andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so all flights between the uk and florida are cancelled, as more than 1 million people are told to evacuate the area before hurricane milton hits. meteorologist john morales broke down on local tv talking about it. >> he has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. i apologise, this is just horrific . is just horrific. >> get a get a grip. terror on the streets of britain. the m15 warn the uk is facing a growing terror threat from isis. russia , terror threat from isis. russia, china. children as young as 13 are being radicalised online. >> a mass immigration has fuelled our fastest population growth ever. if this continues , growth ever. if this continues, what will it mean for the cohesion and stability of our future society? >> and the m42 has been named the worst motorway in england. it's won the prestigious title

due to constant roadworks, reduced speeds and potholes. we want you to tell us the worst road you drive on in britain . road you drive on in britain. >> i won't have a bad word said about the m3. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> you say everybody's got a view. i don't have a great view because i don't drive very often. but the m42 pothole. hell, we're talking, mr pothole, today. >> yeah, about the potholes that haven't been much more interesting than it sounds. i promise you, mr pothole has always got a story to tell, but i think people care hugely about potholes. >> so really, it smashes up people's cars. so which is the worst motorway you drive on or the best? >> do let us know. >> do let us know. >> tell us your favourites as well. gbnews.com/yoursay first, the very latest news with will hollis . hollis. >> good morning. your latest headunes >> good morning. your latest headlines with me. >> will hollis at just gone 930.

the biggest hurricane in a century is expected to hit florida later today, with american president joe biden warning it's a matter of life and death for residents. around and death for residents. around a million people living in the path of hurricane milton are being evacuated, with concern. lives are in danger. others choosing to stay in places like here in fort myer have been securing their homes and neighbourhoods with sandbags and wooden boards. the us weather service restrengthened its classification of the storm to the highest rating category five, with winds of 175mph. expected flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled . and florida have been cancelled. here in britain , savers are here in britain, savers are facing a cut to the tax free lump sum. they can withdraw from their pensions under plans being considered by the chancellor. a

report in the telegraph newspaper reveals the government asked the uk's top pension providers for an impact assessment if it were to reduce the lump sum to £100,000, a third of its current limit over 55 can withdraw a quarter of the pension early. under current rules, that's up to £268,000. the final stages of the tory leadership race inches closer with just three contenders left. tom tugendhat fell during the latest round . latest round. >> that's by this story. >> that's by this story. >> taylor swift getting a police escort in 20 robert jenrick came a close second, followed by kemi badenoch in third. >> the two will now battle it out to scoop up enough of tugendhat's supporters and stay in the race. cleverly's lead mean means he's just one vote away from a guaranteed spot in

the final two. when voting opens to the conservative membership . to the conservative membership. poor digital skills means you may be poorer. that's according to a study by a leading charity. it found the skills to search for positions online or even bafic for positions online or even basic digital knowledge. to do most jobs is likely you'll have less money and opportunities. the study by the good things foundation found more than a quarter of brits aren't confident enough to for search jobs, and 1 in 10 can't manage their finances online. the charity says digital skills are the foundation for full participation in society. and finally, for you today, the photo of a swarm of toad tadpoles has won this year's wildlife photographer of the year competition. it was captured by conservation photojournalist shane gross while out snorkelling. he beat a record breaking 60,000 entries to scoop up that top award.

images will be on display at the natural history museum . those natural history museum. those are your top stories. i'll be back in 30 minutes with more 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. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well over 1 and andrew pierce. >> well over1 million people >> well over 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate florida's west coast counties ahead of hurricane milton, which is set to make landfall tonight. >> reality is stark, with even professionals finding it hard to come to terms with the scale of the storm. >> it's an incredible , >> it's an incredible, incredible, incredible hurricane. it has dropped . it

hurricane. it has dropped. it has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. i apologise, this is just horrific . horrific. >> i mean, look, get a grip . >> i mean, look, get a grip. sorry. the weather's going to be bad. clearly, the weather's going to be bad, but obviously they're getting a lot of warning. so if people are in florida or ron desantis said in florida, ron desantis, the governor, said, you know, get out or you're going to die. yeah. really simple. i like it. it's plain language. our kind of language. earlier, gb news spoke to florida resident aaron pilkington, who's staying where he is. >> now we're out in front of tropicana field in the parking lot where the municipalities are now loading up a bunch of ambulances and medical supplies for the storm that is to come. so it looks like the preparation is on high alert , and we're is on high alert, and we're ready for the storm to approach us as it's coming towards either saint pete or sarasota right now . saint pete or sarasota right now. we're definitely worried. i would fully suggest that if you

are in the saint pete all the way to sarasota and even down to the naples area, that you definitely evacuate, obviously don't do what we are doing here and stay. but if you are in this area , please try to get out of area, please try to get out of town. go up north to georgia or nonh town. go up north to georgia or north carolina . it's going to be north carolina. it's going to be a devastating storm . a devastating storm. >> i'm not sure that that's going to be on for much longer. >> aaron pilkington it didn't look like that many people. it doesn't look like i mean, the roads aren't jammed, are they? >> they were yesterday. they were about 12 hours ago. yeah. obviously it's. what time is it? it's about 4:00 in the morning, it's about 4:00 in the morning, i think, because these things can have political implications, because remember a few years ago, hurricane katrina, mississippi, george bush's presidency was seen to have reacted too slowly because it presidency was seen to have reacted too slowly because it was a poorer people, black was a poorer people, black people. people. >> and it was became a massive >> and it was became a massive issue. so we've got an election issue. so we've got an election in three weeks time. you can be in three weeks time. you can be certain if there's a lot of certain if there's a lot of damage that the biden will be damage that the biden will be there within hours, won't he? there within hours, won't he? >> well, let's see how the >> well, let's see how the weather channel in america is weather channel in america is using flood simulations to using flood simulations to report on the predicted report on the predicted destruction areas. >> we could see a record setting destruction areas. >> we could see a record setting

surge over nine feet. and i can surge over nine feet. and i can use this simulation to show you use this simulation to show you what it will actually look like what it will actually look like in tampa , at three feet above in tampa , at three feet above in tampa, at three feet above normally dry ground water is in tampa, at three feet above normally dry ground water is already life threatening. it's already life threatening. it's too late to evacuate. water this too late to evacuate. water this high can knock you off your high can knock you off your feet, make cars float, and feet, make cars float, and driving impossible. the first driving impossible. the first floor of homes and businesses floor of homes and businesses are flooded. unfortunately, the are flooded. unfortunately, the water is expected to rise even water is expected to rise even higher at six feet above the higher at six feet above the height of most people . vehicles height of most people . vehicles height of most people. vehicles get carried away, structures height of most people. vehicles get carried away, structures start to fail. just look at start to fail. just look at this. anything could be in this this. anything could be in this water. sharp glass , debris, water. sharp glass , debris, water. sharp glass, debris, chemicals as well. the scary water. sharp glass, debris, chemicals as well. the scary part is some areas could see part is some areas could see surge values at 10 to 15ft. and surge values at 10 to 15ft. and this takes us up to nine. and this takes us up to nine. and look what it does. if this level look what it does. if this level the first floors of structures the first floors of structures are completely flooded. and there are few places that it is are completely flooded. and there are few places that it is safe . safe . safe. >> honestly, mbacc wincey willis safe. >> honestly, mbacc wincey willis that's what i say. it's so that's what i say. it's so american, it's so american, and american, it's so american, and it's so terrifying. it's all it's so terrifying. it's all designed to be terrifying. i designed to be terrifying. i

know the media has a know the media has a job, but this is why you come to gb news because we tell you the truth. and also, what about tampa? we're looking at life here. a bit of rain looks very nice. looks a bit like sort of manchester on a 7:00 in a winter morning to be fair. >> what about the poor old lady or the poor old man who's on their own? who can't evacuate? that's going to put them in fear of god . of god. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and they've got their little cat or dog, you know, don't want to leave. >> there's been all this chat about the fact that we're going to get tornadoes here as well in the uk recently, my children, my youngest 13, she was genuinely frightened about us having a tornado in this country this week. and i did have to say to her, that is not likely when you live in hounslow, we're not going to get a tornado. it's just not going to happen. so look, it's going to be serious. there's no doubt about it. the warnings have been there. people will be leaving. the pictures will be leaving. the pictures will be leaving. the pictures will be dramatic. >> no flights going in, no flights going out. and we will keep you up to date on it. >> yeah, there'll be dramatic, but not as dramatic as that woman with water over her head . woman with water over her head. did she say there was going to

be sharks in it? >> well, no. drown the sharks. >> well, no. drown the sharks. >> you can't drown a shark, andrew. >> well, no, i think i think, i think, i think i think you could, because if that's, that's like a mini tidal wave . and i like a mini tidal wave. and i was in the everglades once in florida, and we saw alligators. so if it drowns a few alligators, every cloud you can drown an alligator and drown a shark. if i suspect if the water comes in that heavily. yeah, i think it could. i think it could be a problem for the . yeah, be a problem for the. yeah, sharks. apparently, if sharks stop moving, they drown. >> let us know. gb news. >> let us know. gb news. >> who knew that ? who knew that? >> who knew that? who knew that? >> who knew that? who knew that? >> i knew that he was the director. >> because i've watched jaws. it's on the other night. oh, right. >> my favourite films, actually. moving on. >> this is unusual because we don't often hear from the head of mi5. don't often hear from the head of m15. this is the director general, ken mccallum, in a speech says russia is deliberately trying to cause mayhem on our streets. >> he also says we're facing a growing threat from isis and al—qaeda, with 75%. i repeat , al—qaeda, with 75%. i repeat, 75% of counter—terrorism work in the uk is still focused on

islamist extremism. >> this is another reason why we've got to get to grips with these immigration figures, because we don't know who's coming in. this is another interesting fact. fascinating. in his speech he said the number of children being investigated for terrorism has risen dramatically. listen to what he had to say. >> we're also seeing far too many cases of very young people being drawn into poisonous onune being drawn into poisonous online extremism. sadly , 13% of online extremism. sadly, 13% of all those being investigated by mi5 all those being investigated by m15 for involvement in uk terrorism are under 18. that's a three fold increase in the last three fold increase in the last three years. >> well, it's all a bit. i think this is all a bit fishy. let's talk to the former head of counter—terrorism, chris phillips. right. chris, first of all, first of all, how unusual is it for m15 to come out and try and terrify us in this way? what are they really doing? >> well, years ago, of course, we didn't even we didn't even know that m15 actually officially existed. the last ten years or so, there's been an

annual briefing , i think, which annual briefing, i think, which is what this is to tell us, basically what they're doing and what the situation of the country is. i think he makes some very, very good points there. and i think for some organisations, some businesses, i mean, he talks about china stealing our our intelligence and our information and our research and development. that's that's quite interesting . and that's quite interesting. and universities and things may need to take less chinese money to solve that problem. but look what he's saying is that m15 are busy . busy. >> and why would he be saying that? why why do we, the public, need to know that m15 are busy, other than to be a little bit more frightened? >> yeah, i know what you're saying, beth, but i think it is important that people understand how the threat is evolving. >> listen , the terrorism we've >> listen, the terrorism we've had terrorism, you know, for the last century, but it is evolving and changing and this push towards young people on the internet is a bit of an issue. and it's another rationale why we should limit some of the some of our children's access to some

of our children's access to some of this stuff. how we do that is another matter. but there are problems and, you know, there are a number of terrorist threats that have been dealt with that have been stopped, that we should, you know, we would like to know about, but we're not going to ever know their detail. >> we heard we heard the prime minister talk a lot about the far right and causing the problems. chris, with the in the aftermath of the disputes in southport. but this 75% now of mi5 southport. but this 75% now of m15 work is to do with islamic extremism. by warning us about this in advance, isn't this potentially going to cause even more tension in certain communities because people are thinking , communities because people are thinking, oh, it's my neighbour, can i trust my neighbour? isn't that the downside of what he's been saying in that speech? >> yeah, but it's reality, isn't it? and this is, this is the problems that we face. and the one thing that i would say is that many and i mean an awful lot of terrorist attacks are thwarted because of people reporting suspicious behaviour.

and we want that to continue. we want people to say, look, my grandson is becoming very extreme and we need to do something about it. chris. so, something about it. chris. so, so we do need to have this information out there to some extent. but i do take your point about scaring everyone this this hasn't the definition of terrorism changed as well, because we're now telling teachers that if you hear a boy in the classroom say something that might be considered far right, or also islamist, islamic, you should tell the authorities you should ring and dob in this kid. >> now, kids talk nonsense all the time, but we're taking that sort of stuff more seriously. these children have to account for that percentage that are under 13. >> yeah , i mean, i get what >> yeah, i mean, i get what you're saying, but the trouble is when a terrorist attacks happened, you know, it's too late. really . and we do have to late. really. and we do have to identify, i mean, listen, m15 have got 40 odd thousand people

on their on their watch radar. they're not going to deal with everyone that ever comes across their desk. but when you have someone , perhaps that is being someone, perhaps that is being reported for , you know, extreme reported for, you know, extreme views, extreme behaviour, and

are. and iran, i am sure they are. and iran, i am sure will have infiltrated the uk. >> yeah. okay . all right. great >> yeah. okay. all right. great to see you. chris phillips, their former head of counter—terrorism. >> up next winter fuel payment cut christine smith, the coordinator of newcastle we're and tides waspi women group, had this message for the government. >> delhi 300,000 waspi women have already died. your own research has told you another 4000 will die this winter from removal of the winter fuel allowance. don't do it. >> and today, the charity age uk have a stark warning about pensioners living on the poverty line. we're going to talk them next. don't go

here we go. sorry, da da da. here we go. sorry, i've lost it. now . martin says i've lost it. now. martin says bev and andrew. yes. you can drown the shark if it goes through the water backwards, it will drown. they have to move. i did know this. >> and of course, because of the sheer velocity of this water, that can be boring. they could be propelled backwards. >> and pete says this is why everyone wants to come to blighty. we put up a stiff upper lip to batter the storm. quite right too. and i love this one from thomas. he says, bev, tell your daughter to ignore the scaremongering about the weather. as henry higgins said in my fair lady to eliza doolittle, hurricanes in hampshire hardly ever happen. great show. your channel tells the truth. >> good on you. in fact, i don't think they ever happen. no. now the winter fuel payment. the government is in ever more difficulties. there's more and more suggestions that some hundreds of thousands of example, on the government's website aof on the uk's example, on the government's website aof thousands's example, on the government's website aof thousands of hundreds of thousands of pensioners below the poverty pensioners below the poverty line will not, will be cut. will line will not, will be cut. will not get this payment. 2 to £300 not get this payment. 2 to £300 a year. let's talk to the head a year. let's talk to the head of age uk, caroline abrahams. of age uk, caroline abrahams. caroline, we've had this caroline, we've had this conversation before . we know. we conversation before . we know. we

conversation before. we know. we now know it's a fact that some conversation before. we know. we now know it's a fact that some pensioners will have to choose pensioners will have to choose between heating and eating. can between heating and eating. can you explain to people watching you explain to people watching and listening who may be and listening who may be panicking? what is the panicking? what is the eligibility for the winter fuel eligibility for the winter fuel and when? when will they people and when? when will they people be cut off from having it? yeah be cut off from having it? yeah well good morning. well good morning. >> yes. so the main qualifying >> yes. so the main qualifying benefit now for winter fuel benefit now for winter fuel payments is pension credit. and payments is pension credit. and thatis thatis payments is pension credit. and that is a that's a benefit that payments is pension credit. and that is a that's a benefit that tops up a low income. and so if tops up a low income. and so if you are somebody who's living on you are somebody who's living on a low income it's definitely a low income it's definitely worth looking into whether you worth looking into whether you could claim it. the eligibility could claim it. the eligibility criteria are slightly criteria are slightly complicated in that it's not complicated in that it's not just a single number, but the just a single number, but the good news is, even if you are a good news is, even if you are a homeowner or if you have some homeowner or if you have some savings, it doesn't savings, it doesn't automatically disqualify you automatically disqualify you from claiming it's for people from claiming it's for people who've got low and modest who've got low and modest incomes. so it's definitely incomes. so it's definitely worth giving. giving a look at worth giving. giving a look at the benefit. you can do that in the benefit. you can do that in a number of different ways for a number of different ways for example, on the government's example, on the government's

website and on the uk's website and on the example, on the government's website abenefit he example, on the government's website abenefit calculator there's a benefit calculator which if you put your details into it, it's quite simple. it will help you work into it, it's quite simple. it will help you entitled to it. you might be entitled to it. it's definitely worth having if you are, or you could actually bnng you are, or you could actually bring us up. or you can ring up the government's helpline . the government's helpline. there's lots of help available to in terms of filling in forms for pmqs. >> hasn't this government cynically worked out? caroline, that actually hundreds of thousands of people simply won't claim this credit? they won't claim this credit? they won't claim it because it's too complicated. the form is too complicated. the form is too complicated. 240 questions, and there are a whole raft of pensioners who are just too

doesn't. it's really, really doesn't. it's actually a very low bar and you have very little savings and a low income in to order qualify. >> thank you. caroline. caroline abrahams from age uk. we are running out of time. all eyes are often the thriftiest and they're being punished for being thrifty. >> yeah. isn't that wicked ? >> yeah. isn't that wicked? >> yeah. isn't that wicked? >> is the weather? no hurricane . >> is the weather? no hurricane. >> is the weather? no hurricane. >> despite the morning rain , >> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day ahead. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, it's an unsettled day ahead with some showery rain at times and these showers could be quite heavy in the south and is going to be feeling cold in the north in some brisk winds. so a fairly unsettled day across the north—east quite a damp day on offer. some rain and drizzle sticking around through much of the day. some brighter spells will eventually develop into the afternoon across england and

wales, but there is a risk of showers and some of these showers and some of these showers could be quite heavy at times too, so feeling cold in the north, particularly in that brisk wind, but in sheltered spots across the south and southeast. and if you avoid the showers, it should feel rather pleasant for the time of year. so those showers are going to continue into this evening, particularly across coasts in northern parts of scotland , but northern parts of scotland, but a few feeding into more inland areas, falling asleep and snow, mainly across the scottish highlands . mainly across the scottish highlands. similar across northern ireland. a fairly cloudy end to the day , with some cloudy end to the day, with some dnps cloudy end to the day, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. and that rain that's with us through much of the day, sticking around across northeastern parts of north eastern parts of england. but elsewhere there should be some clearer spells to end the day, but can't rule out the risk of the odd shower or two. so as we head through into the evening, that rain in the north—east will eventually ease and all this cloud will slowly progress its way towards southern areas. still, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. but to the north of this cloud generally a

clearer night, but still plenty of blustery showers moving into northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. and it's here where it's going to be feeling cold. a slightly milder night on offer under cloudier skies , but offer under cloudier skies, but still a colder night than it has been of late and overall that leads us into a much colder day, particularly where you do catch those brisk winds. so all along eastern coasts that's where the wind is going to be, particularly strong, and that's where it's going to be feeling rather chilly. and that's also where we're going to see a risk of those showers moving through similar across northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. so a cold day ahead. but stay tuned for all the details we can expect clear skies leading to a light and warm day ahead. >> boxt sponsoi's

>> mornings 10:00 on wednesday the 9th of october. live across the 9th of october. live across the uk. this is britain's

newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> mass immigration has fuelled our fastest population growth even our fastest population growth ever. at what point is britain at full capacity? >> stateside , all flights >> stateside, all flights between the uk and florida are cancelled as more than 1 million people are told to evacuate the area before hurricane milton hits. meteorologist john morales broke down on local tv talking about it. >> he has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. i apologise, this is just horrific . is just horrific. >> spies, assassins and terrorists on the streets of britain. that's the stark warning from m15. children as young as 13 are being radicalised online. >> is climate change really a security risk? the government is being warned that they must prepare for climate induced emergencies. what an address. the national security blind

spot. what on earth could that mean? more on that. >> and another one bites the dust. tom tugendhat is out as four becomes three in the conservative leadership race. another hope will be eliminated later and the m42 has been named the worst motorway in england. >> it's won the prestigious title due to constant roadworks, reduced speeds and potholes. let us know your worst and best motorways in britain . motorways in britain. >> i don't have a dog in this fight. i rarely, rarely drive. but potholes . helicopter scourge but potholes. helicopter scourge of oh, if only scourge of . we're of oh, if only scourge of. we're going to be talking about potholes. remember when the government set up that £8 billion fund savings from the counselling, that part of hs2? how much of that has been spent, i wonder? tell us what you think. tell us, tell us which is your least favourite motorway? your favourite motorway by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but

first, here's the news with will hollis . hollis. >> good morning. the time is 10:00 and here are your latest news headlines. the biggest hurricane in a century is expected to hit florida later today with american president joe biden warning it's a matter of life and death for residents. these are live pictures we're bringing you from tampa on the west coast of the united states. around a million people living in the path of hurricane milton are being evacuated with concerns. lives are in danger. others are choosing to stay in. places like here in fort myer, have been securing their homes and neighbourhoods with sandbags and neighbourhoods with sandbags and wooden boards. the us weather service restrengthened its classification of the storm to the highest rating category five, with winds of 175mph. expected flights between the uk

and florida have been cancelled. earlier. gb news spoke to florida residents aaron pilkington know it's going to be a devastating storm. >> right now the weather hasn't changed very much, but we have seen a little bit of rainfall and the wind has calmed down. so i guess you could say it's the calm before the storm, but right now we're out in front of tropicana field in the parking lot where the municipalities are now loading up a bunch of ambulances and medical supplies for the storm that is to come . for the storm that is to come. so it looks like the preparation is on high alert, and we're ready for the to storm approach us. >> us. >> and we'll bring you more from florida as we get it. but now back to the uk. savers are facing a cut to tax free lump sums that they can withdraw from their pensions under plans being considered by the chancellor. a report in the telegraph newspaper reveals the government asked on asked the uk's top pension providers about the

impact of reducing the lump sum to £100,000. a third of its current limit, over 55, can withdraw a quarter of the pension early. under current rules, up to £268,000, the final stages of the tory leadership race inches closer with just three contenders left. tom tugendhat fell at the latest round of voting by mps, with james cleverly coming out on top with 39 votes out of 120 members of parliament. robert jenrick came a close second, followed by kemi badenoch in third. the two will now battle it out to scoop up and scoop up enough of tugendhat supporters to stay in the race. cleverly's lead means he's just one vote away from a guaranteed spot in the final two, where the final choice reaches the conservative party membership vote later today . our membership vote later today. our mps vote, excuse me later today .

mps vote, excuse me later today. the middle east is at a critical period. if a ceasefire is to be agreed . that's according to the agreed. that's according to the foreign secretary . david lammy foreign secretary. david lammy is expected to reiterate calls for de—escalation in the middle east whilst on a visit to meet attali's allies. he'll discuss security and stability with bahrain and jordan. fears of a wider regional war are at their greatest since the conflict between israel and hezbollah in lebanon escalated last week, with iran launching retaliatory strikes against israel. it comes just days on from the anniversary of the october seventh terrorist attacks. some 40,000 people have been killed in gaza since the conflict started, according to the hamas run health service . poor digital run health service. poor digital skills means you'll probably be poorer. that's according to a study by a leading charity . it study by a leading charity. it found without the skills to search for positions online or bafic

search for positions online or basic digital knowledge to do most jobs, it's likely you'll have less money and fewer opportunities. the study by the good things foundation found more than a quarter of brits aren't confident enough to for search jobs, and 1 in 10 can't manage their finances online. the charity says digital skills are the foundation for full participation in society . no participation in society. no fault evictions are to be debated in parliament later today, with housing secretary branding them cruel. angela rayner said she wants to abolish the section 21 evictions, where landlords can remove tenants from their homes without a reason. officials official figures revealed recently that the number of people made homeless through no fault evictions rose by almost 2000 in the year to march, reaching 26,000. the renters rights bill, which will also stop unfair price rises, enters its second reading. and finally, the photo

of a swarm of tadpoles has won this year's wildlife photographer of the year competition. it was captured by conservation photojournalist shane gross while out snorkelling. he beat a record breaking 60,000 entries to scoop the top award. images will be on display at the natural history museum. those are your top stories. i'll be back more shortly. >> 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. >> welcome back. bev and andrew here with you until midday. do you know what? we've got all sorts of things in this show today. it really is extraordinary. we're going to watch a casino explode at 1030 live from vegas. just when you think the day can't get any weirder. i don't i don't know if

we've told you that. i think that's just come as news to andrew pierce, as news to the viewers as well. trust me, it's going to be amazing. don't tell me you didn't wake up this morning and think what you wanted to see was a casino explode. no, it's a controlled demolition, andrew. that's relief. >> so why are we looking forward to that? >> but talking of people being in dangerous situations, some of you are a bit cross that andrew and i are not taking this floridian hurricane more seriously. look, this might backfire on us, i admit, but they've had a lot of warning. most people have left those who want to stay . that's their want to stay. that's their choice, right? cynthia says hurricanes. you think the press in america are over the top? i've got an american friend who believes that scientists have developed a machine to make hurricanes, to prevent the republicans from voting, as all the states that are affected are republican. >> that's a conspiracy theory right there. even too far for you, even for me. >> grumpy grandad says at least mi5 >> grumpy grandad says at least m15 have warned people in the past. you got no warnings at all. this is about this extraordinary kind of statement from m15 saying that so much terrorism has been thwarted by them in the last few years, and also explaining that 75% of terrorist attacks, threats in

this country are still from islamic fundamentalists. >> who'd have thought that then? there's a surprise. >> yeah, and we were talking about the pension credit case as pension credit. i wouldn't demean myself. >> that's the point. and the government know it. they know it. there's at least 800,000 people who aren't claiming it, and they know that most of those will not claim it because they feel it's charity and they're entitled. you should claim it . entitled. you should claim it. >> and russell says, get your money bev and andrew in. please do not bring jim dale on the hurricane in florida is caused by global warming. it would push me over the edge . and me, me over the edge. and me, russell, it would push me over the edge. >> we have proved your message. we have proved that sharks can drown . drown. >> apparently, the lady in the footage didn't say that. the hurricane would drown the sharks. she said there would be shards of glass. >> well, she shouldn't speak with an american accent. >> right. talking of our love of foreigners, a surge in migration has led to the fastest population. >> population increase on record. >> the office for national statistics estimates that the total population grew by 1% in just a year, reaching 68.3

million. but let me bring your attention to what the former prime minister, boris johnson, said only this weekend on gb news about what happened after the pandemic. here it is. >> we came out of the pandemic because those numbers we agreed. but what happened was the migration advisory committee did allow a lot of people in because we had a total crisis with the shelves not being stacked and nobody to drive the fuel lorries and a real crisis in the labour market, which you will remember was driving inflation. yes. so what happened was that in that particular year, the migration advisory committee , i think advisory committee, i think unquestionably allowed too many people to come in. and the numbers for social care and for some of the other categories were way too high. but that was a decision taken by agencies of the uk government control , which the uk government control, which we decided to do. it was a mistake . mistake. >> well hang on, he's the prime

minister . >> well hang on, he's the prime minister. ultimately, >> well hang on, he's the prime minister . ultimately, the buck minister. ultimately, the buck stops at the top. that didn't get enough attention at the weekend. >> that was, for me, the standout moment of that interview. we wonder why we're where we are now, people. there you go. >> how many people are unemployed? how many people are claiming benefits, get them off their backsides and get them doing those jobs? >> well , doing those jobs? >> well, charlie doing those jobs? >> well , charlie downs, we're >> well, charlie downs, we're delighted to say, is with us now. he's the content lead at the centre for migration control. had you seen this spike in population that we've all been mystified by, the 725,000 net figure as having partly been a consequence of the policy after lockdowns? >> this was what was fascinating. after the lockdowns was all the while we were told that we can't go out and you know, that people are spreading disease and so on. the borders were effectively open, and you'd think that's a little bit counterintuitive when we're trying to stop the spread of a supposedly deadly disease. but this news comes off the back, of course, of the news that britain is now the illegal migration capital of europe, having more illegal immigrants, about 750,000 than any other european

nation. so people are rightly outraged about this news. but what's not included here is the fact that in the in the year to 2020 3rd june 2023, the population grew, or 2022, rather, the population grew by o.9%. so this is a total of 1.28 million new people in the country in the last two years. and what that means to actually put that in real terms, that's 11 new people per square mile of land in the british isles, which is crazy. >> and they're queuing up for the nhs, schools , houses. the the nhs, schools, houses. the country can't cope and, and the andifs country can't cope and, and the and it's also causing huge problems with social cohesion because of integration. the failure to integrate some of them won't be speaking english. i mean we are we're it's a ticking time bomb here, charlie. >> it's a multifaceted issue. but just on the economics, which doesn't tend to inflame the passions of the people quite like the social issues do, but it's still very important to discuss. 1.5 million migrants are economically inactive, and those who are economically active, only about 29 of them are breaking, even, as it were.

when it comes to their contributions to the economy. because the migration advisory committee , which is a is one of committee, which is a is one of these quangos that's chock full of open borders leftists. but this is their research. in 2018 found that in order to break even, migrants need to be earning about £38,000 a year. if you adjust that for to inflation today, that comes to about 47,000. so actually it's only 19% who are breaking even. so it's clear now we know for a fact that mass migration has been a massive economic burden on the taxpayer, which is to say nothing of the social issues. >> and you mentioned the illegal migration figure. we are the illegal migration capital of europe. that figure we had tony smith on his former head of border control. what was he doing when they were all pouring in, by the way? yes. he said, those figures are out of date. he said they go back to 2017. if we look at today's figures, he said, it's probably more like 1 in 100. are illegal migrants closer to 1 in 50? that's extraordinary. >> pew, pew found in 2017 that there could have been as many as 1.2 million. so i'm not i actually am not sure why there's 750 figure has come from, even

if it is only 750, that's still a huge problem . a huge problem. >> and a million people indeed. >> and a million people indeed. >> yes. and i would say that i've said this a few times recently that any party that's seeking to be a genuine opposition to the kind of current order, the current political order that we've had for the better part of 30 years through the continuous new labour and then cameron conservative party governments, they have to commit to deporting every single illegal immigrant who's currently in britain. >> i think what we're up against, charlie, though , is against, charlie, though, is every country in the world, you can see that every western country in the world particularly, is accepting that maybe we're on one planet. we hearit maybe we're on one planet. we hear it all. the time. the agenda 2030 un global goals. we've all got global goals. we're all in it together. what do we lose if we just decide to live in a borderless world? >> well, human beings are tribal creatures, and as much as the liberal likes to deny this fact , liberal likes to deny this fact, it's blatantly obvious at every level that human beings, that group identity is, is extremely important for human well—being . important for human well—being. people. you know, my i'm 23 years old. my generation, we are

riddled with this kind of mind, mind illness, mental illness, of having no belonging. and the left and the kind of actually the government offers us these kind of pre—packaged identities in the forms of, you know, the kind of lgbt stuff and the race stuff and all that sort of thing . stuff and all that sort of thing. but actually what we're crying out for is national belonging, tribal belonging, feeling as though we are among our own, among our people. because this this is something that i have never known. i've only ever known britain as this kind of multicultural, economic zone that doesn't really have much in the way of its own identity. i was taught at school that britain is to be understood as being composed of values, as opposed to of history, tradition and people. and what this means is that there's no real content to the country at all. because when you say british values , when you say british values, this is something that people then you know that you ask one person what that means and it's the stiff upper lip and the blitz spirit and so on. you ask another and it's gay marriage and democracy. so it's a completely meaningless phrase. >> and you understand, some people, they go into various towns and cities and think they don't feel that they're in

britain anymore. >> yeah. well, i've travelled up and down the country this year. i've been to sheffield, i've been to birmingham, i've been to various northern towns in the north of england. and some of these places. look, it looks like we've lost a war. quite frankly. they are. the buildings are run down. there's graffiti everywhere, litter everywhere. and you walk the streets and you don't see any english people. >> yeah, they could, but they could be english born. but perhaps they're. that doesn't make them english . parents were make them english. parents were from another country. they could be british born. you don't think that does make them english? >> well, english and british are two separate things. english is an ethnic identity. you can't become english. it's not. it's not a thing. in the same way that you can't become. if i was born in india, i wouldn't think of myself as indian. i'm english, right? okay. and this is. >> but that's, that's rather that's quite controversial because some people who were who have parents perhaps who don't know from bangladesh but were born here would consider themselves to be english. >> well, maybe so , but see, this >> well, maybe so, but see, this is one of the most important issues of our time because there's such a lack of understanding, such a lack of coherent, clear thought about what it means to be british and english. british. i'll go with

british for now, because that's the one that's more mainstream. people think, and people have thought basically since 1997, as far as i'm concerned, that the right way to understand britishness is in your attitude and in your again, in your values. if you believe in free speech and individual liberty and so on and small government, then that makes you british. but actually there are plenty of nafions actually there are plenty of nations around the world that believe in those things. and that doesn't mean that they're british. and moreover, there have been millions of british people throughout history who up until up until the last five minutes in the current paradigm, wouldn't have been considered british because they believed in monarchy and imperialism , which monarchy and imperialism, which today would not be counted as british values. but that doesn't mean they weren't british. >> and the big question is what? whether you believe that britishness matters, is it worth preserving? is it worth conserving? and you could ask a younger generation, i love the fact that you're 23, charlie, and you feel like this. you could ask your generation, does it matter? and they would just say, nah, they're not sure. they're not taught at school. >> i was just about to say they don't get taught it at school.

>> see, that's why i love the work of katharine birbalsingh at the michaela academy where they even she though even she falls into the trap . into the trap. >> she falls into the trap of talking about britain as though it's just values, when actually there is more to it than that. there's history, tradition, and most importantly, people. >> yeah, okay. well, fascinating. thank you. charlie charlie downs their content lead at migration central. let us know your thoughts on that controversial topic. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> now up next is discussing a bit of fuss. >> did labour, the labour government provide the global p0p government provide the global pop star taylor swift with a blue light escort at wembley? shows they did. poor old prince harry, of course, can't get that protection from the police, so wonder if it's anything to do with the free tickets. the prime minister got the amazing so you can pay for her own

>> are 1021. this is britain's newsroom. andrew, you're on the telly. stop. junior. ricardo, order bev turner online shopping. >> by the way, ever . >> by the way, ever. >> by the way, ever. >> he's asking his fan mail. no.

never arrives talking of his fans, i'd rather go to the shop. talking of his fans, mike parr is here. and also the campaigner for peace and justice project, samuel sukh. we're delighted to have you in the studio this morning, samuel. so let's start with, shall we? mike. migration fuelling the record. rise in the uk population. yeah . is this a uk population. yeah. is this a bad thing ? bad thing? >> well it's a mixed bag of things. >> but let me i mean the figures are 68.2 million okay a record number. it's a 1% year on year increase. so if that happens every year we've got really big troubles right. puts pressure on housing, health and schools. but what's not mentioned in this story, which i think is very relevant, is very recently the office for budget responsibility noted low wage migrants arriving in their mid—twenties could cost the taxpayer 151,000 by the time they reach retirement age , and they reach retirement age, and half a million if they live to 80. that's the burden. now that unfettered immigration is having on our country, because this is

the impact on the nhs. of course , the impact on the nhs. of course, schools and even housing estates , schools and even housing estates, which angela renee wants to build are not being built because there's not enough water to serve the housing estate, which will be needed to cope with the increased population. the whole thing is absolutely chaotic on the national grid, absolutely. of course. >> what do you what do you make of it? is it is it migration? do we have to reframe how we think about this? because it's really difficult to talk about because we don't really have the right sort of language around it without causing offence. it's a very complicated issue. >> well, i mean , it isn't >> well, i mean, it isn't actually, i don't think bev turner migration is not a dirty word, and it needs to not be treated like it is a dirty word by the media and political classes in this country. we are a country as we know it today. that was essentially built by immigrants, by people who have come to this country to improve their lives, to make our country a better place. >> that was thousands of years ago. if you don't mind me saying i disagree because the windrush

generation was not a thousand years ago, but also post—world war two people came to this country to support our entire nation's infrastructure, to build houses, to help, you know , build houses, to help, you know, keep our national health and were productive, were productive . were productive, were productive. what i'm saying is, too many people come to this country now who are non—productive and actually cost us money, rather than contributing to the growth of the economy. and that's , you of the economy. and that's, you know, that is a vital crossroads on the on the graph. >> well, it depends what you're talking about in terms of people coming to this country and people not contributing to society. well, i've just read you the figures, so i understand if you don't mind, is if they came to this country, they take a job, they pay taxes. very good, their income very good. thatis good, their income very good. that is contributing to our society. of course it is productivity. and in terms of taxes, i think what actually the main issue is here and where the data that you've read out there is faulty is that that our country's infrastructure is crumbling. it's not an issue with immigration. it's an issue with immigration. it's an issue with the fact that there isn't

enough investment being put in to britain into british resources, into british into the british economy , into our british economy, into our infrastructure as a whole. that's where the issue lies. it's not to do with. >> but isn't that because of a very sudden upsurge in the numbers coming here? >> can i just challenge what you said at the beginning? you said, you know, the media and political class is upset about migration, my dear. it's a lot more than that . it is becoming more than that. it is becoming the number one issue in towns and cities, up and down with the political classes or the media, with ordinary folk who no longer feel that they quite recognise the community they live in. >> but who but who can we hold responsible for what? >> for how people feel, for shaping certainly the opinions of the general populace , the of the general populace, the political and media classes? >> of course it is. come on. if ifs— >> of course it is. come on. if it's something's printed, if something's on television, if something's on television, if something's on television, if something's on radio. oh, so what are we doing here? we're discussing. we're helping shape opinions. >> we're going to debate. so you go to parts of east london now where it's 65% muslim population, and people who were brought up there 70 years ago feel uncomfortable. you think that's because of the media?

>> i do actually. do you really as somebody who you should perhaps talk to some of these people? >> i live in tottenham. >> i live in tottenham. >> i live in tottenham. >> i live in i live in a very, very broad and very, very diverse part of north london, and i'm proud to do so. i love it. my i'm bringing up my two children there. they also love it. i think it is to the betterment of us all that we mix, that we integrate, that we spend time with people who don't look like us, but we're not integrating. >> that's the problem, is the problem. i think. culturalism it's not. yes it is. >> i'm telling you, i live i live in tottenham. tottenham is an example of where multiculturalism, if you want to call it that, is an absolute success story. i am proud to live in that community. >> sam, you're knocking your own industry as well by saying everything you read in print. everything on television is all made up . we're all sitting here made up. we're all sitting here all day making up things about the problems that immigration causes and the problem. they're very real problems . they affect very real problems. they affect very real problems. they affect very real problems. they affect very real people. >> i think, you know what i think you make a good point, samuel, in fact. but i would draw your mind to that report recently. it was conducted by

the daughter of lord sumption. do you remember the bbc? yeah. and she actually concluded that the bbc's coverage of immigration is always positive and it doesn't focus enough. >> and skies as well. >> and skies as well. >> potential. and it doesn't focus enough on the potential concerns that people have when they walk down their high street. and the writing on the shopsis street. and the writing on the shops is in arabic, and they don't understand what the words say on the front of that shop, because it's not in english. and, you know, as a mother of three young children, of course they are brought up to recognise integration is important. we know we do live in a country that's benefited from migration, but has the speed, particularly of the last sort of , i guess of the last sort of, i guess maybe from tony blair has the speed of that immigration just been a bit too quick, a lot too quick for in some areas particularly. and it isn't quite the same if you go out into rural britain, you know, you won't see those same cultural influences. but in the inner cities it's been so rapid and so powerful that the people who have lived there for years no longer go and walk down the road

and even know what the language. >> some people live in towns now where sharia councils are a part of the community. i'm not saying shana of the community. i'm not saying sharia law is being introduced, although. but there are sharia councils to where people can go and assess the, you know, the characterisation of their community through the eyes of shana community through the eyes of sharia law, not through the eyes of the law, which have been here for thousands of years and i think i think that's something that most people are very worried about, certainly. >> but as you say, it's not a form of like, you know, legal process that has legitimacy in this country. >> it has an influence, though, doesn't it? in the way people live and think, i've not seen whatever you're referring to in honesty, but i mean, sorry, i mean, i grew up in, in cambridgeshire and i've only lived in for london about 2 or 3 years. >> and, you know, it's a there's a stark difference between where i grew up and where i live now. yeah. you know, giving cambridgeshire a town called huntingdon, if you know, it is, you know , it's predominantly you know, it's predominantly white. there's an older population that's lived there,

people, you know, who are i say, i was going to say a bit youngen i was going to say a bit younger, like me. i'm like 31 now, so i'm cracking on a bit, i guess. but like, you know, younger people ish. like me, you know, there is not necessarily an identity in towns like those. and that in itself is an issue. >> do you think we should have a limit on immigration or should we just have effectively a borderless? >> this is this is i think this is kind of what i'm talking aboutin is kind of what i'm talking about in terms of like the framing and the shaping in like the media is, is incorrect. that in itself is a very like, you know, direct question about immigration. what we actually need to talk about, like, you know, is not can we take this like, you know, can our public services take this can like, you know, is there enough jobs? is there enough? isn't it, because there enough? isn't it, because the actual question we need to be asking is, what can we do to ensure that our public services are in fit enough shape? >> i suppose you could triple people's tax , but at the same people's tax, but at the same time that's going to be saleable . time that's going to be saleable. >> but no one's discussing. no one's talking. what do you think? well, that's how the tax is also, by the way, like andrew is also, by the way, like andrew is in tax is not a dirty word.

you know, tax is actually what, you know, keeps our country going. people are happy to contribute. it's interesting actually. and i thought about this yesterday. i was listening to a podcast and i'm sorry i forget which one it was, but somebody said that it's really interesting that income tax, you know, money being taken out of money you've earned from work is a tax. you know, council tax money that you've taken. again, like, you know, from literally living in an area, it's the highest tax burden in this country since the war. >> they know about this and one of the highest tax countries in the world. >> but when we're when we're talking about giving money to our nhs from our pay, it's a contribution. all tax though is a contribution through national insurance contributions. we keep our money. it's what you do with it isn't it? >> it's what you do with the tax when you've got it and yeah, and also getting back to i agree with you getting back to thinking about where our tax is, our migration figures. i wish it was much more focused. we're getting an ageing population, so we should be focusing on getting younger people here who are productive and who work. i've got a firm of polish bricklayers and plumbers who look after my property for me. they're first

class because they came to this country looking for work, created their own work, have got a thriving business, and i wouldn't use anybody else except them. now, if we could make that them. now, if we could make that the role model for people who come to britain and integrate, i think it's great. >> yeah, right. samuel, that was fantastic. thank you so much. >> i'm going to talk about taylor swift. we have to talk about a bit later. yeah. >> right. we're still waiting for the implosion of the tropicana hotel in las vegas. >> i thought was didn't know was a stunt. >> no, that isn't the explosion. that's fireworks. apparently, they're levelling this building. it's going to be dramatic. they're going to make way for a baseball stadium. what do you mean, andrew? you've never thought what i want to see is the implosion of a casino. >> well, they've got plenty more in vegas. yeah, they they won't miss this one. >> they've got too many. they've got far too many. they really have terrible city, really shocking. terrible place, shocking, terrible place. >> we are going to take that live . but will hollis >> we are going to take that live. but will hollis is >> we are going to take that live . but will hollis is here live. but will hollis is here now with your news headlines.

>> hello. your latest news headunes >> hello. your latest news headlines at 10:32, the biggest hurricane in a century is expected to hit florida later today with american president joe biden warning it's a matter of life and death for residents. these are live pictures we're bringing you from tampa on the west coast of the united states. around a million people living in the path of hurricane milton are being evacuated with concerns for the lives are in dangen concerns for the lives are in danger. others choosing to stay in places like here in fort myer have been securing their homes and neighbourhoods with sandbags and neighbourhoods with sandbags and wooden boards. the us weather service restrengthened its classification of the storm to the highest rating category five, with winds of 175mph. expected flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled . and florida have been cancelled. savers are facing a cut to the

tax free lump sum they can withdraw from their pensions under plans being proposed by the chancellor. a report in the telegraph reveals. the government asked the top uk pension providers about the impact of reducing the lump sum to £100,000, a third of its current limit. over 55 can withdraw a quarter of the pension early under the new rules. under current rules, pardon me, up to £268,000. the final stages of the tory leadership race inch closer with just three contenders, left tom tugendhat fell during the latest round of voting by mps, with james cleverly coming out on top with 39 votes. robert jenrick came a close second, followed by kemi badenoch, the two will now battle it out to scoop up enough of tugendhat supporters to stay in the race. cleverly's lead means he's just one vote away

from a guaranteed spot in the final two, before voting goes over to the conservative party membership . poor digital skills membership. poor digital skills means you'll probably be poorer. that's if your. that's according to a study by a leading charity. it found without the skills to search for positions online or bafic search for positions online or basic digital knowledge to do most jobs, it's likely you'll have less money and fewer opportunities. the study by the good things foundation found more than a quarter of brits aren't confident enough to search for jobs online, and 1 aren't confident enough to search forjobs online, and 1 in 10 can't manage their finances in that way . and finally, the in that way. and finally, the photo of a swarm of toad tadpoles has won this year's wildlife photographer of the year competition. you're seeing a few of those photos that were in the competition right now. the toad one, though, was captured by a conservation photojournalist , shane gross, photojournalist, shane gross, while he was out snorkelling. he

beat 60,000 other entries to get that top award , and now the that top award, and now the images will be displayed at the natural history museum. those are your top stories. we'll be back in 30 minutes for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> right any minute now, we're going to see the implosion of the not us, possibly the tropicana hotel in las vegas. it's making way for a baseball stadium there, warming up the audience with fireworks . andrew, audience with fireworks. andrew, are you warm ? he's lukewarm. are you warm? he's lukewarm. apparently this casino was founded in 1957. it's going to be. there's nobody there. obviously, they've cleared the area . it's going to be. it was area. it's going to be. it was closed on april the 2nd. it was

just shy of its 67th anniversary. it's going to make way for a 33 000 seat major league baseball stadium. apparently they're going to relocate the oakland athletics baseball team. i'm sure you are a close observer of their performance. >> absolutely . baseball. my >> absolutely. baseball. my favourite sport. well, interesting . and when i lived in interesting. and when i lived in interesting. and when i lived in in north london, when i lived in victoria park, hackney, they demolished three tower blocks at the back. it was quite an amazing, amazing actually. but you know what happened? the you had to get in the flats quick because they were full of cockroaches. >> oh no. well, we might be of and wonder if we be about to

it's 1039. this is it's1039. this is britain's newsroom. i'm excited about this bonng newsroom. i'm excited about this boring casino that's being demolished called the tropicana. >> it's being is going to make way for a future base, but

actually, it is spectacular. so look at this. >> we missed it. here it is. we missed it. here we go. >> so, can you sing on the radio? >> it's a black night sky. a vegas skyline barely visible. >> it says on telly it's difficult. it's tropicana las vegas comes up in in lights there. >> as we said, there's nobody in the area it was founded in. founded in 1967. >> this casino. i can't really see much. i'm gone. i need my glasses. >> no. hang on. god. imagine going to a fireworks display with you. it's 2:30 am. local time in vegas, which is when this explosion just happened. i'm afraid we were on an ad break, but, you know, people have got second on goal to sell safety restrictions. prevent any pubuc safety restrictions. prevent any public viewing. this at the at at obviously in the area where they're showing it live . hold on they're showing it live. hold on to your hats everybody. hold on to your hats everybody. hold on to your hats everybody. hold on to your hat. this better be good

because at the moment i presume it's a bit foggy. is that why they've gone? >> no. oh . >> no. oh. >> no. oh. >> they've gone. >> they've gone. >> if you blinked, you may have missed it. >> well, that was a little disappointing, i can't lie. >> i thought it might be. >> i thought it might be. >> thank you for staying with us , though. >> moving on. we're going to talk about something far more thrilling. well, you may not think it's thrilling, but james cleverly has surged into pole position in the tory leadership race. tom tugendhat is the latest to be eliminated. beth so disappointed about this. >> oh yeah. tom tugendhat has gone out like a sinking casino. but the former home secretary, james cleverly, took 39 of the 120 votes ahead of robert jenrick on 31, kemi badenoch on 30. >> so this afternoon the latest one will be voted, so it will come to down two. earlier we spoke to gb news leadership contender robert jenrick. he had this to say . this to say. >> polling suggests that i am the best placed candidate to win back the voters that we've lost to reform , as well as those on to reform, as well as those on the left as well, and there's a yougov poll that came out only a week ago that showed that i was ahead of james cleverly amongst the members. so i think i have a

very clear path to winning the contest and more importantly, because it's not about the party, this is actually about our country. to winning back voters more generally and getting us back into government . back into government. >> so we're joined now by actor. that's his day job and conservative councillor for borehamwood in hertfordshire that's alex clarkson. alex, you and i have known each other a long time. you were at the tory conference. actually, morale at the tory conference was much higher than i thought because partly because the government has made such a horlicks of everything. but also, i think, perhaps relief that it was all over with rishi. and, and finally we can choose perhaps a leader who might even have tory values and lead by as a tory. >> no. look, absolutely. i think when, you know, when we first went to conference, we thought went to conference, we thought we might be getting drunk at a wake, actually. but i think looking at , wake, actually. but i think looking at, you wake, actually. but i think looking at , you know, labour's looking at, you know, labour's first not even 100 days yet with all the failures, not just the sleaze, the nepotism, but all the failed policies that have kind of gone through already, and we've seen the public's reaction to that. i think it's just what members needed. you know, the place was buzzing with new ideas, with an energy. yeah.

and of course, the leadership contest was there. it was, you know, we heard all those candidates speak, and i think for members it was it was yeah. we came away hugely positive y clarkson sorry your clarkson i'm clarkson. oh don't one day one day. >> you know why are you backing the former home secretary. >> do you know what. first and foremost he came to stevenage where i stood as a parliamentary candidate. he was just so supportive. he totally electrified the campaign and the qualities i saw there in stevenage that day when he came to visit are the ones we saw at the conference as well. he's got the conference as well. he's got the charisma you know, he's got the charisma you know, he's got the experience, he's got that vision and i think he's the only one that can kind of bring our party together. because, you know, when i was speaking on the doorsteps in stevenage, it was the tory psychodrama. it was the tory civil wars that that made our conservative voters either stay at home or go to reform. and i think james is the person to do that. and if you look at the polls, you know, 55% of conservative members are now more likely to for vote him after his barnstorming conference speech. you know, 44% thought it was the best speech. and, you know , as an actor,

and, you know, as an actor, i know that communication is key. you know, it's all about having that star quality, that x factor. and james james has so much of that where has kemi badenoch gone wrong. i don't think she's gone wrong. i think both kemi badenoch and you know, robert jenrick have have qualities. i think it is about that communication thing. again, you know, people are worried, she says. some pretty snappy things. sometimes they cut through, sometimes they don't. and i think for members and for the public at large, do we want to take a risk? i think she's fantastic. i've heard her speak privately, you know, and of course, at the conference. but i think james has that edge because we do need someone that people can relate to. and that's the kind of words that are coming out in the surveys. james is relatable. you know, james gets it. you know, he's full of positivity. >> a lot of people said to me at the conference, if you had to go down the pub with any of them, you'd want to go with cleverly. you wouldn't want to go with jenrick. yeah. he was just just talk about charisma bypass. >> well you're absolutely right. i mean you know what what we say in the acting world is people actually, you know, people remember how you made them feel.

not necessarily what they said. yeah, exactly. and you could you could sense that feel good factor. you look when cleverly had his q&a, you know , at had his q&a, you know, at conference, you know it started pretty flat. but by the end he had a standing ovation. yeah. >> the only one who did actually. >> yeah. he had a standing ovation there. you know he won hands down on that. >> the problem with the tories have got alex is who's listening. >> yes. >> yes. >> who is listening to the tory party at the moment. they got whacked because they deserved to because they were so hopeless in the last election. yeah. and okay, there's a poll showing there are only one point behind laboun there are only one point behind labour, but that's because labour, but that's because labouris labour, but that's because labour is screwing up. who's listening to the conservative party? i think they will do. >> and i think it's up to members at first to be listening. i know within our membership, you know, this, this is big, this is big for us. but ithink as is big, this is big for us. but i think as labour continue to roll out the policies they are, i'm sure pensioners are listening because 10 million of them have lost their winter fuel allowance. you know, we're listening when we see £3.1 billion given to the unions. we're listening when we're giving away british sovereign territory, making us less safe. so i think, you know, the more

these policies are rolled out. and look, i think the public will be listening far more after the budget when there'll be capital gains tax increases, inheritance tax increases, you know, taxes on education. i think pretty soon we're going to have a british public that will be longing for change. >> some of the most interesting conversations we have in this studio are labour supporters who come in and they sigh heavily that they have to come in and defend what they see as a problematic government, even by their own admission. and when you ask them why they lay the blame at the feet of starmer himself, they say he's just not the right man for the job. do you agree? >> i do, and, you know, if we're looking at charisma and relatability, starmer doesn't have that at all. you know, he he came into politics quite late. you know he's a lawyer by trade. and you can see you know that's how he does his politics. so maybe they are right. >> but i mean sunak they both got in in 2015. neither of them have got a political brain in their body. >> exactly, exactly. but then of course, you know what you have instead. you have you know , instead. you have you know, reeves, who's now bracing herself to buy her own clothes whilst pensioners brace

themselves, brace themselves for a cold winter. or do you have angela rayner? >> you know who who thinks i've got to interrupt you? have you got to interrupt you? have you got a favourite motorway? >> have i got a favourite motorway? it's got, it's got to be the a1. it's got to be the a1 because that's how i get from london to stevenage. >> what's your least favourite motorway? >> my least favourite motorway is the m25 because i'm always stuck in traffic jams on it. >> isn't it funny if you're a driver you've instantly got my favourite motorway. is the m3 my least favourite survey showing the m42 is the worst, but i'm amazed it's not the m25. >> well, it was all right. >> well, it was all right. >> yeah, i went up by train to birmingham, so i don't know about the m42 but. >> yeah, right. well that's what we're going to be discussing next alex clarkson would you come and see us again. >> i'd love to come and see you again. >> for gb news. thank you so much. right. i just said, the

gb news. welcome back to britain's news news newsroom. and i said news. why are you still quivering with excitement over the demolition of that casino in las vegas? >> the nation mourns the loss of

a casino in las vegas. >> i was more interested about your cockroach story, but we'll tell you that in a minute, because i don't want us to run out of time before we talk to our new guest. because the 40 mile long motorway, the m42, took the winning spot in a to competition be the country's best motorway thanks to its reduced speed limits. for know the worst motorway for no reason and the combination of roadworks, potholes and delays. >> of course we'll tell you it is. pothole campaigner is mark morrell , otherwise known as mr morrell, otherwise known as mr pothole. so , mark, which pothole. so, mark, which motorway is it and does it deserve the title of the worst one in britain? >> i can see why it is. i mean, in actual fact it's got half the average potholes on it compared to the rest of their network. but i've driven along it many times and signs up reducing speed limits because of queues. and i'm still looking for the queues. you know, it's not a snooker table , so it's the m42 , snooker table, so it's the m42, do you think? >> i mean i don't drive often, mark, but i was amazed when i

heard they've done a league table of the worst motorways. i thought it's bound to be the m25. i thought it's bound to be the m25. 1 did. >> yeah, i mean that's, that's a car park. on many occasions i've set for four hours between two junctions when there was an incident . it's a victim of its incident. it's a victim of its own success because the amount of people using it. so i'm not surprised . the m40 is a very surprised. the m40 is a very good motorway. i use that regularly , but i use the m1 last regularly, but i use the m1 last night and they got 13 miles of roadworks either side taking a lane out with average speed cameras. yet they've got three areas of work, no more than 2 or 300m long, with average speed cameras at 50 mile an hour. so that's generating quite a bit of income for people that are using it. and even the actual things they put in the road to reduce they put in the road to reduce the chance of you going into a lane. the chance of you going into a lane . the concrete blocks, lane. the concrete blocks, i haven't got holes in them. so when it rains a lot. surprise, surprise, the water can't run off. so you get pooling and flooding. i mean, i actually submitted some evidence to the office of rail and road recently on national highways performance

at their request. and i highlighted a number of these things about poor management. they closed roads to do work and they don't do the pothole repairs, and they don't cut back vegetation on signs. they don't do all the work that you could do all the work that you could do when the road's closed for works is inefficiency. and our road, the national roadway network in terms of motorways and trunk roads, i've never seen it as bad. using stan the app, there is a 605,000 defects on 4500 miles of roads. >> well, the these are the rankings here. the top five motorways m40 , m4, m5, m56 and motorways m40, m4, m5, m56 and the m3 all get good in the 70s. satisfaction rate at the bottom five. satisfaction rate at the bottom five.the satisfaction rate at the bottom five. the m42 , m62, m25, m11 and five. the m42, m62, m25, m11 and the m1. so you think that the reason we've got these bad motorways with the potholes is just because no one's working hard enough on them? >> yeah. and also just there's been billions of pounds for smart motorways that haven't turned out to be that smart because they kill people. yet. what i hear and believe is

there's been a large reduction in the maintenance budgets. so it's all good about signs and refuge emergency refuge areas. and now they're putting in emergency refuge areas where they should have put them in the first place. that i hate driving on them personally. you have to do, but i hate driving on them. >> yeah. don't we all the meantime, the running surface, thatis meantime, the running surface, that is the most important thing for tyres with contact to the wearing surface. we've got to go. mark. we've beaten by the clerk, mark morrell there, aka mr. pothole and some of you have got in touch to say i like a motorway with a hard shoulder. here's the weather. yes, quite very . very. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front . boxt heat pumps sponsors front. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, it's an unsettled day ahead with some showery rain at times, and these showers could be quite heavy in the south and is going to be feeling cold in the north and some brisk winds. so a fairly unsettled day across the north—east. quite a

damp day on offer. some rain and drizzle sticking around through much of the day. some brighter spells will eventually develop into the afternoon across england and wales , but there is england and wales, but there is a risk of showers and some of these showers could be quite heavy at times too, so feeling cold in the north, particularly in that brisk wind. but in sheltered spots across the south and southeast. and if you avoid the showers, it should feel rather pleasant for the time of yeah rather pleasant for the time of year. so those showers are going to continue into this evening, particularly across coasts in northern parts of scotland. but a few feeding into more inland areas, falling asleep and snow , areas, falling asleep and snow, mainly across the scottish highlands. similar across northern ireland. a fairly cloudy end to the day with some dnps cloudy end to the day with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. and that rain that's with us through much of the day, sticking around across northeastern parts of north eastern parts of england. but elsewhere there should be some clearer spells to end the day, but can't rule out the risk of the odd shower or two. so as we head through into the evening, that rain in the north—east will eventually ease and all this

cloud will slowly progress its way towards southern areas, still with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. but to the north of this cloud generally a clearer night, but still plenty of blustery showers moving into northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. and it's here where it's going to be feeling cold. a slightly milder night on offer under cloudier skies, but still a colder night than it has been of late. and overall that leads us into a much colder day, particularly where you do catch those brisk winds. so all along eastern coasts that's where the wind is going to be particularly strong, and that's where it's going to be feeling rather chilly and that's also where we're going to see a risk of those showers moving through similar across northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. so a cold day ahead. but stay tuned for all the details we

well . morning, 11 am. on well. morning, 11 am. on wednesday the 9th of october. live across the uk. this is

britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so it's pmqs today at midday. it's going to be returning with sir keir starmer and rishi sunak. remember him going head to head with only the small matter of freebies? labour donor lord alli sue gray, the chagos islands to discuss katherine forster has more . more. >> yes, there's been a break of about a month for conferences, but prime minister's questions back today and goodness me. but rishi sunak is going to be absolutely spoilt for choice over what to go after the pm about. >> all flights between the uk and florida cancelled, as more than 1 million people are told to evacuate for hurricane milton . to evacuate for hurricane milton. here's the local meteorologist. john morales broke down on tv talking about it. >> he has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. i apologise, this is just horrific .

is just horrific. >> your weather man, his job, he's meant to talk about weather, right? another one bites the dust. tom tugendhat is out as four becomes three in the conservative leadership race. another hopeful will be eliminated later today. >> it's climate change, a security risk . apparently. the security risk. apparently. the government is being warned they must prepare for climate induced emergencies and address a national security blind spot. do you believe a word of it ? you believe a word of it? >> i'm guessing that if you can describe something as a climate induced emergency , there's money induced emergency, there's money to be made somewhere for somebody? isn't there going to be talking to somebody who's in support of that? just a little while between now and 11:45, because of course, we wrap up a little earlier today. >> pmqs will be quite a bruising encounter. one of rishi sunak's last, of course, and it would be very difficult for keir starmer. will keir starmer, by the way, keep calling him prime minister? because if you remember last time he called rishi sunak prime

minister seven times, keir your prime minister. >> now hang on. but isn't it like in america. so if you're president then you can always be called president. do we not have that. no we don't. >> keir starmer is mr keir starmer mr rishi sunak that's it. right on. that's it. but he's not prime minister ever. >> right. let us know your thoughts this morning. first thoughts this morning. first though the very latest news with will hollis . will hollis. >> good morning. the time is 11:02. and here are your top stories . the biggest hurricane stories. the biggest hurricane in a century is expected to hit florida later today, with american president joe biden warning it's a matter of life and death for residents. these are live pictures we're bringing you from tampa on the west coast of the united states. around a million people living in the path of hurricane milton are being evacuated with concern. lives are in danger. others choosing to stay in places like

here in fort myer have been securing their homes and neighbourhoods with sandbags and wooden boards. the us weather service restrengthened its classification of the storm to the highest rating category five, with winds of 175mph. expected flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled earlier , gb news spoke to earlier, gb news spoke to florida resident erin pilkington. >> no, it's going to be a devastating storm. right now, the weather hasn't changed very much , but we have seen a little much, but we have seen a little bit of rainfall and the wind has calmed down. so i guess you could say it's the calm before the storm, but right now we're out in front of tropicana field in the parking lot where the municipalities are now loading up a bunch of ambulances and medical supplies for the storm thatis medical supplies for the storm that is to come. so it looks like the preparation is on high alert, and we're ready for the storm to approach us. >> we'll bring you more on that

story when we have it. but now back to the uk. savers are facing a cut to the tax free lump sum. they can withdraw from their pensions under plans being considered by the chancellor. a report in the telegraph newspaper reveals the government asked a top uk pension provider about the impact of reducing the lump sum to £100,000, a third of its current limit . over 55 can its current limit. over 55 can withdraw a quarter of the pension early. under current rules, that's up to £268,000. the final stages of the tory leadership race inches closer with just three contenders left. tom tugendhat fell during the latest round of voting by mps, with james cleverly coming out on top with 39 votes. robert jenrick came a close second, followed by kemi badenoch in third. the two will now battle it out to scoop up enough of tugendhat supporters to stay in the race. cleverly's lead mean

he's means he's just a single vote away from a guaranteed spot in the final two, where the choice will then go over to the conservative party membership. mps vote later today, but this morning the contender, robert jenrick, spoke to gb news. >> polling suggests that i am the best placed candidate to win back the voters that we've lost to reform, as well as those on the left as well, and there's a yougov poll that came out only a week ago that showed that i was ahead of james cleverly amongst the members. so i think i have a very clear path to winning the contest and more importantly, because it's not about the party. this is actually about our country. to winning back voters more generally and getting us back into government in parliament, prime minister's questions is back today for the first time since the departure of sue gray. >> sir keir is likely to face questions on the resignation of his former chief of staff, as well as questions on the chagos island. sue gray, most known for

partygate for the partygate investigations, left the top job investigations, left the top job in labour at the weekend. the middle east is at a critical period. if a ceasefire is to be agreed. that's according to the foreign secretary. david lammy, is expected to reiterate calls for de—escalation in the middle east whilst on a visit to meet allies. he'll discuss security and stability with bahrain and jordan. here, fears of a wider regional war are at their greatest since the conflict between israel and hezbollah in lebanon escalated last week, with iran launching retaliatory strikes on tel aviv. poor digital skills means you'll probably be poorer. that's according to a study by a leading charity. it found without the skills to search for positions online or basic digital knowledge to do most jobs, it's likely you'll have

less money and opportunities. the study, by the good things foundation found more than a quarter of brits aren't confident enough to search for jobs, and 1 in 10 percent, sorry, 1 in 10 can't manage their finances online. and your final story at this hour, a photo of a swarm of tadpoles has won this year's wildlife photographer of the year competition with more than 60,000 entries. shayne gross bagged the winning image while he was snorkelling. the photos will now be displayed at the natural history museum. those are your stories for now. we'll be back a little bit later for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> it's a very nice photograph

that, but i'm not sure a tadpole qualifies as wildlife. >> it doesn't strike me as wildlife. 1 mean, you think wildlife. 1 mean, you think wildlife birds maybe animals, lions, cockroaches ? cockroaches. lions, cockroaches? cockroaches. should we tell them? i want to know if there were cockroaches in that hotel. in that casino ? in that hotel. in that casino? those tower blocks near where i used to live, by the way, had been empty for about four years. so cockroaches. and they were millions of them. so millions. >> so these tower blocks were exploded, demolished ? exploded, demolished? >> yeah, by hackney council. we were all delighted. so i lived in a flat with a nice balcony . in a flat with a nice balcony. the block next had a little balcony. there was just two, two stories and people had food and dnnks stories and people had food and drinks out on the back to celebrate. and i fortunately closed the windows in mine and i was on the balcony at the end and i said, my god, it was like and i said, my god, it was like a biblical. it was like something. yeah, it was like the swarm of locusts, and it was a swarm of locusts, and it was a swarm of locusts, and it was a swarm of cockroaches. and they peppered the windows for ages. >> they were picking them out of your hummus. >> they were this deep. they were. honestly, i'm not this deep. it was disgusting. wow. and the oysters , which i didn't

and the oysters, which i didn't want. you were having oysters . want. you were having oysters. >> you are so posh. not me. >> you are so posh. not me. >> this is my neighbours . >> you are so posh. not me. >> this is my neighbours. i don't like oysters. and i certainly didn't try them because the oysters were bombarded with cockroaches. >> it's disgusting . i've never >> it's disgusting. i've never yourjob. you spent enough >> it's disgusting. i've never your job. you spent enough time with cockroaches. so close to the conservative party. yeah, absolutely. anyway , let's see absolutely. anyway, let's see what you've been saying at home. preparing for a massive hurricane, says kathy. i don't think a bit of plastic sheeting taped over the bottom of glass doors and a bit of cardboard over the bottom of the window seems also seems sufficient. also leaving chairs and tables outside to be picked up by the wind and cause flying debris is taking it seriously. no, kathy is giving advice to the people of florida. look, we've got the pictures here of florida. doesn't look terribly stormy at the moment. it looks like it looks like venice. we are on storm watch. dickie says it won't matter one iota if you can't manage your life online. with miliband's ridiculous energy policies. the likes are going to go out soon. none of us

will be able to get online, and he's also going to pepper the countryside with these wretched wind turbines. >> yes, he is all over the country and they are . i'm sorry. country and they are. i'm sorry. some people like them. they're hideous. >> i don't think we're there yet with the technology and that stuff. simon has said, i don't agree completely with the guest who was discussing identity with bev and andrew. this was our guest earlier. oh yeah? charlie, who said that he didn't think if you were born here, you could consider yourself to be english. if your parents weren't born here. simon says, i think ethnic minorities can be english because because it is a cultural identity, not an ethnic one. there are white people who may have only arrived here a couple of hundred years ago, only arrived a couple of hundred years ago. i do agree that someone can't be english and for example, culturally indian at the same time. it's definitely mutually exclusive. being british is for people who wish to maintain their cultural identity while accepting our laws. >> but it's a great discussion point, isn't it? >> i think you can have your parents from india, but if you're born here, you can consider yourself to be. >> i'm sure that former prime minister regarded himself as engush minister regarded himself as english quite rishi sunak exactly. his parents came here from india . exactly. his parents came here from india. he was exactly. his parents came here from india . he was born

exactly. his parents came here from india. he was born in southampton. >> yeah, i think the i guess what our guest might say, and i don't want to put words in his mouth if you don't live culturally as an english person, then you can't consider english. however , and can't speak the however, and can't speak the language. just to remind you that not that long ago, our national dish was considered to be. do you remember chicken tikka masala? it was. it was the most popular dish in this country. >> no longer roast beef and yorkshire and one of the most popular names. mohammed. >> the most popular boy's name for several years. so it's an interesting discussion. >> 50 minutes time. it's prime minister's questions where sir keir starmer will be taking on rishi sunak for one of the last times. >> that's right. what's on the agenda today for the first pmqs? back from recess. well, there's a huge amount for them to go at, isn't there? let's talk to katherine forster gb news political correspondent. just just read off the list, catherine, because there's many issues which rishi sunak can take starmer to task over this morning . morning. >> indeed, it's a very, very, very wide open goal isn't it? and take your pick. 1 mean, there's so many things that

rishi sunak has to select from chaos in number 10. the fact that sue gray has gone not even a hundred days after labour came to power, that they felt the need to sort of reset things. the ongoing scandal over donations coming alongside cutting the winter fuel payments, the chagos islands of course, started under the conservatives, but finished under labour to a lot of outrage. and frankly , rishi outrage. and frankly, rishi sunak has only got i think he's got four more as leader of the opposition before he is replaced by another. we don't know if it's going to be james cleverly robert jenrick , kemi badenoch. robert jenrick, kemi badenoch. we'll get a bit closer to knowing that this afternoon at 330, won't we? but certainly i think that rishi sunak should take a bit of pleasure from this goodness. it was hard being prime minister for him. but look at the poll ratings now. sir

keir starmer came in and his popularity ratings have fallen through the floor, frankly. and yesterday there was a poll that put labour only 1% in front of the conservatives. >> what happened to the honeymoon ? catherine turned into honeymoon? catherine turned into a nightmare . a nightmare. >> yeah, there wasn't much honeymoon, was there? i think, i suppose very briefly, maybe. and the handling of the riots. but it went downhill pretty quickly after that, didn't it? because they didn't seem to get a grip on the donor scandals. they've just gone on and on and on. this grid of announcements that they should sort of control what we're all talking about by making lots of announcements, getting us talking about things has felt to be really, really very absent. and we've got the budget looming over all of us. on october the 30th. i think a lot of the thinking is that that's coming really far too late. it's created this sort of vacuum, and we're hearing all

these horror stories about what might or might not happen. these horror stories about what might or might not happen . but, might or might not happen. but, you know, the government have got over four and a half years to get things back on track, but the danger, of course, is that people do make up their minds quite quickly. the government promised change. they promised an end to sleaze and scandal. they promised to do things differently. and i think a lot of people looking at events over the last week had all the freebies that have been accepted by the prime minister, among many others . we'll just look and many others. we'll just look and think so much for change. you're all the same. >> yeah, absolutely right . thank >> yeah, absolutely right. thank you catherine, thank you so much. >> the worse criticism for the labour government it's people think shame on all their houses. plague on all their houses. >> all is bad. i mean, it's been it's been a list of bad points really hasn't it. for nearly 100 days. but i still think that day when the prisoners were popping champagne corks, when they were let out of and saying, i will vote for labour forever, it was almost like, how do you come back? >>i back? >> i know , and then, of course, >> i know, and then, of course, discovered that some of those prisoners are already back inside for reoffending, some of whom were domestic violence,

were in for domestic violence. and that wasn't they weren't supposed to be released. i still think the tories are missing a trick here . from today 330, trick here. from today 330, there'll be two candidates left. let cleverly, if he's one of the last two to prime his questions next week. and whoever the other one is the week after, let's test them in the heat of battle. it's a good way to do it. >> it was a great idea. in fact, thomas has got in touch at home and says, i can't wait for prime minister's question time. i hope sunak doesn't hold back on free gean sunak doesn't hold back on free gear, keir. but you get the feeling, is maybe sunak's heart isn't really in it now. he's got one foot out the door. >> he was kicked around the despatch box so much by starmer he will look forward to it. and by the way, on football, the starmer's foot, 1 mean, i can't understand what it is with football. david lammy's fourth tickets to tottenham hotspur 2300 because he's getting the most free nosh and booze. rishi sunak as prime minister, used to sit in the stand at southampton with his mate . yeah, it's good with his mate. yeah, it's good enough for the prime minister. why is it not good enough for this prime minister? right. >> still to come this morning, top labour politicians have been accused of begging the police. that's right. begging the police

to escort taylor swift to wembley with a royal style motorbike convoy. why does she need that? >> do you think they'd add any free tickets to the taylor swift concert? maybe they had. >> and if you were a police officer, you probably didn't need to be begged to drive her down the road, did you? let's be honest. but yeah, it's all very whiffy. we're going to discuss it in just a moment. don't go anywhere. this is britain's

welcome back to britain's newsroom. bev and andrew still with you. and we are delighted. so we're joined in the studio by mike parry and the campaigner for peace and justice project is also in the studio. we haven't got your name in there. samuel, this is samuel sukh got that right. yeah. okay, great. sorry about that, sam. it's normally stephen pound, of course, but we're very happy to have you. well, stephen's away, and you wound up our viewers enormously by being so left wing . they love it. >> so could you wind them up a bit more, please?

>> but all i've seen what's coming up. >> don't worry. >> don't worry. >> yeah, well, let's keep it light for the first. >> also, we've got some fans for defending tottenham so. >> well yes the team. >> well yes the team. >> yeah. the team. just the area. >> what do you think of your mp by the way david lammy. >> well come to him in a minute. >> well come to him in a minute. >> oh right. >> oh right. >> let's talk about taylor swift. what's this story about mike. >> well this is brilliant because taylor swift right. billionaire billionaire, world's biggest pop star. and isn't it amazing that a load of celebrities got to her concerts? two of them happened to be mr sadiq khan , the mayor of london. sadiq khan, the mayor of london. one of them happened to be the prime minister. and guess what? she's the only private individual who gets the services of the metropolitan police to escort her with blue flashing lights on motorbikes and blue flashing lights on white range rovers to transport her all the way from a central london hotel to wembley. the only one it's called the special escort group. okay , and it is meant for okay, and it is meant for politicians and people under threat only. >> and what do you think prince harry thinks about this?

>> well, prince harry wouldn't get it. this is. you're absolutely right. but also the reason that the senior officers are so angry and some of the intelligence services is that they checked out whether there was any perceived threat to taylor swift. they said in london, there is no threat to you. we can't give you the special escort group. but it came the week after she'd cancelled three concerts in vienna, where there was a perceived threat. but again, the intelligence services in this country liaised with them. then vienna said, this is what we detected. they said, we haven't got anything like that here. so i think we're going to be okay. she's not getting it, but massive pressure put on by the home secretary. >> and in vienna they cancelled the concert because they feared there would be something going off in the concert, not on the way to the concert. >> yeah. it was look, it was emotional blackmail. in the end, her mother got involved and said, unless we. yes, her mother, her mother got involved in the negotiations and said, unless taylor gets, you know, the very top escorts and all that , the concert will be that, the concert will be cancelled like it was in vienna. >> well, don't forget, we had

the stabbings in southport, which was at a taylor swift dance summer concert. we don't know whether there's a link to that there at the moment. yeah. samuel, does she deserve taxpayers money spending on her in this way to keep her safe? >> i don't know about that. no. i'm glad. i'm glad that she was kept safe. and i'm glad there was no obvious security threat. but what i would say, actually is a good opportunity to say that the money that was put into the british economy by taylor swift touring in this country was phenomenal. it was great. she sold like hundreds of thousands of tickets at wembley . thousands of tickets at wembley. actually begs the big question for me as a campaigner for grassroots music venues is actually about investing a small bits of money from a ticket levy into the british economy to support small grassroots music venues, to actually ensure more taylor swift's from britain can make their way up. >> how big a levy would it be, samuel? how big a levy? what would it be? >> i mean, we can talk about i mean, there's no i mean, there is actually a report that was put together by the media and sports committee in parliament, which suggested a small ticket

levy was to be agreed. but if you were to say maybe £0.50, even on a show that was at wembley stadium of 90,000, you know, where would that money go then? >> what would you do with that? i mean, i'm against the scheme to promote talent in this country, but generally speaking , country, but generally speaking, because she's american, talent rises to the top and that's what happens. and i don't think you can, you know, invent talent, if you know what i mean . you know what i mean. >> no, but certainly you can't actually foster or nurture talent. if we don't have small spaces for artists to actually, you know, nurture that, that talent. >> i guess the question is, is that something the government should be involved in, or should that be a private enterprise ? that be a private enterprise? like taylor swift said, i'm going to put £0.50 from every ticket. i'm going to start a foundation in london to support grassroots music. would you be happy with that? >> well, if only if coldplay, coldplay or coldplay are donating 10% of their upcoming wembley stadium shows to the music venues trust who? to answer your question, yeah , have answer your question, yeah, have been recommended by the government, i believe, to actually be the ones to oversee

the money coming from the large arenas and the large stadiums to go into grassroots music in our communities. yeah . enter shikari communities. yeah. enter shikari were the first band to do this. they i think they, i think it was maybe a pound from each ticket on their recent wembley stadium. sorry, wembley arena shows, which is obviously a little bit smaller than wembley stadium, but still the indication that there is a willingness from artists to actually contribute further to british music. >> back to the tickets. i think back to the police protection. i think if taylor swift had been shrewd, she'd have made a big donation publicly to the police benevolent fund or some such thing, i agree. >> do you remember the manchester massacre? yeah . manchester massacre? yeah. ariana grande, ariana grande, she made a huge public commitment to the terror that had happened at her, one of her concerts, you know what i mean? >> and she came back to perform in manchester again. >> exactly. so something like that. but the other thing you've got to remember is when you were as big as taylor swift is in america, you don't have to ask for this level of protection. i lived in america when michael

jackson was the biggest pop star in the world. part of his contract, whenever he went to an american city, was that 500 policemen would be designated to his personal security at all times, either surrounding his hotel or forming a convoy. >> no wonder, no wonder they called him wacko. >> yeah, well that's right. yeah, right. absolutely . yeah, right. absolutely. >> samuel, can we talk about, by the way, sorry. >> before you finish, can anybody name a taylor swift record on this tape? >> shake it off, shake it off. can you sing it? >> i can, but i won't. i won't >> i can, but i won't. iwon't inflict that. >> you're a good singer, samuel. no, no, i mean, can we talk about rachel reeves pressing ahead with plans to borrow billions for investment? >> sam, what's this story about? >> sam, what's this story about? >> so rachel reeves is allegedly , >> so rachel reeves is allegedly, according to the guardian, pre the budget is just is deciding whether or not she needs to borrow billions essentially to make commitments to britain's infrastructure and other investments. now, on that , it's investments. now, on that, it's fine in principle. i actually agree we do need to be investing in britain's infrastructure . my

in britain's infrastructure. my the difference where i imagine there are many ways i deviate from rachel reeves for being honest. but on this particular case is firstly borrowing as a government isn't bad. that's not a bad thing to do. if you are going to get a return on your investment, that's great. that's how the economy should absolutely work. in this instance though, i think if you look at the policies, if you look at the policies, if you look at the commitments that labour and rachel reeves and keir starmer have actually scrapped, that were in their manifesto, that were in their whole election run up, but scrapping student loans for instance? well, yeah, there's one very important one. yeah i agree, one example, i mean for like the most recent of these though, is the commitment to actually taxing wealth a bit bigger and a bit more. i mean, if you if rachel reeves was to actually just do a little bit of reforming of income tax and a little bit on national insurance, you could actually raise up to 26 billion. >> have you seen the story this

week? how many millionaires have left britain? yeah, 1 in 5,1 in 5 have already left. and that's before. and that's before her budget where you're saying tax these people even more and guess where they're going? >> italy, spain and germany. they're leaving it and taking their money. can i just say on their money. can i just say on the on the reeves thing. sorry. i mean, this story smacks to me of messing around with what is borrowed money and what is investment money. you know , she investment money. you know, she says, i want to change how the treasury accounts for capital spending to reflect its benefits. well , when will benefits. well, when will national health pay awards suddenly become an investment and not current spending? because that's what they do all the time, she says. she says i'm intending to change the debt rules. all the debt rules means is that we're going to get in more debt, getting more debt and getting in more debt obviously means it's going to be more expensive to borrow money in this country, and mortgage rates will go up again if you get into debt. but this is what they do. all the time. labour governments, they reclassify current spending and investment and cross the two over and to

say, oh , by just rewriting the say, oh, by just rewriting the rules, i can find 50 billion more pounds. you can't make 50 billion more pounds, appear out of fresh air. >> no you can't, but you actually can if you if you change the rules and apply them fairly to people who actually have excessive wealth, in my opinion , excessive wealth. well, opinion, excessive wealth. well, andrew, when we live in a country where there are more food banks than there are mcdonald's, i think anybody who is claiming it has billions of poundsin is claiming it has billions of pounds in the bank while there is this scourge in our country of homelessness, which which where do you pitch excessive wealth? >> who decides what is excessive wealth? >> i mean, there are lots of different ways to look at that. but for example, if we want to talk about reforming wealth, wealth, sorry, tax justice uk's definition of it is people who have over 10 million in assets . have over 10 million in assets. >> and why is that excessive? i'm sorry, just to dwell on andrew's question if who needs 10 million? yeah , but yeah, but 10 million? yeah, but yeah, but it's tied up in property. you can't spend it . do you have it's tied up in property. you can't spend it. do you have a rule then if somebody's very successful in business, once they've made 10 million, they

must give their business away or something. >> i don't, but i do agree they should, i do i would say they need to pay their fair share of taxes. they are paying their fair share. >> they say they do the broadest shoulders. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and those are the broadest shoulders. usually those who create companies which employ hundreds and thousands. >> they're the ones who are clearing off of people. >> they're the ones who are going, yeah, but look, i don't mourn the loss of any billionaires or millionaires from our shores. >> really? absolutely. >> really? absolutely. >> how much tax they pay here, samuel? >> morally it's reprehensible. they're paying billions in tax, man. >> what are you saying? >> what are you saying? >> they could be paying so much more and it wouldn't if they leave, they cannot pay anything at all. well if look. oh that's fine if they've gone because they're ghastly billionaires. >> so we won't get any tax revenue at all. >> well, some you must have picked up on the fact that the non—dom policy, which again , is, non—dom policy, which again, is, you know, pernicious against wealthy people , might now have wealthy people, might now have to be scrapped because it doesn't raise any money, which proves the very point. >> andrew's making such vocal support and voices to stand up proves the point. >> andrew's making marginalised billionaire classes, wealthy

people push off, they take their taxes with them. >> gentlemen, i'm going to wind up the viewers. we did exactly that. so well done, mike perry. thank you so much. we are going to take a quick break. don't go

welcome back. let's get your latest news headlines with will hollis . hollis. >> the time is 11:33. your top story this hour. the biggest hurricane in a century is expected to hit florida later today with american president joe biden warning it's a matter of life and death. these are live pictures we're bringing you from the tampa, from tampa, on the west coast of the united states . around 1 million people states. around 1 million people living in the path of hurricane milton are being evacuated with concern . lives are in danger. concern. lives are in danger. others choosing to stay in

places like here in fort myer have been securing their homes and neighbourhoods with sandbags and neighbourhoods with sandbags and wooden boards. the us weather service restrengthened its classification of the storm to the highest rating category five, with winds of 175mph. expected flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled. back here in britain, savers are facing a cut to the tax free lump sum they can withdraw from their pensions under plans being considered by the chancellor. a report in the telegraph newspaper reveals the government asked one of the uk's top pension providers to make an impact assessment about reducing the lump sum to £100,000. that's a third of its current limit . a third of its current limit. the final stages of the tory leadership race inches closer, with just three contenders left. tom tugendhat fell during the latest round of voting by mps ,

latest round of voting by mps, with james cleverly coming out on top with 39 votes. robert jenrick came a close second, followed by kemi badenoch. the two will now battle it out to scoop up the last of tom tugendhat supporters . prime tugendhat supporters. prime minister's question is back today for the first time since sue grey's departure, sir keir is likely to face questions on the resignation of the former chief of staff, sue gray, most known for partygate investigations, left the top job at labour at the weekend . no at labour at the weekend. no fault evictions are to be debated in parliament later today, with the housing secretary branding them cruel. angela rayner said she wants to aboush angela rayner said she wants to abolish the section 21 evictions, where landlords can remove tenants from their homes without a reason . official without a reason. official figures revealed that the number of people made homeless through no fault evictions rose by almost 2000 in the year to march. the renters rights bill, which will also stop unfair

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gbnews.com. forward slash alerts. >> right, hold on to your hats. it's 1137. this is >> right, hold on to your hats. it's1137. this is britain's newsroom on gb news at bev and andrew. >> so a new report suggests the government should take lessons from the covid inquiry to be prepared for more climate related emergencies. >> so this report says there is a blind spot in our national security for climate induced emergency. let's talk to the senior research fellow at the institute for public policy research. doctor maya singer hobs. maya. good morning. thank you for illuminating us on this topic. what is a climate induced emergency and why is it a security threat? >> so it's a great question. climate induced emergencies cover a whole range of things. so we just saw on the news announcement this morning just before this segment about hurricane milton heading towards florida that would constitute a climate related emergency. one of the things that this report looks at as well is food security. so we've seen and sort of food price inflation over the

past few years. and one third of our food price inflation is estimated to be due to climate risks and due to, you know, waterlogged fields or droughts in other parts of the world. and so these are the sorts of risks that this report was looking at. >> and what are we, the public meant to do then? maya, to keep us all safe? i'm guessing this is an opportunity for massive transnational corporations to make money out of we the little people, under the auspices of a climate emergency. >> so what we want in this report, and what we call for is for the government to take this risk seriously. so in the same way that our government, you know, prepares for , you know, know, prepares for, you know, other sort of national security risks, whether that's geopolitical nature or sort of other sort of risks, we want the government to be thinking about climate risks as part of its national security strategy. so

thinking about what the implications of drastic weather changes might have . yeah, to changes might have. yeah, to sort of protect us and keep us safe. >> so i was talking to somebody recently who has a child at university who's studying green issues, eco issues, how to save the planet, and he said that the eco group, the eco zealots forgive me, of which you possibly are one, and realise that governments were not getting on board with this. they weren't ploughing enough money into this for these private companies. the private companies want more money. so in order to get the attention of governments, the climate lobbyists decided to tell us that we're all at risk, that there's a security risk because governments have to act if they think they've got to keep their population safe. am i being very cynical here, maya? >> i'd say perhaps a little bit. i think one of the ways that i like to think about this, i sort of think of it on two levels. so when you go out of the house in the morning, you lock your front doon the morning, you lock your front door. the risk is actually quite small that you're going to be

burgled, but it makes you feel safe to have locked the front doon safe to have locked the front door. and similarly , on a sort door. and similarly, on a sort of more national level, the risk of more national level, the risk of being caught in a terrorist attack is actually quite small, but we don't want our government not to invest in anti—terrorism activity, and this is the same. so some of these risks are small, but we want the government to be taking them seriously. and i think on your point about big businesses, this actually affects farmers, british farmers . and the nfu british farmers. and the nfu said that that, you know, lots of their farmers have struggled this year because of waterlogged fields. they've not been able to plant as much crops. they've been struggling. and so this is really about protecting. it's about protecting us as consumers to sort of think about, you know , to sort of think about, you know, our food prices and, you know, are we safe. but also about looking after british farmers to make sure that they can make a living. yeah. >> but farmers are being told don't grow crops. that's right. don't grow crops. let your fields go wild. the government will give you a bit of money. then you can have some lovely, pretty wild flowers. no one will have any food to eat. but that's

okay, because we're saving the planet. farmers do not want the government to save them from climate change. they want them to let them get on with their job, with the subsidies that they require to produce the products for the british people . products for the british people. >> so i think part of thinking about climate risk as a security measure means balancing exactly what you are saying. so thinking about our food security and how can we make sure we have food security, whilst also making sure that we have bits of nature so that people can access nature and that, you know, bits of land, particularly bits of land that aren't, aren't particularly productive, might be put aside for nature . we are absolutely for nature. we are absolutely not saying that we don't want farmers to grow, grow their crops. >> but why are we doing. we're talking about this at the day when we've heard a record increase in the population, massive increase, mainly through migration. and if farmers can't grow their land, we've had endless farmers on this programme. they've got to they call it wilding, don't they? that's the that's the word rewilding. and so we, we used to be almost self—sufficient and now we're going to be importing

more food, which isn't that going to cause more problems for climate change. >> so this is i think, sort of the point about i mean, you're right that we really need to be thinking about food security in a sort of holistic way . and i a sort of holistic way. and i think one of the challenges here is that climate change is having a really big impact on farmers in britain and overseas. so part of what this report calls for is to be thinking about our supply chains and our food supply chains, particularly if we're importing food from other places that are also suffering the effects of climate change. we've seen droughts in various parts of the world. we've seen flooding here. and so really what this report wants is for government to be thinking about how do you balance all of these risks , how do we import the food risks, how do we import the food that we need to because we can't grow it here? how do we make sure that we're protecting our farmers and the land that is used to produce crops , so that used to produce crops, so that we have we have a sort of robust food and food security system, food and food security system, food production system here. and are we looking after the bits of

land that we need to protect for nature? >> sounds so harmless. my it all sounds so utterly benevolent. and yet i can't help but feel running very strongly through this report is the idea that the government get more control of people. farmers get less freedom to do what they want to do. we have all sorts of untried, untested , uncosted eco measures untested, uncosted eco measures to improve the generation of energy in this country at the expense of we the ordinary people. but maybe that's being a bit harsh . we'd love to have you bit harsh. we'd love to have you back again, because it is fascinating and there's a huge amount to talk about and really appreciate you giving us your time. >> you've got to run a hobby horse. you've got to run a hobby horse. you've got to run a hobby horse. i've got to warn you, i just think, you know what? >> it's a massive issue. don't you know , for your safety, do you know, for your safety, do you know, for your safety, do you feel at risk? do you feel you're at risk from climate change? i do not. >> well, i feel more at risk from the massive increase in in the population because i think that's causing all sorts of problems, not least with social order. >> okay. right. that was doctor maya harper. we really appreciate her time. >> up next, why are there so many fat cats and dogs in

britain? 1 have a theory i'll share it with after the break. >> literally

>> welcome back. we might be about to reach peak political incorrectness now because this story is amazing. fat pets are on the rise . 1 in 3 vets say on the rise. 1 in 3 vets say over the past year there's too many fat cats and dogs. >> over 60% of dog and cat owners admit to not knowing how much their pets weigh, and struggle with portion control. we're joined by veteran broadcaster doctor scott miller. doctor, doctor. scott. lovely to talk to you. i have two cats. they are not overweight. i've had for cats 30 years. they've never been overweight. i'm not overweight. i think there is a i think there is a link between the oh, he can't hear us at the moment. well i'm going to. i was saying to scott, my theory is off you go. the fat pets are owned by fat owners because if you do, you see your cats getting fat, you just feed it less food. ukip your dog's

getting getting fat, you give it less food. you exercise it more. but perhaps they don't exercise the dog more because they're a bit overweight themselves. >> so are you suggesting, andrew pierce, that fat people shouldn't own pets? >> no, i'm just saying that they should take more responsibility for their pets because they are responsible. they're feeding them to, you know, portion control. it's a tin of cat food. don't give them the whole tin. rosie and minnie are very happy cats. they're very healthy cats, as you know. they go to the vet probably once every five years. >> animal phobic. i'm scared of all animals, so i don't have any. i don't have any. i don't have a dog in this fight, you might say appropriately, but you would not have a fat dog. >> you would not have a fat when you , when you're at pet, looks you, when you're at pet, looks at you with its little eyes and it's like looking at you like, daddy, daddy, daddy, would you do that with your children? >> no, i wouldn't. no. >> no, i wouldn't. no. >> would you allow your children to have even more fizzy drink? even more chocolate cake? you would not. >> no, but maybe you would if it was a pet, i don't know. >> no, no, but is it different? because pets are often part of the family? treat the. treat your family properly. >> i'm renting a house at the moment because my house is being

renovated and it's sort of come with a cat. >> it's a nice cat. >> it's a nice cat. >> it's a nice cat. >> it's a lovely cat. sebastian, your next door neighbour's cat . your next door neighbour's cat. and he comes in and he's ever so flirty. >> well, don't feed the cat. >> well, don't feed the cat. >> well, don't feed the cat. >> well, this is what i'm now realising. >> i had it out with neighbours who've been feeding the cats on the street. >> whatsapp. its mother said please don't feed the cat. that's right, i can't lie. it was at one point giving it a little bit of smoked salmon from marks and spencer's, a tiny little bit like that, because i thought maybe that's okay. anyway, then i got the message from no, no, they're right. >> my, my cats have a very strict diet. they get wet food once a week. >> i don't know what that means . >> i don't know what that means. >> i don't know what that means. >> well, it's, you know, it's because it's got jelly in it and it's not good for their teeth. so it's like a it's their sport. it's their it's their treats. >> it's their treat once a week like you with a vodka. yeah. >> dry food the rest of the time which is healthy for them. is that right. and that's brutal. and they've got their teeth right to the end of their lives. >> we didn't get our vet, unfortunately. >> who would have agreed with me. doctor miller, send us a message saying andrew pierce is right. i'm sure you probably are right. >> there's got to be a

correlation. i would have thought that if you're, you know , thought that if you're, you know, if you're someone who likes your food, then maybe you also share that love of food with your animal. >> yeah, yeah, but the animal of all people is a dumb animal in the sense that it relies on the owner not to keep feeding it . owner not to keep feeding it. well, i have two cats which would eat all day if i let them. >> would they? yes. would they not get full? yeah , but. but you not get full? yeah, but. but you did, carrie. >> and they're out in the garden the whole time. the only trouble is, i do have. what i can't control is their predatory instincts . instincts. >> that's a good thing, isn't it? >> they kill mice. >> they kill mice. >> well, i've got mice, and. >> well, i've got mice, and. >> well, i've got mice, and. >> well, then you'll see the mice off. >> i'm quite happy to have sebastian in the kitchen so that in case he does see a mouse and catches it. but the girls name for a cat. love with sebastian. it's a very strange name for cat. >> you think of sebastian flyte from that wonderful book. >> my children have given it another name. they call it poochie. so it's now developing a split personality disorder. we might have to explain that to the neighbours when we leave. right. up next, keir starmer is taking on rishi sunak, a pmqs. stay with us for the build up. this is britain's newsroom. here's the weather. ooh a chilly

start will give way to a lovely warm afternoon. >> boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well , it's update brought to you by the met office. well, it's an update brought to you by the met office. well , it's an unsettled office. well, it's an unsettled day ahead with some showery rain at times. and these showers could be quite heavy in the south and is going to be feeling cold in the north in some brisk winds, so a fairly unsettled day across the north—east. quite a damp day on offer, some rain and drizzle sticking around through much of the day. some brighter spells will eventually develop into the afternoon across england and wales, but there is a risk of showers and some of these showers could be quite heavy at times too. so feeling cold in the north, particularly in that brisk wind, but in sheltered spots across the south and southeast. and if you avoid the showers, it should feel rather pleasant for the time of yeah rather pleasant for the time of year. so those showers are going to continue into this evening, particularly across coasts in northern parts of scotland, but a few feeding into more inland

areas, falling as sleet and snow, mainly across the scottish highlands . snow, mainly across the scottish highlands. similar across northern ireland. a fairly cloudy end to the day , with some cloudy end to the day, with some dnps cloudy end to the day, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle, and that rain that's with us through much of the day, sticking around across northeastern parts of north eastern parts of england. but elsewhere there should be some clearer spells to end the day, but can't rule out the risk of the odd shower or two. so as we head through into the evening that rain in the northeast will eventually ease and all this cloud will slowly progress its way towards southern areas, still, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. but to the north of this cloud generally a clearer night, but still plenty of blustery showers moving into northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. and it's here where it's going to be feeling cold. a slightly milder night on offer under cloudier skies but still a colder night than it has been of late. and overall that leads us into a much colder day, particularly where you do catch those brisk winds. so all along eastern coasts that's where the wind is going to be particularly strong. and that's where it's going to be feeling rather

chilly. and that's also where we're going to see a risk of those showers moving through similar across northern coasts of scotland and northern ireland. so a cold day ahead. but stay tuned for all the details . details. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front. boxt heat pumps of weather on

gb news. >> well, we're going now to gloria de piero and chris hope now in our westminster studio for prime minister's questions live. >> oh, it's so good to see you both them. it's that time of the week for people at home or wherever they're listening or watching to be sending in their questions. what would they like to ask the prime minister, or indeed the leader of the opposition? that's right. >> please do send us your questions. tell us who you are and as importantly, where you're from. >> we'll put your best questions to our panel. send them to gbnews.com . slash your say. pmqs gbnews.com. slash your say. pmqs live is all about you at home,

not about us here in the studio. but bev and andrew just just for now. briefly, what would you ask the prime minister? >> i would say to the prime minister, you've thrown your chief of staff, sue gray, under a bus. when are you going to take responsibility for your own manifest failings? >> great question, ben. >> great question, ben. >> and also, just in relation to our last interview , actually, our last interview, actually, i'm going to i would say, can you confirm that your strategic defence defence review will not include the security threats from climate change? >> oh, that's a good, good question. should we put them in the government? >> yeah, that'd be good. >> yeah, that'd be good. >> i'd vote for you both. you got my vote. >> both of that government. thanks. >> i want to ask which parties bev turner. nana. andrew. thanks, bev. it's fast approaching midday. >> this is gb news, britain's news channel. pmqs live starts right now .

right now. it is 1158 on wednesday, the 9th of october. this is pmqs live on gb news with gloria de piero and christopher hope . christopher hope. >> just one moment. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head at prime ministers questions, the first one since mps return from their conference break. rishi sunak has only four more to pmqs go. >> yes, it's the first pmqs back from the conference season. what will the leader of the opposition's attack line be? we'll have full coverage of every moment and we'll be getting full reaction from labour mp for bolsover, natalie fleet and shadow immigration minister paul holmes, who is backing james cleverly to be the next tory leader. do you agree with him ? with him? >> before we get to the chamber, though, what do you think might come up? well, you're putting a question to your parties anyway. paul holmes, what would you be asking the pm today? i'd be asking the pm today? i'd be asking the pm today? i'd be asking the prime minister who's next? the prime minister's targeted for a pensioners. he's targeted for a pensioners. he's targeted farmers. >> he's targeted people that want to send their kids to private school. i'd ask him who's next and who is he going

to tax next? >> natalie fleet, what do you say to that onslaught? >> i would say what we have achieved in this short time in government is absolutely exceptional gb energy, and we are going to introduce free breakfast clubs. we are making a real difference. we're fixing the foundations, taking the difficult decisions, and we're going to have a decade of national renewal. >> we haven't yet seen any announcements. i mean , the grid announcements. i mean, the grid is empty. the news grid they talk about in journalism terms between now and the budget. do you worry about that? >> this is my blank face, because most normal people that we have to have in politics don't know what the news grid is. so i look forward to explaining the problem. >> you're right. natalie. >> you're right. natalie. >> yeah. your viewers don't know . >> yeah. your viewers don't know. >> yeah. your viewers don't know. >> well, they might, but you're avoiding the question by answering it that way, aren't you?1 answering it that way, aren't you? i mean , the point is, not you? i mean, the point is, not a lot is happening. well, because people are talking about it, you know, suits, spectacles, freebies. why not announce actual things and show your hand like paul holmes is saying? >> we're doing things. we have got the biggest ever charter flight to send people back to their country they should be in. that happened in august. we got elected in july. we have

absolutely hit the ground running and there's more to come. >> women and equalities questions will be finishing in a moment. but paul, they've hit the ground running. you're just carping from the sidelines. well i don't think so because as chris said, there's nothing in the grid. >> and you know, the bills that they've brought forward don't consist of anything. >> we are going to the chamber. it's prime minister's question time. >> prime minister. >> prime minister. >> mr speaker, earlier this week, this house marked the one year anniversary of the horrific attacks on october the 7th. and itake attacks on october the 7th. and i take this opportunity to reiterate that the hostages must be released. and i reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and lebanon . mr speaker, in gaza and lebanon. mr speaker, this week, the government will deliver on our promise to the british people of the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation . the employment generation. the employment rights bill will ensure that work pays. it will forge a new partnership with business and reset the dreadful industrial