>> morning 930 on thursday, the 315i >> morning 930 on thursday, the 31st of october. halloween. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and miriam cates for in bev turner. so the chancellor has refused to speak to gb news this morning, but it was £40 billion worth of tax rises from her yesterday. >> choices i have made today are the right choices for our country . country. >> all was revealed in the chancellor's budget, national insurance tax, up capital gains tax up, inheritance tax up. but

you will get a penny off your pint. conservative leader rishi sunak was not impressed. >> they have fiddled the figures. they have raised tax to record levels. >> they have broken their promises and it is the working people of this country that are going to pay the price. >> and a british man is among the 95 killed as flash floods cause horror and devastation in spain. we will have the very latest and safe access zones. >> new rules to stop anti—abortion campaigners protesting outside abortion clinics in england and wales come into force today. more on that to come . that to come. >> and trump bites back donald trump takes aim at president biden after he called his supporters garbage. take a listen , conlon joe. listen, conlon joe. >> call all of us and them even them garbage. i call you the heart and soul of america. you are the heart. so . are the heart. so.

>> and of course, it's halloween. we'll be speaking to the man who's carved what's believed to be the biggest pumpkin in the world this year. how much do you think it weighs? send your guesses in as pounds, please. andrew does not like kilograms. no. two gb news and we'll be reporting on that later on. right. now we'd love to hear what you think throughout the program. probably lots about the budget. please do send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but we won't be hearing from rachel reeves will be andrew, appallingly rude, ill mannered. >> she was actually ready to talk to us down the line to the breakfast show and she pulled out. she didn't have time. she then went to a rival channel and talked to ed balls. remember ed balls used to be in the labour cabinet? a friend and colleague. nicely. >> fairly straightforward interview for her. yes. very disappointing, i know. >> so rachel reeves, we're here if you want to talk to us,

because i think you should . because i think you should. maybe she'll comment. the biggest tax raising budget in decades. first, let's get the news with tatiana sanchez. >> andrew. miriam, thank you very much. the top stories. well, the chancellor will face further questions today about her budget after announcing £40 billion a yearin after announcing £40 billion a year in extra taxes to pour money into schools, hospitals, transport and housing. rachel reevesis transport and housing. rachel reeves is expected to make a visit related to the budget, with sir keir starmer the prime minister, as mps debate the measures in the commons, ms reeves said labour's first budget since 2010 would be a one off to. she said wipe the slate clean. but the head of the institute for fiscal studies warned more tax rises could come if labour's planned growth does not materialise. a key measure introduced by reeves was a rise introduced by reeves was a rise in employers national insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15%. she also announced an increase

in capital gains tax, a freeze on fuel duty next year and the introduction of vat on private school fees from january. shadow chancellor jeremy school fees from january. shadow chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has announced this morning he will step down once a new tory leader is elected . he told gb news is elected. he told gb news yesterday was a very, very sad day for ordinary families. >> rachel reeves promised us 30 times this year before the election that she wouldn't increase taxes outside what was increase taxes outside what was in the labour manifesto. she even said she wanted to bring down taxes. and i think many people this morning are waking up feeling utterly betrayed that we've had the biggest tax raising budget in history. this is actually the last interview i'll be giving you as either chancellor or shadow chancellor, because i'll be stepping back from the shadow cabinet for the next few years, at least . next few years, at least. >> in other news, rescue efforts continue as spain endures its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people confirmed dead and dozens more missing after huge rains that swept the eastern province of

valencia and beyond. a 71 year old british man has been killed in the floods. torrential rain swept through towns , dragging swept through towns, dragging cars, downing bridges and leaving people trapped in flood waters, some hanging onto trees. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, has declared three days of national mourning as the extreme conditions continue restricting some rescue efforts. the death toll is feared to climb as there are many missing people. that's according to the spanish government . and from spanish government. and from today, safe access zones will be introduced to create a 150 metre wide area outside abortion clinics to stop anti—abortion campaigners from handing out leaflets, holding vigils and sharing graphic images to women near the sites. the protection areas will be introduced outside all abortion clinics in england and wales to ensure women seeking abortion services will be better protected from harassment or distress. the changes were made possible by

the passage of a bill a year and a half ago , but the debate a half ago, but the debate inside parliament was so heated draft guidance was produced and the measures were delayed by a pubuc the measures were delayed by a public consultation. today, those boundaries will come into force and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour 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 .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> hello and welcome back! this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with andrew pierce and me. miriam cates standing in for bev. >> well we're calling it the tax bombshell for britain. was it a bombshell for britain. was it a bombshell in the sense we pretty much knew it was going to be big? and what a mockery it makes of the promises before the election that all they would do

is raise taxes on private schools and fuel companies, fossil fuel companies. and yet employers have been hit with the biggest tax. >> i think they promised £8 billion of tax rises would be enough to fund their spending plans. but this is non—dom 2 billion private schools and fossil fuel companies. >> that was it. >> that was it. >> that's right. and i think the national insurance for employers, i mean it sounds like it doesn't affect employees, but of course it does because those increases are always going to be passed on. and i think the chancellor has admitted them herself this morning. what it's going to do to wages. but i think the big story for me is the national debt and the fact that the debt is going to keep growing and growing because the government's still going to be spending billions of pounds more than it's getting in. and of course, what this does is it just pushes up inflation because more and more money enters the economy. but what i found this morning, this chart of inflation, since 1750 on the left there inflation wasn't really a thing until the 1940s and then spiked from the 1970s when government started printing money and making all of our

money and making all of our money worth worth less. they call it quantitative easing. yeah, well, it's just printing money. it is, but that's what that is. the biggest pressure on people's incomes is inflation. and it's just going to go up and up sadly. >> and of course, we thought interest rates would come down next month. i'm not so sure that's going to happen in december. i'm not so sure that will happen now. so she's unveiled £40 billion in tax rises. labour's first budget in 15 years. and it was meant and the rabbit out of the hat. actually i did get that right yesterday. i predicted that they would keep the they would freeze fuel duty. so that was one small concession and a penny a penny off your pint. oh, let's all go down the pub. yeah. >> i mean, it isn't worth much, but it is good news for pubs because they have been struggling so much after covid and alcohol duty on wine. you buy in the in the supermarket is going up, but pubs get to save the money. so i think that's probably good news. >> well, let's speak to the founder of the city pub group, clive watson, and see what he thinks about it. clive. morning to you. the hospitality industry has had a rough old time in the last few years, not least

because of covid. has this budget brought you any cheer? >> absolutely not. and that headune? >> absolutely not. and that headline? one >> absol