>> good morning. a swift meeting the scandal. the prime minister can't seem to shake off. >> what do you think? it's now revealed that he had a ten minute meeting with taylor swift when he attended her concert in london. >> this was following the approval of a vip police escort for the singer , organised by his for the singer, organised by his former chief of staff, sue gray, on the same day. >> now, meanwhile, the chancellor has told cabinet ministers that plans to fill the £22 billion black hole in finances will be enough to only keep public services standing still. >> it comes as she's accused of hypocrisy after it's emerged she criticised rishi sunak on national insurance increases in 2022, calling it the worst possible tax rise . possible tax rise. >> inflation has fallen to 1.7% in the year to september, the

lowest rate in three and a half years . years. >> assisted dying is set to return to parliament, as a new bill is formally introduced in the house of commons. >> it's a warm wednesday for all, a wet day for some, though. find out whether you'll be soggy or dry with a full forecast coming up later. >> very good to see you on this wednesday morning. >> i'm eamonn holmes, i'm isabel webster and this is gb news breakfast. >> assisted dying has got everybody talking and we had dame esther rantzen's daughter on the programme this morning talking about esther's situation. she's got stage four lung cancer. has esther and she's basically saying she wants the law changed. and i would say most of you have got in touch with us today again. want the

same. you want the right to be able to decide to end your life. but those who are not committed. >> it's a massive moral dilemma for . yeah. and i think that sums for. yeah. and i think that sums it up. i don't think anybody really ioo% knows how they feel. even the politicians that we've spoken to this morning, all of them saying not really sure . i them saying not really sure. i think as well we're hearing the prime minister's shifting a bit on his own position. he was originally in favour of it, but he's said to be a bit more cautious. irene has got in touch on your say, saying what i worry aboutis on your say, saying what i worry about is will we feel we could have had her loved ones for longer? was it our fault that they wanted to go earlier and we had that example, didn't we? from nigel, i forget his surname, the conservative politician we spoke to just after 7:00. huddleston and he had a constituency surgery where somebody came in, said they'd been to dignitas with their loved one, where they'd legally been able to end their life and were then racked with guilt. and it was unbearable suffering that they were left with. and so he

was unsure on what he thought. >> i lost my father . suddenly he >> i lost my father. suddenly he died of a heart attack 30, 33 years ago . and that is something years ago. and that is something i think about every day and i miss him greatly. i wasn't able to say goodbye to him or anything like that, and that's a big loss. that sudden death thing. my mother died two years ago, coming up to two years ago now, and i have. how do i put this? i've never regretted her going. i love my mother incredibly well, but i hated seeing her suffering. and when i heard i was able to say goodbye to her, everything was all above board like that . but just to board like that. but just to know her suffering had ended, i think what was there not to be thankful for? that was a great thing, and i think it's awful to watch someone over the course of a number of weeks and obviously in pain. obviously suffering and saying, give her another injection, give her another

injection, give her another injection, whatever, whatever. and that's that's my view. >> my view is christine said something similar. she said dying with dementia is awful. it's no life. if my dad was capable of taking his own life, he would have done. it was a blessing when he actually died. oh gosh, i don't know. it's just a really difficult one, you know? let us know what you think. this morning, this one from michael says, i'm concerned about legally assisted dying because i don't trust governments . and just look at governments. and just look at what's happening in canada. 20% of deaths now are assisted, including young people with depression. the thin edge of the wedge argument is a real risk. >> the other argument is taylor swift and this whole hi, everybody's getting their in a twist . twist. >> so i'm sure there's a lyric in there. if we were quick enough to think about it. >> but she got this armed guard through london. you can argue you know , it was right. it was you know, it was right. it was wrong, whatever it is. and then the prime minister had ten minutes with her, with his wife on the same day, and we didn't know this has only come to light how. >> now. >> this all contributes to this

kind of like he's so terrified of being honest with the public the whole time. >> but no one ever thinks that that taylor swift may have wanted to meet the prime minister. i mean, it's a big thing if the head of a country wants to see you or whatever, but we know that his her mum. >> taylor swift's mum kicked up a huge fuss and demanded this blue light service because of these threats that she'd experienced in vienna, and with obviously all the links to the southport attack as well, she kicked up a huge fuss, got what she wanted. something that harry prince harry, son of the king, is having to go to court to try and argue for because his own family, he thinks, are under threat when they're in this country. he's being denied this kind of vip escort and they snap their fingers because they're wealthy, bringing lots into the economy. get what they want. turns out, on the same day the prime minister has a tete a tete with her. all a bit cosy, doesn't worry me. >> and what is it, a one off? it's a one off. but there you go. and you know that's what we're going to talk about. now let's go to katherine forster. catherine is out and about in london, and we're also going to

be talking about the assisted dying situation with her as that comes into play tonight. good morning catherine. fill us in. >> yes. >> yes. >> good morning eamonn and isabel. well i think let's start with assisted dying as that's what you've just been talking about. what you've just been talking about . people have very strong about. people have very strong views on every side and worth saying. this will be a free vote at the end of november. the bill is being introduced to parliament today. the prime minister made a promise to esther rantzen, who of course has got terminal lung cancer and has got terminal lung cancer and has signed up for dignitas. she's been passionately campaigning for the law to be changed, but there's many others, including the archbishop of canterbury, who worry that, as he says, the right to end your life could turn into a duty to do so. and i had a closer

look at this and also particularly what's gone awry in canada. let's take a look at that now . that now. >> i made a promise to esther rantzen before the election. provide time for a debate and a vote on assisted dying, but the prime minister's promise to her means that today a bill will be introduced to parliament which could legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill in england and wales. >> labour mp kim leadbeater private member's bill will be voted on by mps at the end of november. >> current law is not fit for purpose and this is not a law that would mean that everybody has to make that choice. but i think to give people that choice in some of the circumstances that we're hearing about today is really, really important. >> order , order! >> order, order! >> order, order! >> mps in westminster last voted on this most contentious of issues in 2015. >> to the right 118. the noes to

the left 330. >> opinions are sharply divided. former conservative minister kit malthouse supports the change. >> a member of my extended family who died many years ago, actually of multiple sclerosis in horrible circumstances and more closely death in my wife's family from breast cancer, both of which reinforced in me the idea that if i were to face if anyone were to face those horrible circumstances, i'd at least like the choice . least like the choice. >> but liberal democrat leader sir ed davey is opposed. >> but for me, having looked after my mother, who was terminally ill and died when i was next to her bedside when i was next to her bedside when i was 15 and seen the pain, she went through. one of the issues for me is improving palliative care. improving hospice care. it's just not good enough at the moment. it's just not good enough at the mome