welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour conference today was interrupted by pro—palestine protesters and she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance to millions of british pensioners. miss reeves claims she's never been so optimistic about the future. on the day an opinion poll claimed 60% of voters don't think they think labour would lose the next general election. and an astonishing 11,500 illegal immigrants have arrived in small boats. in the 11 weeks that the labour party have been in power. and that's almost half the total number for the entire year before the election. labour promised to smash the gangs, but with 1400 arriving this weekend alone , it seems the gangs simply alone, it seems the gangs simply aren't listening . and if you aren't listening. and if you think things couldn't get much worse, more than 50 pubs a month on average were lost in england and wales during the first half

of 2024. that's according to government data. we'll speak with publicans about how we can sort this out. boozers, your country needs you. that's all coming in your next hour. welcome to the show. we've got a crack in week of politics ahead. rachel reeves said she has never been more optimistic about the future than now. but what about you? future than now. but what about you.7 do future than now. but what about you? do you feel optimistic about modern britain? a new survey today said that 45% of brits believe that their area has got worse these past few years, and only 7% think their area has got any better. today i want to hear from you. do you think britain is getting worse? if so , why? what's happening in if so, why? what's happening in your neighbourhood that makes your neighbourhood that makes you feel there's been a decline? is it crime? is it immigration? is it crime? is it immigration? is it crime? is it immigration? is it the schools? is it gps? is it the rubbish everywhere? just tell me what you think about

modern britain. and are you optimistic or do you think things definitely need to get better? send your views in the usual ways , gbnews.com/yoursay. usual ways, gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we kick off the rest of the show, here's your headunes of the show, here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin, thank you. >> martin, thank you. >> good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'sjust >> good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 3:00 your top stories this hour. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and suffocating growth in living standards. in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool. but not before she faced a protester . we are still faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . he selling arms to israel. he accused labour of selling arms to israel before being removed with shouts of free palestine, heard from backstage . getting heard from backstage. getting back on track, the chancellor

declared labour is a party that represents working people, not a party of protest, earning her a standing ovation. she went on to promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october will focus on, so it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promised a budget to rebuild britain. >> and my budget will keep our manifesto commitments . every manifesto commitments. every choice we make will be within a framework of economic and fiscal stability. you'd expect nothing less . we said we would not less. we said we would not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat. additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat . and national insurance or vat. and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. >> the unions demanding a u—turn

on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate on the cuts. the government insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion budget shortfall. however, shadow treasury minister gareth davies told us the tories would not have taken away support for pensioners . pensioners. >> what this is really all about, which is a political choice for the labour government, they have chosen, on the one hand to hand, massive pay the one hand to hand, massive pay rises to the unions, while at the same time taking away support for pensioners ahead of winter. that is a political choice, as i say, that is not a choice, as i say, that is not a choice that we would have made. >> now another news nurses in england have rejected the government's offer of a 5.5% pay rise, two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. >> the pay award was announced in july, shortly after labour's general election win. the ch's

general election win. the ch's general secretary says nursing staff are determined to for stand up themselves, their patients and the nhs while pushing for reforms. the unions turnout exceeded previous ballots for industrial action, hinting at continued unrest within the health sector in the us. the suspect in the second assassination attempt on donald trump wrote a note detailing plans to kill the former president, prosecutors have revealed. ryan routh was arrested near trump's west palm beach golf course, where he had been tracking trump's movements for nearly a month. the note addressed dear world, was found in a box dropped at an unknown person's home and handed to authorities, prosecutors also discovered a list of dates and locations where trump was expected to be the us justice department revealed the details in a court filing earlier today. now, 180 people have now been killed and more than 700 left wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes

against hezbollah in over 12 months. residents in southern lebanon reported receiving calls this morning telling them to evacuate, with warnings also broadcast across lebanese media. israel claims all targets and homes that were attacked were storing hezbollah weapons. israel is now believed to be considering a ground incursion, with a spokesperson saying they will do whatever is needed to protect israel from further attacks. meanwhile hezbollah is vowing to fight until a ceasefire in gaza is reached and back in the uk, parts of the country are underwater after more than a month's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours. flood warnings have been issued for areas across northamptonshire , bedfordshire northamptonshire, bedfordshire and london, causing widespread travel disruption, school closures and damage to homes. london fire brigade has responded to hundreds of calls rescuing people from homes and cars as transport, including tube lines, have been severely

impacted. an amber rain warning remains in place, with some areas expecting up to 120mm of rain today, with more rain and warnings expected throughout the week . those are the latest gb week. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour party conference today was interrupted by pro—palestine protesters as she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance to millions of pensioners. she also said she's never been so optimistic about the future, but that's on a day when an opinion poll claimed that 60% of voters think that the labour party will

lose the next general election. she also promised there will be no return to austerity at her first budget, but she will set out on the 30th of october, the day before halloween next month, and said yes, we must deal with the tory legacy and that means tough decisions. but i won't let that dim our ambition for britain. well, let's speak now to gb news political editor chris hope, who is in liverpool at that conference. chris, welcome to the show. so, rachel reeves says she's never been more optimistic. 60% of voters, though, don't think labour will even win the next election. and it certainly feels like the pensioners outside who were booing, they don't feel very optimistic. a mixed bag from liverpool , chris hope. tell us liverpool, chris hope. tell us more . more. >> martin, hi, welcome to the labour conference here in liverpool. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> it's tipping down with rain. a somewhat, a contrast with the, the warm weather we saw on the south coast of england last week in brighton for the lib dem

conference. maybe that's the reality of being in government for this party. that's right. you can almost hear the gears changing there , crunching as changing there, crunching as they try and work out how to start to lift the doom and gloom which has formed over this government and maybe, maybe many in the country because of the concern about what's going to happenin concern about what's going to happen in the october 30th budget. well, yeah, we sat through that, that speech with by rachel reeves. i thought the moment came was when she was saying she's she's sorted out the issue of public sector pay at the very moment the nurses said they will reject 5.5% pay increase. that's the royal college of nursing. that was a problem. but we heard from rachel reeves, she said there that her optimism for britain burns brighter than ever, so she's trying to lift the mood despite the past ten weeks of trying to dampen down concern. so they're trying to i think the messaging is somewhat mixed, but with me now is tan desi tan. welcome to gb news. great to have you on, how do you find the speech there? i mean, did it work to lift the mood of the hall by rachel reeves? >> i think many of us will be

very energised with the programme that the government is promising. and look, it's about delivering on our manifesto. if we came in on the back of changing our country , then, as changing our country, then, as keir has been saying, change begins now. >> so we've got to begin that process. we've got to deal with the problems with all the mess that has been left behind, including the £22 billion budgetary black hole . so that is budgetary black hole. so that is why certain difficult decisions need to be taken. but we'd rather that we take certain difficult decisions. but we need to make sure that there is enough protections for the most vulnerable and look, sometimes the reason why the difficult decisions have to be taken is because we got in off the backs of two key concepts . firstly, we of two key concepts. firstly, we regained our economic credibility that people actually trusted the labour party rather than the conservatives or anybody else with their economy and with the public finances. and secondly, in terms of defence and national security. so those two things i think are

important to people within britain and their security as mps . mps. >> you say change begins here, but the problem is you made so much hay over attacking the tory party for its various problems over partygate, covid contracts and the like. but you guys are as bad, aren't you? i mean , as bad, aren't you? i mean, you're taking freebies from donors for all sorts of things. i mean, is that your suit you're wearing here, chris definitely, mate, definitely. >> the sartorial tie shows your skills are definitely from the missus, and i make sure that. but don't worry, i've got to make sure that the turban is matching with the tie and everything else. right. so no, no, it's all paid for by myself. but look all of yourselves. >> aren't you, though, with all these donations and glasses? let's not forget that nothing illegal has happened. >> in fact, we have got transparency that those who were there in terms of shadow ministers, shadow cabinet ministers, while we were in opposition, all of those things were put in the register of members interests, and it is a huge difference if you juxtapose

that next to what boris johnson was doing, spending well over 100 grand on his gold leaf, wallpaper and much more besides which , by the way, he tried to which, by the way, he tried to hide. so at least here things are there. but we. this is not what people in slough are talking about. my slough. you haven't. >> you haven't revealed all the payments. so have you. some have been revealed lately after they've been emerging in the press in recent days. >> my understanding is that everything that had to be disclosed is disclosed. and obviously there are deadlines. and by a certain, those deadunes and by a certain, those deadlines that all of that will be disclosed. but the key thing here, chris, is that, as you've seen here in liverpool, is that we need to set out our policy agenda because people in slough aren't really concerned about your or my sartorial skills or what else. cabinet ministers or former shadow cabinet ministers are doing. it is about how are we going to tackle the nhs crisis. the highest nhs waiting list on record? how are we going to tackle the housing crisis? if

we said we're going to build 1.5 million homes, how are we going to do that? >> and everyone wishes you the best for that. and of course, how can you argue against that? of course, everyone hopes you deal with those issues, but you are making choices which are divisive. just a few hundred yards from here you've got pensioners, pensioners, shivering, shivering in the rain, protesting against withdrawal of this food to fuel payments. >> look, i think we've got to listen to all of the voices within the country. but let us, in terms of pensioners, by the way, what we said in our manifesto, the labour party said that we will commit to the triple lock in pensions. so pensioners under a labour government will not just be hundreds but thousands of pounds better off in the coming months and years. what we've also said is that it's going to be means tested in terms of the winter fuel payment, but those on pension credit, they will continue to receive it and approximately 900,000 people in our country are actually eligible for pension credit. >> so i would ask on screen now, the protests happening now outside this conference venue . outside this conference venue. now you look at those people there, they are shivering cold. you are condemning lots of people to be cold this winter. i mean, that's what you've done.

you've made a choice here in your government. >> what we have said is that one, the approximately 900,000 people who can apply for pension credit, please, please do apply. and that's what i've been encouraging my slough constituents to be doing. also, many of us as mps have asked the government to look again at thresholds , especially because thresholds, especially because of the cliff edge as to how that relates, that those people in need should be given the support work happening now. >> then, ahead of the budget. >> then, ahead of the budget. >> look, i'm obviously i can't prejudge what the chancellor will be doing, but the likes of me have got to make our representations on behalf of our constituents. as i know, other colleagues have done. but we've also i'm glad that the government listened to us and that the household support fund, the £421 million that that was also extended. so i think as long as we are protecting the most vulnerable, that's the key. and look , the, you know, the and look, the, you know, the payments to millionaires or billionaires, that that is not what's needed . what we need to what's needed. what we need to do is to make sure that everybody who does need help does receive that help. >> are you finding governing

challenging? it's not easy, is it? i mean, you've got stuff coming at you, those riots in august that was dreadful. you've seen, you know, concerns about personal probity. it's not straightforward. well nothing is ever straightforward being elected as a member of parliament. >> that is a huge honour and a privilege. and that is a difficult task, not just helping constituents out in terms of holding advice, surgeries, but also being held to account by the likes of your good self on a regular basis. chris. but i think in terms of government ministers , they know that the ministers, they know that the task now is to deliver on the promises. and i was pleased when faced with racist riots, when we had islamophobia and other things on display, that the government dealt with that promptly and that's the way i see my attempt to understand what underlies the concerns about immigration. >> i mean, it's not far right to worry about immigration, is it? >> that is why the government did say that we will be making sure that there is a well balanced approach that we need

to deal with the issue sensitively, but also we need to smash the smuggling gangs who are leading to lots of people losing their lives . so this, losing their lives. so this, this, this needs to be a multifaceted approach towards this. but we do recognise the issue . and the government i know issue. and the government i know issue. and the government i know is doing its level best to deal with it. can i ask you about defence? >> you're the new defence select committee chairman. it's a big role that this week the pm should be flying to united nations. he'll meet zelenskyy out there. the big issue is storm shadow missiles. do you want to see british made storm shadow missiles fired in russia at russians? well, look, chris, i know that the role of the defence committee is in in an increasingly volatile world, it is very, very important. >> so many of us will be looking to the government to hold their feet to the fire. we will be supportive of storm shadow missiles particularly, and we will also scrutinise where we need to. the support for ukraine needs to be paramount. as i said on the floor of the house is let us not be under any illusion in the face of russian aggression

and invasion and when dealing with that with putin, that the defence of the uk starts in ukraine. so that support needs to be there. and i know that there are sensitive conversations being held with our allies. we need we shouldn't be doing anything on our own with our nato allies. i know that a lot of discussions, especially with our closest ally, the us, as to what can actually happen, but the paramount thing is our strong support , not just in the coming support, not just in the coming months, but as a long term relationship just very finally, when do you want to get to the 2.5% of our gdp spent on defence? >> we haven't yet got a time limit from your government, have we? >> once again, chris, the job of the defence committee will be to make sure that we. >> when do you want to see it? that's what i'm asking. >> the government have said that they will be reaching there as soon as possible. so we will be holding them to that. i am sure, in the fullness of time that the defence committee members and i will work on a cross—party basis, because that's the mandate that has been given to the likes of myself. i was voted not just by labour members, but

by conservative, lib dem and all the other parties. so we need to make sure that when the government says that it will be reaching that target as soon as possible, we will be ascertaining from the secretary of state for defence who i've already for met a first formal meeting, as to when that will be. >> and just finally back on this conference. sue gray, you've got support. you think she's a good thing for your government? she's a distraction. will she be in post by christmas? >> well, look, i know that a lot of advisers, especially especially senior special advisers, they have always been and are paid more than the likes of me as an mp, as than ministers. and i think that that is the same, by the way, goes for those who are chief executives or senior directors in councils. and i know that their pay is a distraction to your work in government. >> look what we need to, i think, move away as a party. >> we want to move away from that. we don't want to be talking about personalities or about side issues, about who is wearing what, when and where. it's about policies. and is the government delivering on tackling the various crises

facing our country in in particular, dealing with that £22 billion budgetary, financial, black hole? >> thank you forjoining us on >> thank you for joining us on gb news here at the conference. it's always great. stand aside. there she goes. he's a he's the chair also of the defence select committee. a big week i think going forward in defence as rpm flies to the un in new york, to those talks with zelenskyy martin. >> thank you very much, chris. hope for that. and of course, we'll cross back to you live throughout the show for more reaction from the labour party conference there in liverpool. thank you very much. i just want to pick up on a couple of facts back in the studio here that tan dc came out with their because i think this winter fuel allowance, it's a terrible look don't you agree. pensioners outside in the rain with their megaphones complaining about what they perceive to be austerity. it's okay for the chancellor to say there will be no return to austerity. those pensioners outside, they think there is a return to austerity. 10 million do loads and loads of get in touch with us here @gbnews ten. dc has a majority of 3647in slough, okay, 9716

pensioners in his constituency had their winter fuel allowance axed. now that majority only has to be halved. that's 8938 votes. need to go a different way and that gentleman will lose his seat.i that gentleman will lose his seat. i wonder if they might regret this winter fuel allowance business down the line. moving on. now it's time for the great british giveaway and the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. £36,000 could be yours. that's like having an extra £3,000 tax free in your bank account each and every month for an entire year. now here's all the details that you'll need to make it yours. >> there's an incredible £36,000 to be won in the great british 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 penny and spend it however you like. we could be paying for your entire year until 2025. how amazing would that be? for

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channel. >> hi there, i'm michelle dewberry and i'm going to take a second to tell you all about my show dewbs& co we start off with the issues of the day. we then bnngin the issues of the day. we then bring in both sides of the argument. we get rid of the disrespect and then you throw me into the mix and trust me, i'll tell it exactly how it is. and then of course, the magic ingredient you at home, we mix it all together. and what have we got? in my opinion, the best debate show in town monday to friday, six till seven on gb news, britain's news channel . news, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 3:25. i'm martin dalby and this is gb news. now almost half the total number of small boats migrants who have crossed the english channel this year have arrived in the past 11 weeks since the labour party came into power. and this comes as gb news counted over 1400 small boats,

migrants as they arrived in dover harbour over the weekend, taking the total since the beginning of the year to over 25,000, with over 11,500 having crossed, as i said, just in that short period of time since the labour party came into power. well, we can now speak with the gb news home and security edhon gb news home and security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show time and time again, sir keir starmer says his silver bullet . his plan says his silver bullet. his plan is to smash the gangs, mark the gangs. they're not listening, mate . mate. >> they're certainly not listening at the moment. if anything, it seems they feel emboldened. they're pushing these small boats out in ever more precarious weather conditions. it was really surprising, actually. according to our producer down in dover, we weren't expecting many boats to cross at the weekend. we can show you some exclusive images that we've obtained from the middle of the english channel

yesterday that show one of those small boats crossing not far from a p&o ferry heading into uk waters absolutely full to the gunwales of migrants. having made that illegal crossing. but despite the fact that those stormy conditions that we've been seeing around the country were being experienced in the channel as well, the people smugglers are pushing these boats out. 707 martin on saturday, then 717 yesterday and again this morning. and the conditions are absolutely atrocious. but two small boats made it across the channel this morning. so we're a thousand ahead of where we were at this time last year. so that's all the indication you need that there is no letup, no slowdown in the number of people coming across the channel. >> in fact, if anything, mark it feels like they're getting a move on. it feels like they're trying to get here. toot sweet.

before there's any change of policy. and talking of which, all of this, of course , mark all of this, of course, mark white is incredibly expensive . white is incredibly expensive. the labour party going to war, seemingly with the electorate over £1.4 billion, a mere drop in the ocean for the winter fuel allowance compared to the £66 billion spent every year. now on asylum, £8 million every single day and rising. it must be rising on the hotels, the financial problem is huge. the political problem is huge . political problem is huge. >> yes, well, labour have a policy of trying to stop the use of these hotels that will be welcomed by, of course, many communities, hundreds of communities, hundreds of communities right across the country who have seen their local amenity taken out of pubuc local amenity taken out of public use for sometimes years. so to get those hotels back will be welcome. however, the solution, because we're not going to be using raf bases

anymore, we're not going to be using the bibby stockholm barge in dorset anymore, is to distribute these asylum seekers right across the countries in social housing. so that is obviously going to be very controversial and will bring with it a great deal of unhappiness at that policy as well. and it will be costly because labour will have to ensure that those local authorities housing these asylum seekers in local authority accommodation are paid for turning over their housing stock for that use and mark white we keep hearing, oh, there'll be there'll be another hundred immigration officers, 100 to try and get this job done. >> mark white the numbers you're talking about there, 1400 illegals in one weekend with 100 to try and stop. this is peashooters against tanks . peashooters against tanks. >> well, i thought it was very interesting, to martin, listen to martin hewitt. who is this

new border security command head who eventually they managed to get ahead of this new command after a couple of months of trying. martin hewitt has a great deal of experience within the police service, and one of the police service, and one of the things he said just in recent days is that as well as the effort to try to go after the effort to try to go after the criminal gangs, as keir starmer says, to smash the gangs , starmer says, to smash the gangs, we also need a deterrent. well, we also need a deterrent. well, we had a deterrent, obviously in the rwanda scheme we'll never know if that could have worked because it was one of the first things that sir keir starmer did when he got into office was to scrap the rwanda scheme, despite the many, many millions of pounds that were invested in that scheme. with the first flights due to go off within days and mark white an ironic situation indeed. >> martin hewitt was in charge,

of course, of locking the country down. he was the lockdown tsar, he was responsible for millions of brits being effectively de facto imprisoned, locked up in their own homes. i wonder mark white would he do a suitably impressive job of locking the illegal immigrants out of our country? whatever. he has an unenviable task, a massive job to do. mark white thank you, as even to do. mark white thank you, as ever, for bringing us fully up to speed on the chaos in the channel. thank you. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, including does the labour donations row show that the labour party are the real party of sleaze? will be back at the labour conference to ask the big questions. but first, here's your latest news headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> it's 331. >> it's 331. >> these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and suffocating growth in living

standards. in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool, but not before she faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . he selling arms to israel. he accused labour of selling arms to israel before being removed with shouts of free palestine, heard from backstage getting back on track, the chancellor declared labour as a party that represents working people, not a party of protest, earning her a standing ovation. she went on to promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october, will focus on. >> so it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promise, a budget to rebuild britain. and my budget will keep our manifesto commitments. every choice we make will be within a framework of economic and fiscal stability. you'd expect nothing less. we said we would not

increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax , additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat. and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, nurses in england have rejected the government's offer of a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. the pay award was announced in july, shortly after labour's general election win. the ch's general secretary says nursing staff are determined to for stand up themselves, their patients and the nhs while pushing for reforms. the unions turnout exceeded previous ballots for industrial action, hinting at continued unrest within the health sector and in the us. the suspect in the second assassination attempt on donald trump wrote a note detailing plans to kill the former president, prosecutors have revealed today . ryan routh

have revealed today. ryan routh was arrested near trump's west palm beach golf course, where he'd been tracking trump's movements for nearly a month. the note addressed dear world was found in a box dropped at an unknown person's home and handed to authorities, prosecutors also discovered a list of dates and locations where trump was expected to be. the us justice department revealed the details in a court filing earlier today. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 131.3344 and >> the pound will buy you $1.3344 and ,1.1995. the price

of gold is £1,970, pounds and £0.05 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8251 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you sophia. now if you want to get in touch with me, you know to what do. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay. today's big question is are you optimistic about the future and do you think your area has gone downhill? 45% of brits feel that thatis downhill? 45% of brits feel that that is the case. only 7% believe their area is better. has your area gone downhill and if so, why? get in touch. i'll read out the best comments little later in the show. i'm martin daubney

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daubney on gb news. well let's now cross back to the labour party conference in liverpool and speak with the gb news deputy political editor tom harwood tom, you're inside there. the labour party putting on their best shiny happy face. few pensioners outside, though, don't seem quite so happy. tell us, what's it like inside the belly of the beast? >> that's right . belly of the beast? >> that's right. i belly of the beast? >> that's right . i thought belly of the beast? >> that's right. i thought i'd give you a bit of an inside scoop of what it's like here on the floor of labour conference. this is our shiny stand, which, of course, we've been seeing throughout the day, throughout the two days that we've been here so far. and who do we have here? mr andrew pierce, clearly preparing for tomorrow's. britain's newsroom. >> of course we are. well, we've got another general secretary on tomorrow. labour mps, we're reacting to rachel reeves speech . reacting to rachel reeves speech. she sounded like a robot, but the content was more interesting . the content was more interesting. >> it certainly was. what did you make of the protester? >> fascinating. where is he? under lock and key . under lock and key. >> they were really rough trying to. trying to pull him out . to. trying to pull him out. we've got christopher hope here. our political editor. what have

you been up to today? i've been looking at fringe meetings. >> i've been interviewing people on the stand. i've been there for the hall. i've got film of the protester yelling at rachel reeves. i think it was at the timing for me all about the nurses rejecting that pay offer today. tom, was that a real moment? they knew what they were doing right in the middle of that speech. we're not going to take 5.5%. that drumbeat of pay rises for public sector workers is not going away. >> yeah, that's a real issue. but you were one of the few journalists who sort of chased after that protester. you were almost sort of escaped the hall, but they took him out a side entrance. >> yes they did. yeah. with an arm round the throat. it was quite in my job, you know, any kind of dissent on the floor? we're straight into it. and it happened last year with the tory party. yeah, interesting. i mean, i think it's a fascinating time tomorrow. we're looking forward to yvette cooper. her speech. what will she say on small boats immigration. those are the key issues for our viewers. well brilliant stuff. >> looking forward to it. and let's hope. well, i don't know. i was about to say let's hope there aren't any more protesters, but it might be more fun if there are. let's have a look around the rest of the hall, because there are a lot of corporate sponsors here. of course, the labour party now in

government, anyone who's anyone who wants to get close to power wants to obviously influence those who make decisions . well, those who make decisions. well, they all want to exhibit here. we've got the food and drink federation, we've got old trafford regeneration. i love a good regeneration that's cracking . but also, of course, cracking. but also, of course, there are lots of different smaller societies as well. the things that you would find at any labour conference or indeed lots of trade unions too. gmb here and the smaller societies for action children, global banking, school, medical aid for palestinians. banking, school, medical aid for palestinians . just a flavour of palestinians. just a flavour of what you can see on the floor here. but it's not just charities and unions, it's also the banks. you've got barclays, of course. maybe that's a sign of course. maybe that's a sign of where the labour party is travelling to. they want to present a more corporate image, but a big theme of this conference is of course. net zero electrification and buses. yes there's a double decker bus here. it's called the congestion buster. it's from leeds. they've dnven buster. it's from leeds. they've driven it into the into the

exhibition floor here. i'm just going to see if i can, hop on, hop up and hop in. this is a fully electric bus. i'm told they want to roll these out across the country to try and ease congestion and connect up towns. this one, as i say, is from leeds, but it's a pretty impressive piece of kit. i don't know what these buttons do. i might i mean, i don't want to , might i mean, i don't want to, can we? i'm just pressing random buttons here, hoping that. hoping that something will, hoping that something will move. oh, i've turned the i've turned the indicators on, i don't know, is there a horn? i would really love to find a horn, but i can't, i. you know what? i'm just sitting here like, you know, driving a bus is a harder thing than i would have thought, martin. but no, this is a fun. a fun exhibition here. there was a double decker bus at the reform party conference. i'm now thinking that next week in birmingham for the conservative party conference. surely they've got to have a bus as well. and then it's three for three.

>> well, there tom harwood tom, for a moment there i had visions of you just clattering through the conference centre, having kick started that bus involuntarily, an electric bus ploughing out of that conference centre, a joyride too far . centre, a joyride too far. please, please stay safe. tom harwood. excellent fun. great reporting. thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. and we'll cross back to you of course, later in the show. excellent stuff. thank you. now coming up, we'll be discussing gb news favourite prince harry, who's gone solo in new york. he's all alone. the poor old winger. we'll find what he's up to that's coming next on

welcome back. 346. i'm martin daubney on gb news still laughing there about tom harwood trying to hotwire a bus at the labour conference superb stuff. now moving on to more serious matters, because from tomorrow it will be to illegal possess a

zombie style knife or machete over the last four weeks, the pubuc over the last four weeks, the public have given been given the opportunity to hand the weapons in at police stations across the uk and gb news west midlands reporter jack carson went to see some of the knives recovered in birmingham. >> for those in the west midlands, it's a familiar sight. a forensic tent and police tape marks the spot where a dangerous weapon was used in an attack from tomorrow. the law will get tougher and it will be illegal tougher and it will be illegal to own zombie style knives and machetes. adding to the list of what's already banned, like zombie and butterfly knives and samurai swords over the past few weeks, anyone who has one of these weapons has been urged to hand them over at police stations or use a surrender bin. there are 31 surrender bins across this region and as one was opened, the scale of the problem facing police was made clear. police and crime commissioner for the west midlands, simon foster, says the bins are just one part of the strategy and we're absolutely

committed to doing everything within our powers in order to ensure that we prevent , tackle ensure that we prevent, tackle and reduce knife crime, protect young and vulnerable people and save lives. >> this is only but one part of the strategy that we have to prevent, tackle and reduce knife crime . plainly, we also need crime. plainly, we also need robust policing in order to be able to deal with those people who are intent on causing harm to others. in addition to that, we also have to invest in prevention, early intervention, diversion and addressing the underlying causes of crime. >> but whilst these knives are on their way to being destroyed, weapons just like them are still on the streets. according to figures from the ons, the west midlands has the highest rate of knife crime offences . in england knife crime offences. in england and wales. there were 5268 offences in the force area between april 2023 and march 2024, giving a rate of 178 per 100,000 of the population. that's higher than the metropolitan police forces, which recorded a rate of 169 per

100,000 people in birmingham city centre . the attempts at city centre. the attempts at solving knife crime haven't made people confident. >> you see 12 year olds like carrying knives and i think it's absolutely disgusting that the police aren't doing anything about it. no, i don't feel safe at all. we're here today for a reason, but we'll be in and out as quick as possible. i don't feel safe at all anywhere, not just birmingham. >> you know, anything could happen at any moment. >> you can't predict who who will have a weapon and who doesn't have a weapon. the government says the ban on zombie style knives is the first step in their plan to halve knife crime within a decade, as this surrender bin is sealed again, will the change in the law make streets safer? jack carson gb news birmingham. >> excellent package. there by my colleague jack colton on the cancer of knife crime . well cancer of knife crime. well done. now the duke of sussex is on a solo trip to new york this week, attending a series of charity events. harry will be the star guest at five high profile events in new york

dunng profile events in new york during the un general assembly's high level week and also the climate week, focusing on areas such as conservation and sustainable travel. and the trip also includes a fundraiser for clearing landmines in africa, following, of course, from his mother princess diana's excellent work following in her footsteps. well, let's now speak with gb news royal correspondent cameron wahaca. cameron, welcome to the show . so prince harry to the show. so prince harry seems to have a penchant for solo trips. first, a lads houday solo trips. first, a lads holiday without the missus. now he's working alone. tell us more. >> yeah, he certainly is, martin. a string of high profile appearances from prince harry on the east coast of america. he's flown without his wife meghan, across the entire continent of nonh across the entire continent of north america. really? this has all been planned, as you say, a number of the engagements he has actually is to do with the legacy of his late mother, princess diana. so literally in the last couple of minutes, he has finished speaking at a panel discussion honouring his late mother princess diana, a charity was set up in her name

championing her legacy , championing her legacy, supporting young people. they mark their 25th anniversary this yean mark their 25th anniversary this year, but it was weird actually, because it wasn't prince harry kind of talking to the crowd. it was him almost acting as a journalist and asking some young people questions. two young people questions. two young people who won the diana legacy award. so let's take a little bit. take a little bit of a look at what prince harry got up to a little bit earlier on. >> this is a very, very important subject that affects every single one of us, and i'm privileged to be here with diana award and with yourselves, christina and kiara, very, very nice to see you again, >> we're here to listen to you, for some reason, i've been given a microphone to ask questions, and i'll do my best to, to get out of out of you guys. what? really? well, let's start with this. what what worries you the most about the world today for your from from your own perspective but also your peers,

what what worries you but also what what worries you but also what are the biggest barriers to young people reaching their full potential? >> a lot of themes of mental health and climate change there. of course, it is un climate week in new york at the moment. prince harry also going on to another engagement now to do with the halo trust. if you remember those iconic images now from early 1997 of princess diana walking through a cleared landmine field, it's that charity, the halo trust, which prince harry is taking part in later on today and engagement with them tomorrow. he's meeting the former president of the united states, bill clinton, and his daughter chelsea, for an engagement, as well as a sustainable travel engagement as well. but it's all happening at the same time that prince william has an event in new york as well, because tomorrow it's the earthshot prize innovation summit . that's prince william's summit. that's prince william's initiative to come up with solutions to repair the planet within a decade. prince william is not expected to be in new york, though it's not a deliberate avoidance of his brother, prince harry. it was always planned that he wouldn't be travelling, but nonetheless, a big coincidence that both

brothers who support the diana awards for the charity that honours their mother's legacy. but b, of course, both of them on different sides of the atlantic, trying to champion different causes . so perhaps different causes. so perhaps some would see it as a bit of a shame that neither of them can be in the same country at the same time, but it's a clear, it's a clear point that they both seem to be focused very much on their individual charity work, and not getting distracted by the feuds between them. >> superb, sir. thank you very much. cameron walker, an excellent summary. a tale of two princes seemingly on very, very different planets . cameron different planets. cameron walker, great stuff. thank you very, very much. now then, i've been asking you about your area. has it gone downhill? and also i've got a wonderful email here i'd like to read out from linda carol pixley, who emailed me directly saying, dear mr daubeny, please let the merseyside elderly pensioners know that they are not alone. she means the ones outside the labour party conference protesting about the axing of the winter fuel allowance. a

huge thank you to the merseyside pensioners who are outside the labour party conference protesting against the government decision to withdraw the winter fuel allowance from pensioners. they are mainly elderly people who have the courage to protest despite the fact they are exposed to the elements in wet and cold conditions. if i had a protest group in my area then i would be taking part. well done to all those pensioners and thank you for their bravery . now stay with for their bravery. now stay with us. we'll have much more reaction of course, from the labour party conference. we'll be back there to ask whether the labour party are really the party of sleaze amid their ongoing donations row. i'm martin daubney on gb news now it's martin daubney on gb news now wsfime martin daubney on gb news now it's time for your weather. here's alex deakin . here's alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me for this latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we do still have an amber weather warning in force. further heavy rain likely to continue to cause some flooding

issues, particularly over central parts of england. there's a broader yellow met office weather warning in place, covering much of england and parts of wales. the rain just continues through parts of oxfordshire down towards bristol and bath over the next few hours, before slowly starting to ease. overnight stays pretty damp across eastern parts of england and rain creeping into northern scotland, but elsewhere, many places becoming dry overnight, staying quite mild. temperatures mostly in double digits onto tuesday. overall, a much, much drier day. we are still going to have some rain early on over parts of east anglia and the south east, but that should be clearing away a much drier day over parts of hampshire and wiltshire and the midlands compared to today. a few showers developing tomorrow over northern england, northern ireland and staying fairly wet across northern parts of scotland. tomorrow looks fairly 509931, scotland. tomorrow looks fairly soggy, with a brisk north easterly wind blowing along the moray firth and a few heavy showers likely to push a little further south, perhaps into the

edinburgh area too. but as i said, overall, particularly in these central parts of england where it has been so wet today it looks a lot drier tomorrow, probably staying fairly cloudy, but some bright or sunny spells could poke through a few more showers during the day over northern england and still across parts of scotland. although the west coast should by and large be dry and fine. bit of sunshine temperatures struggling into the mid to maybe high teens, but feeling cool where it stays. cloudy with further showers coming across the north and the east. they'll continue to push a little further south during tomorrow evening, but generally things drying up, at least for a time because we are expecting further wet weather to come later this week . this wet weather to come later this week. this area of low wet weather to come later this week . this area of low pressure week. this area of low pressure moves in, bringing some quite heavy spells of rain, and as that starts to clear away, we'll see northerly winds picking up, which will bring a cooler feel for the end of the week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb. news >> well . >> well. >> well. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm. hope you're having a fabulous happy monday. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour conference today was interrupted by pro—palestine protesters as she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance to axe the winter fuel allowance to millions of british pensioners . well, she says that pensioners. well, she says that she's never been so optimistic about the future. on the day, an opinion poll claimed that 60% of voters think that labour will lose the next general election next year by an astonishing 11,500. illegal immigrants arrived in small boats in the 11 weeks that the labour party has now been in power. and that's almost half the total number for the entire year. now, before the election , labour promised to election, labour promised to smash the gangs with 1400

arriving this weekend alone. it seems the gangs simply aren't listening . now, if you think listening. now, if you think things couldn't get much worse , things couldn't get much worse, while more than 50 pubs a month on average were lost in england and wales during the first half of 2024, and we'll speak with publicans about how we could sort this mess out. boozers your country needs you. that's all coming up in your next hour. well, to show a pleasure to have your company, i want to say a special thank you to all those people that said hello to me. yesterday i went to the brighton match. forest fan away. loads and loads of fans. it's been just saying thank you gb news for giving us a voice. people out there really, really care when we let them have that opinion. thanks to the selfies. thanks for the words. very very nice. even in the people's repubuc nice. even in the people's republic of brighton people saying thank you to gb news. so thanks for taking the time. and by the way, i paid for my own

ticket. i stood in the stands, i paid for my own beers, and when we got a late equaliser against brighton, it felt so, so sweet. but thank you for coming up and saying hello and i'll see you next time. get in touch. usual way. gbnews.com/yoursay national headlines. here's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone 4:00. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and suffocating growth in living standards. in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool, but not before she faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . he selling arms to israel. he accused labour of selling arms to israel before being removed with shouts of free palestine! heard from backstage. getting back on track, the chancellor declared labour is a party that

represents working people, not a party of protest, earning her a standing ovation. she went on to promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october, will focus on. >> so it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promised. a budget to rebuild britain. and my budget will keep our manifesto commitments. every choice we make will be within a framework of economic and fiscal stability. you'd expect nothing less. we said we would not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat, and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the unions demanding a u—turn on

the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate on the cuts. the government insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion budget shortfall. however, shadow treasury minister gareth davies told us the tories would not have taken away support for pensioners. >> what this is really all about, which is a political choice for the labour government, they have chosen, on the one hand to hand, massive pay the one hand to hand, massive pay rises to the unions, while at the same time taking away support for pensioners ahead of winter. that is a political choice, as i say, that is not a choice, as i say, that is not a choice that we would have made. >> now, in other news, police have said the murder of a 15 year old in south—east london is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style knives. police were called to the attack in woolwich on sunday evening, where the boy was found with a stab wound. he died

shortly after. a witness who tried to save him said the boy pleaded i'm 15, don't let me die , pleaded i'm 15, don't let me die, as she stemmed the bleeding. the victim's family has been informed, but no arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place. chief superintendent trevor lowery of the met police spoke at a press conference a short while ago. >> i'm very sad to say that we've launched a murder investigation following the stabbing of a teenager last night , stabbing of a teenager last night, sunday, stabbing of a teenager last night , sunday, the 22nd of night, sunday, the 22nd of september, in greenwich. >> his family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. >> once again, we've had to tell a childs family that their loved one has been killed in an act of violence, using knives. >> our thoughts are with them as they struggle to comprehend what has happened . has happened. >> the fact a 15 year old teenager who had his whole life ahead of him, had been taken from his family in this way is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style

knives . knives. >> 274 people have now been killed, and more than 1000 left wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes against hezbollah in the last yeah against hezbollah in the last year. residents in southern lebanon reported receiving calls this morning telling them to evacuate , with warnings also evacuate, with warnings also broadcast across lebanese media. israel claims all targets and homes that have been attacked were storing hezbollah weapons. israel is now believed to be considering a ground incursion, with a spokesperson saying they will do whatever is needed to protect israel from further attacks. meanwhile, hezbollah is vowing to fight until a ceasefire in gaza is reached and in the us. the suspect in the second assassination attempt on donald trump wrote a note detailing plans to kill the former president, detailing plans to kill the former president , prosecutors former president, prosecutors have revealed. ryan routh was arrested near trump's west palm beach golf course, where he had been tracking trump's movements for nearly a month. the note addressed dear world was found

in a box dropped at an unknown person's home and handed to authorities. prosecutors also discovered a list of dates and locations where trump was expected to be the us justice department revealed the details in a court filing earlier today. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour conference today was interrupted by pro—palestine protesters . she defended the protesters. she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance and millions of pensioners. she also said she's never been so optimistic about the future, but that came on the day an opinion poll claimed that 60% of voters think that labour

will lose the next general election. and she also promised there will be no return to austerity at her first budget, which of course will come out on the 30th of october. and she also said , yes, we must deal also said, yes, we must deal with the tory legacy and that means tough decisions. but i won't let that dim our ambition for britain . well, strong words for britain. well, strong words there. we can now speak with gb news political correspondent editor chris hope, who's at, of course, the labour party conference in liverpool. chris welcome to the show. always a pleasure. so rachel reeves saying she's never been more optimistic, but there was a large and vocal crowd of pensioners outside in the wind and the rain. not quite so optimistic. and also the nursing union. chris keen to rain on miss reeves's parade today. tell us more . us more. >> us more. >> that's right. hello again from liverpool, martin. that's right. during the was the speech. it was an upbeat speech . speech. it was an upbeat speech.

we attempt to lift our eyes to the sunny uplands from this labour government. the first time we've really heard that from a senior politician since the election, they've tried to downplay all prospects for this, for the uk and the government, because of their looking into this october 30th budget, which would be difficult for those on benefits, difficult for those who want to pay less tax, but they're trying to lift our eyes to the heavens from rachel reeves. but a blow, i think, for her and her authority. when you heard the nurses union saying they rejecting a 5.5% pay rise dunng they rejecting a 5.5% pay rise during her speech as she was saying, look how i can get to gnps saying, look how i can get to grips with the unrest in the pubuc grips with the unrest in the public sector. and of course, outside of this chamber, we saw that protest by pensioners very worried about this removal of £300 each from, from the from their benefit from their winter fuel payment. we are expecting a vote trying to overturn that from from unions , unite and the from from unions, unite and the cw. but the word is it may not happen until wednesday, when most people, including the prime minister, won't be here, but someone who is here right now

with me is anas sarwar, the leader of scottish labour. thank you for joining leader of scottish labour. thank you forjoining us. my pleasure. on gb news. how's it going for you? was it a bit of a of an awkward speech or one that was well received from rachel reeves? >> no. look, i think it's absolutely right that we talk about why it was important to win, what changes are now possible with a labour government. >> and of course, we had a very difficult inheritance. of course we've got a mess to fix. of course we've got to fix the foundations and stabilise our economy. but we've got to do it for a purpose. and that purpose is to create a more positive and more hopeful future for people in every part of the united kingdom, including, of course, in scotland , an area close to my in scotland, an area close to my heart where i live. and i think that positive message, i think, reflected really well from the stage today. and i think the mood at the conference change starts now . starts now. >> but it's all the same, isn't it? all your colleagues? maybe not. you were accepting donations for new suits and clothing and flats in new york. it's not a great look, is it, when you're taking benefits away from pensioners? >> look, i think the important thing to stress is one transparency is really important.

>> and the reason why there is not information saying, look, i'm not i'm not making an excuse. i'm just saying one, there is no transparency. secondly, if you look at politics, we rightly don't have pubuc politics, we rightly don't have public funding of political parties. i think if we said we are now going to have funding for political parties from the pubuc for political parties from the public purse, one, i don't think rachel would agree to do it as chancellor, but secondly, i think people would say, why are we taking money away from frontline public services in order to put into funding our political system? that means politics will, of course , politics will, of course, largely rely on donations. and that will, of course , be that will, of course, be a feature of our politics. but having transparency , having the having transparency, having the right values, having the right politics is fundamentally important . and that's what's important. and that's what's been projected from this conference, is winning for a purpose and delivering for people right across accepted donations for your clothes or personally, i know i should. i should state quite clearly that the only person that has ever bought clothes for me, apart from me, is my missus, and people can make their own judgement of her and i are getting it right or wrong and the look on the shoes. >> but otherwise i'll let you

have a generation that don't like brown shoes. >> i get that, i get that, but i think, i think the nurses union turning down that big pay rise. >> i mean, that's that's awkward. and that is a harbinger of what's to come from from pubuc of what's to come from from public sector unions. emboldened by the way labour's allowed those powers to go through. >> i think we've seen it already over a number of years, actually, since for a very, very long time that of course, representative trade unions are going to want to get the best deal they can for their workforce. are you a soft touch? >> i think that's what i would say. >> no, look, i think if you look at the urgent action the wes streeting took, we made, we looked at the numbers, we looked at the consequences for people who are struggling to get access to healthcare. we looked at the cost to the public purse of those strikes, particularly in the nhs. and actually those strikes were costing more than what the pay offer on, on the table was. and that was the right thing for us to do. and of course, we'll get round the table with nurses in this case in england, of course, completely devolved in scotland to get the deal. that's right for the workforce, right for the nhs and right for the public finances. that's the grown up approach that we will take and a

grown up approach that is now only possible because we have a uk labour government, a grown up approach that wasn't possible with a previous tory government that wanted to pick fights rather than actually deliver for the british have picked a fight, haven't you? >> with 10 million pensioners? i mean, is that is that good politics, a good choice to make? would you have made that choice? well, the first in number 11 downing street. >> there's a couple of things to firstly that are really important. one, nobody wanted that decision to be made. rachel didn't want to make that decision. she didn't want to inherit a £22 billion black hole. that is the inheritance that we have from a tory government. but the second thing i'd say, and it's important to get the facts of this right, is if you look at the triple lock next year, that's going to cost £6 billion and that's £6 billion going into the pockets of pensioners. that wouldn't be if we didn't have the triple lock, which we are protecting. and there's a debate, of course, about the £16 billion saving that comes from winter fuel payment. the other thing that's important to stress that pensioners pensions have got £900 this year, £460 next year. that's over £1,300 increase compared to last year in

pensions. in a two pensioner household, that's over £2,600 when they're missing out on a payment of £300, a single payment of £300, a single payment for a household. >> why is it damage you so much then? so we are so generous. >> i think we have. i think we have to get the communication of it right, but also recognise that when you have a cost of living crisis, when you still have an energy crisis of course we've got to respond to get the pubuc we've got to respond to get the public finances right, but we've got to plan better for the longer term. and that's why gb energy, that's why fixing the fundamentals, that's why stabilising our economy and that's why bringing down people's bills is so important . people's bills is so important. and we've got straight to work to deliver that. >> gb energy can work is a big scottish story isn't it? the headquarters will be in aberdeen. >> well, we haven't announced where the headquarters will be yet. >> so there is aberdeen. >> so there is aberdeen. >> it will be in scotland. it is yet. we will find out. you will find out imminently, chris, where the headquarters will be. you may have guessed it even more important than where the headquarters is , is the headquarters is, is the investments it makes. and will it bring what it does? >> that's the big promise. >> that's the big promise. >> and what it has to do is deliver clean energy. it has to

deliver clean energy. it has to deliver the supply chains with the large scale jobs come from in the transition and of course, it's got to bring down energy consumption, but also bring down people's bills. so absolutely, that's at the heart of gb energy's mission. >> i'm fresh from the reform uk conference in birmingham and they're talking about winning seats at the scottish elections in 18 months time. do you fear nigel farage north of the border? >> i have one mission in 2026 and that is to get rid of an snp government that's done so much damage to scotland over the last 17 years. three months ago we got rid of one rotten government. scotland, sadly, was burdened with two, so we got rid of one of them and in 2026 we'll finish the job and get rid of the other one. so if people want to protest, there might be other opportunities with reform or other parties if they want to deliver change, if they want to get rid of the snp, the only candidates for change, the only party of change is the scottish labour saying save the union, vote labour and don't risk putting it. know what i'm saying is vote for scotland, save scotland from an incompetent snp government and if you want change, you have to vote for it. and the only party for change is

scottish labour in 2026. >> sue gray have you met sue gray >> very much so, yes, regularly. >> very much so, yes, regularly. >> you've got you've got confidence in her. she's all over the she's all the chat in this place. >> look, she's an absolute asset. it's right for us to have someone who's seen how government operates to have that approach, who's at the heart of the operation in number 10? that's to be welcomed. will every you know, you've seen it in all your times covering politics. there's always internal dynamics. there's always internal discussions . but always internal discussions. but what's most important is where the country is looking and what the country is looking and what the government is delivering. and that's what we're focused on delivering that more positive and more hopeful future for every corner of the united kingdom. >> we're ten weeks into a new labour government. there's four, four and a half years left. maybe, you know, i mean, we're a long way away. i mean, do you think this will this will be damaging to to the your government over by the time the next election? will it be like the tuition fees this row about the tuition fees this row about the winter fuel payment? >> and look, i'm not of course, the next general election is important. but i've always been. i've always been really clear that for me, the election of a uk labour government was a

stepping stone to what happens in 2026. not the other way around. and over the next 18 months, of course, we've got to persuade people that scotland needs change. of course we've got to set out what positively we would do differently if we elect a scottish labour government. but we've also got to demonstrate that a uk labour government is delivering for scotland. so in that 18 months we've got to demonstrate that and that's what i'm focused on. >> and keir starmer and the team around him, are they political enough. i mean you are, you are from a dynasty of politicians aren't you? you are political. is keir starmer political enough, do you think? look, look, it's no it's no secret. >> it's no secret that keir has come into politics late and he obviously went and actually served and delivered a public service when he was running the crown prosecution service. and he is the kind of politician that wants to demonstrate the kind of politician. he is the kind of politician. he is the kind of politician. he is the kind of prime minister who will be by his actions, not by his words. that's not to say words aren't then important in terms of what we project from government. so i think we absolutely have the right prime minister with the right values, with integrity, with decency, who has a vision and a plan for

our country. and it's on all of us, including me and others, to make sure we're protecting that positive message and delivering that positive, hopeful future for the country. okay. >> well, anas sarwar, leader of the scottish labour. my pleasure, my pleasure, my pleasure. and do come on again. thank you. i look forward to it. martin anas sarwar there with an optimistic idea that maybe, maybe gb energy will end up cutting our fuel bills when it finally gets started. we'll find out soon where that will be great up there, chris. >> hope holding power to account. thank you very much for joining us here on gb news. and chris made a great point there about will the labour party come to regret axing the winter fuel allowance? a £1.4 billion saving? now bear in mind £10 billion was found down the back of the sofa in downing street to pay of the sofa in downing street to pay the teachers and the nhs and the nursing unions, and that pay rise was rejected during rachel reeves speech today by the nursing union. so £10 billion and it still wasn't enough. so

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britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 4:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news on this. happy monday. now early this. happy monday. now early this year. month. beg your pardon? a 19 year old woman was visited by an anti—terrorist unit where they asked her about her politics, if she is right wing and why she had an anglo—saxon replica helmet in the house. there's the helmet now. sorry, that's harry miller wearing the helmet and they refused to say what she was accused of. well, a few days ago, harry miller from fair cop, he went to visit her and wore the helmets. as you can see on your screens now, this will be hilarious if it wasn't so serious. let's speak now with that man, the founder of fair cop, harry miller. harry. always a pleasure, mate . this even by a pleasure, mate. this even by your standards. now i know you are a free speech pioneer. you took on the entire system and you won. and now you stand up for anybody who finds the old bill putting their boot through people's door for seemingly ridiculous reasons. tell me what on earth is going on in this story? >> well, if you remember last

time i was on your show, it was because in northumbria, counter—terrori st because in northumbria, counter—terrorist police had had raided the home of a 12 year old boy because he'd said he was gay, not queer, and because he'd filmed himself shooting a medieval wooden toy bow and arrow with foam arrows into his own backyard. well unfortunately, the mind virus has spread from the east coast all the way across to merseyside because now we have the strange case of counter—terrorist police investigating a 19 year old charity worker because of we don't know what what they said to her was, having unveiled themselves into the house, was that she was she was accused of inciting violence online. however, they failed entirely to point to precisely which tweets she had , which she had done, how she had, which she had done, how she had, which she had done, how she had, which she had done, how she had promoted violence online, and instead they interrogated her about her politics. they asked, are you right wing? as though that was

some great crime they then said, do you have any sympathies with the cause of the recent right wing rioters? and then they asked her about her religion and her parental influence . and then her parental influence. and then this is where it gets really bizarre. they focused on what was a roman helmet, but which they wrongly identified as being of anglo—saxon or viking origin , of anglo—saxon or viking origin, and it seems as though they thought that the presence of this helmet was a clear and sure indicator that this was an alt right family, because , martin, right family, because, martin, why else would you have a helmet in your house if it's not because you're about to launch yourself onto a new right wing alt right genocide now? their eyes lit up as though they'd found found a signed copy of mein kampf saying, all the best ever love from adolf hitler. and they had no, they had no particular reason to confiscate the helmet or to arrest her, or in fact, do anything. so what they did, they turned their

attentions to a family. decorative samurai sword that has lived quite peacefully on their wall for a number of years and confiscated that in case the sword suddenly became self animating and went out and did the bits of slaying all on its own. and then before they left again , having said, told them again, having said, told them nothing whatsoever about what she'd done, their advice to her was in the future, bite your tongue before going online. this is what it was all about. this is what it was all about. this is all about generating a chilling effect, scaring the bejesus out of people who identify as being on the right, who express an opinion which the police don't like , which is police don't like, which is objectionable to the chief constable , serena kennedy. or in constable, serena kennedy. or in northumbria , that lunatic chief northumbria, that lunatic chief constable that they've got there. we have a political police force who are intent on purging anybody who has a history in medieval history, because, of course, it's only very recently that i think it was the university of nottingham

that dropped the term anglo—saxon and viking from its curriculum in an attempt to decolonise the curriculum. so this has got a very particular left wing slant about it. it stinks and we can't have it. martin. we've got to put a stop to it. >> i mean, harry, it's by equal measures, ridiculous, hilarious and very serious. because if this warrants a tap on the shoulder from a counter—terror unit, it begs the question , why unit, it begs the question, why aren't they doing other things? there is the nazi helmet in question. it's clearly just the kind of thing that you wear to a re—enactment . it's absurd. but, re—enactment. it's absurd. but, harry, can i ask you on a more general point, because i know you've battled against these hateful non—crime hate incidents which end up going on your criminal record even though they're not actual crimes , and they're not actual crimes, and we've seen a clampdown on free speech since the labour party got into power. but perhaps, maybe even you didn't see coming. do you think things are going to get worse before they get better? >> harry miller yeah, i think they're definitely getting worse,

particularly under this government. although the last government. although the last government was not much better. i think, you know, if you've committed a crime, you know you've committed a crime. you don't have to wonder about it when the police turn up, you're thinking, i hope this is i know what i've done. if you're sitting there thinking, i've done absolutely nothing, then don't let them in. it's as simple as that . you ask them, simple as that. you ask them, are you here about a crime or are you here about a crime or are you here for some other reason? if they say it's about a crime or anything to do with that, then they need to caution you. at that point, say nothing. get a solicitor. but the chances are in this case, as was my case, as with a 12 year old boy overin case, as with a 12 year old boy over in northumberland , you've over in northumberland, you've done nothing other than express a contrary political opinion. and i'll tell you what. if they started asking me questions on that basis, what i would likely do is slap them around the chops and say they are the ones asking the questions and slam the door in the face because they're out. they're out hunting for nazis . they're out hunting for nazis. i'll give them one, i'll give them one. i might even throw in them one. i might even throw in the odd goose step as well, because the only way to deal with this is to treat them with utter, utter contempt. this is

not policing as we recognise it. this is not policing as robert peel imagined it. and this is not a policing that we, the public, consent to. so we have to ridicule it and simply refuse to ridicule it and simply refuse to comply. >> harry miller superb stuff as even >> harry miller superb stuff as ever, ridiculous yet serious. but don't go slapping anyone around the chops, mate, because you probably will end up getting frogmarched away. and we don't want that harry miller , founder want that harry miller, founder of fair cop. always an absolute pleasure my son. have a good one. cheers, mate. lots more still to come between now and 5:00. and does the labour donations row show that the labour party are the real party of sleaze? will be back at the labour conference to ask all of the big questions. but first it's the big questions. but first wsfime the big questions. but first it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines and here's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> it's 431. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and

suffocating growth and living standards in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool. but not before she faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . he selling arms to israel. he accused labour of selling arms to israel before being removed with shouts of free palestine! heard from backstage getting back on track, the chancellor declared labour is a party that represents working people, not a party of protest. earning her a standing ovation. she went on to promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october, will focus on. meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the unions demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have

attempted to take out the debate on the cuts. the government, though, insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion budget shortfall now. in other news, police have said the murder of a 15 year old in south—east london is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style knives. police were called to the attack in woolwich on sunday evening, where the boy was found with a stab wound. he died shortly after , a witness who tried to after, a witness who tried to save him said the boy pleaded i'm 15, don't let me die. as she stemmed the bleeding. the victim's family has been informed, but no arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place and nurses in england have rejected the government's offer of a 5.5% pay rise. two thirds of royal college of nursing members voted against the deal, in a record turnout of 145,000. the pay award was announced in july, shortly after labour's general election win. the ch's general

secretary says nursing staff are determined to for stand up themselves, their patients and themselves, their patients and the nhs while pushing for reforms. the union's turnout exceeded previous ballots for industrial action, hinting at continued unrest within the health sector . those are the health sector. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. 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. >> thank you sophia. now, if you want to get in touch with me here @gbnews, you know what to do. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll read the best of messages a little later in

welcome back. time is 438. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now let's get back now to the labour party conference in liverpool. there's much to digest today and let's catch up with gb news political correspondent chris hope. chris, welcome back to the show. so rachel reeves in her speech earlier on, said she's never been more optimistic. but pensioners outside , pensioners outside, pro—palestine protesters inside and the nursing unions who rejected their part of the £10 billion 5.5% pay offer to them, not quite so optimistic bring us up to speed . up to speed. >> that's right, rachel reeves, the chancellor, saying here in liverpool, in terms my optimism for britain burns brighter than even for britain burns brighter than ever. well many of us don't feel that way. certainly look at the weather outside where it's just tipping it down all day. it feels pretty much not like that. unlike maybe the liberal democrats conference last week in brighton. but yeah, that's right. we've seen pensioners huddung right. we've seen pensioners huddling outside against the weather, protesting against this removal of this benefit, the

£300 benefit for the middle of next month, pushed through by mps, went through last monday in the house of commons. so choice is being taken by this government, which are divisive and the backdrop of that, of course, is issues about so—called sleaze, taking donations from donors. what that means and glasses for keir starmer, clothes for his wife, clothes for rachel reeves, clothes for rachel reeves, clothes for rachel reeves, clothes for angela rayner. even a flat in new york. difficult times. just ten weeks into this government with me now as bill rammell, the former shadow defence minister, bill, thank you for joining defence minister, bill, thank you forjoining us on gb news. what's going on is a comms problem or is there a lack of political nous at the top of government? >> well, i think there has been a sequence and the weather, by the way, isn't their fault. >> no, no, absolutely. we're in liverpool. >> what do you expect? sorry liverpudlians, but, you know, there's been a sequence in communications problem, but i think we're getting on to the front foot. i thought rachel's speech today was powerful and credible. she actually set the context for the decision on the winter fuel allowance that there

is genuinely a 22 billion fiscal black hole that we're having to grapple with, left to us by the tories. and she talked about the fact that she'd had advice that if she didn't tackle that, then that would have impacted on interest rates. >> so, you know, it was the review of the hospital building programme. it was cutting back on transport projects and it was the winter fuel. >> all these basic mistakes. the lib dems always said it was wrong to cancel capital spending projects at the start of 2010, because it's hard to get things going later on when you need them being built. >> well, the lib dems were responsible for that when they when they were in government. but look, you've got to get the framework right. you've got to tackle the problems. early on she talked about the iron fiscal discipline. you need to create the grounds for economic stability. but what i thought was interesting as well was, i think part of the problem over recent weeks is too much negativity. and i thought there was much more positivity today. so she made it very clear no return to austerity. she talked about the really positive changes we're bringing about,

like the new deal for working people, the mass house building programme, a genuine living wage, all of which can create the conditions for economic promise, promises yet to be delivered. >> we'll wait and see how they go. we'll judge the government on that for them. now do you think, i mean, there's choices being made here? just one question i can't get my head around. we'll try and ask people through this conference why announce the removal of that £300 winter fuel benefit in july, ahead of the increase in the state pension in september? why not announce it at the same time as a package and make it less politically damaging ? well, less politically damaging? well, i'm one example. >> i'm i'm acknowledging that i think we have had some communications and sequencing problems . however, communications and sequencing problems. however, i think rachel gave a partial explanation to that today because the 22 billion fiscal black hole is genuine. the advice she had from treasury officials was that if you don't tackle this now and, you know, set out how you're going to do it, then actually that could

impact on the economy and impact on interest rates. and she referenced in her speech as well , referenced in her speech as well, we've seen where that goes wrong in the past with liz truss crashing the economy, we haven't seen much of keir starmer. >> he didn't do the bbc interview that leaders always do at the start of their conference conferences. we he's not really around that much. he's on stage and disappears off backstage when his speakers are finished. why is he hiding? is he hiding? >> i don't think he's hiding. and you know, he's doing all the receptions that party leaders and prime ministers, public profile is quite, quite low. well, you know, he was there for rachel's speech today. you're going to hear a major, impactful speech from him tomorrow . and i speech from him tomorrow. and i believe and hope you'll see a change in tone that was exemplified by rachel today . exemplified by rachel today. more positivity about the way that we are genuinely laying the groundwork to make genuine change that people voted for. >> again, we are ten weeks into a five year programme. will any of this have any long term damage? the winter fuel payment is that labour's tuition fees for lib dems £0.75 state pension

increase by gordon brown, which actually gave birth to the to the to the winter fuel payment . the to the winter fuel payment. >> i don't think so. and look the winter fuel allowance there has always been a case for means testing. you know pensioners today are less likely to be in poverty than people of working age. however, i think the threshold has been pitched too low and i think the chancellor will address that in the budget. >> everyone's saying that . how >> everyone's saying that. how will that happen then? >> well, i think when she stands on her feet on the 30th of october, she'll introduce tapers higher than £12,000 a year so that more pensioners are protected. but in terms of, you know, will this ultimately matter? the real test for this government is if we create the economic conditions. so that in three years time we're increasing spending on public services and we're reducing taxes, and all this will be forgotten. well, if we do those two things i've talked about, i think people will look at us very positively and compare it to the 14 years of the tories. >> sue graham, a famous unelected person in government, will she still be in post by

christmas? >> i think she will. i mean, look, you know, i read all this stuff in the press, my own experience when i was a minister deaung experience when i was a minister dealing with her, she was incredibly professional, incredibly professional, incredibly focused, and, you know , i think when some special know, i think when some special advisers are complaining because they're earning 70 or 80 grand a year instead of what they hope for, you know, buckle up and get a lot of money for most people anyway. >> and but there's a risk that she becomes the story. i mean, we're talking about an hour on air, aren't we? we shouldn't be. >> well, yeah. all advisers, you know, if you're still the story in three months time, i think we've got a problem. but you know, part of what keir said at the weekend is he needs to crack down and sort this out. and, you know, people within government need to stop briefing off the record, because if we learn anything from 14 years of the tory party in government, divided parties don't ultimately win. okay. well bill rammell former labour minister, thank you for joining former labour minister, thank you forjoining us here on the you for joining us here on the gb news stand at labour conference. >> martin, thank you very much, chris.

>> you know, this £20 billion black hole, how long can they keep talking about that? because they chucked another £10 billion into it to find that magical pay rise for the nurses and teachers, which today the nurses nurses rebuffed. thank you very much, chris. hope always a pleasure. great coverage today as ever there from liverpool . as ever there from liverpool. thank you. and lots more still coming up on today's show, including is it last orders for the great british boozer because more than 50 pubs are now closing every single month in england and wales. yes, these are real tears. i'll be speaking to a man who knows a lot about his ale and martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 448. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now to some shocking news as more than 50 pubs a month on average were lost in england and

wales during the first half of this year. and that's according to new analysis of government data. real estate intelligence firm altus group said the overall number of pubs, including those which were vacant or being offered to let, fell to just over 39,000 at the end of june. now, with the pubs either having closed down or been demolished or turned into something else, this is a concerning new trend, and joining me now to discuss this is the national chairman of camra, ashe corbett collins ashe welcome to the show. another sad story really of pubs in decline. and can you explain to us why you believe that pubs that are up for lease, they're up for grabs, but there are no takers seemingly, which means they're being converted into other uses. perhaps ash. that means then they're lost forever . they're lost forever. >> yeah. you're right. yeah. >> yeah. you're right. yeah. >> thank you for having me on, if a pub closes, it is a real

danger that it doesn't reopen. we see that happen a lot . and we we see that happen a lot. and we do know that people actually really value having a pub . we really value having a pub. we know the vast majority of brits, around 72%, say that there's a positive impact from having a local near them, and we know it contributes £34 billion across the pub and brewing industry to the pub and brewing industry to the uk economy. but the trouble is so many of publicans are struggling at the moment. the real issue is that they're fighting an uphill battle in terms of the cost to run a business and to make it viable, and in many cases they're finding it unviable. you know , finding it unviable. you know, publicans who are barely earning enough to live. and we know that uk drinkers are finding it ever increasingly difficult to afford to go to the pub and enjoy a great british pint. at the moment . moment. >> and ash, these, these boozers are being converted into housing blocks, offices and even nurseries. i must confess i'd quite like to live in an old pub myself. maybe i'm part of the problem , but on a serious point. problem, but on a serious point. ash, what would you like to see?

we have the autumn statement coming up from rachel reeves. she's been very vocal now about things can only be more optimistic in the country. we'd like to see some more help for publicans, for the beer industry. what would you like to see happen in that autumn statement? >> absolutely. there's three key aims that camera is asking for in the autumn statement . what in the autumn statement. what we're asking for is a reduction in vat for the hospitality industry. we're asking for an increase in the reduction on draught beer duty so that, you know, ultimately the cost of a pint and we're also asking in england, particularly the to look at reforming the business rates. we know that many publicans are paying way over the odds compared to similar businesses. and so ultimately the cost of a pint is going up. and there's a i think i read a stat that the average pint earns about £0.12 of kind of profit, or even just income . it's not or even just income. it's not enough to make this viable. we need the government to listen and to support. as i said, it's and to support. as i said, it's a multi—billion pound industry, never mind the fact that people find it really important from a

social and mental health aspect to have a pub and have that network. if we're talking about growing the uk, then we need to growing the uk, then we need to grow our iconic pub industry and continue to support it and not let it kind of go softly into the night, as it has been over several years. >> ash, you're absolutely right. and particularly in the winter, i mean, i know my local boozers, they're warm. they're a place where you can go for shelter, particularly for elderly customers. in the daytime. they go there to have company to keep warm, to have a drink with their friends, to be cheerful. but do you think that all of the things you think that all of the things you mentioned, common sense stuff, by the way, most people listening would tend to agree that the pub industry needs help. it's had scant help since lockdowns when they went into terminal decline. perhaps. so do you think that's going to happen? we seem to have a labour party. they're banning outside pubs, banning outside of places. do you think we're on the thin edge thing and beg your pardon? or perhaps a new puritanism and pubs might find themselves at last orders we're asking for

when we hear these kind of rumours of. >> yeah, as you say, you know, smoking in pub gardens and things like that. our big ask is for an impact assessment to be done on any such measures, because we do know that. yes. okay. there might be some health kind of benefits to doing this, but it's so unknown what the impact is going to be to publicans and to the people that dnnk publicans and to the people that drink there. you're absolutely right. talking about kind of mental health and society and friendships , loneliness is one friendships, loneliness is one of the biggest health impacts in this country. we know that the older generation particularly are getting lonelier. there are studies that show that, and an oxford university study showed that anyone who has a local pub has a happier , longer life. they has a happier, longer life. they take part in communities and it doesn't always have to be about drinking. obviously it can. we support the great british pub and the great british pint, but actually you can go to the pub and have a coffee or there are, you know, an explosion of non—alcoholic beers available now. and what we're also urging is people to consider pubs as an

area for community groups and charities and sports events, to and really make use of these spaces, particularly as we're seeing other kind of spaces close cafes and churches and having exactly the same issues and so we need to hold on to them while we've still got them. and you're absolutely right about that warmth aspect. it's so important that pubs are there as a as a place for people to get together. we have to leave it there. >> thank you very much. ash corbett collins national chairman of camera. i'll drink to that. superb stuff. thank you very much for joining to that. superb stuff. thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show. now, please stick with us. we'll have more from the labour party conference next. rachel reevesis party conference next. rachel reeves is optimistic, but are you 60% of voters don't think the labour party will even be in power next time round? now's your weather, alex deakin with that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me for this latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we do still have an amber weather warning in force.

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gb news. >> hey, very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm on this monday afternoon. welcome to the martin daubney show. we're on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour party conference today was interrupted by two pro—palestine protesters as she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance to millions of british pensioners. she says she's never been so optimistic about the future . optimistic about the future. that came on the day an opinion poll claimed that 60% of voters think the labour will lose the next general election . and if next general election. and if you think things couldn't get much worse, more than 50 pubs a month on average were lost in england and wales during the first half of 2024. that's according to government data. we'll speak with publicans about how we can sort this mess out .

how we can sort this mess out. and is this the worst bit of art ever? because local residents in kent , where the alluvia kent, where the alluvia sculpture has been placed, have labelled it tone deaf and shocking. but it's been defended by the artist. it looks like a dead body in a river. what do you think? that's all coming up in your next hour ? watch the in your next hour? watch the show. always a pleasure to have your company. a quick thank you to the nottingham forest fans and brighton fans that came up to me yesterday. i went down to brighton to watch forest. there's the coach. that's my pal max. loads of you came up to us and said , thank you very much, and said, thank you very much, gb news, for giving us a voice . gb news, for giving us a voice. and i did pay for my own ticket. i did pay for my own beer. unlike the free beer care, free gear. unlike the free beer care, free gear . keir, unlike the free beer care, free gear. keir, prime minister and i stood in the stands, thank you very much. now, about half an hour ago, did a story with harry miller from fair cop about the

police and anti—terror unit. went to visit a 19 year old and confiscated her anglo—saxon helmet. i know it's a bizarre story, reader viewer gary norton sent me a picture of his helmet. there it is. gary norton's helmet, in fact , three of them. helmet, in fact, three of them. aren't they beautiful? thank you very much to gary norton. thank you so much to all those forest fans and brighton fans that approached me yesterday. your kind words mean a huge amount. thank you very, very much. against us. usual ways gbnews.com/yoursay now it's time for your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone 5:00. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and suffocating growth in living standards. in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool, but not before she

faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . selling arms to israel. >> he accused labour of selling arms to israel before being removed, with shouts of free palestine heard from backstage getting back on track, the chancellor declared labour as a party that represents working people, not a party of protest, earning her a standing ovation. >> she went on to promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october will focus on, so it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promised a budget to rebuild britain. >> and my budget will keep our manifesto commitments . every manifesto commitments. every choice we make will be within a framework of economic and fiscal stability. you'd expect nothing less . we said we would not less. we said we would not increase taxes on working people , increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat. additional rates of income tax,

national insurance or vat . and national insurance or vat. and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> but shadow chief secretary to the treasury laura trott, says labour have lost the trust of the british public. >> i think what we saw from the chancellor today was a tacit acknowledgement that her political scare mongering is actually having a real world impact on the economy. >> they promised a government of service. >> what we've seen is a government of self—service . government of self—service. they've broken their promises on protecting pensioners and we think they're set to break their promises on taxing working people or the upcoming budget. they've lost the british public's trust . it's one rule public's trust. it's one rule for them. >> it's one rule for everyone else . else. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the unions, demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage , claiming called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate

on the cuts. the government insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion budget shortfall. but we've been speaking with protesters outside the conference who say it's shocking. >> i've got terminal dementia and i've probably got five years. if i'm lucky, i could drop down dead now. and we have to have keir starmer do that to us. it's heartbreaking. >> people can't afford to keep warm as it is during the winter. i can't afford to keep warm dunng i can't afford to keep warm during the winter. i'm still working and we can't afford to keep warm during the winter, so we know how difficult it is. i couldn't do you know what? i'm glad my mum's not here because she wouldn't have survived the winter without it. it's shocking . winter without it. it's shocking. >> now. in other news, police have said the murder of a 15 year old in south—east london is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style knives. police were called to the attack in woolwich on sunday evening, where the boy was found with a stab wound. he died

shortly after. a witness who tried to save him said. the boy pleaded i'm 15. don't let me die. as she stemmed the bleeding. the victim's family has been informed , but no has been informed, but no arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place. chief superintendent trevor lowery of the met police spoke at a press conference a short while ago. >> i'm very sad to say that we've launched a murder investigation following the stabbing of a teenager last night , stabbing of a teenager last night, sunday the 22nd of september, in greenwich . his september, in greenwich. his family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. once again, we've had to tell a childs family that their loved one has been killed in an act of violence, using knives. our thoughts are with them as they struggle to comprehend what has happened. struggle to comprehend what has happened . the fact a 15 year old happened. the fact a 15 year old teenager who had his whole life ahead of him, had been taken from his family in this way is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style

knives now in the middle east. >> 274 people have been killed, and more than 1000 wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes against hezbollah in the last year. israel claims all targets and homes that have been attacked were storing hezbollah weapons. israel is now believed to be considering a ground incursion, with a spokesperson saying they will do whatever is needed to protect israel from further attacks. meanwhile, hezbollah is vowing to fight until a ceasefire in gaza is reached and in the us. the suspect in the second assassination attempt on donald trump wrote a note detailing plans to kill the former president, detailing plans to kill the former president , prosecutors former president, prosecutors have revealed. ryan routh was arrested near trump's west palm beach golf course, where he'd been tracking trump's movements for nearly a month. the 58 year old is expected to appear at a federal court later today, and could face further charges. those are the latest gb news

headlines. now it's back to martin 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now chancellor rachel reeves speech at the labour party conference today was interrupted by pro—palestine protesters inside as she defended the tough decision to axe the winter fuel allowance to millions of pensioners. it was also interrupted from outside, and reeves said she's never been so optimistic about the future. but that came on a day that an opinion poll claimed that 60% of voters think that the labour party will lose the next general election. miss reeves also promised there will be no return to austerity at her first budget, despite what pensioners might feel, which she will set

out on the 30th of october next month and said yes, we must deal with the tory legacy and that means tough decisions. but i won't let that dim our ambition for britain. but we can now speak with gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who is at the labour party conference there in liverpool. catherine, i want to talk to you about the fact that rachel reevesis about the fact that rachel reeves is saying she's never been more optimistic. this was meant to be the honeymoon period. except it's not a good look, is it? catherine four fs when outside of that auditorium there, there are pensioners in there, there are pensioners in the rain, in the cold, protesting about their winter fuel allowance. very, very upset. it's a terrible look, is it not? that inside it's all sunlit uplands and outside people have a very, very different take on matters . different take on matters. >> yes, indeed. and good afternoon, martin. i was very struck by that too, because i was in the hall for the

chancellor's speech. i heard all of it. and then i went directly outside into the pouring rain, where just a few hundred yards away, just outside of the secure zone by the liverpool wheel, there were a few dozen people gathered to protest about the fact that the chancellor, the government, is taking the winter fuel allowance from 10 million pensioners, including elderly people, some of whom were in wheelchairs. a lady who had dementia, she told me, and really, really worried and horrified, frankly, that a labour government above all, should do this. they couldn't quite fathom how labour had come into power after 14 years and were hitting pensioners and another thing that has struck me here is i was here in the same place this time last year and when labour were expecting to come into power but were not yet

in power, the atmosphere was incredible. there was a real energy, there was a real optimism. now sure, they've won this massive majority . they've this massive majority. they've got what they wished for. but governing is hard and they are having, quite a number of missteps, some of which i would say are completely self—inflicted . now, of course, self—inflicted. now, of course, the chancellor says that this decision to take the winter fuel allowance away is necessary because of this £22 billion black hole that we hear so much about, but, you know , hitting about, but, you know, hitting pensioners coming into winter is a difficult look to pull off. and particularly at a time where there's this ongoing row about donations, because for well over a week now, the government wants to talk about all its plans, its

five missions, all the things it says it wants to do. but, you know, every day there is another headune know, every day there is another headline about a different cabinet minister or the prime minister accepting donations or clothes , or angela rayner. clothes, or angela rayner. today, the news that , she's got today, the news that, she's got a photographer just for her now her department is saying it's for the whole department, but it does seem to many people that things that the labour party in opposition went after the conservatives for seem to be being repeated by them now that they're in power. and just one final thought is it's quite a difficult juxtaposition, isn't it, to move from the sort of doomsters and gloomsters that they've been since they came in saying things are very bad, much worse than we thought. we're going to have to make awful choices to now trying to give that positivity. rachel reeves saying, you know, i've never been more optimistic about

britain's future. and that's really quite hard to pull off and katherine forster on the angela rayner photography m atten >> of matter. >> of course, as always, a tweet and a tweet has emerged today where she said in february 2021, instead of spending more taxpayers money on more photographers for the sake of his own vanity, this is boris johnson at the time. the prime minister should prioritise feeding the children who will go hungry in half term next week, and families facing £1,000 cuts to universal credit. so in 2021, angela rayner dead against having a private photographer . having a private photographer. now she's got one for herself. and isn't that the problem that's haunting the labour party at the moment? that's haunting the labour party at the moment ? katherine forster at the moment? katherine forster when in opposition, they were very high and mighty. now in power, they're doing precisely the same things . the same things. >> i think it's really difficult for them because, as you say, they took the moral high ground.

they were a little bit holier than thou , perhaps over and over than thou, perhaps over and over again in opposition. when boris johnson got the downing street flat redecorated, when rishi sunak was a bit late to declare something, you know, they had all this as being beyond the pale. but now we're seeing a similar pattern and angela rayner the other day saying, you know, look, politicians have accepted donations for a long time. that's just how it is. well, the problem is that this government were elected largely on one word. that word was changed. they said, we are different. and if you're fed up with the tories come to us. we will do things differently. now they still say that they are and they will, but i think there is a real risk that many people will see the headlines and will just think, you know, we voted for change and we're going to get more of the same. >> katherine forster excellently put. there thank you very much. and of course we'll come back to

you over the forthcoming days. thank you. great work. now, more than a month's worth of rain is set to fall across england and wales today , prompting wales today, prompting significant amber flood warnings from the met office. and national reporter charlie peters has been to ruislip meeting people affected by that flooding . people affected by that flooding. >> what's been going on here last night, so , we're not last night, so, we're not actually living here at the moment because we did have a house fire, >> so we're actually out of the house, >> but we've got a phone call from the neighbour this morning to say that it had been flooded. >> so basically, this was about four, three inches under water, >> all through there. >> all through there. >> so at what time did you see this happening, >> well, a neighbour got a knock about 3:00 in the morning. >> i took the message at 630 this morning, and we came home here about 730 to find that the whole floor was completely flooded, >> because we're in a fire claim, we had all our

possessions, kids photos, everything all gone. >> it's all ruined now. >> it's all ruined now. >> so that was all here. so i've had to clear all that. as you can see, this is not our happy place, so this was about three inches under water all the way through all here, so all the floor. this is a lot of the houses on my side have got original parquet flooring, which everyone's going to lose, so this was part of the fire claim, which it was all going. all of this here was under water. and this here was under water. and this has happened ten months ago. if you want to put that in it as well. >> that is fire damage from earlier. yeah. so you had a fire and now you've had a flood? yeah. this must be the unluckiest house in england. yes. >> so the house has been neglected due to fire not living here. and now we won't be able to live here longer unless the insurance company can. we can get it all going. >> and, debbie, what support have you had from the authorities overnight? anything

from the council, >> we've had nothing from the council, but the fire brigades have been absolutely brilliant. i mean, there's a lot of houses and there's a lot of people, and i really, you know, if it's not just us, we've all pulled together as a community. what has been really nice, we've all been hugging each other and just helping each other because everyone is in the same boat. and i just feel really sorry for everyone that's had to go through it all. we're lucky we don't live here, but everyone else has to live in a house and there's people on their own and it's not nice. it's not nice. >> where are they going to stay tonight? >> well, i don't know. i mean, if i could put everyone up in our small little flat, then i would do so. i just hope the insurance companies please, please, please. you know, i know it's hard, but there's a lot of people that really need to be looked after. please put them up into like b&b for the night or families and friends. you know, don't stay in the house because it's it will get damp and it's dangerous . dangerous. >> it's heartbreaking watching your stuff go in the walls like that. good luck with the cleanup. but no doubt, don't forget ruislip is in london.

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brookes. adam, welcome to the show . so another piece of bad show. so another piece of bad news here for the great british boozen news here for the great british boozer. is there any small wonder that adam brookes, with pubs that are vacant like this, presumably they're waiting for a landlord to step in. but times are so hard trying to make a living out of the pub industry. now we're losing pubs to housing blocks, offices and even nurseries. tell us, are you surprised about this or is this inevitable? >> it's inevitable . >> it's inevitable. unfortunately, martin, you know, it's the have been in this game. >> i've lived above pubs as a kid. you know, i've had bars and pubs and clubs for 25 years now, andifs pubs and clubs for 25 years now, and it's the hardest it's ever been. you know, you got to remember a third of a pint is effectively tax , and our, our effectively tax, and our, our beer tax is 14 times that of germany, i believe at the moment. so we are effectively collecting taxes for air, air mark. >> and you know we had the covid lockdowns. >> we had the energy crisis. one of my pubs was paying five and a

half grand a month for electric alone, you know, to get through this, you and i have got to have a good pub. no wonder there aren't many sort of wannabe landlords want to come in and take over these pubs. >> but we've also seen with the covid lockdowns, society has changed in a way. it drinks a lot of the younger generation now are very health conscious, >> they have house parties, they go to events or concerts . so, go to events or concerts. so, you know, we're getting hit always. >> we've got higher costs . >> we've got higher costs. >> we've got higher costs. >> if i, put my prices up in line with a lot of my suppliers, you'd be seeing 7 or £8 a pint. now we can't do it. >> so we've lost a lot, a lot of profit. >> our end, the wages keep going up.and >> our end, the wages keep going up. and look, i'm for all people earning more money. >> but you've got to understand that pubs have got to find that extra 3 or £400 every week. you know , so it's getting harder out know, so it's getting harder out there , there, >> the government doesn't help the high taxes doesn't help. >> and we've got to remember,

there's a lot of communities now out there that for religious reasons or other reasons, don't promote drinking or don't allow drinking. so britain is changing and unfortunately, you know, we've really got to sort of support our local pubs because they're part of british culture, >> they're part of our heritage and they are dying out slowly. >> and adam brookes, of course , >> and adam brookes, of course, as we approach winter, the great british boozer is a place where a lot of pensioners go to stay warm, to have social contact, to keep their mental health ticking over. keep their mental health ticking over . pubs keep their mental health ticking over. pubs are about so much oven pubs are about so much more than just boozing, they're about being the hubs of the community. adam brooks , you're community. adam brooks, you're a businessman, you understand politics, you definitely understand boozers. rachel reevesis understand boozers. rachel reeves is about to give an october statement in the autumn. what would you like to see in that? for publicans ? that? for publicans? >> i couldn't even tell you. it's such doom and gloom, martin, at the moment. you know icannot martin, at the moment. you know i cannot believe this labour party. i knew, we all knew. they would be bad. >> but they have shocked me

beyond belief at quite how bad they've been over the last 11 weeks. >> we have seen utter hypocrisy, and really, they've just gone back on a lot of the promises that they, they sold these, a lot of the youth out there today are probably wondering why labour aren't their friend now that, you know, they were promised that things were going to change and they haven't changed, there's nothing really that i changed, there's nothing really that! can changed, there's nothing really that i can see the labour party doing to help publicans. you know , we've got high rates of know, we've got high rates of tax, which we believe could even go even higher under labour, >> what we really need is a vat cut. >> we are vat collectors for hmrc and it really does hurt some of the smaller pubs out there. you know, it's a drain on our finances and, it's a lot of work for to us do. it keeps pnces work for to us do. it keeps prices high as well, so the only thing i could see that would help the pub industry is a vat cut, and this mob are not going to cut, cut any sort of taxes at

all. >> okay, adam brooks, i'll be doing my very best to try and ptop up doing my very best to try and prop up all the local pubs around me as best as i can. i know you will too. adam brooks, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you very, very much. now from tomorrow it will be illegal to possess a zombie style knife. was it ever illegal in the first place or a machete? now, over the last four weeks, the public have been given the opportunity to hand the weapons in at police stations across the country and gb news west midlands reporterjack country and gb news west midlands reporter jack carson went to see some of the knives recovered from birmingham. >> for those in the west midlands, it's a familiar sight. a forensic tent and police tape marks the spot where a dangerous weapon was used in an attack. from tomorrow , the law will get from tomorrow, the law will get tougher and it will be illegal tougher and it will be illegal to own zombie style knives and machetes, adding to the list of what's already banned, like zombie and butterfly knives and samurai swords. over the past few weeks, anyone who has one of these weapons has been urged to hand them over at police stations or use a surrender bin.

there are 31 surrender bins across this region, and as one was opened, the scale of the problem facing police was made clear. police and crime clean police and crime commissioner for the west midlands , simon foster, says the midlands, simon foster, says the bins are just one part of the strategy and we're absolutely committed to doing everything within our powers in order to ensure that we prevent, tackle and reduce knife crime , protect and reduce knife crime, protect young and vulnerable people and save lives. >> this is only but one part of the strategy that we have to prevent , tackle and reduce knife prevent, tackle and reduce knife crime. plainly, we also need robust policing in order to be able to deal with those people who are intent on causing harm to others. in addition to that, we also have to invest in prevention, early intervention , prevention, early intervention, diversion and addressing the underlying causes of crime . underlying causes of crime. >> but whilst these knives are on their way to being destroyed , on their way to being destroyed, weapons just like them are still on the streets . according to on the streets. according to figures from the ons, the west midlands has the highest rate of knife crime offences in england and wales. there were 5268

offences in the force area between april 2023 and march 2024, giving a rate of 178 per 100,000 of the population . 100,000 of the population. that's higher than the metropolitan police forces, which recorded a rate of 169 per 100,000 people in birmingham city centre. the attempts at solving knife crime haven't made people confident. >> you see 12 year olds like carrying knives and i think it's absolutely disgusting that the police aren't doing anything about it. now. i don't feel safe at all. we're here today for a reason, but we'll be in and out as quick as possible. i don't feel safe at all anywhere, not just birmingham . just birmingham. >> you know, anything could happen at any moment. >> you can't predict who who will have a weapon and who doesn't have a weapon . doesn't have a weapon. >> the government says the ban on zombie style knives is the first step in their plan to halve knife crime within a decade, as this surrender bin is sealed again, will the change in the law make streets safer ? jack the law make streets safer? jack carson gb news birmingham .

carson gb news birmingham. >> that's a great story. by jack carson . it just beggars belief. carson. it just beggars belief. is it not the zombie style knives or machetes were ever legal in this country? what possible good can they ever, ever do ? get them off our ever do? get them off our streets now! lots more still to come between now and 6:00 including. we'll be heading back to the labour conference to get the latest from gb news political reporter tom harwood. as he figures his way out. he was trying to steal a bus. but first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> it's 531. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. rachel reeves has accused the last conservative government of choking off investment and suffocating growth and living standards. in her speech at labour's conference in liverpool, but not before she faced a protester. we are still selling arms to israel . he selling arms to israel. he accused labour of selling arms

to israel before being removed with shouts of free palestine heard from backstage getting back on track, the chancellor declared labour is a party that represents working people, not a party of protest, earning her a standing ovation. she went to on promise to repay the trust of voters and set out what her first budget on the 30th of october would focus on now to the middle east, where 274 people have now been killed and more than 1000 left wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes against hezbollah in the last year. residents in southern lebanon reported receiving calls this morning telling them to evacuate, with warnings also broadcast across lebanese media. israel claims all targets and homes that have been attacked were storing hezbollah weapons. now back in the uk, police have said the murder of a 15 year old in south—east london is a stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie style knives.

police were called to the attack in woolwich on sunday evening, where the boy was found with a stab wound. he died shortly after a witness who tried to save him said. the boy pleaded i'm 15, don't let me die. as she stemmed the bleeding. the victim's family has been informed, but no arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place and parts of the uk are underwater after more than a month's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours. flood warnings have been issued for areas across northamptonshire, bedfordshire and london, causing widespread travel disruption. school closures and damage to homes. london fire brigade has responded to hundreds of calls rescuing people from homes and cars as transport, including tube lines, have been severely impacted. an amber rain warning remains in place, with some areas expecting up to 120mm of rain today, with more rain and warnings expected throughout the

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>> thank you very much. now joining me is michelle dewberry, the queen of prime time political debate. jubes, what's on your menu? >> hello, martin. >> hello, martin. >> well, of course we'll be looking at all the goings on at the labour party conference. i've got alex dean and steve mccabe keeping me company tonight. there's a lot to unpick, isn't there? this whole kind of notion that we're not going to be entering into austerity. i wonder if people believe that also as well. there's rumours afoot that apparently that single person council tax discount will not be removed. and of course, the rumours were that that was going to be up for the chop. so i want to be up for the chop. so i want to look at all of that. but also there's a trust nhs trust which has come under some scrutiny because of course we all know about nhs delays, martin, but it transpires now that if you are delayed, as we all will be in the nhs, if you're someone that requires an interpreter , you requires an interpreter, you will be prioritised ahead of an engush will be prioritised ahead of an english speaker that is also waiting for a delayed appointment apparently is for cost reasons. do we agree with that or not? >> absolutely ridiculous. two tier care. now it's two tiered

health system with those who require interpreters at the front of the queue. ludicrous story that will be one to tuck into. dewbs& co 617 fantastic show ahead there. thank you very much for joining show ahead there. thank you very much forjoining me. if you want much for joining me. if you want to get in touch with me, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your messages before the end the show. so weaving. i'm martin daubney on

channel. >> he couldn't wait. >> he couldn't wait. >> welcome back. it's 5.39. i'm martin daubney on gb news. we're on the final furlong. let's cross now. back to the labour party conference in liverpool and speak with gb news deputy political editor tom harwood. tom, welcome back to the show. so today was meant to be the sunlit uplands moment for the labour party, but it was marred by two protests, one outside a group of very unhappy pensioners about the winter fuel allowance being axed, and also pro—palestine protesters inside

the auditorium. and on that note, i believe tom harwood, you've got an update for us. >> i do indeed, martin. we're heanng >> i do indeed, martin. we're hearing that the protester who was sort of manhandled out of the room, who was arrested by merseyside police on the grounds of breach of the peace, that's what is being reported and has been reported in the last half hour or so. but further to that, a number of councillors in wolverhampton have got in contact with me to say that they believe the man who initially tackled the protester who was protesting just inside this hall here, was actually a labour party councillor by the name of harbinder singh. i've tried to reach out to mr singh. i spoke to him briefly on the phone, but he wouldn't confirm to me whether or not it was him who grabbed the protester. fairly roughly. it must be said, lots of people have commented online

about the throat grab that took place there. i've been in contact with the labour party press office and they are refusing to comment as yet. i've asked them multiple times. they said they will get back to me, but they have not yet got back to me. on whether or not any action will be taken against this labour councillor. >> it seems a bit heavy handed to arrest me for a breach of the peace.i to arrest me for a breach of the peace. i mean, before sir keir starmer had glitter thrown over him, there have been protests, of course, against theresa may, against liz truss . protests at against liz truss. protests at these kind of things are relatively complex. is this another example of sir keir starmer really clamping down on anybody who doesn't agree with him ? him? >> well, it does seem extraordinary that the police are involved in this matter. it does seem extraordinary that this is classed as a breach of the peace, as was reported earlier today, because ultimately, of course, the labour party has the right to throw out anyone who heckles a politician. that's of course, their right. they can chuck them

out of the conference. what is more questionable, however , is more questionable, however, is grabbing someone by the throat that seems overboard, and the idea that you then get the police involved. should it really be a police matter? if someone heckles a politician ? someone heckles a politician? that to me seems a little bit odd. martin. >> tom, can i ask you for the general mood on the ground? i know on friday you were at the reform party conference there and in birmingham, and it felt there was a very carnival atmosphere there. the labour party has just won a huge landslide, but it doesn't feel like they're in quite as exuberant a mood. they seem a bit downbeat, almost. >> it's strange. martin. yeah, it depends on the event . the it depends on the event. the floor of the conference now feels a little bit more downbeat, but i suppose it is the end of the day. you did see rapturous applause for the chancellor in her speech earlier. i have to say i was on the gb news stand at that time,

and i could sort of feel the floor reverberate with all the applause. but how much of that is the genuine excitement and how much of that is put on? you know, it's really hard to gauge, but i think perhaps the reform conference did feel more jubilant, which is a strange sort of thing to think about, given that at the reform conference, of course, they were a party that won just five mps. the labour party won 411 members of parliament at the general election, and yet it doesn't really feel that the songs of things can only get better are really ringing that true? i have to say i spoke to you , martin, to say i spoke to you, martin, an hour or two ago, and i went on that bus. i tried to i tried to beep the horn, and i ultimately failed to do that on air. i tried very hard to find all of the buttons. to tell you what, once we got off air, i finally found how to beep the horn. should we have a listen? i have to say, i pressed every

button a second ago, trying to find where the horn was. i have now been told that it was just slightly out of my vision. it's. here's the horn. if you're ever on a bus and you want to get it off, well, here's what you do. okay? that's marvellous fun. and now everyone at the labour party conference is looking at me, so i think i should probably get out . out. >> tom harwood. so there we go. >> tom harwood. so there we go. >> a bit of fun to be had. >> a bit of fun to be had. >> tom. hold for a moment there. i thought, you're going to try and hotwire that . the arena and hotwire that. the arena would have been quite a spectacular joyride . give his spectacularjoyride. give his speech. what can we expect? tom harwood ? harwood? >> yeah. really interesting there. i would expect that keir starmer needs to bring together this party because, as you say , this party because, as you say, there have been protests inside and out. there have been ups and there have been downs. he needs to present that sort of positive message that has really been

lacking in the last two months of this government, and potentially bring forward some concrete policy as well. i think those are the two things to watch for positivity and policy . watch for positivity and policy. but of course, it will be a big moment. we'll be watching out for any protesters as well. it wouldn't be a labour conference without protesters, but martin, i wanted to leave you with one image here because we are actually in the presence of the women's premier league trophy and i know you're a big football fan, so i thought i'd just show you that, that that shining trophy. and i think i'm not as big a football fan as you, martin, but i thought i might just sort of get involved by waggling this up and down. i think this is what people do at football matches. so there you go. there's a there's a treat for you. >> tom harwood absolutely beautiful. you managed to get your hands on a trophy and i'm so glad, as all the viewers will be, that you finally found your

horn tom harwood excellent stuff and will no doubt we'll cross back to you tomorrow. superb! so thank you. now coming up, is this the worst bit of art ever? because local residents in kent, where the alluvia sculpture has been placed, have labelled it tone deaf and shocking. but it's been defended by the artist. what do you think? it looks like a dead body in the to me. i'm martin daubney on gb news.

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>> welcome back. it's 10 to 6. we're on the final final furlong with me . martin daubney on gb with me. martin daubney on gb news. now an artist has defended a statue made for his home town after furious residents branded it disturbing and deeply offensive. jason decaires taylor could working class name for you there created the sculpture of there created the sculpture of the glow in the dark woman inspired apparently by shakespeare's ophelia, to be placed in the river stour in canterbury. as you can see on your screens there, it basically looks like a dead body in the river because the local community council immediately received hundreds of complaints from concerned locals, who, of course, mistook this piece of art for a drowned body in the river. art is divisive. let's now get the view of the comedian john morton. john, what's your take on this? is it is it fantastic or does it look like a corpse in the river stour ?

corpse in the river stour? >> well, firstly, martin, i've got i've got to say you're looking fantastic today. >> i love that suit. >> i love that suit. >> is that one of keir starmer's old ones, is it? >> no, mate, i pay for it. i'm afraid . afraid. >> you know what i mean . i'm an >> you know what i mean. i'm an i'm an expert on statues. >> some people have bodies. like a greek statue. mine is more like a greek restaurant. >> in all honesty , >> in all honesty, >> in all honesty, >> in fact, i was in a greek restaurant last night. the food was awful, but the plates were smashing. but it is a difficult thing. >> art and statues. you know, this statue? you know, nelson in real life was only five foot six, and yet his statue in trafalgar square is actually 16 foot six. and that's a ratio of about 3 to 1. >> oh, john, you're absolutely on fire. >> on fire? someone actually wanted to make a statue of me. >> they asked me if they if i wanted it in copper or bronze ,

wanted it in copper or bronze, and i said, well, either or really ? really? >> but i think art art is very subjective. you know , i'm old, subjective. you know, i'm old, i'm old. i mean, i'm only a couple of years away from having my winter fuel allowance stopped, but i'm old and i like statues that look real, you know? i mean, i'm looking at this one here in the. and i've known audiences less lively than that statue. i'll be honest with you. but i do feel i feel a little bit sorry for the artist. you know, he's getting a lot of criticism and he's comes from a family of artists. this guy and sculptors. in fact, he's a real chip off the old block. he is this guy, >> but apparently someone asked him, could it be changed? >> and he said, no, it's set in stone now , so i feel a little stone now, so i feel a little bit sorry for him. you know, art is like comedy, you know , is like comedy, you know, everyone has their own opinion,

their own, you know , what they their own, you know, what they like, what they don't like. and so you know, good luck. good luck to the lads. you know, it's different . it's making people different. it's making people talk about it, which is fantastic. just not for me. it's not my kind of statue. i like statues that look like people. a great friend of mine in comedy has recently had a statue unveiled to him, a man called max boyce. do you remember max boyce ? oggy, oggy, max boyce. do you remember max boyce 7 oggy, oggy, oggy- max boyce. do you remember max boyce ? oggy, oggy, oggy. and boyce? oggy, oggy, oggy. and they've made a statue of him in his hometown of glynneath and it's fantastic . it looks like it's fantastic. it looks like max. i mean, heaven knows what this looks like. i don't know you know, it's. what can you say each to . that was superb. each to. that was superb. >> john martin. that was an absolute barrage of non—stop statue puns. i think most of them were dead in the water. that's just my take on it. >> what you did . >> what you did. >> what you did. >> i see what you did. and thanks for having me on your show, martin. you. you're a great friend. not of mine. i'm sure you are. to someone. sure you are. t0 someone.

>> sure you are. to someone. >> thank you very much, john morton. always a pleasure. never a chore. thank you very much. now, loads of you have been getting in touch. i'm afraid we don't have much time to read them out apart from this. richard, who says i like the alluvia sculpture. art is art and everybody has their own taste. quickly. janet says this until retirement, i was a member of the trade union. i left the labour party in 1997. i'm disgusted by the pensioners being forced to sit outside today in the rain and the cold. now don't go anywhere because up next is dewbs& co and then i'll be back between 7 and 8. i'm covering for gbn tonight. that's your weather. and here is alex. have a great evening. see you at seven. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me for this latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we do still have an amber weather warning in force. further heavy rain likely to

continue to cause some flooding issues , particularly over issues, particularly over central parts of england. there's a broader yellow met office weather warning in place, covering much of england and parts of wales. the rain just continues through parts of oxfordshire down towards bristol and bath over the next few hours, before slowly starting to ease. overnight stays pretty damp across eastern parts of england and rain creeping into northern scotland, but elsewhere, many places becoming dry overnight, staying quite mild. temperatures mostly in double digits onto tuesday. overall, a much, much drier day. we are still going to have some rain early on over parts of east anglia and the south east, but that should be clearing away a much drier day over parts of hampshire and wiltshire and the midlands compared to today. a few showers developing tomorrow over northern england, northern ireland and staying fairly wet across northern parts of scotland. tomorrow looks fairly 509931, scotland. tomorrow looks fairly soggy, with a brisk north easterly wind blowing along the moray firth and a few heavy showers likely to push a little

further south, perhaps into the edinburgh area too . but as edinburgh area too. but as i said, overall, particularly in these central parts of england, where it has been so wet today it looks a lot drier. tomorrow probably staying fairly cloudy, but some bright or sunny spells could poke through a few more showers during the day over northern england and still across parts of scotland. although the west coast should by and large be dry and fine. bit of sunshine temperatures struggling into the mid to maybe high teens, but feeling cool where it stays cloudy with further showers coming across the north and the east. they'll continue to push a little further south during tomorrow evening , but generally things evening, but generally things drying up at least for a time because we are expecting further wet weather to come later this week. this area of low pressure moves in, bringing some quite heavy spells of rain, and as that starts to clear away, we'll see northerly winds picking up, which will bring a cooler feel for the end of the week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

no return to austerity. rachel reeves says there, at the opening of the labour party conference, her speech there. do you believe that or not? and also, apparently she's saying that if the problem is growth, the solution is investment. that sounds fabulous. but why then are all of these rumours abound about capital gains tax? do you think that the best days for this country lie ahead or not? also, let's face it, this could have been a very humiliating debate and it's all about the winter fuel cuts that has been delayed. that vote will not take place now until wednesday. the unions are not happy about that. and also speaking about unions,

get this. rachel reeves says she's proud