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>> good morning . labour is >> good morning. labour is waging war on fat people. >> well, the health secretary, wes streeting, says obese unemployed will be given weight loss injections to get them back to work. >> the move comes as he claimed obesity has placed a huge burden on the nhs and is holding the country's economy back . country's economy back. >> rachel reeves, the chancellor, is accused of breaking labour's pledge on tax as she hints the government will increase national insurance payments for employers . payments for employers. >> elsewhere, the novichok inquiry hears the perfume bottle opened by dawn sturgess before her death , contained enough her death, contained enough poison to kill thousands as her family call on vladimir putin to give evidence . give evidence. >> the dangers of doomscrolling children, who spend hours a day on their phones risk long term harm , and a study has revealed 1
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harm, and a study has revealed 1 in 3 people would rather see their parents enjoying their retirement than leaving them behind an inheritance. >> but with the nation facing economic hardship, does this ring true for you .7 ring true for you.7 >> and ring true for you? >> and in the sport, unless you're a manchester city fan and you're a manchester city fan and you're english, the chances are that you'd love pep guardiola to be the next england manager. well, it may just happen. nigeria boycotted their african cup of nations game last night because they say they were kidnapped by their opponents and the man who could do 13,000 keepy uppies in an hour. >> pretty mild start out there for most of us. it's also fairly drab, but it should get a bit brighter as the day goes on, and it could be even warmer on wednesday. join me later for a full forecast . full forecast. >> well, whatever way the day turns out, a very good morning to you on this tuesday i'm eamonn holmes, i'm isabel webster and this is gb news breakfast. so much to talk about
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this morning. breakfast. so much to talk about this morning . and first of all, this morning. and first of all, in no particular order. and this business of leaving stuff for your children, leaving an inheritance for your children . inheritance for your children. my inheritance for your children. my view disagree with me if you want. is that my view as a parent, when i brought children into the world was to provide for those children no matter what age or stage i am at life, and if i can do , i will do. and if i can do, i will do. >> yeah, i think that's lovely. i think it's a lovely thing to do. >> are you listening, dad? come on, dad, come on, pull through. >> not that i would want to see my parents go short in retirement. i'd want them to be comfortable. but obviously, if it's a choice between giving half to the taxman or giving some to me and the grandchildren. >> yeah, i would want my mum to use what i've said. i mean, this has happened and i've said, you know, don't spend it. oh no, we've got to keep money. i want you to enjoy your life . you to enjoy your life. >> coyte making us all look bad.
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>> coyte making us all look bad. >> but seriously, i do. i don't want i don't want that money. i don't want that money. and if there's something left for the kids when i die, then that's. that's great. but i think as generations go, everybody finds their own way. and i would like in retirement someone as someone who is older and ill. >> no, it's absolutely true . i >> no, it's absolutely true. i would say a huge proportion, a huge proportion of my salary goes on being cared for and going for various tests and various treatments and the travel involved and all sorts of things. not relying on the nhs and not criticising the nhs. i'm just saying if you want something done , i mean, if something done, i mean, if you're someone like me, people come up and say, oh, this great treatment, this fantastic treatment, this fantastic treatment that'll get you back on your feet. and you think, well, it might just so you pay for it and you go and you try and you hope and nothing works. nothing, nothing works. but it all costs. of course it does . all costs. of course it does. and towards the, your, your, your later years at care homes
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and nursing and all sorts of things like that. so before you give stuff away to your kids, you've got to make sure you've got enough for you for that. >> it's interesting. the margaret thatcher model was she gave one third to one child, one third to the other child, and at the final third to the grandchildren . i was like, oh, grandchildren. i was like, oh, maybe he'll suggest that model to my folks. >> yeah, that's quite a good breakdown actually. >> but my, my dad is a, my dad's had quite a fun life i think, so i think i'll be getting a few coppers by the end. he's . is he coppers by the end. he's. is he maybe a £5. no. >> is he rich. >> is he rich. >> he's not. he's not. it's very, very exposing for my father here. no he's not a rich man. but he likes the good life. yeah. so yeah, i won't be getting a lot of that. but when it's all done, you almost have to ask yourself what you want to do. >> would you want to give your fiches >> would you want to give your riches to your kids, or will you want to spend them and have, you know, go off in style? i'd like to be comfortable and i'd like to be comfortable and i'd like to make sure my children are okay. i guess that's the way i'd. >> but you get these like
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multi—billionaires who out of principle will not leave their kids. you know anything? yeah . kids. you know anything? yeah. kind of. they have to make it on their own. oh, yeah. i don't agree with that. they won't get agree with that. they won't get a penny. >> i think a lot of those guys give them a fund that's locked in till they're 35 or something. they have to go. you want to look after your kids, but also you don't want them. >> you don't want them to be children and then be growing up and getting older and just thinking it doesn't matter what i do, because i've got mum and dad's money, so i can just live off of that for the rest of my life, which is not going to be a great person, is it really? so i think that's the reason they would do it. >> yeah. unless you're fat, you could. you could be dead before everybody else. and our lead story this morning is obese, unemployed people will be given weight loss injections to help get them back into work. who's saying this? >> this is according to the health secretary . wes streeting health secretary. wes streeting says that the sickness caused by obesity is holding back our economy . obesity is holding back our economy. he's unveiled a obesity is holding back our economy . he's unveiled a £279 economy. he's unveiled a £279 million investment from the world's biggest pharmaceutical company, which means that we will build and store. build is that the right word to develop and store the drug in this
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country? >> meanwhile, there's rachel reeves, the chancellor, and she's been accused of breaking the party's pledge on tax because she's hinted at increasing national insurance contribution, not for employees, but employers. >> well, she sat down with our political editor, christopher hope, the budget your manifesto says we will not increase national insurance, but you're looking at increasing employers national insurance. >> aren't you breaking a manifesto pledge with that? >> well, you've read our manifesto , and in black and manifesto, and in black and white it said we will not increase taxes on working people. and that was national insurance income tax and not employers. that was not in the manifesto. >> or was it ? manifesto. >> or was it? this all comes as king charles looked to be in high spirits at saint paul's cathedral last night at the international investment summit. >> so who else was there? >> so who else was there? >> well , he >> so who else was there? >> well, he was mingling with politicians, including sir keir starmer , and enjoyed a starmer, and enjoyed a performance from elton john and was also hobnobbing with andrew lloyd webber, tim peake and the man who invented the world wide
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web , sir tim berners—lee. web, sir tim berners—lee. >> okay , we're now joined by >> okay, we're now joined by oscar redrup, who wasn't there and didn't invent anything that we know of , but and didn't invent anything that we know of, but did advise boris johnson. that looked very impressive . what went on? impressive. what went on? >> it did, it did. and i think, look, we all want the economy to succeed, you know. and as a former conservative adviser, it'd be very easy to criticise and but but the proactivity that the labour government is showing there to make britain an attractive place to invest, which, excuse me, my friend, was this was this conference not already arranged by the conservatives? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> they happen . this isn't like >> they happen. this isn't like a brand new idea from, you know, from the labour government. but in fairness, because of the majority they had and because they've been quite out of the blocks quick on it, they've made it quite high profile this often. they kind of go slightly unremarked and unnoticed . so unremarked and unnoticed. so they've done a they've done a fairly good job on that . and fairly good job on that. and that should be commended because we all need the economy. >> i think that's a fair point, because we've talked so much
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