>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting live for you from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, welfare payments are set to rocket to an astonishing £100 billion per yean astonishing £100 billion per year, and the labour party by 2030. on today's show, i'll be joined by reform lee anderson to ask him . we gone completely soft ask him. we gone completely soft on soaring sickness payouts. is it time to slash these benefits? should we show work shy brits, especially youngsters, some tough love. and that man donald trump has threatened to slap 25% tariffs on everything. that's coming from mexico and canada to force them to take action on

border chaos. that's seen as many as 21 million illegal immigrants stream into america these past four years. but it's trump's plan, america first. or is it america's worst option now? the gb news exclusive because locals in bassetlaw are furious after hundreds of asylum seekers from the bibby stockholm barge have been dumped into their community. i'll be joined by a council whistleblower who slammed the move as a shocking betrayal of his constituents, with allegations of illegals even queue jumping into social housing. it's a sensational exclusive on gb news. that's all coming up on your next hour. with the show, always an absolute pleasure to have your company. £100 billion. that is the benefits bill we're going to be facing by 2030. unless we get

britain back to work. so keir starmer's government said they were getting tough on on benefits and clamping down. but today allegations are they've dodged a bullet, they aren't getting tough and they're instead dangling too many carrots and not wielding enough sticks. well, somebody who wants to put the boot in and get the stick out is lee anderson. he'll be joining me on the show later on to discuss what we can do about work . shire britain. is about work. shire britain. is this country fit for purpose or people basically skiving? are they using mental health as the new bad back, or is something else more sinister going on? get in touch as usual. ways gb views at gbnews.com/yoursay. but now here's your headlines with katie bowen . bowen. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. it'sjust >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. it's just gone. >> 3:00. >> 3:00. >> these are your latest headunes >> these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. >> work and pensions secretary liz kendall has announced the job centre will be brought together with england's national careers service to reform, a

system which she warned feels like you're back in the 80s or 90s. introducing the get get britain working white paper, miss kendall told the commons we will create a new jobs and careers service, overhauling job centres from a one size fits all service that focuses on administrative administering benefits into a genuine public employment service. official figures show that unemployment rate for young people is at 14.8%, up from 12.1% a year earlier. the plans include a £240 million investment to overhaul the current network of job centres across britain, and more funding for mental health services. pension secretary liz kendall spoke in the commons earlier on bringing forward the biggest reforms to employment support in a generation, turning a department for welfare into a department for work, taking the first steps towards delivering our bold ambition of an 80% employment rate in a decade of

national renewal. >> madam deputy speaker , nothing >> madam deputy speaker, nothing short of fundamental reform is needed to turn the page on the last 14 years. >> as you heard earlier, some breaking news this hour. a us air force spokesperson says a small number of drones have again been spotted flying near us air force bases in suffolk. the uk authorities are also working to help ensure each of the sites. the development comes after unidentified drones were previously spotted between wednesday and friday of last week over the same three air bases, the us air force at the time said it was unclear whether they were considered hostile. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. five survivors have now been rescued and four bodies recovered after a tourist boat sankin recovered after a tourist boat sank in the red sea. the sea story boat sank yesterday south of the egyptian coastal town of marsa alam, with 44 people on board, including 31 foreign nationals. the governor of the red sea says seven people are still missing. two brits are

believed to be among them. a police watchdog says the husband of a woman whose body was found in the boot of a car, had been arrested two months prior over a domestic abuse report. the independent office for police conduct also said it would investigate police contact with 24 year old suella and her husband , pankaj. pankaj lamba, husband, pankaj. pankaj lamba, mish brother's body was found inside the boot of a silver vauxhall corsa parked in ilford, east london, in the early hours of november the 14th. her husband, lamba, is the prime suspect in the police investigation. an international manhunt to find him continues. detectives suspect he has fled the country . a legal challenge the country. a legal challenge over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 equality act, begins today at the uk supreme court. the case is the latest in a series of challenges brought by the campaign group for women scotland, over the definition of woman in scottish legislation mandating 50% female representation on public boards.

it could have implications for the running of single—sex spaces and services, and how measures aimed at tackling discrimination will operate in the future . the will operate in the future. the met office says it's committed to learning the lessons from storm babet after criticism of its weather forecasts. the weather service also defended itself, saying observed rainfall totals were broadly in line with the forecast and the severe weather warnings issued in advance. the storm, which swept across england and wales over the weekend, brought torrential rain, flooding and 80 mile an hour winds. at least four people have died since storm babet began, leaving communities badly flooded and turning roads into rivers. the clean up after storm babetis rivers. the clean up after storm babet is continuing with environment secretary steve reed warning more flooding is likely. the duke of sussex, sussex's legal claim against the publisher of the daily mail, could face a trial in 2026. that's the suggestion from a high court judge. the duke of sussex and other high profile people, including his close friend elton john, are suing the

publications for alleged breaches of privacy rules by associated newspapers limited. harry accuses the publisher of hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars and recording private phone conversations. at a hearing today, judge mr nicklin said it was important to progress in the case to an eventual trial. a&e denies all of the allegations . denies all of the allegations. the world's oldest man has died at the age of 112. john tinniswood was born in liverpool in 1912. the year the titanic sank. guinness world records says he died yesterday at a care home in southport. his family says he died yesterday at a care said in a statement his last day was surrounded by music and love. those are the latest gb news headlines. more from me in half an hour . an hour. >> thank you very much. now let's get cracking on today's show. it's the biggest reform to employment for a generation, and that's according to the work and pensions secretary , liz kendall,

pensions secretary, liz kendall, who has unveiled labour's long awaited back to work plan today to mps in the house of commons. a youth guarantee will see unemployed 18 to 21 year olds lose their benefits if they refuse to work. but the mention of a crackdown on sickness benefits is nowhere to be seen. a downing street has refused to set a target for reducing the nation's benefits bill, which could be set to rocket to a staggering £100 billion per year every year by 2030. now the tories are saying it's nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. and here is the secretary of state for work and pensions, liz kendall, speaking in the commons a short while ago. >> bringing forward the biggest reforms to employment support in a generation, turning a department for welfare into a department for work. taking the first steps towards delivering our bold ambition of an 80%

employment rate in a decade of national renewal. madam deputy speaker , nothing short of speaker, nothing short of fundamental reform is needed to turn the page on the last 14 years. >> but no getting tough on benefits. let's get more reaction in the studio now. and i'm joined by gb news political correspondent katherine forster. i'm also delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by the political commentator and the former mep, patrick o'flynn. patrick, catherine, welcome to the studio. let's start with you. quite a broad spectrum there. it's the biggest reform in a generation. or it's rearranging the deck chairs on 1499 00:09:37,016 --> 00:09:37