>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. and it's 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, a major suppuer the uk. on today's show, a major supplier of migrant boats has been arrested in a joint operation between dutch , belgian operation between dutch, belgian and uk authorities. the suspect, and uk authorities. the suspect, a turkish national aged 44, was arrested after arriving in amsterdam yesterday and the prime minister says it's a significant piece of the jigsaw. i had the pleasure and rachel reevesis i had the pleasure and rachel reeves is tonight set to unveil an £80 billion raid on private pension pots, claiming the money will turbocharge britain's infrastructure but with a woeful track record on projects like hsz and pet projects like failed solar farms. why should we trust

the labour party with our pensions .7 as elon musk, boris pensions? as elon musk, boris johnson and nigel farage wade into the free speech scandal surrounding journalist allison pearson today, i'll be joined by common sense police and crime commissioner who wants these ridiculous non—crime hate incidents knocked on the head and yesterday, using figures suppued and yesterday, using figures supplied by the department of work and pensions whistleblower gb news estimated that immigrants cost £6 billion every single year in universal credit benefits. today i'll be joined by lee anderson to ask the big question is it time for all data on benefits, on crime, on social housing, the whole shebang to be published by nationality and henry moore's a young brit from macclesfield who walked from manchester to ibiza for charity and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds in the summer. he's now flown to valencia to help with the flood clean up operation. i'll be joined by the young lad who says it's like a

war zone out there. that's all coming up in your next hour. war zone out there. 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. so welcome to hotel britannia. a 53% boom. a surge in immigration to the country. three quarters of 1,000,000 in 1 year. second in the world only to the usa. and donald trump is about to put an end to that. how soon before britain is the world's most popular immigration destination? never mind a single scalp. the numbers on your screen there , numbers on your screen there, never mind a single scalp taken out a boat smuggler. what about the front door? the front door is wide open to the world. we've completely lost control of our borders. and we'll be talking about that throughout the show. get in touch with your thoughts on that. the usual way, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your news headlines with the wonderful sophie reaper .

wonderful sophie reaper. >> thank you. martin. the time is just after 3 pm. and these are your latest headlines. >> law enforcement agencies in the uk, belgium and the netherlands have arrested a major supplier of small boats and engines to criminal people smugglers. the suspect, a 44 year old turkish national, was arrested after arriving at amsterdam airport. dutch authorities plan to extradite the man to belgium to face charges as part of an organised criminal operation. the national crime agency say that the suspect has been a top target of investigations for years. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, spoke about the arrest a short time ago, saying it was what he called a significant piece of the jigsaw in tackling channel crossings, but that it wasn't a, quote, silver bullet. a 60 year old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three elderly people at a swanage care home, has been released from the investigation without charge.

dorset police said the deaths of the three residents, two men aged 74 and 91, and an 86 year old woman are still being treated as unexplained. seven people were also taken to hospital as a precaution when the property was evacuated following the incident last month . two people have been month. two people have been charged after orange paint powder was thrown at stonehenge dunng powder was thrown at stonehenge during a just stop oil protest in june. wiltshire police said that they've been authorised to charge the two activists with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. they have been bailed to appear at salisbury magistrates court on december 13th. the chancellor is expected to use her first mansion house speech today to outline reforms to pensions, telling city bosses she has a plan to boost the economy. rachel reeves will reportedly propose an overhaul of britain's pension fund industry by introducing pension mega funds that could help unlock £80

billion worth of investments in businesses and infrastructure. under the plans, the reforms will be introduced through a new pension schemes bill next year that will see pension funds invest in assets that have higher growth potential. pensions minister emma reynolds outlined the plans earlier on the pensions minister, let me be absolutely clear that it is these two objectives that i'm holding in my mind all the time, which is boosting investment in our own economy, but at the same time boosting pension savers retirement incomes. >> this is a win win situation . >> this is a win win situation. >> this is a win win situation. >> council tax rises will help ensure local authorities are funded next year, and ministers said that as he rejected tory claims of a £2.4 billion black hole, council tax bills in england are expected to increase by ”p england are expected to increase by up to 5% next april, with families therefore facing a £100 rise. communities minister matthew pennycook said the government expects an additional

£1.8 billion to be raised through council tax next year. over to us now , where the over to us now, where the republicans have now officially won the congress , meaning they won the congress, meaning they now control both chambers. the house of representatives and the senate. president biden and president elect trump met in the white house yesterday with both men promising a smooth transition of power. meanwhile, donald trump has continued to announce his new cabinet, with matt gaetz as his pick for attorney general and tulsi gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence. the uk is still yet to announce a new us ambassador. spain is braced for torrential rain and high winds as a powerful storm is set to hit the country, just two weeks after flash flooding killed more than 200 people in the region of valencia. a spanish weather forecaster raised valencia's warning level to the maximum on last night , warning level to the maximum on last night, and other weather warnings were issued across the country. emergency services in malaga have already moved 3000 people from homes at the risk of high flooding . a 62 gun salute

high flooding. a 62 gun salute has taken place at the tower of london this lunchtime to honour king charles 76th birthday. today is the monarch's actual birthday , following the official birthday, following the official celebration marked by trooping the colour in june. earlier this morning, the royal family posted a new image of the king on x and the prince and princess of wales wished the king a happy birthday with this image. on instagram. and despite it being his birthday, the king is still carrying out official duties today. he's opened two coronation food hubs designed to bndge coronation food hubs designed to bridge the gap between food need and food waste in the uk . for and food waste in the uk. for now, those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next 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. >> thank you sophie. now the prime minister says a joint operation to arrest the major suppuer operation to arrest the major supplier of migrant boats is a significant piece of the jigsaw in tackling the small boats crisis. the suspect, a turkish national, was arrested at amsterdam airport yesterday after intelligence was shared between dutch, belgian and uk authorities. sir keir starmer delivered this statement a short while ago . while ago. >> i have long said that there is a serious issue in people smuggling and that the only way to deal with it is to take down the gangs, the groups that are running this vile trade. today, this is a significant arrest and obviously i'm very pleased that the national crime agency has been centrally involved in this. we've been bearing down on law enforcement here and working with international partners. and this shows that that approach is beanng this shows that that approach is bearing fruit .

bearing fruit. >> again, to react to this now i'm joined by our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show. so credit where it's due. at last a significant scalp. but we've been saying all along mark white, will this simply be a game of people smuggler whack a mole? will it make any difference ? difference? >> well, i think it will. sadly , >> well, i think it will. sadly, martin, because we know that the organised criminal groups are just that very organised. they've had more than six years now since the channel migrant crisis began to get very well established supply lines. and they have many established supply li