>> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's 1:00 on sunday. the >> good afternoon. >> it's1:00 on sunday. the 27th of october. i hope you're having a wonderful sunday lunchtime out there. this is the weekend on gb news now. trick or treat . the news now. trick or treat. the halloween budget approaches as the chancellor assures the british public it will match the greatest economic moments in labour's history. is this confidence or arrogance? dare we say it from rachel reeves, though ? and a princely olive though? and a princely olive branch. the prince of wales has name checked his brother harry for the first time in six years as he pays an emotional tribute to their mum. could this spell the end of that feud and the start of a better relationship between the two boys? and can somebody please tell gen z how to order a pint? i can't believe

i'm saying this. pubs up and down the country are putting up signs instructing customers not to queue up and wait in line like that at the post office, with young punters being the main offenders, i'll be joined by a publican to explain how to buy a pint. i've been managing it quite well for a long time, to be honest with you. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend.

to be honest with you. i'm dawn neesom a secretary, the weekend. to be honest with you. i'm dawn neesom a secretary, bridgetkend. education secretary, bridget phillipson, has failed to clarify what labour mean by working people. while thousands of businesses are closing their doors due to fears about labour's upcoming budget, the telegraph newspaper is reporting that more than 1600 company directors have chosen to wind down their businesses so far this month, the highest number of closures this year and more than double the amount for the whole of last october. it comes as sir keir starmer denied plotting a war against middle britain and misleading the

pubuc britain and misleading the public after promising not to raise taxes on working people in the run up to the general election . speaking earlier on gb election. speaking earlier on gb news, bridget phillipson avoided questions around whether people running small firms are working people as she provided further confusion over the party's tax pledges . pledges. >> i appreciate that it's frustrating that i can't comment on wider measures in the budget, but we haven't got long to wait. the chancellor will set out everything on wednesday. what a manifesto was clear about was that we didn't want working people to face higher taxes. we hold to that and they will not see increases in vat, in national insurance or in income tax and coming out of the budget when they receive their pay slip, they will not see higher taxes . they will not see higher taxes. >> the us has said israel's strike on iran should be the end of direct conflict between the two countries. speaking after yesterday's attacks, the white house said israel was acting in self—defence but admits they are fully to prepared defend israel should iran choose to respond. it comes as iran's president has

warned against further attacks on his country back in the uk. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman and two children suffered stab wounds in a truly shocking incident. police were called to dagenham where they found a woman in her 30s, an eight year old girl and a two year old boy, all suffering from stab wounds. the met police said they were taken to hospital and none are in a life threatening condition . in a life threatening condition. 48 year old kulvinder ram will appearin 48 year old kulvinder ram will appear in court on monday, charged with three counts of attempted murder. police said those involved were all known to each other . those involved were all known to each other. some breaking news now a man has died after a boat carrying migrants deflated in the english channel this morning. that's according to french authorities. it comes after gb news revealed the number of channel migrants arriving in the uk so far this year has already overtaken the total for the whole of 2023. that total figure for the whole

of 2023 was 29,437. it comes as reckless people smuggling operations have already resulted in nearly 50 deaths this year. prince william has extended what is being called an olive branch to prince harry by publicly naming him for the first time in six years. >> my mother took me to the passage. she took harry and i both there. it must have been about 11, i think. probably at that time, maybe ten. i'd never been to anything like that before, and i was a bit anxious as to to what expect. >> but that's part of a new itv documentary following the prince of wales and the first year of his homewood's programme that aims to end homelessness. the film , titled prince william we film, titled prince william we can end homelessness , includes can end homelessness, includes poignant, unseen photos of william and diana at the passage in westminster to the us. now, where michelle obama has used her first appearance on the

campaign trail alongside vice president kamala harris to attack donald trump. the former first lady urged americans to cast their votes to protect the country from the dangers of donald trump. speaking to a crowd of thousands , obama crowd of thousands, obama focused on a genuine fear of how a trump administration could impact abortion rights. >> i want to think about who do you think possibly would care more about our reproductive health? and we are more than just baby making vessels . you just baby making vessels. you get to choose. you get to use your judgement get to choose. you get to use yourjudgement and cast your your judgement and cast your vote for yourself and the women in your life. remember, women standing up for what is for best us. >> us. >> meanwhile, trump has been speaking at a rally in pennsylvania. the presidential candidate says he doesn't need

beyonce to win, and we don't have beyonce, who couldn't fill the arena last night. >> but the people went there because they thought they were going to hear beyonce sing, right? beyonce got out and said , right? beyonce got out and said, hello, ladies and gentlemen, i'd right? beyonce got out and said, hello, ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to endorse her. what's her like to endorse her. what's her name? what's her name ? we're name? what's her name ? we're name? what's her name? we're leading, but we got to close it name? what's her name? we're leading, but we got to close it out, right? we got to close it out, right? we got to close it out, right? we got to close it out . i will out, right? we got to close it out . i will out, right? we got to close it out. i will promise you we're out, right? we got to close it out. i will promise you we're going to end inflation very going to end inflation very quickly. we're going to get quickly. we're going to get those prices to down. and i'll those prices to down. and i'll stop the invasion of criminals stop the invasion of criminals pounng stop the invasion of criminals pouring into our country. pounng stop the invasion of criminals pouring into our country. they're criminals and they're they're criminals and they're pounng they're criminals and they're pouring in like we've never pounng they're criminals and they're pouring in like we've never seen. we're going to stop it. seen. we're going to stop it. we're going to get them the hell we're going to get them the hell out of here. and i will bring out of here. and i will bring back the american dream . back the american dream . back the american dream. >> those are the latest gb news back the american dream. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to dawn headlines. now it's back to dawn for the very latest gb news for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning up to news alerts by scanning

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the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts our and we are talking about our first female chancellor. yes. and i'm sorry. it is the budget from hell. i know it's the day before halloween, but we'll be waking up with that halloween hangoven waking up with that halloween hangover, won't we? on the day itself. is she saying she's. she is comparing herself to clement attlee. she's saying her budget will match the greatest economic moments in labour history. what do you make of that statement? well , first of all, you're not well, first of all, you're not the only person who thinks it will be the budget from hell. no, no, there's a lot of it about. >> well, some 70% of people are pessimistic about this, and that's part of what makes this

so extraordinary, right? the majority of people think she should focus on tax cuts. and she's not going to do that. so there's a lot of sort of pessimism around. no one's even bothering to look for you to think about which bunny she's going to pull out of the hat. it is just extraordinary. when it comes to clement attlee , i mean, comes to clement attlee, i mean, the thing that people forget about clement attlee was he was more sensible than people like rachel reeves might think more sensible than people like rachel reeves might thin