>>a >> a very good afternoon and i“ppy >> a very good afternoon and happy halloween! it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news . show here on gb news. >> broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. and of course all across the uk. today rachel reeves is halloween. budget has been called a nightmare on downing street as the chancellor put the knife into pensioners, farmers, small business owners , landlords and business owners, landlords and even humble boozers. today, the chancellor even admitted working people's pay will be impacted by her tax hikes. was it all trick and no treats will sink our fangs into the details . and fangs into the details. and yesterday when rachel reeves

knocked just a penny off a pint, nigel farage joked great, i'll save £1 per week. well, in today's show i'll talk to the landlady at one of my favourite boozers, the dog and parrot in eastwood. on why she thinks the chancellor's help is small beer to the hospitality sector and farm owner jeremy clarkson to the hospitality sector and farm ownerjeremy clarkson has roared that british farmers have been shafted in the budget thanks to cruel inheritance tax changes that could harvest a state fuelled land grab. how plough into the details with farmers and an nfu president. and now you may have heard rumour has it that sir keir starmer's dad was a toolmaker. one of today's show. i'll talk to a real life toolmaker and he's got a son. his name is conrad pearson of pearson , conrad pearson of pearson, precision tool makers in hereford and con reckons labour's budget has screwed his company and may force him to sack one of his lads. that's all coming up in today's show. of

the show. hope you're having a fantastic halloween so far. was that budget a trick to you with no treats? a lot of people are complaining. an astonishing report came out today from the resolution foundation saying that real pay will only go up by £13 a week over the next 20 years. doesn't that make you feel like leaping out of bed in the morning? £13 for the daily grind. the morning? £13 for the daily gnnd.do the morning? £13 for the daily grind. do you feel this government has completely abandoned you? it's gone back on its promises. there will be no tax rises on working people. they said. a lot of people today are saying they are counting ample tax rises. they're not happy and it's all trick and no treat. you let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay but before that, it's time for your headunes before that, it's time for your headlines with the peerless mark white. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. the main headlines from the gb news centre, and we begin with

breaking news on the devastating floods in spain. the spanish government has just confirmed the death toll has now risen to 140. rescue efforts are continuing as authorities deal with the worst flooding in the country in decades. dozens of people are still missing after the huge floods that swept the eastern province of valencia and beyond. a 71 year old british man is among those killed. torrential rains swept through towns, dragging cars, downing bndges towns, dragging cars, downing bridges and leaving some people trapped in flood waters . spain's trapped in flood waters. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, has declared three days of national mourning as the extreme conditions continue restricting some of those rescue efforts. well , some of those rescue efforts. well, hundreds of soldiers have also been sent to valencia, one of the worst hit areas to help with the rescue and recovery operation . the prime minister,

operation. the prime minister, his chancellor and other members of the cabinet have spent the day defending the biggest tax hike in a generation. the budget paves the way for £40 billion a yearin paves the way for £40 billion a year in extra taxes. on a visit to an nhs trust in the midlands, sir keir starmer said the rise was the responsible thing to do to deal with the fiscal black hole and provide more money for pubuc hole and provide more money for public services. >> we've had to do what is responsible to fix the foundations and rebuild our country , as i think is now well country, as i think is now well understood . we inherited a £22 understood. we inherited a £22 billion black hole, money that wasn't accounted for by the last government. i'm not prepared to simply walk past that. we have to fix it. so we've done the responsible thing, the principles that we've put in place are to stabilise our economy and to invest in the future, along with reform. >> well, the conservative leadership candidate , robert

leadership candidate, robert jenrick, has accused labour of lying to the public in the run up to the election. mrjenrick up to the election. mr jenrick claims rachel reeves budget will mean misery for millions, and said the tax hike amounts to the complete opposite of what labour said during the election campaign. >> obe were not willing to put their name to this idea that rachel reeves has said that there was a £20 billion black hole. i think that rachel reeves has been fundamentally dishonest. i mean, she's almost a compulsive liar. she said that taxes were not going to rise on working people before the general election. in fact, she said it 30 times. they've just risen £40 billion of tax rises. she said there wasn't gonna be any more borrowing. borrowing has just massively increased. and then she invented this idea of a black hole. >> well, the nhs has been handed a huge £22.6 billion boost in the budget, but many health experts are warning that the funding for social care falls

short. health secretary wes streeting has told gb news the chancellor made a big judgement call going for investment rather than decline what the funding the chancellor's allocated to us will enable us to do is bring an end to 14 years of conservative decline and start rebuilding our nhs. >> of course, starting with the biggest issue, which is the size of the waiting list, making sure we're getting those waiting lists down, making sure we're getting people cien faster. this is this is a process on reform and this will be an ongoing process every day and every year that we are in government. and i'm the health and social care secretary, we will be delivering not just on the investment, but also reform from today, safe access zones will be introduced to create a 150 metre wide area outside abortion clinics. >> the protection area 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 new legislation will stop anti—abortion campaigners from handing out leaflets, holding vigils and showing graphic images to women near the sites . lawyers acting near the sites. lawyers acting for alleged victims of mohamed al fayed have said they've now been contacted by 400 people. speaking at a news conference, dean armstrong kc said those who have contacted the justice for howard survivors group are not just from harrods but from fulham fc and various other places associated with al fayed. a string of allegations have been made against the former harrods owner, following the release of a documentary about the businessman, who died last year. the businessman, who died last year . and you're right up to year. and you're right up to date with all the latest headunes date with all the latest headlines from the gb news centre. now strap yourself in, stir that extra strong coffee. here's martin daubney.

>> a thank you very much. mark white. now in the most left wing budget for decades, the chancellor, rachel reeves, pushed taxes to their highest level in history with her £40 billion tax bomb. and she's relaxed government borrowing rules to finance a massive spending spree. was it a nightmare on downing street? well , that's what some of the well, that's what some of the newspapers seem to be suggesting today. and let's take a look. first up is the sun. look at that. it's the pumpkin head. chancellor . there. alicia kept chancellor. there. alicia kept it down at the pumpkins. of course, that is referring to the fact that at least fuel duty didn't go up. and what we've got next, we've got the cartoon . next, we've got the cartoon. that was from the sun homepage. there she is as count dracula. look, the blood dripping from her fangs as she sunk her teeth into the british taxpayer. next, we've got a cartoon, i believe, from the daily telegraph. there

she is with her pumpkin shaped despatch box and her skull and crossbones around her neck. there's a theme emerging here, isn't there? and finally, we've got a cartoon, i believe, from the guardian. and there she is. look, hanging up the taxpayer by the straps in a torture dungeon. even that from the supportive guardian , left, right and guardian, left, right and centre. it seems the chancellor cannot get a good headline on this horrible halloween . now, gb this horrible halloween. now, gb news, we'd love to hear what you think. and every day we'll be running our poll of the day and today we're asking quite simply this do you feel like a winner or a loser from yesterday's budget ? get stuck in. go down to budget? get stuck in. go down to the question, do you feel like a winner or a loser from that historic budget? and the final result will be announced later today in my show. well,