of lords. the baroness joins me on the panel tonight. so i want to know what on earth is taking so long. also, inflation has just fallen below the 2% target for the first time in years. immigration apparently also down. so why did sunak call the july election then? and why on earth is all the chat about the budget feeling so gloomy? if indeed we are turning a corner and get this weirdness, a labour mp has claimed that the home office is looking at setting up a new migrant visa scheme for scotland. so to boost immigration north of the border, the home office reckon they aren't. so what on earth is going on? and an inquest has

found that the way a migrant was treated has contributed to him taking his life. a detention centre queue loads of people then saying that our system is inhumane. is it ? and also police inhumane. is it? and also police inhumane. is it? and also police in bradford get this. they've started sending undercover female police officers out jogging female police officers out jogging and then seizing the cars of men who can't call them. good strategy or not. all that and more. but first at 6:00, news. this the seine. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler. these are your headunes wenzler. these are your headlines at 6:00. the israeli military says 50 trucks have entered gaza today after the us threatened to take away some military support unless israel boosted aid within 30 days. it comes as fighting continues in gaza, and israel also hit beirut for the first time in five days,

while hezbollah has fired more rockets into northern israel, injuring at least two people. meanwhile, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has said he's looking at sanctioning two israeli cabinet members back in the uk. the government is scrambling to find more hotel spaces for migrants after a surge in small boat arrivals. almost 14,000 have arrived under laboun almost 14,000 have arrived under labour, overtaking the number of crossings under the previous government in 2024. meanwhile , government in 2024. meanwhile, italy has begun sending asylum seekers to albania under a controversial new plan, with a naval ship arriving on monday transferring 16 men from bangladesh and egypt. italy says up to 36,000 asylum seekers could be sent to albania each yean could be sent to albania each year, but only non—vulnerable men from safe countries will qualify . now inflation has qualify. now inflation has dropped below the 2% target for the first time 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 now warn inflation could rise again with higher energy costs on the horizon. the ons says lower petrol prices and cheaper airfares drove the drop. however, food inflation picked up again with prices for milk, cheese and eggs rising faster than in august. in other news, 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 public to write to mps ahead of the vote. however, the archbishop of canterbury , justin archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, is warning the law could lead to a slippery slope. and finally, prince william has defended his work trying to tackle homelessness despite his own privileged royal life. in a

new itv documentary, the prince of wales is quizzed about critics who might question whether he's the right person to lead the project, which is designed to eradicate homelessness in six locations around the uk . apologies, we around the uk. apologies, we will give you that clip in the next hour. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle. >> here i am. i thought i would hide for a brief second there, while i just dismounted off the top of a christmas tree. i have come dressed, of course, like a christmas fairy. so that's what that was all about. i am michelle dewberry and i'm with you until 7:00 tonight alongside me , my panel baroness jacqueline me, my panel baroness jacqueline foster, the former member of the european parliament, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novara media. good evening to both of you. good evening. and

you know the drill. as well, don't you? it's not just about us three. it is about you guys at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? get in touch with me. all the usual ways. you can email me gbviews@gbnews.com. you can go to the website gb news dot com, slash yourself. or of course you can tweet or text me wherever you're watching or listening. you're very welcome tonight. now, of course, everyone will be familiar with the very sad news of the very unexpected, sad passing of alex salmond at the weekend. now, there's been lots of conversation about how to bring him home, essentially, and whether or not the raf should have been involved in chartering a flight actually to bring him back. david davis, actually the mp jacqueline, he was one of the prominent voices that was actually saying the raf should have done this. well, they've decided now they're not going to. a private individual has chartered a jet to bring alex salmond home. what do you think? was that the right decision or not? >> well, i don't think it's

quite that straightforward because there are certain protocols that term raf aircraft are used for. and i think in this case actually the fact that he was such a prominent member of the scottish government and such a big figure, i mean, everyone, everyone i think really knew who he was. and i actually think he shouldn't have necessarily required a donor to actually fund a flight home for him . but i think the scottish him. but i think the scottish government, i think, should have stepped in very quickly and perhaps organise something. >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> i entirely agree. alex salmond has been an epochal figure in scottish politics, and i think it's the place that the scottish government and the scottish government and the scottish parliament to step in for the rest of the uk taxpayer. i'm not so sure. >> yeah. what will you what do you think about that? i've got to say, when i heard that news initially of his sad passing, it really did stop me in my tracks. it was so unexpected and at a very young age as well. get in touch, let me know your thoughts. but look, it would be rude not to start tonight's

programme talking about the house of lords, i've got baroness jacqueline foster alongside me. you know, we go round in circles about potentially reform in this place, don't we? it seems to come onto the agenda almost like once every kind of calendar yean once every kind of calendar year, it feels like, if not more frequently. but look, the conversation now is about abolishing the hereditary peers. is 92 of them. in case you're wondering, jacqueline, what do you think to this? >> i think personally, i think it's a bit like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut . sledgehammer to crack a nut. there have been some reforms over the years and there are, as we know, around 90 hereditary peers, 60 of them do sit on the tory benches about 30 of them are on the crossbenches. so they're not affiliated to any party. and then there are two on the labour benches . and i think the labour benches. and i think this was not a prime priority. i've always said i think reform is fine as long as it improves how the place is run, but i don't see this necessarily improving that. i mean, a lot of the people who are still

hereditaries have served this country well. quite a number of them have been government ministers . them have been government ministers. it's them have been government ministers . it's not as though ministers. it's not as though they're on huge salaries and they've got great offices with loads of staff and all that, because it doesn't work. that way. but you also have such a huge amount of expertise in the house of lords from many, because we're not all from a political background and it really comes in handy. one of the other key issues is that no single party has a political advantage , which is very advantage, which is very important. and even margaret thatcher said years ago , it's so thatcher said years ago, it's so frustrating sometimes, even with a big majority in the house of commons, that you're having to battle to get stuff through the lords. so i think this is very much with a number of things with this new labour government . with this new labour government. it's a bit of the sort of politics of envy, and i find it really rather churlish the way they're handling it. and some of they're handling it. and some of the conversations, actually, when you listen to the way it's being described in the chamber, as though these people , you as though these people, you know, don't deserve to have a job or contribute or whatever it is. so, as i said , i don't want

is. so, as i said, i don't want to see an echo chamber of the house of commons, which is what the labour agenda is, because then what 1505 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09