boozers, will this week's budget be a halloween horror show? and a new report claims that rachel reeves could wipe out £20 billion off her financial black hole without any tax rises by simply getting 2 million workshy brits off of benefits. i'll be joined by the report's author to find out how we can get britain working again now. last week, nigel farage urged 1352 conservative councillors to defect to his reform party. today, in a short while, i'll be joined by the first of the defectors who took up farag's offer, an essex based councillor who accuses the tories of being too weak and that reform is the future and could donald trump be trump be on the verge of a huge presidential win? while the stock market seems to think so, trump's media group stocks have soared 231% last month and 20% today, plus , with the bookies today, plus, with the bookies slashing, his odds, is the smart

money on a trump victory. we'll have all the latest ahead of next tuesday's historic crunch vote. and finally, here's one to mount your horse crumbs. look at the size of it. it's the world's fattest cat, which weighed in at £38. yes, that's the size of a human toddler has breathed his last. but was the monster moggie fed a diet of biscuits and soup by his owners, killed not by food, but by kindness. that's all coming up in today's show. it's great to be back on the people show, and a big thank you to the hordes of gb news viewers who came and said hello to me on my holiday in crete. fantastic to have a chat with you. i'd like to say i didn't pay for a single drink all week, but it was all inclusive. but thank you very much for joining was all inclusive. but thank you very much forjoining me and saying hello. it's wonderful to hear your opinions and it's so nice to hear that you appreciate what we do here @gbnews, even though i'll tell you what, the

missus, she wasn't very happy. now get in touch. usual ways you want to get in touch. hear from you your views on this budget. are you expecting a nightmare on downing street? this thursday? everybody seems to be bracing themselves for the worst. let me know if you've got any hope. send your views and post your comments by going to gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines. and here's tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon . the top and good afternoon. the top stories. well, just two days away from labour's first budget in almost 15 years, the prime minister's set the stage, insisting britain must embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality . in a speech he outlined reality. in a speech he outlined £240 million to boost jobs and pubuc £240 million to boost jobs and public services aimed at avoiding what he called devastating austerity. however, the prime minister warned tax hikes are inevitable, calling it fiction to cut taxes and still fund services. he also revealed

a new £3 cap on bus fares set to replace the previous £2 cap, as the conservatives accused him of leading a government of broken promises . chancellor rachel promises. chancellor rachel reeves will deliver that budget on wednesday, with full coverage right through the day from 6 am. here on gb news. meanwhile, footage of a labour mp punching a man in the street threatens to derail sir keir starmer's focus on the budget . mike amesbury was on the budget. mike amesbury was stripped of the labour whip following the release of cctv footage, appearing to show him repeatedly hitting a man to the ground. the clip , described as ground. the clip, described as very graphic by cabinet minister pat mcfadden, is now under police investigation . amesbury police investigation. amesbury claims he felt threatened after a night out and reported the altercation himself to cheshire police shadow health secretary victoria atkins gave us her thoughts this morning. >> he's a real attack mp in the chamber, you know he's up on his feet supporting ministers trying to attack the opposition. so i

do think the labour party is going to feel his absence in more ways than one this week . more ways than one this week. >> in other news, tommy robinson has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for contempt of court after repeating false claims against a syrian refugee. breaking a high court order. the 41 year old admitted to ten breaches, including airing a film called silenced containing the allegations. mrjustice johnson said robinson's actions were a flagrant breach and warned nobody is above the law. supporters in court waved and blew kisses as robinson was led away. the film remains pinned to robinson's social media, though he could cut his sentence by removing it . a 27 year old has removing it. a 27 year old has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for creating and selling child abuse images using ai and real pictures of children. hugh nelson, from bolton , exploited a nelson, from bolton, exploited a 3d character generator, turning non—explicit images into abusive content , non—explicit images into abusive content, earning thousands of

pounds over 18 months from a network of. the court heard disturbing claims that some characters were commissioned by family members of the children involved in what the judge called a deeply horrifying landmark ruling prosecutors unked landmark ruling prosecutors linked nelson's generated images to actual children. the crown prosecution service says the case marks a significant step in revealing the alarming intersection of ai and real life abuse. intersection of ai and real life abuse . police in scotland have abuse. police in scotland have launched a campaign urging young men to step in if they see a friend acting inappropriately towards women. the that guy campaign will run on social media and as a podcast over six weeks, aiming to address a rise in reported sexual offences. nearly six nearly 7600 sexual crimes were reported in the last six months. that's up 3.2% from last year, including a 19.5% increase in reported rapes. police data shows that around a third of these cases happened more than a year ago, with the

rest in the past 12 months. manchester united are now searching for their seventh manager since sir alex ferguson retired after sacking erik ten hag, the 54 year old dutchman was told about his sacking this morning after the club's disappointing start to the season. ruud van nistelrooy will take charge of the team as the interim head coach, as fans and analysts alike watch closely in the search for a new manager , the search for a new manager, and two runaway parrots are safely back at london zoo after a week long escape. lily and margot, two rare blue throated macaws , flew off from their macaws, flew off from their daily routine. spotted by a family in cambridgeshire, the pair evaded capture before being tracked to a field in brampton . tracked to a field in brampton. there, zookeepers confirmed their identities and lily and margot flew straight into their arms. now in quarantine, they're awaiting a reunion with parents popeye and ollie , and those are popeye and ollie, and those are the latest gb news headlines.

for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour. >> thank you tatyana. now everything is in a mess and there is not enough money to pay for it. sound familiar? well, that seems to be the message from sir keir starmer as he spoke earlier on today, the prime minister said he would defend the government's budget tax rises all day long as he painted a grim picture of the state of public finances and the nation's public services. let's take a quick look at what he had to say earlier. >> i know that some people recoil from the tough decisions we have to make to fix the foundations, but that investment, it didn't happen by accident. it's because businesses can see that we're fixing the foundation . fixing the foundation. >> well, let's bring in gb news, political editor christopher hope now for more analysis. chris, always a pleasure. great to be back in britain and be to talking you on my first day back at work. now, i've got to say

there are going to be a lot of horror related puns this week and a nightmare on downing street expected on halloween. you've got to say that sir keir starmer himself looking rather haunted and a bit washed out. is anybody going to be having a good news day on thursday? what's the latest, chris? >> hi, martin. welcome back to gb news. we've missed you. now i'm in birmingham here the upcoming christmas market. but christmas might seem a long way away for sir keir starmer. he's got to get past halloween week thursday and the budget. crucially on wednesday, he's been here in birmingham, pitch rolling for what will be a difficult time for millions of people. he's saying that no one wants higher taxes. earlier he told us nobody wants cuts in pubuc told us nobody wants cuts in public spending. but he says we are not the same as in 1997, when the economy was decent. he said left them by the tory party , said left them by the tory party, then the labour party. but pubuc then the labour party. but public services, he said, were on their knees. similarly, in

2010, sir keir starmer said then that public services w