is the month going? n0 where is the month going? no idea. this is the weekend on gb news . labour's war on families. news. labour's war on families. it never ends does it? inheritance tax school tax stamp duty, national insurance and even more tax . the family car even more tax. the family car are all on the table as we edge closer to the halloween budget from hell . the treasury have the from hell. the treasury have the family in its crosshairs and was one direction star liam payne badly let down by the music industry. sharon osborne, simon cowell have spoken out and i'll be joined by author and music historian the wonderful leslie ann jones, with a great exclusive and the king down unden exclusive and the king down under, king charles and queen camilla continue their six day tour of australia as they are greeted by the country's prime minister and a torrential rainstorm . meanwhile, prince rainstorm. meanwhile, prince harry is showing off his impressive surfing skills. as you can see, they're marvellous. look at that. having fun, doesn't he ? talking of having

doesn't he? talking of having fun, this is a shocker. the number of pubs in britain could plummet to fewer than 1000. not this week though. by 2074, if this week though. by 2074, if this current trend continues, a rapid decline could see pubs become an endangered species with within five decades. that's not long, folks. how can we save the british boozer and former tory mp miriam cates is in croatia for us. for the second european congress on family discussing birth rates and why we're having less babies . i'm we're having less babies. i'm dawn neesom don't get started on having more babies now. right? okay, watch the programme first. i'm dawn neesom and the weekend starts right here and now . starts right here and now. but i always say this and i genuinely mean it. the favourite part of the show every week is to talking you slot and it is.

believe me, nothing without you and your views. so let me know your thoughts on everything we're talking about . anything we're talking about. anything you want to talk about. look, it's the weekend. literally the weekend. let's have a chat. what do you want to talk about? let me know. it's really easy to join in with the programme and all you do is visit gbnews.com/yoursay, join the conversation. i'll read as many of your views out as i can, but first let's get the news headunes first let's get the news headlines with the very wonderful will hollis . wonderful will hollis. >> dawn a very good afternoon at the time is just gone. 12:00. let's get you your top stories at midday. the prime minister has insisted the government will stick to its manifesto pledges, amidst reports the chancellor may extend a freeze on tax thresholds. the financial times writes rachel reeves, could raise £7 billion in revenue if the freeze is extended until 2028. it could help plug some of

the £40 billion gap in the treasury's finances, with a hope of avoiding a return to austerity. but critics say it will break the labour promise not to raise taxes. the king and queen have spent their first night in australia ahead of their royal tour of sydney and canberra . the couple's six day canberra. the couple's six day tour of the country started yesterday with a greeting on the runway by prime minister anthony albanese. the visit includes a trip to the australian war memorial and sydney opera house, plus parliament gb news royal correspondent cameron walker is in for sydney us it's a rest day for the king and queen's day following their very long journey from the united kingdom, partly a decision taken because of the king's cancer diagnosis , of the king's cancer diagnosis, making sure he's got enough energy to carry out his engagements. >> later on this week, the king and queen had an informal cup of tea with the prime minister, anthony albanese , last night. anthony albanese, last night. tomorrow they'll be attending a church service in northern sydney, where they are expected

to meet members of the public. >> however, the visit prompts questions over the country's future as a constitutional monarchy, with calls for it to become a republic. earlier, cameron spoke to alexander voltz from the australian monarchist league, who says support for the king and queen is strong. >> i think the two is going to go really well. we're very optimistic and at the end of the day it's a reminder of the significance of our system and just how wonderful it is for this country. we love a bit of patriotism in the monarchist league. we're very proud of our country. we love being australian, we love our king and queen of australia. and so, yes, we'll be distributing a lot of flags. i think we've got about 15,000 ready to go . 15,000 ready to go. >> and two argentina, the father of pop star liam payne, has arrived in buenos aires to begin repatriating his son's body. jeff payne was pictured visiting the casa sir hotel, where the one direction singer fell to his death from a third story balcony just days ago, officials confirmed a search of the hotel

found narcotics, alcohol and destroyed objects. his family have said they are heartbroken . have said they are heartbroken. a drone strike on the holiday home of israel's prime minister failed, sources say . fired from failed, sources say. fired from neighbouring lebanon. three drones were aimed at the town sza air, with one hitting a building and two intercepted. an israeli spokesperson says prime minister netanyahu was not in the vicinity at the time of the attack, and there have been no reports of casualties. meanwhile, iran's supreme leader says the death of yahiya sinwar will not halt its axis of resistance . natalie raanan, a resistance. natalie raanan, a car being driven by a heavily pregnant woman, flipped three times when it crashed with an unmarked police car in south—east london, according to an eyewitness. the witness told reporters he saw the police car driving on the wrong side of the road before it collided with her

on thursday night in eltham. both the woman and her baby died from their injuries. two officers have since been discharged from hospital. an investigation by the independent office for police conduct has been launched and finally , take been launched and finally, take a look at this. could this be the comfiest train seat in the country? well, that's what the company making the chairs for the hs2 rail service is hoping passengers will be treated to get this 87cm of legroom, two plug get this 87cm of legroom, two plug sockets and reclining features . after backlash against features. after backlash against some existing services where passengers compared seats to ironing boards, rail leaders say they hope to rectify the industry's pretty bad job designing seats. well, i'll fall asleep just about anywhere, so i'm happy with those. we'll have more for you 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 . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much. we'll try not to fall asleep now, mate. we've got a show to do. okay, let's get stuck into today's show. we've got a packed show for you with some great guests and some really good exclusives. so you don't want to be going anywhere. okay, now we're starting off front page of all the newspapers. what? we're all the newspapers. what? we're all talking about millions of taxpayers could find themselves paying taxpayers could find themselves paying a higher rate of tax after the budget. that's as the chancellor, rachel reeves, says , chancellor, rachel reeves, says, she is prepared to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds, which labour previously criticised as being a stealth tax to help balance the books . tax to help balance the books. rachel also intends to increase stamp duty while proposing approximately 3 billion in welfare cuts over the next four years. that's not to mention other policies, such as the proposed vat on private school

fees, which we did know about. they were honest about that bit, which labour also intended to implement. and this raises the question is rachel reeves and the labour party effectively just declaring war on families? hell on all of us. and particularly if you're older, you know, pensioners. okay. joining me now is paul richards, a former labour special adviser and columnist. paul, thank you very much for joining and columnist. paul, thank you very much forjoining us and columnist. paul, thank you very much for joining us today. really appreciate your time on a saturday afternoon, paul, the front pages of all the papers today, the budget from hell. i mean, why are they doing it at halloween? i don't know, it's an absolute shoo for in headline writers, isn't it? were they telling the truth? were they telling the truth? were they telling the truth or being completely honest in their manifesto? we're not going to touch taxes for the working people . people. >> i don't well, i think the, the headlines obviously are pure speculation. i mean, none of us know what's going to be in the budget on 30th october. what we do know, though, is that when ministers came in, they discovered that the previous

government had been lying and dissembling and covering up the truth . and there's a huge black truth. and there's a huge black hole in the public finances that has to be filled somehow . hole in the public finances tha