i'm sophia >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. it's just gone 9:00. rachel reeves has raised taxes by £40 billion, increasing the burden to its highest level since 1993. first, a 6.7% increase to the minimum wage, bringing it to £12.21 and a rise in national insurance for employers to 15%. vat will be introduced on private school fees in 2025, while non—dom tax status is set to be abolished . capital gains to be abolished. capital gains tax will rise with the lower rate moving from 10% to 18%, and inheritance tax thresholds will be frozen until 2030. a £2.3 billion boost goes to schools with tripled funding for breakfast clubs and an additional 2.9 billion will also be directed to the ministry of defence. but the shadow chancellor, jeremy hunt , says chancellor, jeremy hunt, says it's broken the public's trust and ordinary families will be hit the hardest. >> rachel reeves promised us 30

times that she wasn't going to increase tax. she said no ifs, no buts , no additional taxes to no buts, no additional taxes to the ones in the labour manifesto. what she's done today has given us the biggest tax raising budget in british history, and the people are going to feel the pain, are ordinary families. >> meanwhile, in other news, the prime minister has criticised both conservative leadership candidates comments on the southport stabbings that left three young girls dead after they voiced concerns . they voiced concerns. information on the attack may have been concealed. sir keir starmer warned mps they can either support the police in their difficult work on the southport case, or undermine them. it comes as axel rudakubana has appeared in court charged with terror and biological weapons offences. the 18 year old appeared via video link at westminster magistrates court to answer the new charges, including making the deadly toxin ricin and possessing an al—qaeda terror manual. despite the new charges , police haven't

the new charges, police haven't classified the incident as a terrorist attack. gb news can confirm that there have been four migrant deaths in the engush four migrant deaths in the english channel today , as the english channel today, as the number of people crossing illegally hits a new record high. at least 70 migrants were rescued, according to the french coast guard. one man died at the scene, while a further three bodies had been found along the shoreline. gb news can also reveal that 475 channel migrants arrived in dover today, taking the total number so far this year to more than 30,350. and england test captain ben stokes has said masked burglars raided his house while his wife and children were at home. he said the incident happened while he was competing in pakistan earlier this month. stokes said in a post online that jewellery, valuables and a good deal of personal items were taken on the 17th of october. alongside his post, he included some pictures of his possessions. the england

cricket star added that by far the worst thing about this crime is that it was carried out whilst his wife and two young children were in the house. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick 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 dot com. >> forward slash alerts . wow. >> forward slash alerts. wow. welcome along. >> yes, fantastic. >> yes, fantastic. >> this is in case you couldn't tell. a very special patrick christys tonight. we've got the studio audience in and i can't wait to hear from them in just a few moments. time . but now it few moments. time. but now it was the most hotly anticipated budget in uk political history, arguably. and it marked labour's first budget in 14 years. but before we delve into the details of it, should we just remind ourselves of what the prime minister promised during the election campaign?

>> no tax rises in the next parliament. >> no tax rises needed in the plans. in our manifesto in the plan. no. no tax rises for working people. that's income tax, national insurance and vat. >> now crystal clear. so despite that pledge from the prime minister, the chancellor did today announce the biggest tax rises since 1993. >> the scale and seriousness of the situation that we have inherited cannot be underestimated. together, the hole in our public finances this yean hole in our public finances this year, which recurs every year , year, which recurs every year, the compensation schemes that they did not fund and their failure to assess the scale of the challenges facing our public services , means that this budget services, means that this budget raises taxes by £40 billion. >> right, okay. so did keir starmer lie to the nation ? do starmer lie to the nation? do you feel lied to or do you feel better or worse off? there are some winners in this budget. we'll talk about all of this.

there are obviously some losers. i mean, the same goes for any budget. i'm joined now by my wonderful political panel. we've got the labour mp for loughborough, we've got jeevun sandhen loughborough, we've got jeevun sandher, the federal board member for the liberal democrats, callum robertson. reform uk chairman zaheer yusuf and the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, mark francois. now , just before i go francois. now, just before i go to my audience, i think it would be a bit silly if i didn't just get a very quick synopsis from each of you about how you feel about budgets gone. i'll start. i'll start with you. i'm assuming you're quite pleased with it. yeah. the first labour budget for 15 years. >> look, i was hopeful and excited for the budget. and now afterwards, i'm incredibly pleased as we start to rebuild prosperity in this country, building for growth. so wages start to rise again. investing in our schools, which are crumbling, where half of them, of course, don't have specialist maths teachers and those of you who can't get a hospital appointment today are a lot more investment for the nhs. because when 3 million are out of work, because they're too sick, it's clear those services need investment. today's when we start to rebuild this country. i'm very pleased to be part of it because this is about more

than services. it's about hope. i know it's been a long time since we've had hope in this country. i'm 34 and i've never known a growing economy today. so we set this economy, this country on the right path. very proud to be part this labour government. >> oh good start mark i'll just go >> oh good start mark i'll just 9° 9° >> oh good start mark i'll just go go to you. i imagine you have probably the polar opposite view. do you. >> well, look, the bbc and i mentioned the bbc news, the bbc 6:00 news said today that this was the biggest tax rising budget in history. and let's go back to what rachel reeves said on the 28th of may, one week into the general election . and into the general election. and i've got the quote here because i've got the quote here because i wanted to get it right, she said in a big speech on the economy. i quote , every labour economy. i quote, every labour policy will be fully funded and fully costed. no ifs and no ends and no buts. and she went on to say, there will be no additional tax rises. then the same lady

stood up in the house of commons this afternoon. i was there and announced £40 billion of tax increases and a massive increase increases and a massive increase in government borrowing. so let's call this what it is . it's let's call this what it is. it's a budget of broken promises. let's call this what it is. it's a budget of broken promises . you a budget of broken promises. you were deceived. >> okay, all right. i'll just go to you quickly on this. what's your take on that budget? >> well, if you're watching this at home and you work in the private sector and you work hard, and year after year, it feels like your wages never seem to increase as much as your cost of living does. and make no mistake, this labour budget is going to make you poorer still. and it is the decisions, as this labour government is making in terms of giving inflation busting bumper pay rises to their paymasters at the trade union. so if you're a train dnven union. so if you're a train driver, you're getting a 25% pay rise. if you're an employee at the failing home office, you

know, a home office that has failed on small boats, that has failed on small boats, that has failed on small boats, that has failed on on law and order, that has failed on asylum, they're getting 9% pay rises. so if your pay getting 9% pay rises. so if your pay rise has your pay increased by such an amount? and what's happening is the private sector is getting soaked. we're seeing massive increase on on on taxes, on hard working british people, labour did lie. i just want to make the point. it is absolutely a lie that taxes on hard working people are not going up. the obr themselves have said three quarters of the nic employers contribution increases are going to go straight through to real wages for hard working people. >> thank you for that and i'll round us off then. callum, what's what's the what's the message from the lib dems on this rachel reeves budget then the goal of politics and politicians. >> i know we're not a popular