you're at risk. >> mum says you're at risk. >> mum says you're at risk. >> my mum. yeah, well, she's not with me anymore, but she might have said it. otherwise she would have done. >> it is extraordinary that the mother of taylor swift. yeah, well, she's got the policy manager. >> it's. i think it's regardless who asked for it . the question who asked for it. the question comes down to the situation that taylor swift found herself in after vienna. so what i'm surprised about is that remember this is taxpayers money. >> also, just to be clear, she had to have a concert cancelled in austria because of a threat from an islamic fundamentalist that had all been examined here. >> and the police concluded there was no security threat here. well, and what would be the security threat on the way into the concert? i am surprised she's going to be shot. is it? are we jfk? >> we don't know. but i mean, the whole point is it was really high profile, probably the highest profile star to come to this country of late . so there this country of late. so there was a danger to her. i'm surprised the police didn't do it as a matter of course. they talk about some kind of protocol they had to follow. >> i'm sorry , but this

>> i'm sorry, but this government are just so seduced by celebrity and riches. i mean, sadiq khan, basically. can you imagine him on that phone call? he had to speak to the met about this. sadiq khan would have loved talking to sir mark rowley, going, oh , listen, i'm rowley, going, oh, listen, i'm just looking after taylor. i'm just looking after taylor. i'm just going to do . i'm just just looking after taylor. i'm just going to do. i'm just i'm just going to do. i'm just i'm just calling you about taylor's security. yeah, yeah , we got security. yeah, yeah, we got free tickets. we're in the box. >> they watch too much television. i mean, all all americans are obsessed by security. partly because they do spendin security. partly because they do spend in america. a lot of time shooting each other. yes. which we don't do here. mercifully, although under sadiq khan in london, fair enough. crime has risen dramatically . and of risen dramatically. and of course, that is a fair point . course, that is a fair point. and sadiq khan was probably worried that someone might have a go at taylor swift on his watch, as it were. not that he's watching. yeah, but i mean, the fact is, once we start providing security to a pop singer from america where does it stop? >> quite. >> quite. >> and it's taxpayers money when

they're so hard up. there's 22 billion black hole. they keep going on about. billion black hole. they keep going on about . why should we going on about. why should we be? thousands of pounds? it must have cost £1,000. there we are. and for a pop singer who could who could afford that? she's the richest singer and entertainer in the world. for goodness sake, you look into this. >> it's nonsense. the met basically said, we can't do this. it's going to basically breach long standing protocols that we have. so then they haven't explained what they are. they have the attorney general and made it happen. honestly, it all stinks. >> but it's all right. taylor swift's mother's got to shake it off. taylor swift's mother's how. >> now. >> you don't get that, do you? >> you don't get that, do you? >> i do. >> i do. >> well, why doesn't taylor swift now say because of all this fuss? i'll pay for it myself and write a check and donate it? yeah, exactly. >> that would be clever , right? >> that would be clever, right? >> that would be clever, right? >> pierce. nigel, thank you so much. tatiana sanchez is waiting very patiently with your news headunes. headlines. >> thank you very much. and good

morning. the top stories the prime minister and the health secretary have said new weight loss jabs could help boost the economy in britain by getting people back into work. wes streeting suggested the latest generation of medicines, including ozempic, could be life changing for individuals and would ease pressure on the nhs, experts have warned. in the past that the drug is not a quick fix or a replacement for eating well and exercising, and should only be offered under medical supervision. exchequer secretary to the treasury james murray told gb news it's good for the economy. >> we want to make sure that people who are not working at the moment for any reasons, but obviously obesity is one of them. we want to support them to get back into work. and these weight loss jabs are just one opfion weight loss jabs are just one option for helping people to lose weight. there will obviously be a discussion between a patient and their doctor to work out the best way for them to lose weight. these weight loss jabs play a role as part of the overall set of interventions that you can make

to help people lose weight and to help people lose weight and to where they can work get back into work, which is good for them and good for the economy . them and good for the economy. >> now children who are doomscrolling for hours a day on smartphones are at risk of widespread harm , according to widespread harm, according to labour mp josh mcallister. the equivalent of seat belt legislation is needed to help them manage addictive content for children tomorrow. mcallister will introduce a private member's bill in parliament on protecting children from harms caused by excessive screen time. the bill will call for legal requirements to be introduced so all schools in england are mobile free zones and is also expected to call for the age at which companies can get data consent from children without parental permission to be raised from 13 to 16. and the prime minister is hosting a special meeting of his cabinet this morning with all government fixed on the budget at the end of the month. the deadline for wrapping up major budget measures is imminent , and so the measures is imminent, and so the prime minister is gathering his top team today to discuss how that first financial statement will play out. now, this comes

as the chancellor, rachel reeves, has been accused of breaking the party's pledge on tax, as she hinted at increasing national insurance contributions for employers. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> up next, we've got war in the middle east. we've got war in europe, and next year the uk won't have an army big enough to fill wembley stadium. you might get a call up . get a call up. >> oh blimey. dad's army. that's what we need. send for private pike. >> is it cause for concern? >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news

very good morning. it's 1038. this is britain's very good morning. it's1038. this is britain's newsroom with andrew and bev. thank you for joining us. >> so the british army is going to fall to an unprecedented low of 70,000 soldiers by next year. it'll be the first time since the napoleonic era that we've seen such figures. defence secretary john healey has expressed his anger in the commons yesterday, blaming the previous government for the problem . we thought we had problem. we thought we had a clip of him, but we don't . so clip of him, but we don't. so this comes as eu countries are urging, of course, the uk to participate in brussels led peacekeeping missions, which sounds to me like an eu army , sounds to me like an eu army, doesn't it, justin, which we do not want. >> that's right. we're joined now by the research fellow at the henry jackson society, major andrew fox. good morning andrew. nice to see you. so how problematic is this? if we have an army, we have so few troops. >> it really depends what we want that army to do. how much of a role do we want to play in

any future deployment that might be needed, either in europe or elsewhere in the world? we're living in a time of unprecedented instability in the middle east. is certainly wobbly at the moment. we're certainly seeing chinese activity around taiwan. and of course, there's the ukraine war going on. and so whether we want an expeditionary army that's capable of divisional level armoured manoeuvre or whether we want to just be a bit player with some high tech artillery , perhaps, or high tech artillery, perhaps, or the ability to mentor another army's troops . that's the army's troops. that's the decision that the government need to needs to take head on. >> previous defence secretary was here. i'm sure he'd say, andrew. well, look, we concentrate now more on cyber warfare . technology is the warfare. technology is the defence of defence the realm more than more than troops on the ground ? would would that be the ground? would would that be a legitimate argument? >> i mean, as i said, it all comes back to what we want to achieve. the really humbling point at the moment is that we can't push a division out of the doon can't push a division out of the door. we can't get three bngades door. we can't get three brigades of armour anywhere in the world to do what we want

them to do. so we couldn't do a repeat of the gulf war , either repeat of the gulf war, either 1 or 2. and we're not able to take a full role alongside our allies in providing the need to take and 1529 00:11:08,