and possessing an al—qaeda ricin and possessing an al—qaeda training manual for potential terrorism preparation. the charges are separate to those over the killings of the girls. the police are not treating the stabbings as an act of terrorism. rudy kobani will appear via video link at westminster magistrates court tomorrow. meanwhile , tomorrow. meanwhile, conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick said he was concerned that facts may have been withheld from the public. but downing street has denied the government had been involved in decision making about the timing of the announcement about charges against the southport attack. suspect . more than a million low suspect. more than a million low paid workers will get a pay rise of nearly 7% next year, as the government has confirmed the minimum wage will be increased in the budget tomorrow. the minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour next year after the chancellor confirmed a 6.7% increase ahead of the budget .

increase ahead of the budget. businesses have warned of the impact of a rise alongside an increase in the national insurance contributions that they must pay on wages. but chief secretary to the treasury darren jones says it's good news. >> i'm delighted that the government can announce today that the national living wage will increase by nearly 7%, which for a full time worker will mean an increase of over £1,400 a year. this is a down payment on our commitment to make living standards improve for working people across the country, and i know it will be good for news workers in receipt of that increase in their wages in due course. i think we're all clear that a pro—worker, pro—business approach to the economy is the right approach, and investing in your workforce is a great way to improve your productivity, not least because you'll have more people across the country with more money in their pocket. being able to spend it in the economy. >> meanwhile, 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 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 £1.5 billion aimed at new surgical hubs and scanners, and £70 million for radiotherapy to the us now, where donald trump has taken aim at his rival kamala harris, accusing her of heartless and cold blooded betrayal over borders . the republican borders. the republican presidential candidate has been speaking at his mar a lago, florida, residence . with one florida, residence. with one week to go till the us election . week to go till the us election. despite keeping crowds waiting, he was greeted by chants of usa, usa! trump also took another usai trump also took another swipe at harris, claiming she launched a coup to steal presidency from joe biden . those presidency from joe biden. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin 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 . gb news.

>> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> a very good evening to you. welcome to farage with me martin daubney standing in for nigel farage, who is busy voting tonight. now the 18 year old accused of murdering three young schoolgirls in southport in july and attempting to murder ten others, has also been charged with attempting to make a biological weapon using the deadly toxin ricin. axel axel rudakubana is also facing a second charge under the terrorism act, possessing an al—qaeda terror manual. and let's now hear from our homeland security editor, mark white, who is in merseyside earlier today reporting on this for us. >> it's three months since that horrific attack in southport that left three innocent young girls dead, eight others injured, along with two adults

and now the significant development, the announcement by merseyside police of two new charges against the key suspect, axel rudakubana. he will now face charges relating to the production of the deadly toxin ricin and also a terror charge relating to the downloading of an al—qaeda terror manual. this is what the merseyside chief constable, serena kennedy , said constable, serena kennedy, said a little earlier . a little earlier. >> the two further offences relate to evidence obtained by merseyside police during searches of axel rudakubana home address , as part of a lengthy address, as part of a lengthy and complex investigation, which has been ongoing since the 29th of july. the additional charges are the production of a biological toxin, namely ricin , biological toxin, namely ricin, contrary to section one of the biological weapons act 1974 and possession of information, namely a pdf file entitled

military studies in the jihad against the tyrants. the al—qaeda training manual, likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58 of the terrorism act. 2000. >> well, the southport attack led to a great deal of anger and an outbreak of violent disorder in a number of towns and communities in england and northern ireland. the merseyside chief constable is calling for calm amongst the public as they absorb the news of these two new charges, and is urging the pubuc charges, and is urging the public not to speculate, given that this case is now active . that this case is now active. >> i would strongly advise anyone against speculating as to the motivation in this case, the criminal proceedings against axel rudakubana are live and he has a right to a fair trial. it

is extremely important that there is no reporting , there is no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online that could prejudice these proceedings. i want to remind everyone that the trial is scheduled for january next year. >> well , axel next year. >> well, axel rudakubana is due to appear before videolink at westminster magistrates court in west london tomorrow to face the two new charges against him . two new charges against him. >> thank you mark for white, that update. in a case that asks a huge amount of questions. now moving on. halloween budget day is almost upon us. prepare for a fright night. there is at least one treat for low paid workers , one treat for low paid workers, however, because chancellor rachel reeves announced this evening that more than 3 million workers will receive a pay rise next year following a 6.7% hike in the national living wage. let's have a listen to the

labour's chief secretary to the treasury. >> well, i'm delighted that the government can announce today the national living wage will increase by nearly 7%, which for a full time worker will mean an increase of over £1,400 a year. this is a down payment on our commitment to make living standards improve for working people across the country, and i know it will be good for news workers in receipt of that increase in their wages in due coui'se. >> course. >> now for the stats out there. the wage is set to increase from £11.44 an hour to £12.21 an hour from april 2025. however, employers are concerned that this move might be more of a trick, ultimately driving up their costs. now , in addition to their costs. now, in addition to this announcement, businesses also anticipate an increase in national insurance contributions expected to be addressed during the chancellor's budget announcement tomorrow. is this the right move from the government? well, anna gross, the political correspondent at the political correspondent at the financial times, joins me now in the studio. thank you for joining me. always a pleasure. so it might be a treat for

employees getting a pay rise. that's triple the rate of inflation. but is it a trick for employers estimated to cost £6 billion across the board when you add all of this up. is this really the right thing to be doing at a time when small businesses are particularly feeling the pinch? >> well , you know, the >> well, you know, the government has said time and time again that they want this to be a budget for working people . and i suppose it's clear people. and i suppose it's clear here it's becoming, you people. and i suppose it's clear here it's becoming , you know, here it's becoming, you know, patently clear in the past two weeks that the pain of this budget is predominantly going to be felt by employers and by business. and this is a real bounty, as you say, for working people , especially the young. on people, especially the young. on the national minimum wage will receive an extra £2,500 a year, which is really significant. and actually , the uk already had one actually, the uk already had one of the highest national minimum

wages of developed countries. and now it's really, you know, one of the very top. but as you say, we're going to hear a lot of blowback on this from businesses because as well as this, they're also facing 20. 20 billion increase in national insurance contributions, which is also going to be you know, really painful. >> and the big phrase working people i don't know what it means. nobody knows what it means. nobody knows what it means. nobody knows what it means. nobody from the labour party seems to know. i've asked a bunch of them. it seems like it's the new brexit means brexit. it sounds good, but what doesit brexit. it sounds good, but what does it mean? and in particular has to be said that the types of industries that will be impacted 1508 00