clifton suspension bridge have announced that they are now the latest place to be stepping away from elon musk's twitter. really? i mean, really , what is really? i mean, really, what is going on? do you think that these brands, people and places should be doing this? and what do you think is actually driving it all? also figures out today show britain had an immigration surge bigger than other rich nations. again, i'll ask you, what do you think is driving that ? and look who's what do you think is driving

that? and look who's keeping me company till 7:00 tonight. kelvin mackenzie, the former editor at the sun, and bill rammell, the former labour minister. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines . the 6:00 news headlines. >> thank you. michel, the time is just after 6:00. and these are your latest headlines. we're going to start this hour with some breaking news later this evening. the chancellor is expected to pledge to rip up financial red tape. in her first speech at mansion house. rachel reeves will argue that regulatory changes following the 2008 economic crash have gone too far, and that has had the effect of holding back growth as a result. it's anticipated she will announce a package of reforms aimed at driving competition across financial services. she's also expected to announce plans for pension mega funds, which could result in around 80 billion to invest in businesses and infrastructure. earlier on, pensions minister emma reynolds outlined these proposed plans.

>> 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 . win win situation. >> 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 says that the suspect has been a top target of investigations for years . spain investigations for years. spain is braced for torrential rain and high winds as a powerful storm is set to hit the country. that's just weeks after a flash flooding killed more than 200 people in the region of valencia. a spanish weather forecaster raised valencia's

warning level to the maximum one last night, and other weather warnings were issued across the country. emergency services in malaga have already moved 3000 people from their homes at high risk of flooding . and a 62 gun risk of flooding. and a 62 gun salute has taken place at the tower of london this lunchtime. that was to honour king charles 76th birthday. today is the monarch's actual 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 his official duties. today , he's opened two 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 now , those are the latest tv now, those are the latest tv news headlines. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next

houn >> 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 the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much for that. i'm michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 tonight, so i've got a lot to discuss with you and keeping me company. kelvin mackenzie, the former editor at the sun and bill rammell, the former labour minister. good evening to both of you. we've got so much to discuss tonight about migration figures. i want to talk to you about twitter and x. lots of things . about twitter and x. lots of things. council about twitter and x. lots of things . council tax. about twitter and x. lots of things. council tax. but about twitter and x. lots of things . council tax. but before things. council tax. but before i do, let me ask you a quick question. settle a dispute for me that's going on in my home and maybe many homes across the land as well. is it too early to put christmas decorations up? kelvin at home? >> well, i saw in the green room @gbnews they've got two christmas trees up already. where are we now? i don't know

what what even the date is, but i think there is so much gloom, both in the weather and the politics right now. yes, that the answer is we can have it as early as you like. and honestly, the mince pies have started in my household already, have they? >> oh, i might come and live with you. do you think it's too early for people to put their christmas decorations up? >> i do, but my decision is dictated by my wife who makes such decisions. >> have you got yours up yet? >> have you got yours up yet? >> no. >> no. >> you see everyone at home. i'm desperate. i'm itching. i'm desperate. i'm itching. i'm desperate to get my christmas tree up. but i'm not allowed at the moment. >> because who? who doesn't allow you ? allow you? >> michelle the boss. really? yeah, well, the person that thinks is the boss anyway. yeah, but no, you encourage him to think that. yeah, i'm not allowed mine up and i'm not happy about it. and speaking of christmas, actually, here on gb news, we're on the lookout for a choir. we would like to find a choir. we would like to find a choir . we want to come and film choir. we want to come and film with you for a good half a day. i reckon. we want to watch you blasting out some of the christmas traditional

festivities. so that we can share them with our audiences over christmas. so if you are indeed a choir member or a choir leader, and it sounds like the kind of thing you'd be up for, get in touch with us. you can get in touch with us. you can get in touch with us all the usual ways, not just if you're a choir person, but all about the issues. today you can email all the usual ways. email me at gbviews@gbnews.com. you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or text me. tell me about your christmas decorations as well. and if you're up for the choir thing, just make sure you put choir in your subject line of the email so i can find you very easily. but look, tonight, let's kick off, shall we? with council tax. do you remember yesterday? i hope you remember yesterday , hope you remember yesterday, kemi badenoch. she was asking a few questions. take a listen. >> so he has made life more expensive with his unilateral commitments. but speaking of making life more expensive, will the prime minister confirm that he will keep the cap on council tax? >> prime minister, mr speaker , >> prime minister, mr speaker, she talks of the trip to cop on

the on the question of council. she knows what the arrangements are. >> well, the short answer is yes. it looks likely that council tax will rise up to 5% next year. so your bills could go next year. so your bills could 9° up next year. so your bills could go up again over £100 from april next year. don't forget as well that some councils, they have the ability, don't they, to go to referendum as well to raise it even higher than that. what do you think to this kelvin? is it fair or not. >> well it's three times the, the current inflation figure and the current inflation figure and the choice is coming up. there's county councils coming up in may so you can sling sling out your county council. and unfortunately you can't sling out your local council until the following year. i you out your local council until the following year . i you know, out your local council until the following year. i you know, i'm not sure that the council are doing. do you realise that if, if you didn't have to pay for the pensions, these gold plated super , you know, fantastic super, you know, fantastic pensions which you can't get in private industry for your local government employees , you would

government employees, you would your your bill would go down by 20%. so £0.20 in the pound of that £109 for, for the, for the, for the d band. and remember it goes up to £250 at the top end. and this is the issue today, it suddenly become to come out come january. they're going to go for a revaluation. so no matter what your what your council tax now is, it's going to go up. they were very careful about it. this is absolutely going to be they're going to honestly roger they're going to honestly roger the living daylights out of ordinary people working people are in big trouble under this government . government. >> many people bill rammell are saying that this is an example of a labour party u—turn, again, because i think it was angela rayner said quite recently actually, that there was no plans to increase council tax. >> i think she was referring to what kelvin's talking