well. good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday the 16th it's1:00 on wednesday the 16th of october. i'm it's1:oo on wednesday the 16th of october. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. migrant hotel farce . another u—turn from farce. another u—turn from a government elected on a promise to shut down migrant hotels. but now it's revealed the home office is actively looking to requisition more hotels at taxpayers expense. what on earth is going on.7 >> keir's cronies, the prime minister has stacked the impartial civil service with more than 200 allies and cronies, according to official government data, all sidestepping the usual recruitment process. is this yet more cronyism from the man in charge and the plot thickens. >> it turns out not only did keir starmer and his family attend the taylor swift concert for free after she received a

vip blue light escort for free, they even met the pop star and her mum backstage, and harry redknapp has hit out at the decision to appoint german thomas tuchel as the next england manager. >> he says a foreign boss is the wrong approach . we'll bring you wrong approach. we'll bring you the fa press conference live . the fa press conference live. >> well, we've got a lot on the menu for you today, this migrant hotel issue. we're going to show you a little clip in a bit of what keir starmer used to say when he was in the opposition, what he used to say about the use of migrant hotels, because now it turns out that he's not only continuing the use of migrant hotels, but searching out more, trying to requisition more hotels, getting in touch with more hotel owners. oh please, can i use your hotel for migrants? >> it's pretty extraordinary. i mean, minister after minister,

we interviewed on this program, we interviewed on this program, we heard across the spectrum of broadcast in this country saying that they wanted to shut down migrant hotels, that it was a disgrace, that was spending millions upon millions and millions upon millions and millions of pounds every single day on these hotels. and yet now the government's looking for more of them, and it's hardly surprising that they're looking for more of them. >> they don't want to use raf bases, do they ? they certainly bases, do they? they certainly don't want to use the bibby stockholm. and the numbers are increasing 14,000 since labour came into power. >> and this suggests that they haven't got a proper deportation programme yet. when we interviewed the then shadow home secretary , now home secretary, secretary, now home secretary, yvette cooper, she seemed convinced that it was just a little bit of negotiation. that was needed to get illegal migrants deported to the countries from which they came, and that you didn't need a safe third country because all you needed was a tenacious negotiator in government . it negotiator in government. it seems that the lawyers being in

charge hasn't really changed anything. >> yes, and i wonder if they're looking at italy and their use now of albania to process asylum claims. i wonder if they'll be looking at that. thinking they'd gone wish they'd gone for something similar. anyway , something similar. anyway, gbnews.com/yoursay is keir starmer a little bit of a hypocrite when it comes to the use of migrant hotels? but let's get the headlines with sam francis. >> tom, emily, thank you very much. just after 1:00, the top story this afternoon. well, the government is now scrambling to find more hotel spaces for migrants after a surge in small boat arrivals. almost 14,000 have now arrived under labour, overtaking the number of crossings under the previous conservative government. so far this year. meanwhile, italy has begun sending its own asylum seekers to albania under a controversial new plan. the naval ship arriving earlier this week transferring 16 men from bangladesh and egypt. italy says it's planning to send up to

36,000 asylum seekers to albania each year, but only non—vulnerable men from safe countries will qualify here. the debate on assisted dying is intensifying as new legislation is set to be introduced in parliament for the first time in nearly a decade. dame esther rantzen, who has stage four lung cancen rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer, has called for careful legislation sharing her fears of a painful death and urging the pubuc a painful death and urging the public to write to their mps. ahead of that vote. however, the archbishop of canterbury , justin archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, is warning that the law could lead to what he's described as a slippery slope . described as a slippery slope. labour mp kim leadbeater says the bill, though , will have the bill, though, will have strict criteria and safeguards. >> i've spoken to my parents about it, you know, i said, dad, you do know you don't have to do it. and he went, oh yeah, no you don't. of course you don't. it's about personal choice. and personal freedom and autonomy. that's the crux of the issue. so lots of safeguards and protections for terminally ill adults only. so this is not about disabled people. let's

fight for the rights of disabled people. absolutely. i am front and centre of that campaign as well. and i understand it creates a nervousness within the disabled community. but it's not about them. it's about terminally ill people and their choice and their right, so that we don't have to hear stories after stories, after stories of people who have had a horrible end of life . end of life. >> hundreds are set to gather in parliament square today, calling on the government to protect the winter fuel payment for older people on low incomes . led by people on low incomes. led by charities. the campaigners are delivering a petition with over 500,000 signatures to the treasury and to downing street. they're demanding the payments are extended to more pensioners after the government's decision in the summer to limit it to those on pension credit. supporters say that cut leaves millions at risk during the colder months . inflation has colder months. inflation has dropped below the 2% target. it's for the first time in over three years, figures for september show it fell to 1.7%, the lowest since april 2021. analysts had expected a smaller fall to 1.9%, and are now

warning inflation could rise again with higher energy costs on the horizon. the office for national statistics says lower petrol prices and cheaper air airfares drove that drop. however, food inflation picked up again, rising faster than it did in august. treasury chief darren jones says it's still good news for british families, and says the government is determined to fix the economy and ease the pressure on households. >> good news for family finances that inflation has fallen below 2%. but of course , there's more 2%. but of course, there's more work to be done to protect working people and bring stability and growth back to the economy, which is what the chancellor and this government is doing now. and in the run up to the budget at the end of october. >> in ireland, a murder investigation has been launched after an eight year old boy disappeared from his home in county louth. kieran durnin was reported missing on the 30th of august and police now believe he's dead despite extensive searches, no trace of kieran has been found and no arrests have been found and no arrests have

been made. police are urging anyone with information to come forward. they're saying even the smallest detail could help . smallest detail could help. israel says it is seriously considering the united states concerns that a lack of humanitarian aid is able to get into gaza. it's after an official letter from the white house warned that military assistance could be cut off if the situation doesn't improve within the next 30 days. reports suggest that israel is blocking nearly 90% of aid movements , as nearly 90% of aid movements, as civilians in northern gaza are facing a growing death toll and escalating israeli offensives . escalating israeli offensives. israel claims that it is targeting hamas fighters , not targeting hamas fighters, not aid deliveries. meanwhile, 30 aid deliveries. meanwhile, 30 aid trucks have entered northern gaza for the first time in two weeks. but the united nations is still warning the situation. may may escalate, save stonehenge isn't backing down in its fight against the tunnel near the historic site. the campaign group is appealing a high court ruling that dismissed its challenge to the two mile tunnel

along the a303 in wiltshire. the department for transport is defending the proposals, which would overhaul eight miles of road. three judges will deliver their verdict later this afternoon via email. and finally, prince william has congratulated thomas tuchel on being named the new england head coach, telling him we're all behind you. the prince of wales, patron of the fa, the football association, said in a personal message posted by kensington palace's social media. exciting times for england with a generation of talented players and a new manager taking the reins, adding thomas, we wish you the best of luck. we'll tuchel. known for his time at chelsea and bayern munich, will officially take over on january 1st. he has, of course, already won the champions league and worked with england captain harry kane. but some are still concerned over his fiery reputation . that's the latest reputation. that's the latest from me for now . i will be back from me for now. i will be back with you for another round up in about 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 . .com forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 now. a ship carrying the first group of migrants from italy has arrived in albania. this morning, marking the start of a controversial plan to process thousands of asylum seekers in the balkan nation. >> yes. so while italy is deporting migrants who've arrived in the country illegally here in the uk, the government is actively looking for more hotels to put illegal migrants up in this, despite keir starmer promising to end the use of migrant hotels during the election campaign multiple times. and of course, slamming the tories record on the very same thing. let's have a look at what he had to say last year. >> they sit in hotels and digs for months on end at the taxpayers expense. last year he promised to end the hotel farce

thatis promised to end the hotel farce that is the talk. but because of his mess, there are thousands of people who cannot claim asylum and cannot be returned. so where does he actually think they are going to end up? >> well, it's a very different tone. we're hearing from the government today, two years ago, very happy to criticise the use of hotels, to say that government policy has inevitably led to the use of hotels now looking to requisition more . looking to requisition more. almost 14,000 asylum seekers have crossed the channel since labour came to power, surpassing the number under the conservatives in the first half of the year. well, italy seems to have a plan deporting these people for processing , but does britain? >> that's a big question. well, for more on this, we can speak to our home security editor, mark white, and also the content lead at the centre for migration control , charlie downs. mark, control, charlie downs. mark, we'll start with you. are you surprised that the government are actually now not only continuing with the policy of migrant hotels, but actually looking to expand it?

>> not in the slightest. i mean, the government i think, is learning the hard way , really, learning the hard way, really, that there is no quick fix to the small boats crisis. and it's all well and good in the campaign coming up with these promises to scrap the use, the reliance on these thousands or hundreds of hotels across the country housing up to 56,000 people at its peak. and to end the reliance on these former raf bases and the bibby stockholm barge down in dorset. but then the reality is where on earth do you put them? and as you said in the introduction, there we are now at that grim milestone where we have more channel migrants who have crossed illegally from france . in the three and a half france. in the three and a half months since labour took office, than in the six months when the conservatives were in office. yes, of course, in the first six months of the year the weather was a bit more inclement in the channel. but even during the

summer we've had some pretty horrific conditions out in the channel , but horrific conditions out in the channel, but still a surge. and what do you do when you've got close to 14,000 additional people coming across the channel people coming across the channel, and you're saying you're not going to use hotels anymore? you realise, of course you have to use hotels. and that's why, although they're not saying it publicly, we understand the government is in negotiations with a number of hotel chains to get more bed spaces. >> this is fascinating, mark, because of course, it sounds like hotels are a fairly expensive place in which to put people who have recently arrived. but is the uncomfortable truth of this perhaps , that the government has perhaps, that the government has got in, have looked at the books, have assessed the numbers and realised that actually all the other options are more expensive. >> well, there's a real issue in terms of actually where you house people, not just in the short term, but in the longer term as well. and what the government had planned in ending our reliance on hotels for

asylum seekers was to distribute them across the country. so what that means is local authorities already struggling with their own sort of council and social accommodation for people, would have to make more housing stock available for asylum seekers. yeah, they might get some more money for that, but there's no quick and easy solution to freeing up more housing stock for these asylum seekers . so for these asylum seekers. so obvious. the obvious solution the best and quickest solution for the government as they would see it , would be to free up for the government as they would see it, would be to free up more hotel spaces. but that then takes these hotels out of use in communities where sometimes they're the only asset in in smaller communities in for particular, weddings and other sort of functions for the likes of business people coming into that area. no longer able to use these hotels because they're being used instead by asylum seekers. >> yes . i seekers. >> yes. i mean, one day last week, 900 people crossed.

presumably that's an entire hospital, a hospital, an entire hotel , entire premier hospital, a hospital, an entire hotel, entire premier inn. >> i don't know, that's a good couple of hotels, at least a good couple of hotels. >> you need a lot of accommodation. charlie downs, you're from the centre for migration control, a think tank that wants to reduce immigration and get the borders under control. this model that italy's looking at is that an answer? >> i think it's important to put these things in perspective, both with regards to britain's illegal migration situation and also italy's. now britain research out of the oxford migration observatory a couple of weeks ago suggested that there are as many as 750,000 illegal illegal migrants in britain, which makes us the illegal immigration capital of europe. now these seem to be quite conservative figures because research from pew in 2017, seven years ago suggested that there could be, as many as 1.2 million here. so, so higher estimates go right the way up to 2 million. so it's clear that there is a problem with illegal migration, not just in the small boats coming to britain , but boats coming to britain, but with the people already here.

and these are people who we don't know who they are, we don't know who they are, we don't know who they are, we don't know where they've come from. and in many cases they're going into this kind of black economy working, as you know, on the lighter side, maybe deliveroo drivers on the darker side, drug dealers, for instance. now, if i may very quickly this this is obviously the for case britain, but this, this scheme that's being implemented in italy is being called controversial. but what's important to understand is this first boat that has gone from italy to albania has gone from lampedusa, which is a tiny island in the mediterranean ocean between the north coast of africa and the south coast of italy. it's an island with a population of about 6500, and in a single week in september of last year, over 10,000 north african migrants, illegal north african migrants, illegal north african migrants, illegal north african migrants to be clear, arrived on the shores of lampedusa and we saw scenes there that looked i don't know what it looked like. it looked like some sort of dystopian fantasy fiction novel or something like this. so to the people who are calling it controversial, i would say, you know, speak to the people of lampedusa. and i think they would say it's not just it's not just existentially necessary, but whether or not it's going to be called controversial by sort of liberal liberal press outlets

is completely irrelevant. if the island of lampedusa is to survive in any kind of recognisable form. and yet is the distinction here not that this is for processing rather than for final settlement? >> a distinction from the rwanda scheme. >> i think that is an important detail, but i think the first priority, especially in the case of lampedusa, where it was completely overwhelmed in that single week, is just moving these people from from the island, from the residential areas of the island to somewhere where they're not going to pose a threat to the people living there, because, again, as much as these might be, you know, women and children from war torn countries, now, the footage seems to suggest that it was only young men of fighting age males, regardless of their intentions. again, we don't know who these people are, and so we can't take the risk of allowing them to just be among the population of these places and mark, just on that point, whether it's controversial or not, people want to know whether it will it will work. >> it will have a deterrent effect. >> yeah, i think it probably will. i was in lampedusa last year watching these thousands of migrants coming in there , and it migrants coming in there, and it was horrific for locals on that

island having to deal with that. and for the italian authorities as well. that's why. why giorgia meloni, the new italian prime minister , reached out to albania minister, reached out to albania to strike this deal. it's £560 million over five years, but it will be worth it as far as italy is concerned. if it can be that deterrent. and you're right, tom, to say it differs from the rwanda scheme in that it is not final settlement. if they are granted asylum, they can, in theory, return to italy. >> but we know that italy is a member of the echr signs up to the un, 1951 convention on refugees. all of these different international structures will mean the vast majority of people will be able to say they come from a country that is less developed, with fewer opportunities. perhaps they could say they were in fear for their lives and they'll be granted asylum despite being processed somewhere else. >> well, what italy says with regard to that is there are 21 countries that they've deemed to be safe countries, countries where migrants come from to try

to get to italy and then into the eu . and so what they're the eu. and so what they're doing is they're sending only males, non—vulnerable males who come from one of these safe countries. so this first boatload in to albania today had ten from bangladesh and another six males from egypt. both countries that italy deems to be safe. countries . so the as far safe. countries. so the as far as italy is concerned, they will work on the presumption that the vast majority of those people will not get their asylum claims accepted and therefore will be returned to their home countries. so that's it's only from these safe countries that they will be then sending them to albania. >> okay. starmer has been, you know, seen out talking with giorgia meloni. you know, you never know . never know. >> listen very, very quickly. >> listen very, very quickly. >> one thing to add to this that whether keir starmer goes for

this kind of italian model or not, he could be a net beneficiary of this who's actively discussing similar models now for a number of countries in the eu, if that reduces the number, if it becomes a deterrent and reduces the numbers of migrants coming into the eu, that reduces the numbers coming up to northern france to try to get to the uk. >> an important point. mark white, thank you so much for joining us. and charlie downs before as well. thank you. >> thank you very much indeed. well, in other news, rachel reeves, the chancellor, is drawing up plans to find £40 billion through tax rises and spending cuts this ahead of her october budget. >> yes, it's been called a halloween budget . the chancellor halloween budget. the chancellor told a cabinet meeting yesterday that filling the 22 billion black hole inheritance, that's her words from the previous government, will only be enough to keep public services standing still. so what does this mean for us? let's ask our reporter, adam cherry, who is outside downing street or even on downing street or even on downing street or even on downing street for us. adam, more tax rises, more spending .

more tax rises, more spending. >> yeah, this £22 billion black hole. >> i mean, it seems to be shape shifting all the time now. it seems to be 40 billion. there are some reports it might be as high as 100 billion depending on who you ask. so it does kind of raise the question is this really more of a political choice rather than a hard nosed economic one? nonetheless, we'll find out in two weeks. the two top measures, which we suspect will come on the tax rising side of the ledger of the ledger are capital gains tax and national insurance. now let's just talk about national insurance for a second. >> first, in the manifesto throughout the election campaign. i'm sure everyone by now is familiar. what they said now is familiar. what they said no tax rises on working people , no tax rises on working people, which included national insurance. >> it was there in black and white in the manifesto, except to be reading this with a fine tooth comb, rather than just applying common sense . applying common sense. >> because actually, now they're saying that we suspect they're saying that we suspect they're saying they're not denying that they will charge national insurance on pension contributions from the employer.

so employer's side of the national insurance contributions will go up, which will mean it'll be more expensive to hire people, more expensive to give people, more expensive to give people pay rises . people pay rises. >> but that doesn't. >> but that doesn't. >> apparently that's not a tax on working people. also capital gains tax. >> there's a suggestion that will go up as well. >> it was suggested even 39%, although the prime minister a couple of days ago ruled that out and said that that is wide of the mark, but didn't say that it might go up a little bit or a lot , just not quite 39%. so lot, just not quite 39%. so those are the two main measures. as i say, we have two weeks to go until we find out the prime minister is keen to suggest that we don't speculate too much about any of this because it's all market moving except when he does it. but we'll find out very shortly . shortly. >> much indeed. adam cherry outside downing street for us. we'll catch up with you a little bit later on. and we will also get to that story about how keir starmer has managed to fill over 200 whitehall jobs, supposedly impartial civil service jobs in whitehall with allies.

>> it's interesting, isn't it? there's no impartiality in recruitment process with competition, as has been asked of previous governments. so many roles now just picking the adviser that they want for the impartial civil service. more on that later. but up next, we'll get the thoughts of an ex—england international about thomas tuchel taking charge of the three lions.

you okay emily? >> sorry, i'm just laughing because tom was so trying to pronounce. >> pronounce. >> we've spent the entire new england manager's name. we've spent the entire advert break nailing , spent the entire advert break nailing, nailing this name. and i think this is genuinely an issue.i i think this is genuinely an issue. i mean, if england players or indeed commentators can't pronounce the new

manager's name, how is he going to command respect? >> so embarrassing. okay, i'm going to give it a go. german coach thomas tuchel has been confirmed as england's new head coach by the fa. >> well, he becomes the third non—englishman to have the role after sven—goran eriksson and fabio capello took the role after previously taking charge of both chelsea and bayern munich. but will this mean that england can finally get their hands on some silverware? >> that would be nice, wouldn't it ? it? >> i mean, i think it's a bit weird that germany is managing england, but i think he's a great manager. i'm a chelsea fan, i love him and i think he's going to finally win something brilliant, a brilliant . brilliant, a brilliant. >> i'm trying to think of the word again, you know what i mean? but he's a great manager, done really, really well for chelsea and he will lead england very well. >> he will well he the right move because he is a great coach. and so maybe they should give him a chance. maybe he can do better prepared to give him a

chance. >> let's see. let's see what happens here. >> they've been crying out for a bit of a high profile manager or more high profile manager now. so yeah, i think he's going to be fantastic for the club. >> i don't actually recognise his name from any premier league clubs. >> well, i mean i'm, i'm a big tuchel fan myself. he's one of my favourite chelsea managers of all time. and he's an excellent tournament coach. so i really feel like he'll do well for england. honestly . england. honestly. >> well, that's what people on the street have to say. but shall we speak to the former former england manager, danny mills? danny, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. so what should we make of this? thomas tuchel well, obviously he's a very good coach. >> he's proven that at several clubs that he's been at. obviously borussia dortmund, chelsea, psg, bayern munich, he's worked with top players and been successful at the majority

of those football clubs. so i think in terms of an appointment, he's an elite manager with a winning mentality experience of working at the top, so he should be successful . top, so he should be successful. obviously, the only sort of conjecture around it is for some people that he's not english. i think in an ideal world we would love the england manager to be english. there isn't really too many outstanding candidates to take on that role . perhaps after take on that role. perhaps after gareth southgate left . so you gareth southgate left. so you know he's the next best option if you like. after after an englishman. >> it is a bit of a funny system, isn't it, that we're so used to seeing premier league players come from every country under the sun , but then when under the sun, but then when it's an england team it has to be obviously an english player, but that doesn't extend to the manager. i mean, is that sort of a two tier system ? a two tier system? >> no, i think it happens around the world. you tend to find the so—called maybe not not the

bigger footballing nations, but often employ foreign coaches . often employ foreign coaches. they don't maybe have the strength and depth of coaches to pick from. so they often employ foreign managers. it doesn't tend to happen in the so—called bigger nations. the likes of argentina, the likes of germany, spain , brazil, france they all spain, brazil, france they all tend to stick with, you know, people from their own nation. maybe that's an indictment on us. it's an indictment on the fa that after this, you know, building saint george's park, putting gareth southgate in charge and talking about a long term plan to bring through more coaches to give them an english coaches to give them an english coach as a pathway to become the england managers. suddenly that plan has been thrown out the window. and i think that's what some of the questions that they'll have to ask in the press conference. >> and danny, as a former former england player yourself, what makes a good england manager? >> england international management is different to club

management. you know, you don't necessarily get the day to day involvement with the players. you get them for a very short penod you get them for a very short period of time. it's more about the man management more than anything else . yes, you can anything else. yes, you can tweak tactics and you can. you can put players on the pitch in the right positions , but then the right positions, but then it's down to the players. you've got to have good players that understand very, very quickly what you want, understand very, very quickly what you want , players that understand very, very quickly what you want, players that are adaptable. it's really about getting the best out of those players in a very, very short space of time because you don't get the opportunity to train with them day in and day out to work with them and improve them as players . i think thomas as players. i think thomas tuchel has shown he can he can do that tactically. he's very astute. he's won things. he's will be completely different. >> i'm going to have to interrupt you here. the press conference has just begun. let's listen. >> in new england, senior men's head coach thomas tuchel, who is joined here by fa ceo mark bullingham. >> we'll shortly start with some opening remarks before we open up to a q&a from the floor. but

before we do