approval history. with his approval ratings absolutely tanking 49 points since the general election. and meanwhile, labour and the tories are tied neck and neck on 27% with reform surging to 21%. their highest ever polling rating. and that's all coming up in your next hour. polling rating. and that's all coming up in your next hour . of coming up in your next hour. of the show. always a pleasure to have your company. it is, of course, the night before the budget and that's the night before halloween. people expecting a nightmare on downing street and we are all eyes on donald trump due to give a press conference very shortly. we'll cross that the moment it happens. in the meantime , get in happens. in the meantime, get in touch the usual way. and that is gb news .com forward slash your save. but now let's kick off with your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler. >> martin thank you. >> martin thank you. >> good afternoon . it's just

>> good afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. these are your headunes gone 3:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. >> the chancellor says the nhs is the lifeblood of britain, promising to reverse a decade of neglect and underinvestment. but she warns that a single budget can't undo i4 she warns that a single budget can't undo 14 years of damage. it comes as rachel reeves is set to unveil a budget, injecting billions into the nhs funding 2 million more appointments with £i.5 million more appointments with £1.5 billion aimed at new surgical hubs and scanners, and £70 million for radiotherapy. however , speaking to us this however, speaking to us this morning, health secretary wes streeting admitted 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. >> meanwhile, ahead of the budget tomorrow, sir keir starmer has been told it is not too late to change his mind on winter fuel payment cuts, with conservative mps handing in a petition signed by a quarter of a million people at this time of yean a million people at this time of 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 . fuel allowance would be paid. instead, the letters arriving this year are informing approximately 10 million pensioners they will not be getting their usual payment. shadow work and pensions secretary mel stride had this message for the labour government scrap. >> this means testing of the winter fuel payment because it means 10 million pensioners losing out and two thirds of those pensioners below the poverty level will lose this benefit. and we don't believe that's right. >> now, former conservative conservative mp aaron bell says he's disappointed a watchdog has

ruled that he breached parliament's rules on sexual misconduct, but he won't appeal 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, he 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 officials said he would have faced a long suspension if he were still an mp. the uk's gender pay gap has narrowed slightly, now to down 7% up to april 2024. that's 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, is now £19.24 an hour compared to £17.88 for women. experts say the slow pace of change shows more work is needed. in other

news, now a 26 year old man has died while detained at a migrant removal centre in west sussex. it comes less than 12 months after a 37 year old albanian man died, while he was also being detained at brook house, the detention centre near gatwick airport has faced severe criticism, with a public inquiry last year revealing a toxic culture and degrading treatment of detainees , including 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 risen to at least 90 people, to according reports. north has risen to at least 90 people, to according reports. medics claim more than half of medics claim more than half of the dead were women and the dead were women and children, including a mother and children, including a mother and her five children and a second her five children and a second mother with her six children. mother with her six children. israel has not yet commented on israel has not yet commented on the latest strike. local the latest strike. local resident ismail khuda is among resident ismail khuda is among those searching for survivors those searching for survivors believed to still be trapped believed to still be trapped

under the rubble. under the rubble. >> abu naser this is the house >> abu naser this is the house of the abu naser family. it's of the abu naser family. it's been bombed . lots of people were been bombed . lots of people were been bombed. lots of people were living in the house. there are been bombed. lots of people were living in the house. there are tens of bodies there was no tens of bodies there was no warning . warning . warning. >> and with a week to go until warning. >> and with a week to go until election day, the race is on in election day, the race is on in the swing states. kamala harris the swing states. kamala harris paused her rally to confront paused her rally to confront protesters while donald trump protesters while donald trump pushed back against comparisons pushed back against comparisons to nazis, calling the claims to nazis, calling the claims disgusting. >> and then they say he's a disgusting. >> and then they say he's a nazi. i'm not a nazi. i'm the nazi. i'm not a nazi. i'm the opposite of a nazi. opposite of a nazi. >> it's after trump's event drew >> it's after backlash from opponents, with critics likening the atmosphere to a 1939 nazi event at the same venue. to a 1939 nazi event at the same venue . those are the latest gb venue. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news

alerts by scanningat least 90 particularly on issues like migjust»n and the particularly on issues like migjust one|d the particularly on issues like migjust one week away from the are just one week away from the presidential election. that is a week today, november the 5th, and we can now show you live shots of mar a lago where this live press conference is set to take place. donald trump, already fashionably over one hour late. what will be on the menu of discussion today? well, to talk about that, i'm joined in the studio by the chief political correspondent at the times, aubrey allegretti. aubrey , times, aubrey allegretti. aubrey, welcome to the show. what do you think is going to be talked about today ? there's been a huge about today? there's been a huge backlash, of course, after the madison square gardens event, the comedian who spoke about puerto rico being a floating island of garbage. now that's

had a significant impact. you'd opposite of a nazi. >> it's akamala harris and the imagine kamala harris and the imagine kamala harris and the democrat team making hay out of democrat team making hay out of that. but more significantly, that. but more significantly, today , angel citron, he's the today , angel citron, he's the today, angel citron, he's the chairman of puerto rico's today, angel citron, he's the chairman of puerto rico's republican party, threatened to republican party, threatened to withdraw his support from donald withdraw his support from donald trump's campaign unless there's trump's campaign unless there's a full apology. what started as a full apology. what started as a full apology. what started as a as a really poorjoke has now a full apology. what started as a as a really poorjoke has now become a rather serious, become a rather serious, diplomatic incident. diplomatic incident. >> certainly. and i suspect that >> certainly. and i suspect that this might be a case of damage this might be a case of damage limitation for the trump limitation for the trump campaign. obviously, donald campaign. obviously, donald trump himself didn't make these trump himself didn't make these comments, but they were made on comments, but they were made on a platform and in an arena where a platform and in an arena where people were gathering to hear people were gathering to hear him and members of his family him and members of his family speak. >> and so this obviously is a speak. >> and so this obviously is a very unwelcome distraction ahead very unwelcome distraction ahead of election day, when we know of election day, when we very unwelcome distraction ahead from the nationwide polls that of election day, when things are so tight that it's about turnout for both supporters to try and get their their people to the polls and anything like this, which distracts attention from trump's key messages, which are intended to drive that turnout,

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