>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. it's a pleasure to have your company. 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, labour's planned national insurance raid on employers has been blasted by the tories as a back door tax on work and with mortgage lenders, hiking rates and pensioners diving for cover, will anybody be safe from labour's looming £25 billion tax raid? and david lammy is in europe again, cosying up to the european union again, despite the fact that 17.4 million of us cried no and left the eu in 2019. but labour wouldn't take no for an answer. now they're in

power or they once again ready to wrappers in binding treaties and brussels red tape and three years ago today, tory mp david amess was viciously stabbed to death by an islamist terrorist. later in the show, i'll be joined by a close friend of sir david and widdicombe, who will be paying tribute to her late friend. and that's all coming up in your next hour. of the show. always a pleasure to have your company. should fat people get a jab to help them get a job? well, that's the idea of the health secretary. bit of a strange one, if you ask me. a pilot scheme to be rolled out in manchester will give ozempic to fat people, obese people, because they are finding it difficult to work. in fact, we've got a monstrous ballooning benefits bill, one of the highest in europe, in fact, and

the softest touch to be able to get benefits if you're overweight is a jab for a job, a fair thing to do, or is it less jabs and less kebabs? while you're at it, let me know your thoughts. get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. but now here's your headlines with lewis mckenzie . mckenzie. >> thank you very much, martin. good afternoon. it's 4:00. i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. as you've just been hearing, the prime minister and the health secretary have said that new weight loss jabs could help boost the economy in britain by getting people back to work. wes streeting suggested the latest generation of medicine could be life changing for individuals, and would ease pressure on the nhs. but experts are insisting that the drug is not a quick fix or a replacement for eating well and exercising, and should only be offered under medical supervision. gb news asked members of the public in nottingham for their opinion on

the weight loss jabs. >> i don't think it's fair. no, i think it's the money could be spent better elsewhere. i think it's a bit insulting and also i don't think it's a good idea . don't think it's a good idea. you need to lose it naturally. do some exercise. it saves on the money that we spend out for health and everything. so yeah, i think it's a very good idea. mixed feelings. i think if it's going to save a life, then yes, it's worth it. if it's going to save gp time, nurses time, yes, it's worth it . save gp time, nurses time, yes, it's worth it. but if it's save gp time, nurses time, yes, it's worth it . but if it's not it's worth it. but if it's not education is still the best thing . thing. >> the court has been told. a neighbour heard a single high pitched scream of someone in pain two days before cyrus sharif was killed . the ten year sharif was killed. the ten year old was beaten with objects, burnt with an iron and bitten. in the weeks leading up to her death, her body was found in the upstairs bedroom on the bottom bunk of a bed of her home in

surrey on the 10th of august last year, after her father, irfan sharif, called the police and confessed to killing her after fleeing to pakistan, the minicab driver is on trial along with sarah's stepmother and uncle. they all deny murder and cause or allowing the death of a child . the police officer who child. the police officer who shot chris kaba has told the halle bailey he did not intend to kill him when he opened fired 40 year old martin blake told jurors that he intended only to stop the car of the 24 year old when he was driving, and he aimed for the centre of his body . aimed for the centre of his body. mr kaba was shot in the head while driving an audi in streatham in south—east london, in september of 2022, and died in september of 2022, and died in hospital the next day. mr blake, a marksman for the metropolitan police, is accused of murder, which he denies . sean of murder, which he denies. sean coombs, also known as p diddy ,

coombs, also known as p diddy, has now been hit with a new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault against six people, including a 16 year old boy. the lawsuits, filed yesterday accuses coombs of raping women sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of making a legal actions against coombs in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month . trafficking arrest last month. the government is unlikely to back plans aimed at stopping children from overusing their mobile phones in school. labour mp josh mcallister is expected to introduce a private member's bill in parliament tomorrow aimed at protecting children from harms caused by excessive screen time. he says children who are doom scrolling for hours a day on their smartphones are at risk of widespread harm . and at risk of widespread harm. and at risk of widespread harm. and a strange final story for you here. there's controversy at a major international sporting

event. the world conker championships, where the new champion has denied claims he cheated on his way to winning his first title in 40 years. 82 year old david jenkins won the men's competition at the competition at the championships dunng competition at the championships during the tournament in northamptonshire over the weekend, but his victory was plunged into controversy and he was surprised to find himself at the centre of national headlines when it was claimed he cheated by swapping his real conker for a metal one. mrjenkins has denied the allegations, saying he only carries metal conkers to amuse children . well, those are amuse children. well, those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. 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. >> wow indeed, lewis mckenzie. now the chancellor's budget is just two weeks away and speculation continues to be rife at just what tax rises we could see in labour's first budget in 15 years. prime minister sir keir starmer earlier today failed to rule out a rise in employers national insurance, which the conservatives insist would break a manifesto commitment. meanwhile, mortgage rates have risen for the first time in three months, with nervous lenders prepare for the worst from rachel reeves announcement on october, the 30th. well, would this tax scrap be hypocritical? hypocritical of the chancellor? well, a video has emerged of rachel reeves lambasting the tories over their national insurance increase from back in 2021. >> despite all of their election promises to cut national insurance contributions, they're actually raising them against the strong advice of business

and trade unions. the conservative government's actions will make each new recruit more expensive and increase the costs to business. the decision to saddle employers and workers with the jobs tax takes money out of people's pockets. when our economic recovery is not yet established or secure and only adds to the pressure on businesses. >> and that's rachel reeves in 2021 briefing against the policy. she's about to introduce. meanwhile, the labour leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper, reacted to the prime minister's refusal to rule out a national insurance increase for employers in the budget. >> look, i think what's clear is that the conservative party has left an awful mess for the labour government to clear up, but we. liberal democrats are absolutely clear. the burden of cleaning up the conservative's mess should be borne by the big banks, the big oil and gas companies, the big tech companies, the big tech companies that have been making billions of pounds in profits. we should the burden of cleaning up this mess should not fall on our small businesses, which are

the backbone of our economy . the backbone of our economy. >> well, i'm now joined in the studio by gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the studio. so it was a tory job tax back in 2021. rachel reeves said her own words lambasting the policy in opposition. and yet she's about to roll it out in 2024. if all reports are to be believed. another example of a labour u—turn. >> well, they're not ruling it out, are they? which i think we can take to mean that it is very, very likely to happen. so yeah. how times change, of course. it's easy to shout from the 1504