal horse artillery. then at 1:00 exactly, we had a 62 gun salute provided by the honorary artillery company at the tower of london. the city inside the city of london, of course . it's been a london, of course. it's been a very turbulent two years for king charles. although if you go by the yougov polling, his opinion ratings have remained largely the same really, since he became king. charles supports for the british monarchy is over two thirds, according to that latest yougov poll, and king charles personally enjoys a popularity ratings of more than 60%. but clearly health has been a big battle for his majesty the king since march. he has had an enlarged prostate. he's sought treatment for that which was successful, but he's also had a

separate form of cancer and he's been undergoing treatment for that. he stood back briefly from pubuc that. he stood back briefly from public duties, although he always continued his constitutional role signing government documents, reading his the papers inside his red boxes. but he appears to be back on public duties now in a very big way, actually. and buckingham palace has confirmed that he will be going to australia for an autumn tour next month, as well as samoa for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. his uncle, not his uncle, his his, brother , not his uncle, his his, brother, even prince andrew. he is continuing to be a bit of a headache for king charles, reportedly, who is refusing to move out of royal lodge. that 30 bedroom mansion on the windsor estate. it's reported that king charles thinks it's more cost effective than the crown estate thinks. it's more cost effective for prince andrew to move into the smaller frogmore cottage on the smaller frogmore cottage on the already guarded perimeter of the already guarded perimeter of the windsor castle estate, whereas whereas royal lodge needs its own separate security, which clearly needs to be paid

for at the moment by king charles. reportedly £3 million. as for king charles reflecting on the momentous occasion of himself becoming king, he spent the day privately at balmoral with queen camilla. although he was spotted attending the church service at crathie kirk yesterday morning . yesterday morning. >> beautiful stuff there, cameron walker at buckingham palace earlier on today. now weight loss drugs are being used more and more frequently around the world, but some experts are concerned that people are using them incorrectly. well, new research has revealed that the hotspots in the uk for people researching these drugs , with researching these drugs, with bolton at the top of the list, now northwest of england. reporter sophie reaper spoke to one woman who lost ten stone using one of these drugs . using one of these drugs. >> saxenda wegovy . and of course >> saxenda wegovy. and of course ozempic. just some of the weight loss drugs making recent headunes loss drugs making recent headlines used to suppress appetite if taken correctly, these drugs can help those who

needit these drugs can help those who need it to lose large amounts of body fat . just one of those body fat. just one of those people was colleen calnan. >> i was over 25 stone at that point and was delusional and i had amazing results. i lost like ten stone and it was a hard journey. 150%, but it was one of the best things i've done. obviously, i've had a gastric sleeve now. now i'm back to what i should be, i suppose. >> but despite her amazing results, colleen still advises caution. it's dangerous. >> it's a black label medication. yes, it changed my life, but it needs to be used responsibly. >> speaking on weight loss drugs , >> speaking on weight loss drugs, the national medical director for the nhs has also warned medical professionals to take care. he said there can be dangerous if they're being prescribed without proper checks. so online pharmacies and clinics need to act responsibly. they should have safeguards in place, including checking a person's weight in person to keep patients safe at the

prestwich pharmacy in greater manchester, they're advising people only to use these products with the appropriate support. >> always use a professional you may need to get bloods done. you certainly have to measure your blood pressure. it's really important that you have a support network that helps you get to your target goal . this get to your target goal. this isn't about a quick fix, it is about a lifestyle change. >> however, despite warnings these weight loss drugs are still in high demand in particular. new data from the simple online pharmacy has found that four of the top ten places in the uk researching these drugs can be found in greater manchester, with the town of bolton taking the top spot. would you ever consider using a weight loss drug? >> no, not not me. not because of my age and because of the, complications of using them. >> i would just because i think it's easier than going to the gym. and obviously everyone my

age wants to be skinny and fit work, and it would have really bad side effects. >> and absolutely, if you're going to lose weight, you should do it the ethical way, like working out a topic that divides opinion, the use of weight loss drugs has skyrocketed in recent years , and for now at least, years, and for now at least, it's a growing trend. >> sophie reaper gb news fascinating report. >> what is it about greater manchester that has had this spike in interest around these drugs, i wonder? and also great reporting there from sophie reaper.|f reporting there from sophie reaper. if you want to find people who want to lose weight, where do you go outside the greggs and the mcdonald's? superb stuff and lots more. still to come between now and 4:00, including an extraordinary admission from a senior scotland yard officer who said that metropolitan police made mistakes in its handling of pro—palestinian protests. tell me about it, i had eggs thrown at me. i tried to get the cops to arrest people with projectors putting from the river to the sea on big ben. they had absolutely no interest. meanwhile i was handcuffed at the enough is enough protest and

i saw people have their heads caved in by the police at the cenotaph, two tier policing. i've seen it all with my own eyes and soon i'll speak to an ex scotland yard detective on this contentious topic. but first, here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 330, a man who raped and stabbed joanne tulip 60 times in a sadistic murder in northumberland. 27 years ago, should be freed from prison. that's according to the parole board . stephen lang was jailed board. stephen lang was jailed for life in december 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on joanne tulip, who was 29 years old. ling was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 years by the high court. in other news, gun salutes have marked the anniversary of the king's

accession today , a 62 gun royal accession today, a 62 gun royal salute was fired by the honourable artillery company at the tower of london and marks a two year anniversary of king charles taking to the throne, and the 41 gun salute took place at hyde park in london. that gun salute, fired by the king's troop, royal horse artillery. it also marks the passing of the late queen elizabeth the second. now leaders of two of the biggest unions have put further pressure on the government over its plan to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. unite and the pcs union have both criticised the plan , while paul nowak, head of plan, while paul nowak, head of the trades union congress , says the trades union congress, says the trades union congress, says the government should rethink the government should rethink the plan and consider other lines of support for pensioners. the health secretary says the policy will have a negative impact on his constituents, but insists it's a necessary move. mps will vote tomorrow on plans to scrap the payment , and to scrap the payment, and hollywood actor idris elba has

joined the prime minister in downing street to launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. elba, an anti—knife crime campaigner, joined sir keir starmer this morning as he launched the coalition which aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs. the coalition will bring together campaign groups, families of people who've lost their lives to knife crime and young people who've been affected by it, as well as idris and the home secretary, yvette coopen and the home secretary, yvette cooper. sir keir starmer says he wants to make it harder to buy dangerous weapons online. idris says it's time to put ideas into action. 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 . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news

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welcome back. your time is 338. i'm martin daubney and of course this is gb news. now the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police has finally admitted that the force made mistakes in its policing of pro—palestine protests, particularly in the early stages back in october. speaking to the think tank policy exchange, matt twist cited the decision not to immediately arrest demonstrators shouting jihad! as an example of the met's not acting decisively enough during the protests. we can say that again. however, he insisted that police tactics had since developed as strongly rejected any accusations. we often hear, of course , of two often hear, of course, of two tier or differential policing. well, i can now speak with retired scotland yard detective mike neville, who's joined me in the studio. mike, always an absolute delight to speak with you, particularly in person now. i've been banging on from the very, very start about two tier policing at these protests. and in fact, i think we've got some

footage now. i was at the protest where the projector was put in the message from the river to the sea onto big ben. i went up to coppers. i tapped him on the shoulder and said, look over there, there's a projector. it's on your screens now. it's projecting images and messages. i believe, mike, that shamed the united kingdom. it shamed our country. around the world. this became global news. they did not have any interest whatsoever. mike. i also said to him on the same night, there's a bloke in a full ski mask that's illegal. that's a crime. what are you going to do? nothing happened for my for my trouble, i was egged, they didn't nick anybody who did that. and when i've been on protests at the cenotaph, i've seen police put the baton in. i've seen people have blood all over them. i was handcuffed myself at the cenotaph a few weeks ago, simply for doing my job and filming the protest there. it's been clear to anybody with an understanding of operations on the ground. there's been two tier policing, or at least two tier application since the beginning. why, mike neville has it taken the met so long to admit that? well, the

trouble is, all the people who make these decisions will bang on whether they're politicians or senior police officers will say they're absolutely committed to diversity, but what they're not committed to is diversity of thought. >> all these people believe the same thing. >> they believe that white men with bald heads are far right thugs. >> people who march on a march to gaza are innocent victims. >> and this is projected literally onto how it's operationally policed. >> and we hear the assistant commissioner saying, well, there's not two tiers. there's many tiers , infinite tiers, many tiers, infinite tiers, infinitely so. >> but the, the public can they can see the evidence of their own eyes. >> so they see. how did the police deal with the riots in hares hill, where it was romanians and asians? how did they deal with the riots in southport? >> how did they deal with you and the. enough is enough march. >> how did the police, the notting hill carnival. >> so people are almost being told that not to believe the evidence of their own eyes and what all this does, particularly these marches here, it saps away at police confidence and police confidence in policing and trust in policing is at rock bottom.

>> it. when we had dixon of dock green, we were the most trusted police force in the world. and yet that's at rock bottom. >> and not only that, all these marches have taken away something like 60,000 shifts. >> that's 60,008 hours where officers should be dealing with burglaries , thefts, all those burglaries, thefts, all those other things that really matter to people . to people. >> most people don't care about gaza. >> they do care when the house is burgled or somebody's raped or robbed in their family and there's also a report out today saying this is affecting the people's confidence to be out and about. when these protests are on, there was a report out saying that two thirds of people would stay away from anywhere near these kind of protests because of their own safety . because of their own safety. that's obviously has an economic impact. it has a feeling of pubuc impact. it has a feeling of public safety. and is that not a consequence of the notion that this is a two tier police? and if i go there and i object to it, i might find myself getting nicked. yeah, absolutely. and the real people it impacts on are the jewish community. >> many of my jewish friends absolutely will not come to inner london. what have we become in this country when jewish people feel afraid to travel around? what did our

forefathers fight for when we see that? >> but the fact is that 80% of some people wouldn't come into an area where there's a protest, shows that there should be laws to say, look, you've had your protest. >> you've told us that gaza, there's not much we can do about it. it's a matter between israel and the and middle eastern countries. you've had your say. there's no more of it because it impacts on everybody else who wants to do their job or go about london or be a tourist or whatever they want to be. >> of course, the police deny all allegations of tuc of police, and i guess they're duty bound to do so. could i also ask you about another huge day tomorrow? that's the early release day, 2000 inmates being released by the labour party. very, very controversial. in fact, some of the headlines today, mike, were saying domestic violence charities saying that the victims, the survivors of domestic violence, will be having sleepless nights tonight and the probation service mike saying they simply won't be able to cope. and they're saying almost inevitably we're going to see dangerous reoffending. >> well, it's going to happen, isn't it, because does anybody

who's listening here or watching have any faith that the risk assessments done by each individual person has looked into deeply what they've done and what you've got is a group of thieves, thugs , nasty of thieves, thugs, nasty individuals, drug dealers who are going to be released, but they never released to where the people the mps live . they people the mps live. they released onto the council estates where the little people live , who have to have to abide live, who have to have to abide with the misery and wickedness that these people bring. >> and it's just always the same thing that the little people get inflicted with this , and it's inflicted with this, and it's just how many more crimes are going to be committed. >> we've got things like shoplifting out of control and the releasing a lot of shoplifters. it'sjust the releasing a lot of shoplifters. it's just utter madness. >> no inmates in my back yard, the nimbys. we had a picture of an individual on a screen back there a moment ago. stephen ling not related to this. it's nothing to do with the early release, but nevertheless, just as a matter of pure coincidence, he's been granted not recommended for release by the parole board. i believe it's his fifth hearing. he's refused parole for previous times, a case. you know, something about . case. you know, something about. he stabbed julie hewitt, 60

times in 1998. >> this man should never be released. but when you read the report, of course , there's two psychologists. >> one of them says, oh, he could be managed in the community and all this, but what they should say then, that's great. >> and they're going to be managed in the community next door to you and your family. then there would be a change, you see, because at the moment there's no personal responsibility. >> these people release them back. >> he'll go, i think he's from northumbria or cumberland back. >> he'll go to some community which is quite poor in those areas, and it'll be the local people and something will go wrong, and then there'll be lessons learned, but there'll be another dead girl. and that's terrible, astonishing stuff. thank you very much for your expertise as ever. thank you very much. that's a retired scotland yard detective, mike neville. thank you. cheers. now, coming up , we neville. thank you. cheers. now, coming up, we head to brighton as a union boss takes aim at the previous government, labelling them right wing incompetent and morally bankrupt. apart from that, they lie them and martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 348. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. nigel farage was on gb news now. nigel farage was on the tip of the tongue of tuc general secretary peter paul novak. beg your pardon? he hit out at the reform uk leader saying he is no friend of the working class. he accused him also of being a putin apologist and a fraud . but he did hit out and a fraud. but he did hit out at labour as well by asking chancellor rachel reeves to rethink plans to cut winter fuel payments. we can now find out the message on the ground. i'm joined now by gb news reporter adam cherry, who is in brighton, the people's republic of brighton, at that tuc congress there. adam, welcome to the show. let's start , shall we, show. let's start, shall we, with that broadside at nigel farage. >> yeah, it's an interesting one, isn't it, because he admits that there are a reform voters here on the floor today. there

are people who are trade unionists who two months ago voted for reform, and he doesn't want to lose them, but he knows that the reform party and nigel farage has specifically said at the next election they're coming for labour voters. so they want to expand that voter base here. and you know, the trade unions don't want to lose it . so it's a don't want to lose it. so it's a very interesting tightrope. they have to walk here. you notice in the attack in the speech this morning, it was very much directed at farage himself and not those who voted for him. so they know they have to be delicate with that elsewhere. they also attacked the labour party directly. of course, you know, the prime minister is here tomorrow for his speech. he'll he'll say, look, we have to make unpopular decisions, but they're worth making now so that we can reap the rewards in four and a half years. whether that is good enough for the trade unions is another matter. but when you speak to them here on the floor now, they're not happy about it at all. in fact, i spoke to some members of the national pensioners convention, and this is what they had to say regarding rachel reeves. it's

pretty tough language. >> it wasn't in the manifesto. i don't particularly like the chancellor anyway, but that's my. >> why is that? >> why is that? >> i just don't think she's got the gravitas to be chancellor of the gravitas to be chancellor of the exchequer. she may well have worked in the bank of england as an economist, but that doesn't give her the experience, really, to be chancellor of the exchequer of this country . exchequer of this country. >> it doesn't bode well when you had the two, child policy rebellion and immediately they were slapped down with six month suspension from the party. so there will be a lot of people that will, i suspect , vote with that will, i suspect, vote with the government on the policy. i would hope that a majority would abstain to allow the policy to fall, because it's a bad policy . fall, because it's a bad policy. >> well, there you go. now we have been joined by a special guest. andrew pierce is with us. andrew what's going on? you're on tomorrow, aren't you? i am,

i'm presenting from here. >> bev will be in london on britain's newsroom. i haven't been to a tuc conference for many years, but this is a great seat of power now. first time in prime minister's going to address it to you conference for many, many years i think i was probably here the last time that happened. it was gordon brown. so that's going to be a big moment tomorrow. i'm not supposed to be telling you it's the prime minister, but everybody knows. but they should be in a hugely optimistic, upbeat mood here. but this wretched row over winter fuel and the cap on child benefit is, is bubbling away in the background . and it's a big issue background. and it's a big issue here too. so keir starmer has got a revolt in his house. >> yeah it's tricky stuff. well there you are martin. that's the latest from us. back to you in the newsroom . the newsroom. >> thanks to both of you. now, don't you think it's a bit rich that the tuc are having a pop at the labour party for picking the pockets of pensioners , whereas pockets of pensioners, whereas every person in that room has been trying to get more money out of the labour party, particularly unite, who are saying specifically that the labour party is picking the

pockets of pensioners . peter pockets of pensioners. peter piper picked a pocket and all the rest of it. they took £10 billion out of the labour party. so to give 5.5% to their members, aren't the people in that room part of the problem ? that room part of the problem? >> so martin saying, are the are the unionists, excuse me? the union, the trade unions, are they hypocrites? the likes of unhe? they hypocrites? the likes of unite? are they being hypocritical given the money that's exchanged, hands between them and the labour party? >> well, look , they want a >> well, look, they want a labour government and they think a labour government, even one that takes away winter fuel from pensioners , pensioners who can't pensioners, pensioners who can't afford to lose money is better than a tory government. although you have to make the point to unite this. this winter fuel benefit survives six tory chancellors and it isn't going to survive. the first labour chancellor since alistair darling in 2009. but they will use their leverage here as much as they can. but it's to my mind the die is cast on this. as they can. but it's to my mind the die is cast on this . it's the die is cast on this. it's going to be no u—turn . going to be no u—turn. >> oh no. absolutely not. no. regardless of how big the rebellion is tomorrow. >> but i'm told that the row on the cap on child benefit will be

much bigger . yeah, and that will much bigger. yeah, and that will blow up at the labour party conference because currently it's limited to two. a popular policy in my view actually. but it's not popular labour mp and it's not popular labour mp and it's really not popular trade union activists here. >> absolutely. back to you martin. >> great. thank you adam. jerry and of course andrew pierce. excellent. there. right in the belly of the beast in brighton. now a new way to get in touch. please get your thoughts coming through. you get through of course. gbnews.com forward slash your say i want to know particularly if you're upset about this winter fuel allowance because coming up i'll be joined by a plucky pensioner who started his own grassroots movement. it's called the pensioner vote, and he's planning to name and shame all mps who vote to keep oaps poorer and colder. this winter in tomorrow's vote in the commons. that will be superb. don't miss it. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. your weather with aidan mcgivern . aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. >> sponsors of weather on gb news .

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north of scotland. showers following the main band of rain across western scotland and northern ireland, this rain sinking south into northern england ahead of it an area of cloud and some showers affecting west wales, as well as parts of southwest england, but some brighter spells in between now through tuesday morning. we've got cloud and rain sinking south through central parts. 1 or 2 showers to the south of this, but also some brighter weather. clear skies further north interspersed with heavy showers and that strong wind continuing in the north—east of scotland, making it feel particularly cold and temperatures will be lowering over the next few days. as this area of cloud and rain sinks south. the damp end to the day for southern parts of england and south wales. behind that, we've got clear spells and blustery showers, and the winds coming from the arctic, so that's going to make it feel cold. temperatures just reaching 12 to 15 celsius. >> that warm feeling inside from

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you and a very happy monday. i hope you're having a great day. it's 4:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. well today's show with a revolt over the winter fuel allowance and 2000 lags being released early from jails. could this be the labour party's darkest week and the beginning of a long winter of discontent for sir keir starmer's under—fire government? bring you the inside line from the heart of westminster. the inside line from the heart of westminster . and on friday, of westminster. and on friday, an emergency meeting at the national crime agency promised to smash the gangs. today, a damning report claiming it's on its knees with its it systems creaking and with almost 25% of senior roles still vacant. the

report warns of potentially catastrophic implications for both the agency for and the country. and a top cop at the metropolitan police has admitted, finally, that they didn't get everything right in how they managed the pro—palestine protests. officers stood by as vile slurs were projected onto big ben. i was there myself for that. they did nothing. and masked thugs also cried for jihad. nothing. and masked thugs also cried forjihad. and what nothing. and masked thugs also cried for jihad. and what took the met so long to confess? that's all coming up in your next hour . welcome to the show. next hour. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. well, it's a crunch week for the labour party. very, very soon into their government. they're always telling us that black lives matter , that trans black lives matter, that trans lives matter, that refugees lives matter, that refugees lives matter. but do you think they don't care about old lives mattering? what else can you deduce from the fact that a £1.4 billion saving is meaning the

winter fuel allowance will be axed? 10 million pensioners will be missing out. many could be plunged into poverty and cold this winter in fact, in 2017, the labour party's own data predicted if the conservative government at the time of theresa may axed the winter fuel allowance, 4000 pensioners could die . what's changed is that the die. what's changed is that the price the labour party are prepared to pay to give train drivers a pay rise? let me know your thoughts. go to gbnews.com. forward slash your say. now it's time for the latest news headunes time for the latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 4:00, a man who raped and stabbed joanne tulips 60 times in a sadistic murder in northumberland 27 years ago. should be freed from prison. that's according to the parole board. steven ling was jailed for life in december 1998 after

admitting his horrific attack on joanne, who was 29 years old. ling was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 years by the high court. transport secretary louise haigh said her thoughts are with joanne's family. >> i know the justice secretary is considering whether that decision can be appealed and whether it can be reconsidered , whether it can be reconsidered, whether it can be reconsidered, whether she can request for the parole board to reconsider it. >> but it is an independent parole board. we were really clear with the early release scheme, which again , was scheme, which again, was required because of the dire state of our prisons during the riots. >> we were having to monitor day by day, the number of spaces that were available in the prisons , and so horrible prisons, and so horrible decisions have to be taken around early release. >> but we were also clear that no one who committed a serious violent crime that had been sentenced to more than four years, and many offences that were linked to a domestic abuse, should not be eligible for that early release scheme. >> now, in other news, gun

salutes are marking the anniversary of the king's accession today. a 62 gun royal salute is being fired by the honourable artillery company at the tower of london and marks the tower of london and marks the two year anniversary of king charles taking to the throne. earlier, the 41 gun salute took place at hyde park in london that gun salute fired by the king's troop, royal horse artillery. it also marks the passing of the late queen elizabeth the second, now leaders of two of the biggest unions, have put further pressure on the government over its plans to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. unite and the pcs union have both criticised the plan , while paul nowak, head of plan, while paul nowak, head of the trades union congress , says the trades union congress, says the trades union congress, says the government should rethink the government should rethink the plan and consider other lines of support for pensioners. the health secretary says the policy will have a negative impact on his constituents, but insists it's a necessary move. mps will vote tomorrow on the plans to scrap the payment.

speaking at the tuc conference in brighton, paul nowak said he'll work with the government to rebuild public services . to rebuild public services. >> play our part in recasting britain's industrial future and above all, we'll work with the government to face down those on the right who wish to sow division and discord in our communities and our message to the tinpot politicians , the the tinpot politicians, the street thugs and any ragtag group that tries to promote their message of hate is clear. not in our workplaces, not in our communities, not on our watch . watch. >> hollywood actor idris elba has joined the prime minister in downing street to launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. elba, an anti—knife crime campaigner, joins keir starmer this morning as he launched the coalition, which aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs. young people from being dragged into violent gangs . the into violent gangs. the coalition will bring together campaign groups, families of people who've lost their lives to knife crime and young people

who've been affected by it, as well as idris, it's the home secretary, yvette cooper, sir keir starmer says he wants to make it harder to buy dangerous weapons online. idris says it's time to put ideas into action. meanwhile, the metropolitan police says it's very likely arrests will be made more quickly when it handles large protests in the future. assistant commissioner matt twist also admitted the force didn't get everything right when policing recent demonstrations , policing recent demonstrations, frequent protests and counter—demonstrations have been held since last october, including for environmental campaigners and from groups calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas conflict . protests israel—hamas conflict. protests also developed into rioting and disorder after three girls were killed in an attack in southport in july , and noel gallagher says in july, and noel gallagher says he's thrilled and honoured to have his portrait added to the national portrait gallery. despite, he says, being a grumpy middle aged man who hates having his picture taken . the picture,

his picture taken. the picture, taken by zoe law, will go on display for the first time on november the 29th as part of the london gallery's legends exhibition , which will feature exhibition, which will feature 100 portraits taken by law of people who've influenced her life and career. the image of gallagher will remain part of the gallery's permanent collection once the exhibition ends on march the 2nd. next year. those are the latest gb news headunes 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 code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. so the big question is this could this be labour's darkest week? and are we headed for a winter of discontent? tomorrow, sir keir starmer faces the first major rebellion of his premiership, as

members of parliament are to vote on scrapping the pensioners winter fuel allowance. and this comes as also tomorrow we'll see a mass release of 2000 prisoners back onto the streets, which shockingly includes a high proportion of domestic abusers. if things couldn't get much worse for the prime minister, the law enforcement agency at the law enforcement agency at the forefront of sir keir starmer's plan to smash the gangs, that's the national crime agency, is said to be in crisis, putting at risk its ability to take on people smugglers and other organised criminals. lots to discuss then. i'm joined now in the studio by gb news, political editor chris hope. chris, let's start with the winter fuel allowance. we're told all the time by the labour party , black lives matter, trans party, black lives matter, trans lives matter , refugees lives lives matter, refugees lives matter. does it really feel like old people's lives don't matter? >> and the government would definitely reject that. martin. but there is there is a choice being made here by this government. you saw earlier, of course, that the research done

by the labour party, organised by the labour party, organised by labour party back in 2017, that forecasts that thousands of pensioners could lose their lives because they get cold this winter. if you remove this benefit, the government is very clear. they want to clear what they call a black hole in the pubuc they call a black hole in the public finances. and so they are clearing this. they are not paying clearing this. they are not paying out this £300, payment this winter fuel payment in november. for that reason, they're trying to get people to sign up for the those on benefits to sign up for the for the pension benefit. but 850,000 people have not done so. were they all to sign up. we've heard from tom mcphail earlier, the apprentice expert. it would wipe out any savings made here. so they quite it seems to me the treasury are happier than ever. not everyone signs up for this pension credit. but there is that trade off. i asked in the lobby briefing today of the pm's deputy spokesman. is the price of this pensioners dying to get the economy growing because they're justifying this by saying they're going to plug this black hole, is the price of that. you'll get colder. and

there wasn't really an answer from number 10. the government is worried , no question. rachel is worried, no question. rachel reeves, the chancellor she meets in person labour mps at 6 pm. tonight in the house of commons, 7 pm. alison mcgovern. she's a pensions minister. she's holding a mass phone in with labour party members in the note i've seen sent to members, it says there to deliver change. the government must take the tough decisions now to protect public services. the winter fuel payment is one of those decisions. they're justifying this by saying we must protect pubuc this by saying we must protect public services. they've chosen to pay public services. they've chosen to pay pay public services. they've chosen to pay pay rises to working people, while pensioners who are gone, working age can't work are stuck on fixed incomes and are losing £300. they'll be hoping . losing £300. they'll be hoping. finally, martin, this week the increase in the state pension will negate the bad press from this , but this next 24 hours is this, but this next 24 hours is a difficult time for this government. >> as you said, this is a political choice , £1.4 billion political choice, £1.4 billion in the grand scheme of things is not a great deal. in fact, it was completely obliterated by

the £10 billion that was thrown to teachers and nhs workers to give them a 5.5% inflation busting pay rise, wiped out straight away. so as far as the black hole goes, the labour party, you could argue, have added to that black hole. the big question i don't get. and so many people, hundreds of gb news viewers have been getting into it saying why this ? why is this it saying why this? why is this that the labour party is choosing for its hill to die on? it's clearly could haunt them for a long, long time. surely. chris, every parliamentarian who votes in favour of this will have it haunting them for years to come. perhaps even as far as the next general election. you voted to punish pensioners that could bite them on the bum . even could bite them on the bum. even as far ahead as 2029. there's no question. >> we are told by the government it is a tough decision he had to take to balance those books. there are two reasons why they've done it. i think the first is they had to announce it in july to make it happen in november . they couldn't wait november. they couldn't wait till the october 30th budget to announce it because then it's too soon before the payment is due to be made, before it gets cold in november. that is the

first reason. also, i think the office for budget responsibility wanted to see from this new government evidence that they would take tough decisions on spending and one of them was on this payment. don't forget the tory government had looked at this. i think a minister was caught out by an off mic moment talking about removing it from those apart from those on benefits. it was attacked then by the by the labour front benches and now they're doing it themselves. >> but it has got past every conservative chancellor, every prime minister since 2010 because it might be very costly if all these people sign up for the pension, if they 800,000 people sign up for their pension benefit and don't forget, the number has increased from 18,000 in the previous five weeks to 38,000 in the most recent five weeks. >> if that carries on, it may wipe out any saving whatsoever. >> chris, something you've been highlighting for many weeks now is tomorrow again, a double whammy for the labour party. its early release day , 2000 prison early release day, 2000 prison inmates being released early and today a report from the probation officers saying they're not ready for this. they

were given days notice instead of months. there could be overloaded. and they're saying quite simply , the chances of quite simply, the chances of reoffending looks certain and that's a big that's a political risk for this government. >> another political risk. let's part the idea of pensioners die very sadly dying because of a government choice to remove the chance to keep yourself warm. and the 2 million pensioners, by the way, who are just above that pension benefit line, who could be affected by that. but on this issue of offenders being released early, that's after 40%, not 50% of their jail term served. if any of them commit crime when they should be in prison, that will be on this government. the government, for its part, says that it is taking tough and difficult decisions. but when you take them to keep us safe and they also say that had they not released prisoners early and then the police would not be able to make arrests, and on the issue of probation officers, they say they'll have 1000 more hired by, by march. they are taking measures. but the real crisis is tomorrow is labour's get out of free jail . labour's get out of free jail. >> okay? please, please stick with us because we're going to now go to our next guest, and

we're joined we're joined by chris brooks, of course, who is joined by chris brooks to talk about the pension scandal. chris welcome to us. you're the head of policy. of course, at age uk. you probably overheard there the astonishing report that's emerged from the labour party from 2017, their own report claiming 4000 pensioners could die if the winter fuel allowance had been cut by the conservative government. that didn't happen. and yet, even though their own data shows there could be grim consequences, they're deciding, chris, to press ahead. tell me how how much concern has this caused british pensioners ? caused british pensioners? >> well, it's causing people a lot of concern . obviously, it's lot of concern. obviously, it's really troubling for people who are on often on a very low fixed income to hear that they're going to have a payment taken away, something that they were probably depending on, were banking on getting this winter. >> so in some ways, the biggest problem is the short notice that people are being given , if people are being given, if people are being given, if people had had a bit longer to plan, then people might have made some people might have been

able to make other arrangements like maybe squirrel a bit of money away, or think about other ways they can. they can sort of keep the heating costs down, but but the fact that the qualifying week for the winter fuel payment is just coming up in a couple of weeks . so the short notice is weeks. so the short notice is a real problem . and yeah, you're real problem. and yeah, you're right, it will lead to health problems. there are knock on impacts of doing this. often. it's about having the confidence as well. so because of the furore that surrounded this, there were people out there who maybe are borderline for being able to afford it or not, but might, might be taking a difficult decision to not to to not turn their heating on as a result . result. >> and chris brooks, i'm also joined in the studio by chris hope, our political editor. he has a question for you . has a question for you. >> hi, chris. just today in the cabinet meeting, not a single cabinet minister spoke against this policy. it wasn't in the election manifesto when we all focused on the issue of the of the pension lock and that the increase in the state pension. have you crunched the numbers , i have you crunched the numbers, i wonder on on the issue of the of the benefit if, the 800,000

people also sign up for this support that the government is offering, will it wipe out as we've been told by other experts, the saving of removing the actual overall benefit to all pensioners ? all pensioners? >> yeah. so about a third of eligible pensioners don't claim pension credit, so that's about 880,000 households and about around a million pensioners. so there are a lot of people who, if they claim the support, it would be very expensive for the government. i think it would more than wipe out any savings actually, but we know from a long history of different governments, of different parties trying to do take up campaigns to encourage more people to claim pension credit, that it just doesn't really make any difference. it doesn't it never makes a huge difference and moves the dial in terms of the number of people claiming it, so really we need to go a step further. we need to be looking at ways of automating pension credit, which is really difficult. but there are things that can be done, particularly around housing benefit, which is around housing benefit, which is a different benefit , which is a different benefit, which is

administered by local authorities rather than central government. so there are potentially ways of sharing data between the two parties there, which could help target people who are eligible for pension credit but not claiming it. so yeah, it would have implications , yeah, it would have implications, we're hopeful that with the pr, some people will claim, but it obviously won't be everybody. it will be, and it will still fall far short and leave a lot of people in a really difficult position this winter. >> and chris, isn't there also an extra dollop of cynicism here, because these forms can be complicated to fill out oftentimes that you're sent onune oftentimes that you're sent online to do it. and with all the greatest respect to pensioners, i struggled myself with basic things like parking apps and interface with technology. a very complicated form to fill out is there. this almost cynicism that it's so complicated to fill out these forms for pensioners? many just don't even bother on that journey in the first place. >> yeah, the form is really tricky. it's over 200 questions. it's not an easy thing to do, and i think most people hate form filling, don't they. on

some level, but it's definitely worth persevering. so if you are struggling, it is the way you can get not just pension credit , can get not just pension credit, but all the benefits that pension credit passports you to, which will include the winter fuel payment this winter and other things besides like free dental treatment, so there are it's really worth doing. so if you're on a low income and you're on a low income and you're struggling, i would advise any of your viewers to make a claim. try and maybe try and get help with the form, because there are sometimes local organisations, sometimes local organisations, sometimes local aj ucs or local authorities that can help people actually go through and fill in the boxes. because you're right, it can be difficult, but it is worth doing. >> and chris, could i just ask you for some of the emotional response you've had? we've had hundreds and hundreds of messages from our viewers and listeners saying they're very, very gravely concerned about what this means for them moving into the winter. how concerned are pensioners out there that you've been hearing from ? you've been hearing from? >> people are very concerned about it. our petition that we have has just hit half a million signatures. so it just shows the

strength of feeling out there about it. yeah. and, you know, we're hearing from people who are saying that without the money that they ring fence the winter fuel payments specifically for their heating and without it, they don't know if they're going to be able to turn the heating on or they're at least going to have to cut back on it significantly, so yeah, people are really worried about it and it will get worse because energy prices have just gone up by 10% as well. so it sort of rubbed salt into the wound in a way. and it's going to be a tough winter, i think for a lot of people. >> yeah. thank you very much for joining us. that's the head of policy at age uk, chris brooks, thank you for your time. now we'll have lots more on that story. of course, at 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much and thank you to you very much and thank you to you as well, chris, hope for joining me in the studio. you as well, chris, hope for joining me in the studio . now. joining me in the studio. now. it's time now for the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. 36 grand could be yours. and that's like having an extra £3,000 tax free in your bank account each month for an entire yeah

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please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck . good luck. >> good luck with that. now today, a damning report claims the national crime agency , which the national crime agency, which is supposed to be behind sir keir starmer's smash the gangs plan, is on its knees. its it systems are creaking and almost 25% of senior roles remain vacant. and the report warns of potentially catastrophic implications for both the agency and for the country. more on this in just a moment. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 424. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. the national crime agency , a the national crime agency, a crucial part of sir keir starmer's plan to tackle organised crime, is facing a crisis, with a damning report warning of an unprecedented brain drain and also critical vacancies that threaten its

ability to fight people smugglers and other serious criminals. well, joining me now to discuss this is the research director from the centre for migration control, robert bates. rob, welcome to the show . always rob, welcome to the show. always a delight. so on friday, we were told the national crime agency was an absolutely integral lynchpin in smashing the gangs. and clamping down on illegal immigration. today the spotlight on corruption report has said that looks like it won't be possible because the national crime agency is on its knees. it's creaking at the seams. tell us more . us more. >> us more. >> yeah, so this is an absolute disaster for the labour party. and it's also a disaster for the country, because what we're essentially seeing is the plans to stop the boats are now being built upon incredibly faulty foundations , foundations that foundations, foundations that simply aren't fit to take the strain that the labour party clearly thought that they were going to be able to place upon it, yvette cooper has obviously made announcement after announcement about how the nca

and her new border security command will be at the heart of making sure that we no longer have this illegal migration crisis that's blighted the country for the last six years. but what we're seeing is 9% vacancy rate. it's around about 500 vacancies currently unfilled, and staff are going to have to be redirected from, you know, more important work or equally important, work on drug trafficking. and organised crime and things like that. and ultimately, this goes just goes back to the fact that the boats won't stop so long as there is a demand for people to enter the uk, and the only way that we can actually end that demand is to start looking at those pull factors that are making people want to make the crossing in the first place, i mean, the nca was was wholly unfit to be elevated to the position that the labour party have clearly tried to do. so it's vastly, vastly underfunded. and as i said, it has a series of other duties and obugafions has a series of other duties and obligations that make it woefully unfit for the role that

yvette cooper clearly earmarked it for. >> and rob bates, this report also sets out that there are 70 active investigations currently on the books, but the nca's ability to tackle even that is seriously hampered with the resource it has got. just to repeat its it systems are creaking, it loses more staff than it recruits . it can't get than it recruits. it can't get the best brains for the job. and on top of that, the morale and job satisfaction at the nca is the lowest of 105 surveyed government organisations. they can't get the job done and worse, by the sounds of it, rob bates nobody wants to go and work there. >> no. and what this does show is that i'd almost argue that the labour party have lied to the labour party have lied to the british public in telling us that the way to stop the small boats is to go after the gangs, because as we are now seeing, you know, they're not just suffering huge vacancies, they're actually actively struggling to recruit those that are suitable and of a necessary skill set to actually make a success of the kind of operations that would be

required to go after these, go after these human traffickers, the worry is now that i think the worry is now that i think the labour party are going to be slowly running out of road with their plan to go after the gangmasters , and that doesn't gangmasters, and that doesn't leave them very many options. they've already said that they're not going to go down the route of deterrent. and as far as i can decipher that the only alternative route that they do have available to them is to start opening up more legal and so—called safe routes for those that claim to be asylum seekers and i think that would actually only heighten the problem, because that would lead to more people feeling, well, if i can get a foothold in britain, i know that they have about a 79% grant rate when once you put in an asylum application, and i think that sadly, that is where we're going to be drifting to, and that is effectively opening up a back door to huge, huge flows of those that are illegitimate asylum seekers and illegal migrants. >> and rob briefly, if we could also the this report highlights it's not just the people smuggling gangs that they won't be able to tackle. it's also hostile states and also child abusers.

>> well, that's it. and that's exactly why the nca was so ill suhed exactly why the nca was so ill suited to , human trafficking. suited to, human trafficking. it's only made a very, very small number of prosecutions and arrests in relation to this in the last few years. it's got a whole purview of other issues that needs to be tackling. and, you know, yvette cooper directing staff away from drug trafficking, which is a huge , trafficking, which is a huge, huge problem in the country, is doing a disservice whilst not actually solving another another problem that's purporting to. so i think the labour party have got themselves in a huge mess with this. >> okay. rob bates, thank you very much. we're going to have to leave it there. just to recap on some of the details. they're just astonishing, there's a seriously hampered ability to tackle 70 active investigations. the brain drain means that 25% of the senior roles aren't even filled. 9% of posts aren't being replaced. they lose more staff than they get in the national crime agency, which is meant to be the a list for solving this, feels precisely z—list at the

moment, and it warns the final pay moment, and it warns the final pay off is that without quick action, the implications for this report from the spotlight on corruption are potentially catastrophic. absolutely astonishing stuff . okay, moving astonishing stuff. okay, moving on now. we have some breaking news for you. and it's from the royal family . now, the last few royal family. now, the last few moments, kensington palace has released the following video in relation to the princess of wales's cancer treatment . wales's cancer treatment. >> remarks. >> remarks. >> you lead the way as the summer comes to an end . summer comes to an end. >> summer comes to an end. >> i cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment . the last nine months treatment. the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family life. as you know, it can change in an instant and we've had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown . the waters and road unknown. the cancer journey is complex, scary

and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you . especially those closest to you. with humility, it also brings you face to face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you've never considered before . never considered before. >> and with that, a new perspective on everything . perspective on everything. >> it just filming . hello, hello . >> it just filming. hello, hello. >> it just filming. hello, hello. >> this time has above all, reminded william and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life which so many of us often for take granted of simply loving and being loved . bucha loving and being loved. bucha doing what i can to stay cancer free is now my focus . although free is now my focus. although i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full

recovery is long and i must continue to take each day as it comes . i continue to take each day as it comes. i am, continue to take each day as it comes . i am, however, looking comes. i am, however, looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more pubuc and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when i can. despite all that's gone before i enter this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life . thank you appreciation of life. thank you so much . william and i are so so much. william and i are so grateful for the support we've received and have drawn great strength from all those who are helping us at this time. everyone's kindness, empathy, helping us at this time. everyone's kindness, empathy, and compassion has been truly and compassion has been truly humbling . why don't you get that humbling . why don't you get that humbling. why don't you get that on your head to all those who humbling. why don't you get that on your head to all those who are continuing their own cancer are continuing their own cancer journey , i remain with you side journey , i remain with you side journey, i remain with you side by side , hand in hand, out of journey, i remain with you side by side , hand in hand, out of by side, hand in hand, out of darkness can come light. by side, hand in hand, out of darkness can come light.

>> so let time. >> so let that light shine bright . and . an a

>> martin, i think this was an a deeply personal video from the princess of wales, and it gave us a real intimate insight into her world over the last nine months just to look back in january, she had major abdominal surgery in a central london hospital. she was then diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo a preventative course of chemotherapy . and i think what chemotherapy. and i think what we also saw from that video is the deep love and support that her close family have given her in her recovery. prince william, of course, her husband, prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis, her children and a brief glimpse of their dog orla as well. that video, filmed in norfolk last month around her private home of amner hall. i think on the face of it, this is clearly good news. it's certainly a step in the positive direction because she has finished her preventative chemotherapy and i understand that the princess has begun working from home. she is having a number of meetings with her staff and others. i also

understand she has started to plan for some future engagements this autumn, including perhaps her carol service for christmas of course, she's had that carol service going on for the last three years or so, and she hopes to attend the annual remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph as well. but absolutely nothing is confirmed. i think we can read into this that she still has good days and bad days with her health. there is no suggestion at this stage that she is in remission only confirmation from kensington palace and herself. this afternoon that she has completed her course of preventative chemotherapy and her focus, as she says in that video, the princess says that she wants to focus on staying cancer free, and she spoke of her relief in that video at the very top of that video at the very top of that video. and she also thanks the public, i understand, for their support and understanding of her absence, most mostly absence over the last nine months or so since she went into

hospital for that abdominal surgery and that filmmaker that made that video very artsy, wasn't it? it was very intimate. lots of different shots, very, very emotional. i think it's fair to say martin and i think it is going to tug at the heartstrings of a number of people watching this video this afternoon. it was made by the artistic video maker will waugh, and that is the videographer who also shot the waleses behind the scenes video of the coronation back in may 2023. and the princess ended her video there by talking about other patients of cancer who are going through similar, who are in a similar situation to herself and voicing her support for them, because clearly everybody's cancer journey is different. and i think perhaps she appreciates the position she's in and that some perhaps aren't quite so lucky . and she appears that lucky. and she appears that she's looking forward to undertaking a number of engagements, whenever that may be. i understand it's very unlikely that we're going to see the princess out and about this week. prince william will be in

wales tomorrow carrying out a number of engagements. the princess will not be accompanying him in wales tomorrow, but i think i'm getting the sense that there is hope for optimism here, that she is going to start to carry out a small handful of public external engagements, separate to the ceremonial occasions that we have seen her do perhaps this summer with trooping the colour. of course, we saw her at wimbledon as well. i suspect if any engagements are going to take place, it will be to do with her early childhood initiative. her early years work. so i think we'll have to wait and see exactly what happens with that. but i think , happens with that. but i think, martin, for now, it's good news she has completed her preventative chemotherapy, not quite out of the woods yet, but certainly a step in the right direction. >> you know, cameron walker, i think anybody watching this on their screens would just see there are so many beautiful, poignant moments , you know, time poignant moments, you know, time with your children, the hand going through the wheat, the butterfly being released from the hand, the sunlight through

the hand, the sunlight through the ferns. just everyday scenes. these are the moments that you'll give your life for, you know to carry on living, driving. it'sjust know to carry on living, driving. it's just a beautiful, beautiful video. i think i'm pretty choked watching it. i'm sure many, many people are watching it at home as well and just pick back over some of the key lines from that statement. cameron walker, this line really leapt out at me doing what i can to stay cancer . free is now my to stay cancer. free is now my focus. although i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long, and i must continue to take each day as it comes. so, cameron, there's a stoicism there. there's a pragmatism and what the finale , the payoff here. the finale, the payoff here. kate. there in the bathed in sunlight, pushing her kids. oh my god, anybody who's lost anybody to cancer will just look at these scenes and just know that these are the moments you give everything for. cameron beautiful, beautiful line to end on here to all those who are continuing their own cancer journey, i remain with you side by side , hand in hand, out of

by side, hand in hand, out of darkness can come light. so let that light shine bright. cameron walker. it's beautiful . walker. it's beautiful. >> absolutely, martin. and it certainly wouldn't surprise me if in the coming months and years, we see the princess of wales really start to ramp up support, perhaps for cancer charities and organisations, because she herself, of course, knows what so many people tragically have to go through. and you mentioned the highlights of perhaps the video there. the sunlight's, the field of wheat, the beach as well with her children all outside, wasn't it? it was all in nature. and i understand the princess really has over the last few months since she's undergone that preventative chemotherapy , preventative chemotherapy, really found sanctuary in the natural world. and i think that is a theme that the princess really wanted to get across in this video message. the simple things in life and perhaps the most important things in life . most important things in life. yes, she's a future queen. yes, she's the princess of wales, one of the most famous women on the

planet . however, for her her planet. however, for her her priority over the last nine months has been her family has been her recovery and has been perhaps, i think for her most importantly, her three children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. and perhaps what a relief for them as well. coming back. they've only started school last week at lambrook at lambrook school in berkshire. you know, coming back, their mother is on the road to recovery here with her cancer treatment not quite over her preventative chemotherapy is oven her preventative chemotherapy is over. but of course, as i said, no suggestion she's in remission. but i think the fact that she is starting to do more engagements, or at least she will start to do more engagements in the coming months, a handful of them is certainly a cause for optimism, and i think the princess, by opening up like this in a very intimate, very personal way, i think really is going to tug at heartstrings across the nation. and i do understand that both the prince and princess of wales are really have really been touched by not just people here in britain, but also across the commonwealth and indeed the

wider world for their support for the princess in her recovery . for the princess in her recovery. >> cameron walker, thank you for that summary. excellent stuff. thank you very much. now i can also now speak to the former bbc royal correspondent michael cole. michael, welcome to the show. i think it's an astonishing video. it's beautiful. it's a vignette. it has so many precious moments of a life made ordinary by this tragic condition. she is fighting the children, the playing cards, the picnics , the playing cards, the picnics, the sunlight, the sunlight dappled through the ferns, those precious moments that you give all of your time for if you are able to live for a precious moment longer. michael cole i can see you're clearly moved by this, i certainly am. it's an astonishing video. please share your thoughts. >> well, martin, you and cameron have summed it up really rather beautifully. but i can say with due certainty that there has neven due certainty that there has never, ever been a royal video message like that. moving

intimate, candid and very, very bold, brilliantly pulled off. it's a masterstroke. i think. we've never seen anything like that. we've never seen a prince give his wife, the princess, a kiss, a sly kiss when they're going down on the beach, on on nonh going down on the beach, on on north norfolk and did you ever, ever see a family? so in love with each other and so happy together. sharing the burden, sharing it with her. obviously terribly concerned about her. and the other thing i think it's worth noting is that even at the end of this long, series of treatments , chemotherapy, she treatments, chemotherapy, she looks remarkably well in the circumstances. and i think probably, well, obviously having the family with her and supporting her. and also her father was there in one of the shots playing cards, i think,

look at that shot there. i mean, it's part home movie, but it's part hollywood and it's very glossy and it's very beautiful andifs glossy and it's very beautiful and it's clever way they mix the sort of what looks like home movies with shots like that, which is pure hollywood and beautifully pulled off. and there we have the sort of more intimate shots, probably by prince william himself. and the children look well , fantastic children look well, fantastic houday children look well, fantastic holiday they've had. and it's remarkably, intimate at the same time. very personal. and also, as you said, keeping an eye on the big picture all the people around the world who are also suffering in this way. and i think it will be many, many people will warm even more closely. and of course, was her mother as well, playing cards, whatever. it was a family game. so remarkable film, brilliantly pulled off. it will have a great impact and it will be very, very moving for a lot of people. many

people in their families. i think it's 1 in 2 people get cancer these days. a lot of people will be able to relate to this, and there will be so pleased to see her up and about and showing every sign of getting back to her royal routine, which i'm sure is what she wants. what a fantastic shot. >> and michael cole, in terms of the cinematography of this, has that wonderful feel of the wonder years. you know , that wonder years. you know, that super eight feel. it's taking us back to all of our yesteryears now, the shared precious moments that every family has. and michael cole, i was really struck, as i mentioned to cameron walker, about the final line of this astonishing video, which is, you know, all the way along, you know, catherine has brought people into her journey brought people into herjourney and she's tried to resonate and reverberate with people out there with also this tragic condition, this lie—in to all of those who are continuing their own cancer journey, those who are continuing their own cancerjourney, i remain with you side by side hand in

hand. out of darkness can come light . so let that light shine light. so let that light shine bright and coupled michael cole with those visuals of the sunlight on her face. you know that feeling that we all have of life ? it's an astonishing life? it's an astonishing journey where she's invited people to join it with her and at the same time offering her condolences, her sympathy , her condolences, her sympathy, her selflessness, even in her own darkest hours . darkest hours. >> martin, i think we can say we've never seen anything like it before. and i think speaking on behalf of you and cameron and all the viewers and everybody in the studio , we wish her, of the studio, we wish her, of course, the greatest of good fortune. we hope to see her as often as she feels ready to see us. maybe at the cenotaph in november, maybe her carol concert at westminster abbey at christmas time. but, i think it's very good of her, very kind of her to take us into her confidence, obviously she knows that the love has been expressed

out there, and i'm sure she's been had sackfuls of supportive letters. but it's great that she can feel the confidence to come out in this way and tell us how she's feeling, how she's getting on, and the prospects for the future. and we can only hope that their good prospects and that their good prospects and that her every moment is a better moment than the one before. >> and in terms of the direction of travel of her treatment, michael cole, she does say here, although i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and i must continue to take each day as it comes. so there isn't the fantastic news that the cancer is in remission. but this stage, this painful stage, which so many people know is so difficult to go through this arduous stage, at least this stage seems to be over. and now she's looking forward in a more positive way here, talking about

hoping to return to work. so there's a positive message in there's a positive message in there as well. michael. >> yeah . when she revealed >> yeah. when she revealed originally that very well delivered personal message, which she wrote herself, revealing the fact that she had cancer after all the speculation, she said, i have good days and i have bad days, and i'm quite sure that that is and i'm quite sure that that is a common experience for people who suffer from cancer. i mean, looking at that, the little boy louis was, i think , going up the louis was, i think, going up the tree, i'm sure it was. but maybe , tree, i'm sure it was. but maybe, maybe i just hope there was somebody around to catch him. well perhaps dad was there to do that, but there they are , going that, but there they are, going down towards the north sea, the big sandy beaches of north norfolk. nowhere better in the world, enjoying themselves dunng world, enjoying themselves during the summer, staying at anmer hall, beautifully accomplished, wholly sincere and wonderfully moving. and i'm sure it'll give a great deal of comfort to many, many people who are suffering their own little

cnses are suffering their own little crises or whatever they are. when you see bravery, what is bravery? it's grace under pressure, isn't it? grace under pressure? i think that was ernest hemingway's definition of courage . well, i think we've courage. well, i think we've seen courage there . seen courage there. >> and michael cole, as you said , >> and michael cole, as you said, we've never seen anything like this, we're already getting hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of well—wishers from our viewers out there. we'll make sure we try and pass on as many of those as we can. it's an incredibly progressive thing for the royal family to have done . the royal family to have done. >> absolutely. you wouldn't. i think of in an earlier era, there would have been nothing like that. i can't see any earlier prints being filmed. giving his wife a sly kiss, as he was rather movingly in that picture. i mean, if you if they you know, i think tolstoy says all happy families are the same. well, maybe they aren't . maybe well, maybe they aren't. maybe in this case, this is a royal

happy family, but they are showing their togetherness. they're showing their support. they're showing their support. they're showing their support. they're showing really courage and also having to do it in the pubuc and also having to do it in the public domain. you know, that's tough. that's tough. everybody's different . some people want to different. some people want to be extremely private at times like this . but also when we've like this. but also when we've seen the other, the king, he was undergoing his own cancer treatment. when you've seen him out, you've seen how well he gets on with the other cancer patients that he's met, you know, he obviously has his treatment alone. and when he goes to these cancer clubs where people are all together, he can relate to them and they relate to him. and i think the more that people know about this, the more they know that that, that treatment is available and that it's an ongoing process and there is success. these days. it's not the ultimate , killer it's not the ultimate, killer that it was at one stage. you can actually get in remission, as you said. and that's, i

think, the best we can hope for an early remission. and many , an early remission. and many, many long years of happiness, family life and royal life because she is an ornament, an adornment to the to the monarchy , adornment to the to the monarchy, to the crown. and if you actually went to hollywood casting agency and you said, casting agency and you said, cast me a princess, they'd come up with somebody very much like, look, looking like the girl we're looking at there. >> superb stuff, michael cole. excellent. thank you so much for your insight. it's always an absolute pleasure. thank you very, very much. and for more reaction now i'm joined by the former royal butler grant. harold grant, welcome to the show . it's an astonishing video. show. it's an astonishing video. video. it's beautiful , it's video. it's beautiful, it's insightful, it's inclusive. tell me, what are your thoughts to it on it like as you were saying, very emotional. >> i mean, watching it, you're holding back the tears. >> and i'm sure all the other viewers , anyone watching that viewers, anyone watching that video, are going to feel the exact same way. and can i say

also a sense of pride, you know , also a sense of pride, you know, feeling very proud of what you do in this video. can i also say this is as michael just said, this is as michael just said, this is as michael just said, this is very unusual. i mean, this is very unusual. i mean, this video is unlike anything we've seen before. and i think what's to me really important and lucky enough to have known william and catherine personally and know what they're like, this is very much a reflection of them because if i can say the late queen always said that duty became came before everything. obviously, as queen, however, this is a very different royal family. i'm not saying that duty duty is very important to them, but however, as catherine has said herself, her family , her said herself, her family, her health, that is almost what's coming. first, and quite rightly, that's what should come first. and that's what they have shown, which is really important for the future. i think, of the royal family. i think they've shown that that family does come first. and how many people out there are going to give inspiration and support to . it's inspiration and support to. it's amazing what she's done and what they've done . and i said, just they've done. and i said, just watching this video just gives everybody so much hope and excitement for the future as

well. >> and grant, isn't that a key point? it's all the way along. it's been inviting people into kate's journey. her, her, her recovery. and the final line, it just i keep repeating it, but i just i keep repeating it, but i just find it takes my breath away to all of those who are continuing their own cancer journey, i remain with you side by side, hand in hand . out of by side, hand in hand. out of darkness can come light. so let that light shine bright. grant harold such a selfless thing to say. thinking of the people, many, many thousands of whom of course will be undergoing their own and their own families. cancer journeys. >> can i just make a quick reflection there? it's interesting that that statement is really important. and just by mentioning the late queen, dunng mentioning the late queen, during the war, do you remember she once said she could look the or the queen mother, i should say. said she could look at the west end into the eye. after the bombing in london. this is obviously a very different time. this is to do with health, to do

with cancer. but what catherine said, she can actually support , said, she can actually support, and understand what they know. people with, not just cancer, with diseases. she can actually understand what they're going through. she's been through this herself. and so this is really important, i think, for them to actually this is what i want. i think they want you to be part of this journey with them so that we're getting to see that, yes, the royal family, but they're also just like you and me. they're human beings. they laugh, they cry, they suffer. and this is really important that they're actually, taking us on this journey with them, which is, again, it's really unusual because the two of them are very, very private. they're very private . and this has given you private. and this has given you an insight into a world which normally you would never get to. i mean, the royal family in the past, as we know, never talked about health. it just wasn't talked about. it was not ignored. it was just very private. and the fact that they've taken us in this journey with them is a huge thing. and i honestly believe that's what she's trying to say, is she wants other people that are suffering with cancer that, you know, that are going through it. she's there to support them . she's there to support them. she's there to support them. she's there to she can she can

look them in the eye. she can say, i've been there, i've done it, i've done it, i've got through it. i'm getting through it. which is extraordinary. for a member of the royal family to be able to kind of. and this, this just shows you the modern royal family, you know, this is a very modern royal family. and this makes me excited for the future of the family as well. >> thank you very much for your thoughts. fantastic stuff. and that's the former royal butler, grant harrold . and for those of grant harrold. and for those of you just joining us, this is an astonishing video released by the palace. kensington palace a message from catherine, the princess of wales, on her ongoing cancerjourney. an ongoing cancer journey. an astonishing, beautiful video sharing her journey. we'll have a full update on that. an incredibly emotional moment for the royal family to bring us into their lives. i'm martin daubney on gb news. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . on gb news. >> hi there and welcome back to

the latest update from the met office for gb news drier. for many of us today, compared with yesterday , some sunshine out yesterday, some sunshine out there, but a fair amount of cloud as well. and it is going to turn wetter in the north—west later. now western scotland has seen plenty of fine weather dunng seen plenty of fine weather during the last few days. that's now coming to an end as weather systems approach from the atlantic. persistent rain setting in for the rest of the day that crossing scotland. northern ireland as well heading into northern england and parts of wales, we keep the clear skies across central and increasingly southeastern parts overnight. but despite the clear skies, temperatures will stay up in the double figures in most spots because of the freshening breeze, and it will be a breezy start to the day for northern parts of the uk. a particularly strong wind affecting northern scotland, along with spells of rain that rain could cause issues for shetland and orkney. 40 and in some places 80mm of rain falling through the day, accompanied by 50 mile per hour wind gusts. affecting the far north of scotland . showers

north of scotland. showers following the main band of rain across western scotland and northern ireland, this rain sinking south into northern england. ahead of it an area of cloud and some showers affecting west wales, as well as parts of southwest england, but some brighter spells in between now through tuesday morning we've got cloud and rain sinking south through central parts, 1 or 2 showers to the south of this, but also some brighter weather. clear skies further north interspersed with heavy showers and that strong wind continuing in the north—east of scotland, making it feel particularly cold and temperatures will be lowering over the next few days as this area of cloud and rain sinks south. the damp end to the day for southern parts of england and south wales. behind that, we've got clear spells and blustery showers and the winds coming from the arctic, so that's going to make it feel cold. temperatures just reaching 12 to 15 celsius. >> looks like things are heating

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about half an hour ago. catherine, princess of wales , catherine, princess of wales, sharing her latest video on her chemotherapy and her cancer journey. it's an astonishing, astonishing , beautiful thing and astonishing, beautiful thing and we'll be showing that soon. we've already had hundreds of messages from you to the princess, and i'll make sure to read out a few of those throughout the show. please send some more in gbnews.com forward slash yoursay. but before we move on, it's time for your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 5:00. and now, as you've been hearing, the princess of wales has finished her chemotherapy treatment and said her focus is to stay cancer free. she made the announcement in a heartfelt family video showing her spending private time with prince william and her children. princess catherine revealed in march that she was undergoing cancer treatment and has been out of public view since then.

she is set to carry out a few engagements this year, which could include remembrance events in november and her annual christmas carol concert . christmas carol concert. meanwhile, gun salutes are marking the anniversary of the king's accession today. a 62 gun salute salute is being fired by the honourable artillery company at the tower of london, and marks a two year anniversary of king charles taking to the throne. earlier, the 41 gun salute took place at hyde park in london. that gun salute fired by the king's troop, royal horse artillery. it also marks the passing of the late queen elizabeth the second. in other news, stephen ling, who raped and stabbed joanne tulip, 60 times in a sadistic murder in northumberland 27 years ago, should be freed from prison. that's according to the parole board . stephen ling was jailed board. stephen ling was jailed for life in december 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on

joanne, who was 29 years old. ling was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 years by the high court. transport secretary louise haigh said her thoughts are with joanne's family. >> i know the justice secretary is considering whether that decision can be appealed and whether it can be reconsidered, whether it can be reconsidered, whether she can request for the parole board to reconsider it. >> but it is an independent parole board. we were really clear with the early release scheme, which again, was required because of the dire state of our prisons during the riots. we were having to monitor, day by day, the number of spaces that were available in the prisons. >> and so horrible decisions have to be taken around early release. >> but we were also clear that no one who committed a serious violent crime that had been sentenced to more than four years, and many offences that were linked to a domestic abuse, should not be eligible for that early release scheme . early release scheme. >> now, leaders of two of the biggest unions have put further

pressure on the government over its plans to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. unite and the pcs union have both criticised the plan, while paul nowak, head of the trades union congress, says the trades union congress, says the government should rethink the government should rethink the plan and consider other lines of support for pensioners. mps will vote tomorrow on plans to scrap the payment. speaking at the tuc conference in brighton, paul nowak said he'll work with the government to rebuild public services. >> play our part in recasting britain's industrial future and above all, we'll work with the government to face down those on the right who wish to sow the vision and discord in our communities, and our message to the tinpot politicians. the street thugs and any rag tag group that tries to promote their message of hate is clear. not in our workplaces, not in our communities, not on our watch. >> now, hollywood actor idris elba has joined the prime minister in downing street to

launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. elba, an anti—knife crime campaigner , joined sir crime campaigner, joined sir keir starmer this morning as he launched the coalition, which aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs. the coalition will bring together campaign groups, families of people who've lost their lives to knife crime and young people who've been affected by it, as well as idris and the home secretary, yvette cooper. and the home secretary, yvette cooper . the metropolitan police cooper. the metropolitan police says it's very likely arrests will be made more quickly when it handles large protests in the future. assistant commissioner matt twist also admitted the force didn't get everything right when policing recent demonstrations. frequent protests and counter—demonstrations have been held since last october, including by environmental campaigners and from groups calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas conflict. protests also developed into rioting and disorder after three girls were killed in an attack in southport in july , and a man who took his

in july, and a man who took his own life after appearing on the jeremy kyle show was left distraught and broken, an inquest has heard. after he returned from the filming. steve dymond's landlady, michelle thaxter, said she had never seen a man cry so much after he recorded the episode . the 63 recorded the episode. the 63 year old was found dead a week later in his room in portsmouth. from the combined effect of overdose and a heart condition . overdose and a heart condition. those are the latest gb news headunes 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. well, as you've been hearing , kensington you've been hearing, kensington palace has released a video in relation to the princess of

wales's cancer treatment. let's take a listen to her wonderful words . words. >> himars you lead the way. as the summer comes to an end, i cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment . the last chemotherapy treatment. the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family . life tough for us as a family. life as you know it can change in an instant , and we've as you know it can change in an instant, and we've had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown . the waters and road unknown. the cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you . especially those closest to you. with humility, it also brings you face to face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you've never considered before . never considered before. >> and with that, a new perspective on everything . perspective on everything. >> it just filming . hello. hello .

>> it just filming. hello. hello. >> it just filming. hello. hello. >> this time has, above all, reminded william and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life which so many of us often take for granted. of simply loving and being loved . jul loving and being loved. jul doing what i can to stay cancer free is now my focus . although free is now my focus. although i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and i must continue to take each day as it comes . i continue to take each day as it comes. i am, continue to take each day as it comes . i am, however, looking comes. i am, however, looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more pubuc and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when i can. despite all that's gone before i enter this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life . thank you appreciation of life. thank you so much . william and i are so

so much. william and i are so grateful for the support we've received and have drawn great strength from all those who are helping us at this time. everyone's kindness, empathy and compassion has been truly humbling . to see. don't you get humbling. to see. don't you get that in your head? to all those who are continuing their own cancer journey, i remain with cancerjourney, i remain with you side by side hand in hand, out of darkness can come light. so let that light shine bright .

wow. >> it's astonishing, isn't it? let's go live now to kensington palace and speak to gb news royal correspondent, cameron walker. cameron it's the most incredible thing. it's. it's so. it invites us into her journey , it invites us into her journey, into her recent struggles . it into her recent struggles. it has those vignettes that all of us can relate to. of the sun on your face, of the of your hand, on the on, on the ferns. it's just a wonderful, on the on, on the ferns. it's just a wonderful , wonderful just a wonderful, wonderful thing . thing. >> it certainly is, martin. and i don't think there has ever been an instance of a member of the royal family sharing quite such a deeply personal and intimate insight into their world, and i think that's exactly what we've got from the princess and her video here this

afternoon. of course, it's been an incredibly testing nine months for the princess. first, she had the major abdominal surgery at a central london hospital. then she was diagnosed with cancer and then undertook a preventative course of preventative course of preventative chemotherapy. and i think what that video also showed was the deep love and support that her immediate family have given her over that penod family have given her over that period as well. prince william, her husband, her three children, prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis and a small insights into her dog orla as well. there and also the sanctuary that her royal highness takes from that beautiful norfolk countryside and the nature that she has surrounded herself with during her recovery. her cancer recovery. on the face of it, this is very good news. her preventative chemotherapy is now oven preventative chemotherapy is now over. she is going to start oven she is going to start carrying out a small number, a handful of public engagements over the next few months . but i over the next few months. but i don't think we should take this, that she is completely out of the woods yet. there is

certainly no suggestion that the princess is in remission. however, the fact that the chemotherapy is over and that we are starting to get indications that she wants to do more over the next few months is certainly a positive step. and in her own words , she said she is focused words, she said she is focused on staying cancer free and i think we can take certainly a lot from that. and she also spoke of her relief in that video there, which you just saw, because it clearly has been such an incredibly testing few months for the princess and the huge speculation surrounding her health. the deep public scrutiny that was upon her, particularly around the march march time, where people were asking where on earth she was that video, shot last month in norfolk and she thanks the public, the prince and princess of wales have thanked the public for their support and their understanding for the princess's absence over the last few months, and it was an incredibly artsy video, a very emotional video shot and edited by the filmmaker will warn now he is the guy who also shot and filmed the guy who also shot and filmed

the waleses behind the scenes video during the coronation. back in may 2023. so a very trusted videographer used by the princess of wales there if we just rewind. she started chemotherapy back in late february, so she's been undertaking this chemo for a number of months now, and she's had the summer really to recover. the children are back in school and now she feels clearly is the right time to talk about it. i understand that she really hopes to be able to attend the remembrance sunday service in november, alongside the rest of the royal family at the rest of the royal family at the cenotaph in central london. she has also started planning, alongside her team, the annual carol concert that she holds at westminster abbey. but neither of those events are confirmed. at this stage. i think i'm getting the indication that she still has good days and bad days with her health, and i think it's going to be a lot closer to the time when we get any kind of confirmation from kensington palace whether or not she will be able to undertake those engagements, but separate to those ceremonial events, and

also her annual traditional events, we are we have got confirmation this afternoon that the princess does plan to carry out some external public engagements. i suspect perhaps one of those key focuses for the princess over the next few months, clearly on her recovery. but in terms of her work is her early childhood projects that those at that early years trying to highlight support that the first five years of a child's life is very important for their future adult selves. so i suspect there will be some engagements on that over the next few months. but as i say, nothing confirmed at this stage, but very positive step. her chemotherapy is now over. we are going to see her more out and aboutin going to see her more out and about in public, but not a full scale return to public duties at this stage. but we should be optimistic this afternoon. martin >> now, cameron, what strikes me about watching that video and listening to the wonderful words is how relatable it all is for anybody who's ever lost anybody or has thought about their own mortality. and the line that

leaps out is at this time has taught me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. of simply loving and being loved and cameron walker, those moments of having a picnic with your family, playing cards with your family, playing cards with your family, playing cards with your kids , frolicking in with your kids, frolicking in the surf with your kids, just holding your your partner's hand in the woods, feeling the sun on your face. the small but priceless things that we can all relate to that video was packed with them. it was an incredibly inclusive. it invited all of us into her world and to feel what she's going through at this time . she's going through at this time. >> yes, the little things, isn't it, martin? it was incredibly relatable, i think, and i think the video really was the princess's way of showing the pubuc princess's way of showing the public that above it all, she is clearly, obviously she's the princess of wales and she's the future queen. but above it all, she is a mother and a wife to a young family and i think that's

what we have really seen from that video , the fact that what that video, the fact that what she really values and what she has prioritised over the last few months is her family and spending time with them, particularly outdoors. there was a lot of nature shots in that, wasn't there. martin and i understand the princess really has taken sanctuary in nature. but what the princess also acknowledged in that final paragraph or two of her video was that she acknowledged that she is clearly not the only person going through this. there are millions of people around the world who are undergoing cancer treatments , who have been cancer treatments, who have been diagnosed with cancer and some very, very sadly do not make it. and the princess is supporting those people, and she is acknowledging that every person's cancer journey is different and i can see a situation, perhaps in the months and years ahead where she's going to give a lot more perhaps, or at least some public support to those causes. saying that those people who are undergoing chemotherapy right now, undergoing cancer treatment right now are not alone . right now are not alone. >> cameron walker, i'd just like to read out we've had hundreds

of messages for catherine come into his ear @gbnews gbnews.com/yoursay. let's go through a few of those now as we watch this wonderful video again , watch this wonderful video again, catherine says this the princess and family. it made me cry. so, so beautiful . pat adds this so beautiful. pat adds this tears here. such a beautiful film. family and future king and queen. god bless. kevin adds this i just watched princess kate's video. it is absolutely breathtaking. it's fantastic. adrian adds this a lovely family we need to cherish diana's. yes, martin, i'm crying too. i must confess, viewers, i did shed a tear myself when i first saw this. catherine is absolutely lovely. what a beautiful video. wishing her the best of luck for her continued recovery. cameron walker, thank you very much for joining us and let's continue this conversation now because i'm joined by the royal broadcaster , helena chard broadcaster, helena chard helena, welcome to the show. you'd have seen this yourself. it's an incredibly moving video.

and the final line of it, as if there weren't enough moments in there weren't enough moments in there to get you choked. the final line, i thought was incredible, says to all of those who are continuing their own cancer journey , i remain with cancerjourney, i remain with you side by side , hand in hand, you side by side, hand in hand, out of darkness can come light. so let that light shine bright . so let that light shine bright. astonishing sentiment . astonishing sentiment. >> absolutely. as we know, gosh, what a heartfelt video. i just went through. i'm sure everyone has every single emotion, and just seeing them in the great outdoors, which obviously is the greatest healer for the princess of wales, >> such an intimate journey, >> such an intimate journey, >> she is a patron of lots of cancer trusts. >> i believe she has given, a lot of inspiration to so many people, >> and this will mean so, so, so much. and we're all so thrilled to hear this fantastic news, for the country, you know, for her

family and the children, the prince of wales, he's had it really quite tough recently. >> and i think you can really feel it in the emotional video. >> how obviously he has been a great support and the children and i think what shines out as well, it's the new perspective as well. on everything and the love that comes through is just it's so powerful, loving. and to be loved is so important. and we do know that obviously she, she still needs to heal and her recovery is still there's still time going forward. but i think people really want the princess of wales to take time, because we are raring for her to come back in full health but so, so lovely. we all had an idea as well, because the time people have been talking about her timeline, and we're just so hoping that she can make the engagements that she's been talking about. the cenotaph

remembrance sunday with the king and hopefully, obviously her christmas, christmas concert that she, she always puts on. but a few sneaky other appearances hopefully as well. and we just are rooting for her and the royal family needs her. she's a real star, as we know , she's a real star, as we know, and everyone is thrilled and even listening to your viewers comments. i mean, goodness me, it's really, really quite emotional and i'm so thankful that that she's put this out, such an intimate emotional journey . journey. >> and you're absolutely right to point out there is a positive forward looking message here because while great many tranches of this video do feel like somebody, you know, almost looking their own mortality in the eye, reflecting back on the most cherished moments that we can all relate to. as i keep saying, you know, just being with your kids, being with your with your kids, being with your with your kids, being with your with your partner, the sunlight , with your partner, the sunlight, the see, the ferns , you know,

the see, the ferns, you know, enjoying nature does also look forward to a return to duties. i am, however, it says looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more pubuc and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months. when i can so ever stoic, ever looking forward and looking like she's looking forward to getting back to those royal duties. and that's what everyone wants to see. >> absolutely. and we all absolutely look, we're raring for her. we're so looking forward to seeing her. me personally as well, as photographer, i've missed her wonderful smile at events and we're all thrilled that she'll be back soon. and it's so lovely to hear as well, how thankful she is, to everybody for the kindness and empathy and compassion, i mean, she feels hugely humbled. the whole family does, but obviously we know that she has to focus on staying cancer free, but i'm so relieved and thankful as well that she is

relieved , and we will see her relieved, and we will see her doing, you know , what she loves doing, you know, what she loves most, which is returning to royal duties. but, you know, behind the scenes, we have seen her, and she has been carrying on with her her royal foundation centre for early childhood, which is something she's been focusing on, and has and is obviously throwing herself into now, but we so look forward to seeing her, i think probably it will be november that we next see her. >> yeah, that's marvellous stuff. thank you so much for your insight, helena chard. marvellous stuff. and like i say , marvellous stuff. and like i say, hundreds and hundreds of your essays are pouring into the channel to offer your support to princess catherine. now, i'll be continuing all the latest reaction to the princess of announcement. very shortly. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 5:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. in the last hour, kensington palace announced that the princess of wales has completed her chemotherapy treatment. in a moving video, princess catherine said that whilst it was a relief to have completed her treatment, she described the last nine months as incredibly tough for both her and for her family. she also said she remained with those continuing on their own cancer journeys. let's get the thoughts now of the former royal warrants at the cern charles rae charles, welcome to the show. it's an astonishing video. it's beautiful. it's it lets us into her life, into her journey. charles, you've been following the royal family now for many, many years. have you ever seen anything quite like this? >> well, no. >> well, no. >> i've never seen anything like this at all. >> it'sjust this at all. >> it's just fantastic news that catherine is now finished chemotherapy. it doesn't mean that she's out of the woods yet . that she's out of the woods yet. there's still a long way to go. >> but she's going to come back,

a few light duties and will continue with whatever treatment needs to be carried , carried out. >> but this video is just sensational. it just shows, you know , a fabulous, loving family. know, a fabulous, loving family. >> and i like as well in the in the talk over where she is continuing to think about as she always has done, about cancer patients who are continuing with their battle. >> and she's there for the most they're uppermost in her mind and so i suspect that time will tell that she's going to be doing a lot more to do with cancen doing a lot more to do with cancer, scenarios in the very near future. >> and charles, you've taken some amazing photographs over the years in terms of the iconography of this, the cinematography, the intimacy, these are intimate places to the family, to let the public inside of that, to see these locations. the family doing in many senses,

charles very, very ordinary, everyday things. but that in itself is the masterstroke, isn't it? >> it is a masterstroke. and let's not forget that it wasn't that long ago that she was being criticised very wrongly in my view, for certain pictures , view, for certain pictures, pictures that were taken and i suspect that what the palace have done with this is to make it quite clear that this is about catherine, about her family, about the battle. it's not just a battle for catherine. it's been a battle for william. >> george, charlotte and louis as well. >> they've stood by her as they as they inevitably would to try to help give her as much a normal life as possible so that she can cope with the rigours that have been going on. >> and i and i think if anybody takes umbrage at this , this takes umbrage at this, this video, they really need to get a life. >> and one other thing, martin, i am i am ashamed of some of the people who have continually

criticised the princess of wales in her battle over this few months, and i hope they are ashamed of themselves. >> i absolutely agree with that , >> i absolutely agree with that, charles. and the another masterstroke of this is the family controlling the narrative, putting out messages like this, you know, with so much detail, with so much involvement and involving people with their own journeys. final payoff line of this was incredible, charles, to all of those who are continuing their own cancer journey, those who are continuing their own cancerjourney, i remain with you side by side, hand in hand, out of darkness can come light so that light may shine bright. it's an incredible thing to say to the general public that i. >> i'm with you and i think as well, we have to understand that this is the latest , view of the this is the latest, view of the waleses. they have been taking control of the narrative by themselves. this the william's

not got not going to let any of those so—called grey men at buckingham palace push him and more importantly, push his wife around. they, you know , they're around. they, you know, they're going to stand solid, you know, and will fight, you know, to continue to be their own people. and long may it continue. this is our future. this is the future of this country. this is the future of the monarchy. and it is really is in great safe hands. >> must be said charles rae. we've had absolutely hundreds of messages sent in to us here @gbnews want to read a couple of those out now, if i could just quickly , susie says, how quickly, susie says, how uplifting to see that beautifully short short video of catherine, william and the kids . catherine, william and the kids. maureen says, wow, i'm so very, very touched by catherine's words. i wish healing to the entire family. god bless them. susie as catherine so much class utterly joyous to watch and kate adds so much love coming from that video. the country so needed that we're all going

through dark patches at the moment. and finally, the final word to adrian. it shows on the video. outside of the pomp and ceremony, an ordinary family like everyone's long live catherine, wonderful stuff and charles rae. thank you so much for your insight. as ever, it's always a pleasure to talk to you.thank always a pleasure to talk to you. thank you very much. and that's the former royal correspondent at the sun charles rae . there's lots more still to rae. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, and i'll be joined by sir jacob i'll be joined by sirjacob rees—mogg for his thoughts on tomorrow's vote on cutting pensioners winter fuel payments. but first, here's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin, thank you . good >> martin, thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. your headlines as you've been heanng your headlines as you've been hearing the princess of wales has finished her chemotherapy treatment and said her focus is to stay cancer free. she made the announcement in a heartfelt family video showing her

spending private time with prince william and her children, princess catherine revealed in march that she was undergoing cancer treatment and has been out of public view since then. she is now set to carry out a few engagements this year, which could include remembrance events in november and her annual christmas carol concert . christmas carol concert. meanwhile, gun salutes are marking the anniversary of the king's accession today , a 62 gun king's accession today, a 62 gun royal salute is being fired by the honourable artillery company at the tower of london and marks at the tower of london and marks a two year anniversary of king charles taking to the throne. earlier, the 41 gun salute took place at hyde park in london. that salute fired by the king's troop royal horse artillery. it also marks the passing of the late queen elizabeth the second. in other news, hollywood actor idris elba has joined the prime minister in downing street to launch a new effort to tackle knife crime. elba, an anti—knife crime campaigner , joined keir crime campaigner, joined keir starmer this morning as he

launched the coalition, which aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs. the coalition will bring together campaign groups, families of people who've lost their lives to knife crime and young people who've been affected by it, as well as idris elba and the home secretary, yvette cooper . and stephen ling, yvette cooper. and stephen ling, who raped and stabbed joanne tulip 60 times in a sadistic murder in northumberland 27 years ago, should be freed from prison. that's according to the parole board. stephen ling was jailed for life in december 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on joanne, who was 29 years old. ling was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 life with a minimum term of 20 years, which was reduced to 18 by the high court. those are the by the high court. those are the latest gb news headlines. for latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in slash a minimum term of 20 now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward or go to gbnews.com forward

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welcome back. it's 537 on martin daubney on gb news now. could this be labour's darkest week? and are we headed wm w— now. could this be labour's darkest week? and are we headed for another winter of for another winter of discontent? well, tomorrow, sir discontent? well, tomorrow, sir keir starmer faces the first keir starmer faces the first major rebellion of his major rebellion of his premiership as mps are voting on premiership as mps are voting on scrapping the controversial scrapping the controversial pensioners winter fuel pensioners winter fuel allowance. and of course, this allowance. and of course, this comes as tomorrow will also see comes as tomorrow will also see a mass release of 2000 prisoners a mass release of 2000 prisoners back onto the streets , which back onto the streets , which back onto the streets, which shockingly includes a high back onto the streets, which shockingly includes a high proportion of domestic abusers. proportion of domestic abusers. >> and if things couldn't get much and if things couldn't get much worse for the prime minister, worse for the prime minister, the law enforcement agency, the the law enforcement agency, the national crime agency at the national crime agency at the forefront of sir keir starmer's forefront of sir keir starmer's plan to smash the gangs, is said plan to smash the gangs, is said to be in crisis, putting at risk to be in crisis, putting at risk its ability to take on people its ability to take on people smugglers and other organised smugglers and other organised criminals. well, to chew this criminals. well, to chew this oveni criminals. well, to chew this over, i can now speak with gb oveni criminals. well, to chew this over, i can now speak with gb news presenter sir jacob news presenter sir jacob rees—mogg, who joins me in the rees—mogg, who joins me in the

studio. an absolute delight to studio. an absolute delight to have you. have you. >> well, thank you for having me on your your programme. >> and no, it's a very difficult week for labour, but on my programme will also be discussing the good news about the princess of wales with angela levin. the wonderful video that's come out. and what a relief this is for the country at large. >> so there is at least some good news on the political front. >> labour is making a complete hash of things, and keir starmer, the labour party, when he was on the frontbench, said that getting rid of winter fuel allowance would kill 4000 pensioners and now this doesn't seem to worry him. now there are all sorts of arguments to be had about universal benefits and how you keep them under control. but if you tell the british people that it will kill 4000 people and then you do it. either you were lying then or you're heartless now. you can't have any middle way and the vote tomorrow will be interesting because the labour whips were quite ruthless with people who

voted against the king's speech, and that was quite proper because the king's speech is the vote of confidence in the government as a whole. >> and taking the whip away would be normal practice. >> it would be extraordinarily draconian to take the whip away from anybody who voted against the government. tomorrow highly unusualin the government. tomorrow highly unusual in recent parliamentary practice. and the other thing the rebels should bear in mind is the more of them who vote against, the harder it is to take the whip away. so those who are thinking of abstaining should bear in mind that if 30 of them vote against, they won't take the whip away from 33 of them. vote against. they may. there is strength in numbers . there is strength in numbers. >> despite that, though, it looks like mass abstention may be the route forward, we've seen rosie duffield admit she's going to abstain because she's very fearful of losing the whip, and she wants to maintain that voices like her remain. it could be a way of getting rid of people that keir starmer doesn't want to upset. the apple cart. >> and keir starmer famously bullied rosie duffield over the trans issue and now has adopted

her view. it's another of his flip flops of his really most dishonourable flip flops, because the treatment of rosie duffield by the labour party when keir starmer was leader was absolutely appalling. and now keir starmer says, oh yes, i agreed with her all along. it's deeply hypocritical. but yes, it's important that people like that are in the labour party and stand up to the bullies. >> can we also look at the mass release date that's also tomorrow on the same day as this historic vote, 2000 lags being let out and even supportive media today, like the guardian are saying, domestic abuse survivors might not sleep well tonight. >> i think that's a very important point. >> now, as a conservative, i must recognise that had we still beenin must recognise that had we still been in office, we would have been in office, we would have been releasing some prisoners early that the prisons are full and we need to make sure there are spaces for people who are sentenced in the next weeks and months. >> but it's who you let out. >> but it's who you let out. >> and that is under control of the government.

>> and the government needs to be extraordinarily careful to make sure that they're letting out early. people who committed some accountancy malpractice, you know, things that aren't a danger to the community, where they'll never be in an opportunity in a position to do it again, not domestic abusers who may turn up on their former spouses doorstep tomorrow . spouses doorstep tomorrow. >> and so, jacob, another massive story today. there's an

and yet , do you >> and yet, do you think anything will come of this? ofcom of course, seems to let the bbc mark its own homework . the bbc mark its own homework. we might get a slap on the wrist for a minor indiscretion , but for a minor indiscretion, but there's a huge volume there of misdemeanours, this report alleges. will anything happen? >> ofcom only cares about us because it's under huge political pressure from the left to have a look at a channel that believes in free speech, a channel that follows all the shibboleths of left wing theory is , bill of the day is, you is, bill of the day is, you know, catch of the day for the ofcom regulators. >> they love that there's no difficulty for them with the government by backing an organisation that just sticks to left wing shibboleths, whereas we maintain free speech. and that gives ofcom a fit of the vapours. >> and there was a debate about this on the bbc today. bbc radio four and all of the panellists, all of them didn't see any problem. they'd go, oh no, i think, i think the report may

have its own bias. so even when a report comes out using the bbc's own data, by the way, this was using ai bbc's own data, by the way, this was using a! from bbc's own report. >> well, of course the bbc has a panel on that agrees with the bbc. >> i mean, i've been on bbc panels where i'm the only one who ever dares disagree with the bbc orthodoxy, and you have three other people who spout the bbc orthodoxy. >> that happened all the time, as you probably found on on brexit, where you would be the one brexiteer, even though 50% of the country voted to leave. >> it's quite shameless . >> it's quite shameless. >> it's quite shameless. >> it's quite shameless. >> it's what you expect of the bbc, it's a sense of entitlement. i was a token brexiteer. >> luckily we're not that today. that state of the nation with jacob rees—mogg 8 to 9:00 tonight, so people should watch you all afternoon and then again between 7 and 8 and then stick with me. that's right. i'm on seven till eight and then handed over to you 8 or 9. that's an astonishing guest you've got. well done. superb stuff. tune in later on. thank you very much jacob rees—mogg. now, coming up on the show, i'll be joined by a plucky pensioner who started his own grassroots movement to name and shame all mps who intend to vote to keep oaps poorer and

colder this winter. in tomorrow's vote in the commons, i'll be joined by him next. it's called the pensioners vote. i'm martin daubney on gb news business news

channel. welcome back. it's 548. we're on the final final furlong on gb news with me martin daubney now back to sir keir starmer darkest week. and of course, beginning with the looming rebellion over his winter fuel payment cuts. well one plucky pensioner has started his own grassroots movement to name and shame all mps who vote to keep oaps poorer and colder. this winter. in tomorrow's crucial vote in the commons . and i can now speak commons. and i can now speak with that man. he's the founder of the pensioner vote, david pinless david, welcome to the show. a delight to have your company. i'm so, so chuffed

about what you're doing here. this is proper grassroots movement. you're an ordinary pensioner who felt compelled to do something about what you feel is a grave injustice. tell us about the pensioner vote and what you've got in store. >> good afternoon, martin, and thank you for having me on the show. i live in a rural community and many of our neighbours and friends are pensioners . pensioners. >> some of them are very alarmed about what may happen to them this winter, and we were told before the election that labour was a party for pensioners. three months into the labour government, they have now, they are now possibly voting to scrap the winter fuel allowance. so our vote didn't count. we feel disenfranchised . i contacted a disenfranchised. i contacted a number of mps to talk about it and some of them were very supportive. in fact, three labour mps have told me that they plan to vote against the government. >> on the other hand, one labour cabinet minister has blocked me

on twitter, presumably because she found my questions polite as they were too uncomfortable to answer. >> so left with this, i felt there was no other choice but to try and shame the government into voting not to scrap the winter fuel allowance. >> so i started this website called the pensioner vote com, and if you go there, scroll down or scroll up, whichever way you look at scrolling, find the link that says , sorry that that says , that says, sorry that that says, not the winter fuel allowance . not the winter fuel allowance. >> sorry. the >> sorry. the >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry you lost me. you lost me there for second, >> find the list of shame. >> find the list of shame. >> sorry. scroll down and find the list of shame. >> go to that page you're showing it on your on your screen a moment ago. you'll see that all 650 mps are listed. there >> they are all coloured green. >> they are all coloured green. >> what will happen is that those who vote to scrap the winter fuel payment, they will

turn red. >> those who to vote those who abstain. >> i'm sorry. those who abstain will turn blue. >> may i just add there that in my opinion, in the opinion of my friends and neighbours , friends and neighbours, abstaining is just as bad as voting to scrap the winter fuel payment. >> it's an act of cowardice. so there will be a permanent record there will be a permanent record there for people to see. which mps voted to scrap the winter fuel payment. you can sort this list by mps name by party, by constituency and also the list of shame itself, which would be those a list of those mps who are all red. okay >> and david, with that list, what do you intend to do ? what do you intend to do? presumably this would be a very good electoral material for rival political parties who will basically be able to go out there. david pinless and say, hey, look, here's your mp , he or hey, look, here's your mp, he or she, they voted to cut the winter fuel allowance and they seem to agree with a report that came out in 2017 by the labour

party , which said that 4000 party, which said that 4000 pensioners would perish if theresa may cut the winter fuel allowance. she didn't do that , allowance. she didn't do that, but most likely because of the sheer volume of the supermajority in parliament tomorrow, david, we're going to see this get through. what do you think that says about the labour party's attitude to pensioners ? presumably, if they pensioners? presumably, if they thought 4000 people had died in 2017, they're quite happy for that to happen. now martin, you couldn't make this up, could you? >> the labour plans to spend 11.6 billion on overseas climate aid , 10 billion on public sector aid, 10 billion on public sector pay aid, 10 billion on public sector pay rises , 8 billion on gb pay rises, 8 billion on gb energy , energy, >> i have a solution to this problem. instead of spending 11.6 billion on overseas climate aid , they could spend 10 billion aid, they could spend 10 billion instead, saving 1.6 billion, which would pay for the winter fuel allowance for all our pensions. now i remember a similar story to the one you've just quoted. prior to the election, a couple of years ago, when boris johnson was prime

minister, he was challenged about a pensioner whose name was elsie. do you remember this? she was an 84 year old. and the story was that she rode around on a bus all day to keep warm. >> keir starmer, who was then leader of the opposition, quite rightly launched into a tirade about all of this . but now, now about all of this. but now, now that he's in power , he's hoping that he's in power, he's hoping that he's in power, he's hoping that we can stop the winter fuel allowance . allowance. >> it's difficult. >> it's difficult. >> superb stuff and people can get involved, can't they? david pinner's by going to the pensioner vote.com and they sign up and i believe you told me this morning you got 5000 members from scratch in a few weeks. how many you got so far? now quickly. >> well , the last time i looked, >> well, the last time i looked, which was this morning when i spoke to you, martin, it was just short of 5000. >> that's happened within a couple of weeks. so we're growing very quickly. and, you know, we have to ask ourselves, these pensioners, who are they voting for? >> are they voting to support their party or are they voting to support the people who elected them into their positions? >> superstar david anneliese, as the founder of the pensioners

vote, get along and get involved in the movement. the pensioner vote. com thanks forjoining me on the show. absolute pleasure. delight to have you now. thanks for all your messages today. of course, on the incredible video that was released by princess of wales a few of you said these things. jackie says this how beautiful was that video? just full of love. it made me cry, leslie said this, this, that video was so beautiful about family in life while also thinking about other cancer victims. i cried my heart out for a superb stuff. now, if you haven't had enough of me, you can get me again. 7 to 8 pm. i'll be back. and of course, then handing over to jacob rees—mogg with that astonishing report , he's got the author of report, he's got the author of bbc bias into israel, but up next, it's dewbs& co tonight, presented by emily carver. thank you . you. >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome back to the latest update from the met office for gb news drier . for office for gb news drier. for many of us today, compared with yesterday, some sunshine out there, but a fair amount of cloud as well. and it is going to turn wetter in the north—west later . now. western scotland has later. now. western scotland has seen plenty of fine weather dunng seen plenty of fine weather during the last few days. that's now coming to an end as weather systems approach from the atlantic. persistent rain setting in for the rest of the day that crossing scotland, northern ireland as well heading into northern england and parts of wales, we keep the clear skies across central and increasingly southeastern parts overnight. but despite the clear skies , temperatures will stay up skies, temperatures will stay up in the double figures in most spots because of the freshening breeze, and it will be a breezy start to the day for northern parts of the uk. start to the day for northern parts of the uk . a particularly parts of the uk. a particularly strong wind affecting northern scotland, along with spells of rain. that rain could cause issues for shetland and orkney. 40 and in some places 80mm of rain falling through the day, accompanied by 50 mile per hour wind gusts affecting the far

north of scotland. showers following the main band of rain across western scotland and northern ireland, this rain sinking south into northern england ahead of it an area of cloud and some showers affecting west wales, as well as parts of southwest england, but some brighter spells in between now through tuesday morning. we've got cloud and rain sinking south through central parts. 1 or 2 showers to the south of this, but also some brighter weather. clear skies further north interspersed with heavy showers and that strong wind continuing in the north—east of scotland, making it feel particularly cold and temperatures will be lowering over the next few days. as this area of cloud and rain sinks south. the damp end to the day for southern parts of england and south wales. behind that, we've got clear spells and blustery showers, and the winds coming from the arctic, so that's going to make it feel cold. temperatures just reaching 12 to 15 celsius. >> that warm feeling inside from

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video message as well. the princess is set to begin a gradual return to public engagements while doing what she to can stay cancer free, and sir keir starmer insists his cabinet backs the decision to cut winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners. but with a growing rebellion from his own mps, the trade unions and the public, will the vote tomorrow shake his determination and forget the pressure in parliament? what about pressure on our jails? tomorrow is the day . 1700 tomorrow is the day. 1700 prisoners are set to be released

early in england and wales.