>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm on this monday afternoon and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk on today's show, britain is open. open for business. well, that's what the prime minister has us believe. he's pledging to get rid of regulations that are holding back investments in britain. we'll also be crossing live to chancellor rachel reeves within the next half an hour to hear how much money has been raised at today's investment, and to see an exclusive by gb news shows that an astonishing quarter of a million immigrants have been let into the uk since

2021, without even a basic criminal background check. an astonishing report. i'll be joined by its author, who claims we have no idea who walks amongst us, and john caldwell, the billionaire phones 4u founder, reckons sir keir starmer should be paid £300,000 per year. and that's almost double his current salary. i'll be joined by the mobile tycoon to find out why he thinks the pm's salary deserves a signal boost. and in 2017, millwall fan roy larner risked his life and saved an estimated 30 people when he heroically attacked an isis terrorist during the london bridge terror attack . and now bridge terror attack. and now they're making a movie about the lion of london bridge's life. today, i'll be joined by heroic roy and the director dougie brimson for his first major tv interview, and that's all come interview, and that's all come in between. now and 6 pm. well,

it's a pleasure always. it's always a pleasure to have your company on the show in about 20 minutes time. rachel reeves is estimated to give her speech announcing the top line figure. we hear of how much investment has come into britain over the course of today's conference. you have much faith in britain's economy. we keep being told there's a massive, massive black hole. we keep being told we're massively in debt. nobody knows what's coming in terms of tax rises on october the 30th, hardly the most confidence inspiring backdrop for getting billionaires to dip into their pockets. talking of which, later on the show, i'll speak to john caldwell, the phones 4u tycoon who thinks that keir starmer should have double his salary. really? i think a lot of people might be asking for their money back. now. send your views, get in touch the usual way . in touch the usual way. gbnews.com/yoursay. but first your headlines and here's mark

white. >> good afternoon at 4:02, the main headlines from the gb news centre, stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished . the building refurbished. the development will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14,000 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure will. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in london. for us tech firms also used to summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk. well, the education secretary, bridget phillipson,

said the uk was a highly attractive country to invest in. >> our country is a great place to come and do business and today's investment investment summit is all about that, making clear that we're open to the world and we welcome new investment. and there's been a number of big announcements today demonstrating our commitment and business kind of confidence in what we're delivering . delivering. >> the perfume bottle carrying the russian nerve agent that killed a salisbury woman contained enough poison to kill thousands of people. the official novichok inquiry heard how 44 year old dawn sturgess died in hospital hours after coming into contact with the nerve agent she had collapsed at her boyfriend's home on the 30th of june 2018, after the pair found the discarded perfume bottle in a local park . the bottle in a local park. the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and a local police officer also fell seriously ill. russia

denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a circus . a jury at the old bailey circus. a jury at the old bailey has been told how the father of sarah sharif fled to pakistan after allegedly killing the ten year old, and then he called police to say i legally punished her and she died. sarah's father, irfan sharif, her stepmother and uncle are on trial accused of killing her. her body was discovered at her home in woking in surrey in august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder to and causing or allowing the death of a child . allowing the death of a child. the police firearms officer who shot london man chris kaba, has told a jury he thought one of his colleagues was about to die when he opened fire. giving evidence in the in public for the first time at the old bailey, pc martin blake said he was filled with dread after the

audi mr kaba was driving moved backwards and forwards as police officers surrounded the car. pc blake fatally shot the 24 year old through the windscreen of the car in streatham in south—east london, in september 2022. the officer is accused of murder, which he denies . the fbi murder, which he denies. the fbi is investigating whether a man caught with loaded weapons near a donald trump rally at the weekend was part of another attempted assassination. local police arrested the man carrying multiple weapons and fake passports as he attempted to get into the trump rally in california. the 49 year old las vegas resident denied wanting to hurt the former president and was released on bail. the local county sheriff said the suspect was likely to be a sovereign citizen, someone who doesn't believe in government control . believe in government control. idf soldiers have been killed

and more than 60 wounded in a drone strike on an army base in northern israel. it's the deadliest attack on a military base since israel stepped up attacks on hezbollah in lebanon last month. the lebanese terror group have claimed responsibility for the attack. it comes as the un peacekeeping mission in lebanon says israeli tanks forcibly entered its base in the south of the country. the lebanese health ministry said 51 people were killed by israeli air strikes across the country yesterday . and finally, the yesterday. and finally, the snowman is being depicted on a new royal mint. £0.50 coin with a one off gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars. as part of the launch of the collectable coin. a solid gold £0.50 piece has been hidden behind door 24, in just one limited edition. the coins

commemorate the much loved character immortalised in the books and films of raymond briggs , while another much loved briggs, while another much loved character who definitely won't melt on you is martin daubney. >> mark white. thank you for that gracious intro. now the prime minister has set out his plans to rip up red tape in a bid to woo global investors at his first international investment summit today. chancellor of the exchequer rachel reeves is set to speak in about 20 minutes time. we'll bnng about 20 minutes time. we'll bring you that live as it happens. but first, ahead of that speech, let's cross to gb news political editor chris hope, who is live from the investment summit. chris, welcome back to the show. so all eyes on the chancellor due to speak in around about ten minutes time. what do we think is going to be announced. are we to hear the big figure, the headune to hear the big figure, the headline figure how much money are people coughed up today ?

are people coughed up today? >> around £60 billion worth of deals, martin announced. or unveiled here at the guildhall. rachel reeves is quite is quite upbeat. when i met her earlier in the interview. plays out at 5:00. she's someone who thinks that they want to clear away red tape.i that they want to clear away red tape. i mean, close your eyes , tape. i mean, close your eyes, martin. you could imagine liz truss or one of the tories from the last government saying similar things. here's the prime minister. just about a few hours ago when he spoke to investors here, he said, we will make every regulator in this country, especially our economic and competition regulators, take growth as seriously as this room does. he wants to where he finds it needlessly holding back investment. he wants to take this country forward and look at regulation across the piece. this is language which the tories would have said in the old days, and labour would have attacked. it's funny, isn't it, what power can do, perhaps they've recognised that some red tape gets in the way of growth.

now, one area where the government would say it was wrong was on the dreadful events. the tragedy at grenfell tower, when, of course, it's seen tower, when