>> morning, 11 am. on thursday, the >> morning, 11 a.m. on thursday, the 17th of october. live across the 17th of october. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so breaking news this morning. the former one direction singer and pop star liam payne has died aged just 31 years old. his body was found outside of a hotel in argentina after apparently falling from a third floor balcony. >> the budget tax rate, is it going to be the biggest tax raising budget in our modern history? the chancellor, rachel reeves will, is now facing resistance from within her own cabinet. angela rayner, the deputy prime minister no less, has written to the prime minister to object to what she's trying to do in the budget to the country and health experts, so—called, are calling on the nhs to make vegan food standard in all of your hospitals. >> that's right. if i was sick,

the last thing i'd want is a meat free sausage roll . meat free sausage roll. >> blimey. and is hs2 going north again? ministers are apparently rethinking the hs2 train line, which could now run between london euston and crewe after all. >> and do you think that britain is the worst place to be a driver? car insurance is rocketing , potholes are rocketing, potholes are everywhere and cases of road rage are going up too. what is your biggest complaint about britain's roads and it's tonight. >> the countdown to conservative leadership contenders robert jenrick and kemi badenoch go head to head in a gb news special at 7:00 pm with our very own political editor, chris hope. don't miss it. >> the keen eyed amongst you might have just noticed that those pictures of potholes were actually in paris. i think they thought that was the arc de

triomphe sack. the producer . triomphe sack. the producer. listen, he works very hard. >> someone just said my, it's a globalist. that's what we'd want to talk about. the potholes in this country, there are too many. >> you know what the issue is? because we were talking about the fact that car insurance here has gone up 12 times more than it has in france, so we'll let you off team. we know what you were trying to do there, right? gbnews.com/yoursay let us know your thoughts. this morning. first, for the very latest news with sam francis . with sam francis. >> a very good morning to you. >> a very good morning to you. >> it is just after 11:00. >> it is just after 11:00. >> we'll start with a roundup of that news that former one direction singer liam payne is being remembered this morning for his kindness and his compassion after his death in buenos aires at the age of 31. the trussell trust in the last hour or so, which he supported for four years, has praised the 31 year old for helping to fund over 360,000 meals for those in

need. meanwhile, the x factor has in the last few minutes posted on social media, you can see there on the screen trip paying see there on the screen trip paying tribute to liam payne, where of course he rose to fame, saying he will leave a lasting legacy on the music industry . legacy on the music industry. dermot o'leary, who hosted that show during payne's time on it, has said he was central to one direction's success and had an unbelievable and soulful, soulful voice . in other news. soulful voice. in other news. thousands of troops are being put on standby to deploy to estonia's border with russia, part of a crucial new agreement signed by the defence secretary, john healey, at a nato summit in brussels today. it means the army's fourth brigade will the brussels today. it means the army's fourth brigade will remain on high readiness to remain on high readiness to defend against rising tensions defend against rising tensions from the ongoing war in ukraine. from the ongoing war in ukraine. currently, about 1000 british currently, about 1000 british troops are in estonia and if troops are in estonia and if called upon, the fourth brigade called upon, the fourth brigade could arrive within ten days, could arrive within ten days, equipped with advanced tanks and equipped with advanced tanks and missile systems as well as nato. missile systems as well as nato.

ministers are gathered in ministers are gathered in brussels. the defence secretary said the new deal will enhance the group's defences in the face of what he described as escalated global tensions . escalated global tensions. >> the uk's unshakeable commitment to nato could never be more important and at a time of growing russian aggression and increasing wider threats , and increasing wider threats, today we will make the commitment to reinforce nato's eastern

decision to scrap the rwanda plan. new analysis suggests the proceedings of those backlogs could see over 62,000 more people recognised as refugees in the uk. it comes as downing street says it is committed to ending the use of asylum hotels , ending the use of asylum hotels, despite reports that the home office may reopen some that were previously closed . kemi badenoch previously closed. kemi badenoch says that her bid for the conservative leadership is a grassroots campaign, taking aim at her rival, robert jenrick. more media focused approach in recent weeks as the two contenders compete to replace rishi sunak , the shadow housing rishi sunak, the shadow housing secretary says the tories need to regain voters that were lost to regain voters that were lost to reform and the liberal democrats. meanwhile, robert jenrick has outlined his vision for a smaller state and lower taxes , arguing that returning taxes, arguing that returning the spend on benefits to pre—pandemic levels could help a tax cut . well, from 7 pm. tax cut. well, from 7 pm. tonight, they will be making their pitches to tory members in a special programme moderated by

gb news political editor christopher hope. you can, of course, catch all the action live here on gb news seven till 9:00 tonight in decision time. the race to lead breaking line to bring you from the westminster magistrates court this hour. former metropolitan police officer david carrick has appeared there facing a string of sex offences. the 48 year old is accused of indecent assault, rape, sexual assault and coercive control against a woman. he is also charged with indecent assaults on a girl under the age of 14, dating back to the late 80s in wiltshire. carrick appeared via video link at westminster magistrates court earlier, where he confirmed his name but gave no pleas. he will appear again at the old bailey next month . private sector next month. private sector landlords are calling on the chancellor to give them urgent tax breaks to kerb soaring rents and tackle the housing crisis. in a letter to rachel reeves, industry leaders have highlighted the uncertainty facing their sector as average

advertised rents have hit record highs. they're warning that rental taxation is driving landlords to exit the market, undermining the very housing suppues undermining the very housing supplies needed to help tenants. it comes as the chancellor is looking to raise £40 billion through tax hikes and spending cuts in the upcoming budget later this month . a new report later this month. a new report claims the world bank has lost track of billions in climate finance . oxfam says up to $41 finance. oxfam says up to $41 billion, nearly 40% of climate funding from 2017 to 2023 is unaccounted for in the bank's records. the report suggests there is no public trace of how or if the money was even spent on climate projects. the world bank, though, hasn't yet commented on those findings from oxfam . primary schools across oxfam. primary schools across england are set to benefit from a £15 million funding boost aimed at expanding childcare options. aimed at expanding childcare opfions.the aimed at expanding childcare options. the department for education has announced that schools can now apply for up to

£150,000 to deliver 300 new or expanded nurseries. the initiative comes as demand is continuing to rise across the country, with over 300,000 children currently accessing 15 hours of free childcare a week. that's ahead of the full rollout of 30 hours from next september . of 30 hours from next september. education secretary bridget phillipson says that new nurseries will target areas with the greatest need , with the greatest need, with projections indicating a requirement for around 70,000 additional places. requirement for around 70,000 additional places . king charles additional places. king charles and queen camilla are heading to australia for a shortened tour following his majesty's cancer diagnosis earlier this year. doctors advised curtailing that trip, cutting out a visit to new zealand originally planned instead adjusting other parts of the schedule. the king is also pausing his cancer treatment dunng pausing his cancer treatment during the 11 day overseas visit while down under. their schedule now includes a review of the royal australian navy in sydney and meetings with top cancer experts, before continuing to on

samoa . those are the latest samoa. those are the latest headunes samoa. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for another update. in around 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 the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> good morning. the budget is around the corner. >> certainly is. it's being the telegraph front page today says it will be the biggest tax raiser in history, but really significant. three cabinet ministers have written to the prime minister objecting to what rachel reeves is proposing to do with cutting spending and raising taxes. we don't know about the taxes. unusual to say the least. let's talk to the former labour minister, ivor kaplan. ivor morning. of course, ministers have negotiations with chancellors in the run up to a to a budget. they don't normally go over the head of the chancellor and write to the

prime minister. and then conveniently, the letters are leaked. the deputy prime minister, the transport secretary and the justice secretary, three women, in fact . secretary, three women, in fact. >> good morning andrew. good morning bev. i hadn't actually seen all of that this morning. i have to say, i've just had an opportunity to read what the telegraph was saying in the last hour or so. let me just say as a as a clear opening, there's about two weeks till we get to the point where rachel will be on her feet to speak to the country, really, about about that. and when that happens, i think it's important for us to reflect that there will be a series of decisions that need to be made by the chancellor and, of course, the prime minister and the rest of the cabinet. and of course, people are able to put forward their own views, but

that doesn't mean that that's going to come out in the end as something that the cabinet will decide on. now, this this has been this has been fairly well known over the years. you can go back over a number of different times in under mrs. thatcher, under tony blair. and you can see where these things happened. >> ivor, can i just interrupt you? this is the this is the deputy prime minister. no less, objecting to what the chancellor is doing in a letter to the prime minister. i don't recall that happening before a budget, particularly a budget of a government that's only been in power for three months. >> well , i, i power for three months. >> well, i, i have to say to you there, andrew, i think that's not correct. there have been plenty of disagreements over the years. at this point. i'm only saying at this point because obviously there is going to be changes to matters in the next two weeks, and it's quite a long two weeks, and it's quite a long two weeks. but i accept entirely

that when you've not been in power for 14 years, that these type of things that happened previously under both tories and labour governments, these type of things do happen and they need to be resolved of course, but that doesn't mean that other people have their views. >> thank you ivor, and we've had your views and we're short and sweet. we've got a very busy news day. i have a couple in there . thank you so much for there. thank you so much for joining us. moving on. liam payne star of one direction. if you just turning on. he's died. unfortunately, he fell from a third floor balcony at a hotel in buenos aires. he was sharing videos of himself on social media just before his death. here he is . here he is. >> good morning everybody. his little video of me. it's rude to put hats on the table. sorry. is this your hat? yeah . children , this your hat? yeah. children, it's a lovely day here, so you look perfectly normal. >> he didn't look happy. he didn't look like he didn't look unhappy, did he? in the last houn unhappy, did he? in the last hour. we've also got audio of

the emergency call made last night by the hotel staff, where liam payne was staying with. translated some of it into for engush translated some of it into for english you. here it is. >> we need you to send someone urgently. i don't know if the guest is in danger. he's in a room with a balcony . and we're room with a balcony. and we're afraid he could do something that threatens his life . that threatens his life. >> very sad, because he had been behaving erratically. and we know he'd had a long history of problems with drink and drugs. let's talk to the legendary agent and manager. showbiz manager jonathan shalit. jonathan, it's. it seems this has happened. he was a boyband star, an enormous star. he's struggled since. he's been out of the limelight. and that is not an untypical story . not an untypical story. >> no, you're right andrew. you know it happens with football . know it happens with football. it happens with many people who have massive success when they're young. not just in music, you know, in sport, of

course you see it over and over again with young sporting stars who, when they get to a point comparatively young, can be 30 and their sporting careers can come to an end and they don't know how to conduct the rest of their lives. i think liam, of course, became a solo star himself and i think sold out madison square garden. so liam is a touch different. he was continuing a very successful solo career. i mean, clearly from what we're all reading and hearing, there were a lot of troubles in his in his personal life . however, i guess at a life. however, i guess at a moment like this, you kind of celebrate what he achieved and what he achieved was extraordinary and he leaves behind a seven year old son, which is you know, deeply tragic for both the child as the child grows up without a father. and for cheryl, who's a hugely decent woman who would have totally embraced liam being in her son's life or their son's life, and so that the massive sadness they must be feeling today, one cannot even begin to imagine. and so the whole thing is just a tragedy .

is just a tragedy. >> okay. thank you jonathan. we just wanted a couple of moments to reflect on that there. thank you for your experience in that area. it's it is so sad. i just and like i say, the most important thing is that it was he's got a ten year old son. >> i know i shouldn't say it, but i'm not always surprised when i read these stories. >> no, i know what you mean. there's a terrible inevitability about it, isn't there? >> now, democratic presidential candidate kamala harris appeared on fox news. rather unusual move by harris, because it's, of course, a republican supporting territory. i don't think she did very well. >> well, it was it was unusual at the moment. immigration was raised. things got a little bit heated. it's a big issue over there. here she is. >> the first bill practically within hours of taking the oath was a bill to fix our immigration system. yes, ma'am. it was called the us citizen citizenship act of 2021. it was essentially a pathway to citizenship for the yes, ma'am. may i finish? may i finish responding, please? and they didn't bring up the bill responding to the point you're

raising. and i'd like to finish. yes, ma'am . yes, ma'am. >> well, joining us now is professor of international studies, professor david dunn. good morning david. good morning. good morning. well she didn't come across terribly well in these interviews did she. >> well that's your opinion. >> well that's your opinion. >> my opinion differs. unsurprisingly, perhaps. >> i thought what she did in this interview was demonstrate that she could respond to questions without it being scripted, like they were in the debate that she could hold her own, she could set her own agenda, and she could demonstrate that she could go back and forth. i thought she landed a number of points and made a lot of good responses. so i but i think more interestingly, is the fact that she chose to go on this program at all, and it shows that she needs to respond to the fact that she's not doing as well in the polls as she hoped to do at this point in time, so she's willing to take risks to go on fox, to actually answer the

critics that she hasn't done this sort of interview and that she is out there putting forward a change agenda and the crucial thing is she used this platform to say that actually, i'm going to say that actually, i'm going to draw a line under the biden administration that i will bring new and fresh ideas, that i will bnngin new and fresh ideas, that i will bring in ideas from the republicans who are supporting me and from business, and that i'm from california. i'm not having spent my entire life in washington , and therefore i will washington, and therefore i will be looking for new ideas that aren't necessarily you don't have any . have any. >> she didn't have any new ideas. she just said, i've got new ideas. but she didn't say what they are. >> well, i mean, there are a number of ideas that that she's put forward on a variety of things, but she is in a difficult position. give me one. one, david. >> give me one. give me one. what did she say? that was new. >> what did she say that was new? well, she talks about the need to actually improve the border. and that's not new. the border. >> that's not new, david. that's not new. what's the practical solution for improving the border? she's been in charge of

immigration for the last three years, three and a half years. and it's failed manifestly on her watch. >> she hasn't been in charge of immigration. that's a line that donald trump puts out. but it's not actually the facts on the issue. the facts on the issue were that she was in charge of actually trying to look at the systemic reasons for the desire for people to leave latin america, central america and move north and try to address those questions rather than being in charge of the immigration issue as such. but in terms of actually what she did say on what was new was interesting . the polls show that interesting. the polls show that that the on the question of who is the change candidate, they prefer trump and therefore what she's done is trying to actually draw a line between her and the biden administration and demonstrate that she is a change candidate, too. so i thought that was interesting that she chose to do that, but she didn't. >> and i think also it was incredibly naive to go on fox news, where we know the audience is going to be primarily trump supporters and spend most of the interview criticising donald trump. that was all she had.

whenever they questioned her, all she had basically was, well, i at least i'm not donald trump. but, you know, if you sum up a lot of her answers, she was attacking trump and attacking him and attacking him. but but kind of on a personal level, not necessarily on his policies. >> well, i think a lot of these issues are personal, actually. it comes down to the character of these individuals and actually this is an issue. this is a presidential election where the policies are secondary to the policies are secondary to the personalities who are involved , because what we have involved, because what we have is two very different individuals. and she said that actually she thought that trump was unfit, that he had criticised the american people and the threats of retribution that he does are not going to bnng that he does are not going to bring the country together. if she plans to do what they are, it will divide the country. and he's talking about using the military to run people up his enemies and therefore they are character questions. and therefore the character of the candidates for office becomes an issue in itself.

>> okay. all right. thank you so much, professor of international studies, professor david dunn. there . right. up next, what do there. right. up next, what do former footballer gary neville and our very own andrew pierce have in common? remember, gary neville was the man that helped get keir starmer into office. well, it turns out that him and andrew agree on something. we'll tell you what it is. he thought it in just a minute. this is britain's newsroom on news. don't go anywhere .

good morning. it is 1123. this is britain's newsroom with andrew and bev now sam fowles and tory mp, a former tory mp. i'm sorry steve rubbing it in so informatio i mean, but there are so many of you. we were there, lost there, lost. steve. now we were trailing before the break. the fact that andrew pierce has something in common with ex—footballer man united mancunian boy gary neville now

yesterday we were talking about the england manager and the fact that he's a german thomas jolly tuchel . and guess what? gary tuchel. and guess what? gary neville has been talking. we can watch the clip saying how he agrees that we didn't explicitly say he'd agree with you, andrew, that you'd think he'd rather die than say that. but here it is. here's what he said. >> i'm shocked. i'll be honest with you. i'm shocked. i'm shocked tonight that england have a point. i don't want this to be about thomas tuchel. it's nothing to do with thomas tuchel. i'm shocked tonight that england have appointed an international coach. i mean, listen, i just think a nation like england, you know, i think it's embarrassing that we as a nafion it's embarrassing that we as a nation are saying we need a foreign coach to make us successful. >> it's brilliant. >> it's brilliant. >> jamie carragher there. that was my view. i mean, i know nothing about football, steve. i've got to be honest. oh well, we're on the same page. i know almost nothing. >> the only thing i've known for 14 years is that i support wycombe wanderers. >> right. but you know about about the my dad used to play for wycombe wanderers. >> did he really. but we've got , >> did he really. but we've got, we've got this premier league which is one of the wealthiest

in the world and no money comes from that to enable us to develop our own home grown manager. >> i feel sorry for thomas tuchel actually, because he's had to say, you know, i'm going to earn the right to how did he put it that to see that people will see. i'm proud to be the manager. i feel sorry for him, particularly when we beat germany, because we must beat germany, because we must beat germany, surely. >> does it matter, sam, that he's not english? >> i think in the sense that you've been talking about. yes, because it does say, look, we've got this . we're ploughing all of got this. we're ploughing all of this money into the english game, and we need to be bringing up english, english coaches and developing english coaches in the short term. surely what you want to do if you want to win games, you've got to bring in the best manager. and this is a guy that seems to join a team and immediately that team wins. wins the champions cup. so that was a rugby reference. wins the uefa cup winners cup. and so clearly this guy is a really good football manager. he's he's excellent at his job. and i think in the short term maybe that's a good idea i think i think it's embarrassing. >> it is. and i think i think actually gary neville and jamie carragher really summed up the fact that it's demoralising for the british wannabe managers ,

the british wannabe managers, engush the british wannabe managers, english wannabe managers who don't get that opportunity. what does that say about our our pathway to success in this country? it must be right. talking about pathway to success reform are doing incredibly well. steve baker in the polls . well. steve baker in the polls. more popular now than labour with the voters. what do you make of that and why? >> i think it's quite dangerous for the country , actually, for the country, actually, because i think reform is a strategic mistake. look, the reality is they've got five mps, so they're about the same size, i think, now as the dup. so in terms of numbers in the house of commons, i'm sorry, they're irrelevant. labour will get its business and which way reform votes is never going to matter in this parliament. >> but we have democracy and that's why. >> and that's lovely and that's lovely. yeah. and that's lovely and super. and they'll , they'll, and super. and they'll, they'll, they'll be important. what nigel says will dominate the headlines and will be important. but when it comes to actually what is the business in the house of commons and which way does the vote go? they'll be immaterial. now, if what people want is good quality centre right government, i'm afraid what they need to do is save the conservative party. and i know your viewers won't like me saying that, but i think this

is a massive strategic mistake. i think what nigel farage wanted was a hung parliament with the liberal democrats having the balance of power. they would have insisted on pr now if we'd had proportional representation. nigel farage and richard tice and reform would have forever had the conservative party held closely so that they could influence what we did in government. but it failed, didn't it , government. but it failed, didn't it, because labour got a landslide. so now they've got to plan to replace us. if they double the number of mps they have, how many general elections will it take it. it pushes it so out, far out into . out, far out into. >> yeah. but if this poll is showing already that the country is looking at them in a different light. yeah. more positively, partly because of the negatives for keir starmer. i mean, they're in second place in 100 labour seats steve. they could win those seats. yeah. >> well i hope they do beat laboun >> well i hope they do beat labour. but the problem is suppose that reform did become a party of government. have a look at what the institute for fiscal studies said about what their

fiscal pledges it was totally unrealistic what they it was fantasy. and this is the problem is that any political party that's just a protest party can engagein that's just a protest party can engage in fantasy politics and that will always be attractive to people. >> but they have to start as a protest party. sam falls and then go from there. they have to start somewhere. >> yeah, but i think starting by proposing a, you know, an economic plan that would have crashed the economy on the on the first day. and steve and i agree on this. i don't i think that should be the start and the end of reform that should the country should have said, look, these guys are jokers. let's not hear anything. anything more from them. but realistically, reform have been playing politics on easy for the entire time they've they've existed. you know, they have got constant favourable coverage. well above their, their actual appeal to the, their original appeal to the, their original appeal to the nation. >> nigel farage getting constant favourable coverage. he's public enemy number one in the mainstream media. >> yeah. well look the mainstream media, the bbc particularly was nigel farage's

biggest cheerleader. i mean, he was he was on question time. there was a period when he was on question time more often than anyone except david dimbleby, and heckled by the audience the whole way through. but he and he was allowed he was given this platform when he was realistically a total nobody, and was able to repeatedly just establish himself in politics. >> but he got brexit, brexit, the biggest political movement in our lifetime, was because of nigel farage. >> oh well it was no it was, it was because david cameron chickened out. >> no, this is i feel so strongly about this because i remember how david. >> but just deal with the idea that he was a poster boy through the bbc. that's ridiculous. >> i don't think i don't think the bbc meant to make him a poster boy, but actually listening to sam's argument, there is a point that they did platform him a lot and give him a lot of voice. >> that's what a democracy does. >> that's what a democracy does. >> well, yeah, i mean, was it their duty? i mean, it's a thing to argue about. i don't think we should no platform people. but now that i've understood the point that sam is making, that they gave him a lot of voice through platform. well, i can see the case you're making,

whether they should or shouldn't, whether they probably should, but but yeah delivering brexit. oh yeah. >> delivering brexit. >> delivering brexit. >> why i'm bristle because you was it you know it was conservative mps. look david cameron did not expect to win the 2015 general election. no. the reason that they agreed to have a referendum was because 81 conservative mps went through the voting lobbies for it, a vote which i whipped. yeah . and vote which i whipped. yeah. and that made it impossible for david cameron to refuse. if he'd had 81 mps in outright rebellion, constantly because he'd refused to give us that referendum, it would never have happened.so referendum, it would never have happened. so do you. >> the truth is more credit for brexit than no. >> i think i've got enough that people hate me roundly already. the truth is that lots of us, lots of us contributed to it, for good or ill, i think for good. nigel obviously was an extremely important factor in it. but pick up those tim shipman books and flag where nigel farage, his name appears and flag where certain other figures names appear. and i bet i can tell you who's got the