this is the 20th of november. this is live across the uk. britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so very good morning. the rural reaction to yesterday. around 15,000 farmers came to westminster to protest against the changes to inheritance tax for farmers, as the prime minister claims that the bbc backs the tax rate with all the allowances in place to pass it on to a child . on to a child. >> it's a £3 million threshold and all of you can check out what that means in terms of the impact. i think the bbc has already done it. >> that's the bbc doing the government's work for it. jeremy clarkson received a hero's welcome at the protest, but he didn't take too kindly to questions from the corporation . questions from the corporation. >> so it's not about you, it's not about your farm and the fact that you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax . inheritance tax. >> on the other side of the classic bbc, their classic oh! >> and winter fuel payment poverty. the government admits that 100,000 pensioners will be

pushed into poverty by 2026. don't worry, starmer says oaps are better off under labour. >> children as young as 11 are carrying knives because they feel unsafe as those with special educational needs are most at risk of serious youth violence . violence. >> and the big freeze is starting. ice is the issue for much of the uk this morning, as travel chaos is expected and more cold weather on the way . more cold weather on the way. >> and on the very day, the government's own risk assessment reveals that 100,000 pensioners will be dragged into poverty by scrapping the winter fuel allowance. the inflation figures come out. it soared from 1.7% to 2.3. that's your that's your fuel bill, soaring food bills and the rest. >> and i remind you, we could have been in this situation having an election. we could we could have if rishi sunak could

have waited until november, we could be in a very different position. interesting , right.7 position. interesting, right.7 gbnews.com/yoursay with your thoughts. first, though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much. the top stories well uk inflation jumped last month in part due to rising energy prices. the inflation rate due to official figures released this morning hit 2.3% in the year to october. that's an increase from 1.7% in september. annual gas and electricity bills rose by about £149 last month, but prices are rising much more slowly than in recent years . slowly than in recent years. however, the rate is now back above the bank of england's 2% target. treasury chief secretary darren jones insisted the latest inflation figures were good news, but shadow home secretary chris philp told gb news everyone will be worse off. >> this is not an accident that inflation has jumped up. it's a consequence of what this labour government has done and it's

particularly galling because in, you know, in government, we spent quite a long time in the last two years battling to get inflation down. there was obviously globally high inflation a couple of years ago . inflation a couple of years ago. we got it under control. and labour have made a load of bad decisions in the last few months that are now putting inflation back up. and that means every single one of your viewers, every single one, is paying today higher prices as a result of decisions that rachel reeves and keir starmer have made. and actually, you know what inflation affects the nhs as well. so the nhs, police forces , well. so the nhs, police forces, schools, they're all going to be paying schools, they're all going to be paying higher prices as well for the things that they buy to, to run the nhs. so it's bad for the nhs as well as being bad for you and me and every single one of your viewers. >> sir keir starmer has defended his trip to brazil amid domestic concerns, as he insisted there was a direct link between the work he does internationally and the impact back at home. the prime minister says it's very important to hold discussions that could trigger money into the economy. having spent the last two days at the g20 summit

in rio de janeiro. it comes amid concerns about the impact of budget measures on jobs and farms, and changes to the winter fuel payments, the squeeze on winter fuel payments will force 100,000 pensioners into poverty in 2026, according to the government's own estimates, while sir keir also defended money to support ukraine. and he said that rising energy bills are a very important domestic reason for being absolutely clear on the issue . and freezing clear on the issue. and freezing temperatures and snowfall across parts of the uk are causing travel disruption during this morning's rush hour. yellow weather warnings remain in place following the first snowfall of the season, which caused more than 200 schools to close in england and wales just yesterday. forecasters are advising that vehicles could be stranded. power cuts may also occur and rural areas could be cut off. temperatures could drop to —12 c in rural parts of scotland and minus seven in rural parts of wales. this

evening, yellow warnings for eastern and northern england and northern ireland have come into effect, and a new yellow warning has been issued in parts of western scotland . and those are western scotland. 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 . forward slash alerts. >> welcome to britain's news. you all right there? yes. you need to get comfy. just rearranging. >> i have to rearrange eamonn's chair because we're a different shape. >> andrew. right. >> andrew. right. >> are you sat comfortably because he has it look like you're quite in the right lower right around 15,000 people took to the streets of london yesterday to protest against rachel reeves inheritance tax raid on farmers. however, the prime minister says the bbc has

taken the government's side. so that's all right then, for a typical family wanting to pass on through the family, which is a typical case, completely understood , then with all the understood, then with all the allowances in place to pass it on to a child, it's a £3 million threshold and all of you can check out what that means in terms of the impact. >> i think the bbc has already done it. >> and what's so interesting about this story , obviously i about this story, obviously i was there yesterday. if anyone was there yesterday. if anyone was watching, it was absolutely freezing. it was a dignified, determined crowd . the bbc this determined crowd. the bbc this morning showed pictures like this, their website and last night. so it reduced the numbers. it gave the impression that there was hardly anybody there. i mean, look at that. there could have been, there could have been 50 people at that protest. and when we say they're doing the work of the bbc, they don't work for the government. sorry. the work of the government and bbc , thank the government and bbc, thank you. what they're doing is playing this down because, boy, doesit playing this down because, boy, does it look bad for a government when you've got maybe

15,000 people shoulder to shoulder standing outside the windows around downing street and whitehall and booing, and they aren't booing war. they're not booing oil use, they're booing a government policy. and that must be keeping keir starmer awake at night. >> well, that's fine because the bbc are backing him. >> that's what it looks like. it also looks like the government aren't going to back down on this. so, you know, we've got a lot to talk about in relation to this story because it is not going to go away. >> and there were farmers from as far i mean, you were talking weren't you, to talking farmers. i talked to a farmer from carlisle. i mean, they came the length and breadth of the land. and if the government say only 500 farms are affected, why were there 15,000 people there yesterday? >> there was a moment yesterday when jeremy clarkson was on the stage and he said, put your hand up if you're a family farm and put your hand down if you're not going to be affected by this and not a hand went down. so the idea that this is only going to be 500 farms is clearly for the birds. i'm talking there to lord

andrew lloyd—webber, who appeared, but also how patronising of the environment secretary, steve reed, who's a lambeth former lambeth councillor, i.e. an urbanite to say do a bit more planning . say do a bit more planning. >> are you get get an accountant to sort you don't these people don't. they don't understand that farmers spend all year round working flat out to try and make ends meet. of course some are rich in land, but not many . many. >> but you don't implement a tax regime schedule and then advise people to get advice as to how to avoid paying that tax because presumably that means 1521 00:08:34,600