expect to taxes can the country expect to rise and by how much.7 >> and in the next few minutes a new petition will be delivered to the treasury, calling for a reversal of the winter fuel payment cuts , with over 250,000 payment cuts, with over 250,000 signatures and counting. will rachel reeves listen? >> and across the pond , just one >> and across the pond, just one week to go until the dramatic conclusion of the united states election this afternoon , donald election this afternoon, donald trump will hold a press conference from his winter white house of mar—a—lago. we'll take you there live. after several days of controversy , and should days of controversy, and should more companies make a point of supporting and hiring our veterans, one budget airline is doing just that . doing just that. yes. this time tomorrow , it yes. this time tomorrow, it won't be us sitting here. we'll

be live in the house of commons for a very unusual form of prime minister's questions, followed immediately by the budget statement. the budget we've been waiting for months for the budget that has been leaked and briefed more than any in living memory. this time tomorrow will be about to hear it. >> yes, and we've got quite a lot planned for tomorrow, don't we? it's going to be gloria di piero and chopper here in the studio, isn't it? tom is going to be out in westminster with his ear to the ground, finding out all of the little bits within that budget that people might not realise. on the face of it, that may come to bite you. and i'm going to be up in south shields in the north—east at the football club there, finding out what local business owners have to say about this budget. will it be as bad as they feared? what were they hoping for? >> yeah, we're going to have coverage right around the country, and we're going to get right to the right to the core of what is going on. but it's interesting because there's been so much briefing about this

budget, really more than i can remember of any previous budget, to the extent that the speaker yesterday stood up in his chair in the house of commons and admonished the government for all of their leaking and all of their briefing about a statement that should be reserved to the house. it should be announced first to the house of commons. there's actually an urgent question in the house of commons. in a few minutes time, we're going to take you there live, because the government's got some answering to do. it's disobeyed this this very long standing principle of the house of commons. >> and we need rules, don't we? get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but let's get the headlines with sam francis . francis. >> tom, emily, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's 12:03. well, let's start with an update on plans for that budget tomorrow. we've heard from the health secretary, wes streeting . he says the nhs is streeting. he says the nhs is not just on its knees, it's on

its face. that's ahead of the budget tomorrow as the chancellor prepares to unveil it in full, injecting billions of pounds into the health service. speaking to us this morning, wes streeting admitted that there will be challenges, including long waiting lists and ambulance delays, but he was quick to point out that one budget won't solve everything. he also confirmed that new funding would help double the number of scanners and begin reducing nhs waiting times, as promised in labour's manifesto . however, he labour's manifesto. however, he says that significant improvements will take time. >> what tomorrow's budget will give us the chance to do is arrest that decline and mark a turning point in the history of the nhs and in the decline we've seen over the last 14 years. and today, what we're talking about is the delivery of our manifesto commitments to cut waiting lists. so the 40,000 more appointments every week, we said as our first step and we are already ramping up to those 40,000 more appointments. >> the head of that budget tomorrow, sir keir starmer , has tomorrow, sir keir starmer, has been told it's not too late to

change his mind on winter fuel payment cuts, with conservative mps handing in a political petition to 10 downing street today it comes after a national keep winter fuel petition has already been signed by around 250,000 people at this time of year , more than 11 million year, more than 11 million pensioners would normally be receiving a letter from the department for work and pensions confirming when their winter fuel allowance would be paid. instead, though the letters arriving this year are informing approximately 10 million pensioners they won't be getting that usual payment. shadow health secretary victoria atkins says opposition parties will press the government for as long as it takes to protect pensioners. >> conservative members of parliament and former members of parliament are all desperately worried about labour's cruel decision to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of vulnerable pensioners, and so we are issuing a petition that has had hundreds of thousands of signatures that we are going to present to the prime minister in the hope that he will listen to us and to our constituents and to the millions of people who

are very, very worried by this cruel decision to make up for labour's cockeyed accounting . labour's cockeyed accounting. >> former conservative mp aaron bell says he's disappointed that a watchdog has ruled that he breached parliament's rules on sexual misconduct, but said he won't be appealing the decision . won't be appealing the decision. the former government whip was found to have inappropriately touched a woman without her consent in one of parliament's bars last year. in a statement in the last few minutes, he has apologised for any upset caused to the woman involved, adding that he didn't intend to cause any distress. bell stood down at the last election but was officially, but said officials would have faced a long suspension if he were still an mp and are just staying with politics for a few seconds to bnng politics for a few seconds to bring you an update on alex salmond, his coffin, the first minister, former first minister of scotland. that is his coffin has just arrived at the church for that private funeral that we have been reporting on. the former first minister of scotland being laid to rest today after his sudden death

from a heart attack at the age of 69. that, of course, took place while he was in north macedonia earlier this month. that funeral service being held in private for family and friends in aberdeenshire near his home. well, in other news today, the uk's gender pay gap has narrowed slightly, now down to 7%. that's up to april 2024, according to new figures. it's a decline from 7.5% last year and a 25% drop over the past decade. men's full time median earnings , men's full time median earnings, excluding overtime, stand at £19.24 an hour. that's compared to £17.88 for women. experts say the slow pace of change shows there is still more work needed . there is still more work needed. a 26 year old man has died after being detained at a migrant removal centre in west sussex. it comes less than 12 months after a 37 year old albanian man died, after he was also detained at the same place . brook house, at the same place. brook house, the detention centre near gatwick airport, has faced

severe criticism, with a public inquiry last year revealing toxic culture and degrading treatment of detainees , treatment of detainees, including incidents of violence and racism. charities have condemned the conditions, likening the centre to a prison in gaza. the number of people killed in an israeli strike on a town in the north has now risen town in the north has now risen to at least 90 people, according to at least 90 people, according to reports. this afternoon. medics claim more than half of those killed were women and children, including a mother and her five children and a second mother with her six children. israel hasn't yet commented on that latest strike. local resident ismail awada is among those still searching for survivors believed to be trapped under the rubble . under the rubble. >> abu naser this is a house of the abu naser family. it's been bombed. lots of people were living in the house. there are tens of bodies there was no warning .

warning. >> and with just a week to go until the us election, the race is on in the swing states. kamala harris paused her rally last night to confront protesters there, while donald trump pushed back against comparisons to the nazis, calling claims disgusting. take a listen. >> and then they say he's a nazi. i'm not a nazi. i'm the opposite of a nazi. >> well, that was after trump's event drew backlash from opponents, with critics likening the atmosphere there to a 1939 nazi event at the same venue . nazi event at the same venue. those are the latest headlines for now. i will be back with you in around half an hour. >> okay. good afternoon britain. it's 12:09 now. labour's highly it's12:09 now. labour's highly anticipated budget for a generation will pump billions of pounds into the nhs, but will still not be enough to pounds into the nhs, but will