from we'll have the latest from downing street. >> we will indeed. and of course, those allegations against greg wallace have split the nation. some may call it harmless banter , others call it harmless banter, others call it dreadful sexism. should wallace be cancelled .7 and has he dug be cancelled? and has he dug himself a deeper hole by saying complaints come from women of a certain age? bit rude . we'll certain age? bit rude. we'll have that debate. >> pardon me. joe biden issues an official pardon for his son hunter, despite promising he wouldn't before the us election. hunter biden was set to face sentencing this month on gun and tax convictions. donald trump has branded the move an abuse and miscarriage of justice. is he right ? he right? >> tom, you can't wish people a happy christmas yet . happy christmas yet. >> it's christmas season. tis the season i've been listening to christmas carols all morning .

to christmas carols all morning. i've been getting no not really. >> he's lying. he's probably been listening to a podcast i actually have. >> yeah , well, no, no, i read it. >> well, an audiobook, an audiobook. >> well, that's nice, isn't it? always listening to something. if he's not listening to gb news, of course, on the radio. but yes, lots to talk about today. i was watching , today. i was watching, obviously, i've been on my honeymoon. yes, with patrick, and i'm sort of watching the news from afar. from a distance. it's all just gone a bit mad, hasn't it? everything seems to be going wrong. whether it's migration, whether it's this petition, whether it's. good grief, there's been so much going on, this resignation. yes. rachel reeves absolutely copping it on the economy. it's just been bonkers. >> no, it must it must be sort of. the cabinet is now in a different shape to when you from when you went away and came back. we've had growth downgraded. we've had farmers protests, farmers of course. yes, i know it's been quite, quite a configuration of confluence of circumstances really. and i suppose this all

leads to the question , what is leads to the question, what is keir starmer going to say in his big reset? although i must say they're denying it to reset more money for the nhs, even more possibly. >> possibly. or just, you know, >> possibly. orjust, you know, reiterating that there will be more money for the nhs. >> is this comms or policy? that's i suppose, but if it's true what they're saying in the papers today that he's just going to, you know, ignore this little let's be the fastest growing country in the g7 . growing country in the g7. >> i mean, that is an admission of failure. >> i suppose it is. and that begs another question, because something that we're looking out for in this programme , there's a for in this programme, there's a vote in france and it will be a vote in france and it will be a vote that could determine whether or not the french government collapses. they've had a torrid time of it recently, of course, the german government collapsed only a few weeks ago. could it be that the french government collapses? well, that vote could be determined this very afternoon, and then that raises questions for the uk. of course, the government's not going to collapse the majority is too big. but there is a general

sense that things are falling apart. >> there is a general sense of that. and we will bring you the drama from france because it is worth watching. but first, let's get the headlines with katy. between. the and. >> tom. emily. thank you. a very good afternoon. it's just gone midday. these are your latest headunes midday. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. reports of the bbc's handling of complaints about masterchef. presenter gregg wallace are deeply troubling. the head of a tv workers union has said. it comes as the bbc is facing questions today over when they were made aware of allegations against gregg wallace. former bbc insiders say chiefs at the corporation reportedly knew of allegations against the masterchef star back in 2012, and bosses were warned about his alleged behaviour four times. mr wallace prompted further backlash yesterday after saying that the accusations he was facing were coming from a handful of middle class women of a certain age. in a statement, the bbc said we take any issues that are raised with us

seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them. gregg wallace lawyers say it is entirely false that he engagesin it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature to the us, where president joe biden has issued an official pardon for his son hunter, saying he was unfairly prosecuted. hunter biden was set to face sentencing this month on gun and tax convictions . he pleaded this month on gun and tax convictions. he pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in september and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun in june. that made him the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime . president convicted of a crime. president biden said in a statement last night that politics has infected this process, while us president elect donald trump has called the pardon an abuse and miscarriage of justice. back at home, sir keir starmer is set to reveal his plan for change this week, with the prime minister saying it will be the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation. it's been reported that mr starmer will pledge that by march 2029, the

nhs will meet its target of carrying out 92% of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks, a target that has not been achieved for almost a decade. nhs bosses have warned, though, that the target could turn a&e into what they call a war zone. it comes as the prime minister has seen an eight point drop in his net approval rating. parliamentary under—secretary alex norris spoke to gb news earlier on won an election in july based on commitments that we made to the pubuc commitments that we made to the public about the change, we want to see for our country and they want to see for our country . want to see for our country. >> what we'll be setting out in the days to come is what that change looks like. i think it's reasonable that the government of the day should want to be really candid and honest about delivery. it's not been something that we've seen in recent years, but we are. so that's what we'll be setting out. it's perfectly consistent with our approach at the election, and we think it's the right way to do in order to, to for the public to be able to hold us to account . hold us to account. >> around 100 illegal migrants trying to cross the channel in two small boats were intercepted

by border force officers in the early hours of yesterday morning. it comes as more than 20,000 migrants have crossed the channel since sir keir starmer became prime minister in july. hitting that milestone in five months, that's quicker than dunng months, that's quicker than during rishi sunak's time in number 10, where it took eight and a half months to reach the same figure. however, the prime minister accused the conservatives of opening the borders and promised to cut numbers after record high asylum costs of £5 billion. shadow paymaster general richard holden commented on the figures earlier on we obviously had our rwanda scheme, which labour scrapped before we could even get it off the ground, which has provided that proper deterrent and without a deterrent you cannot deal with the issue. >> and it also looks like labour are basically as part of this junking one of those, i think it was one of those missions that starmer said, which was to end illegal immigration alongside junking his pledge to make britain the fastest growing economy in the g7 . economy in the g7. >> a police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving over a crash

in which a moped rider was killed. metropolitan police constable ian brotherton, who's 32, will appear at westminster magistrates court on wednesday. he is also accused of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving. he's been charged over the death of 26 year old christopher de carvalho will geddes, whose moped was hit by a police car on an emergency call in enfield, north london, on the 12th of october last year . on the 12th of october last year. just finally, tea firm typhoo has been bought out of administration after they failed to appoint administrators last wednesday. vapes and batteries maker supreme has bought the 121 year old firm. it was announced this morning that they had agreed a rescue deal to buy the historic brand. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts .

code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday and it's the 2nd of december, so happy christmas i happy christmas! >> after what many may consider to be a torrid first five months in office, sir keir starmer is looking to reset his government. he's launching the so—called plan for change, although it looks more like a change plan for c