>> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it's 1:00 on wednesday the >> it's1:00 on wednesday the 4th of december. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood save family farms. the showdown commences today in the commons as the tories force a vote on labour's tax rises as farmers plan another protest next week, with tractors warning of disruption over christmas. we're live on farms up and down the country and watching very closely indeed. will any rural labour mps rebel .7 labour mps rebel? >> and back to nationalisations ? >> and back to nationalisations? yes, it's not just the railways. >> the government is now considering the nationalisation

of british steel, all in a last ditch attempt to save thousands of jobs. >> we're joined by the one politician in the country who's actually brought back steel making to his patch. >> the mayor of the tees valley, ben houchen. >> we are indeed and here's a bit of food for thought. say goodbye to porridge oats , goodbye to porridge oats, crackers, rice cakes included in advertising pies, pasties and garlic bread. however, they're all fine. that's according to bonkers new junk food ad ban laws. this is all very odd. is porridge really a junk food ? porridge really a junk food? >> and after david beckham made a surprise appearance at the first ever state banquet that he attended last night for the qataris, the question is, should becks finally get a knighthood or perhaps just his right foot ? or perhaps just his right foot? >> yes, there are actually 50 labour mps who have multiple

farms in their constituencies. some of them have already raised concerns over this tax raid. but will they be bold enough? will they be brave enough as new mps? a lot of them are to actually take a stand today, but this is the interesting thing. >> they're mainly they're basically all new mps, a lot of them in scotland as well, slightly different rules up there. >> but in the cabinet, how many rural mps are there? >> virtually none. >> virtually none. >> zippo. >> zippo. >> if you look at the people involved in this decision, the chancellor, rachel reeves , she's chancellor, rachel reeves, she's got a city of leeds constituency that's not rural. >> if you look at the agricultural secretary, steve reed , he's the mp for croydon, reed, he's the mp for croydon, not particularly rural farms. no. keir starmer , holborn and no. keir starmer, holborn and saint pancras again, not the most rural part of the country. slap bang in the middle of london. and then even the farming minister, daniel zeichner. he's the mp for cambridge . he's got farms around

cambridge. he's got farms around cambridge, but cambridge city itself, which actually shrunk the boundaries of the constituency , shrunk in the constituency, shrunk in the boundary review. i mean , it's boundary review. i mean, it's a city. these people all represent cities, not our farms. >> more urban jungle than rural farmyard , isn't it really for farmyard, isn't it really for these mps? but is that the problem here? is that one of the problems here? but yes, if they're all new labour mps who want to crack on with their careers, climb that greasy pole, climb that greasy career ladder in westminster, are they actually going to take a proper stand against keir starmer and his plans on this? it's going to be fascinating. but they could. you never know. you never know. >> well, we'll be keeping our eyes on that debate and speaking to farmers up and down the country throughout this programme. but you can get involved to gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch and that's all to come. after your headunes that's all to come. after your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom fast

approaching, 1:04. we'll start this hour with a look at prime minister's questions. and what was he thinking that was kemi badenoch challenge to sir keir starmer over his decision to appoint someone she described as appoint someone she described as a fraudster, as his former transport secretary, the conservative leader wasted no time at pmqs, earlier accusing starmer of making a major mistake with that controversial appointment. >> the truth is he appointed a person convicted of fraud to the cabinet. the first thing she did was hundreds of millions of poundsin was hundreds of millions of pounds in pay rises to her trade union friends. pounds in pay rises to her trade union friends . wasn't this a union friends. wasn't this a fraud on the british people? >> well, moving on from the former transport secretary, louise haigh, kemi badenoch then claimed to the commons that labour's budget is an even bigger fraud on the british people. she accused sir keir starmer of refusing to listen to businesses who are calling his plans catastrophic. she said. however, in a heated response, the prime minister defended his approach to the budget, insisting the measures were the best choice for economic growth. >> she complains about the rise

in national insurance week after week. but then two weeks ago, she said that she would not reverse it. she signed trade deals , mr speaker, that had deals, mr speaker, that had farmers protesting in whitehall. now she pretends that she's their champion. she campaigned to remove the cap on migrant worker visas, and now she pretends she's furious about the open borders policy of the last government. >> well, staying with news from the commons, let's take you live now to the scenes there with victoria atkins. the shadow environment secretary, is currently on her feet as she kicks off this afternoon's debate on the divisive farming inheritance tax proposed by laboun inheritance tax proposed by labour. it is, of course, after the chancellor's recent budget, which could see farming families facing tax bills worth hundreds of thousands, even millions of pounds, with many farmers asset rich but cash poor. some may be forced to sell off land , forced to sell off land, threatening the future of food production. we will, of course, keep across the developments in the commons as that debate

continues throughout the rest of this afternoon . in the meantime, this afternoon. in the meantime, though, our reporter jack carson is in lincoln for us and he's been speaking to one farmer, andrew ward , who's warned there andrew ward, who's warned there could be more plans for protests . could be more plans for protests. >> one thing is we won't stop. you know, we're not going to lie down. and if the government don't listen in the next week or two, we're not going to stop the other week, two weeks ago, we had 45,000 people in london, and that was only arranged two weeks earlier. that says the sheer volume of strength of thought of people in the countryside. so that's one event on, on on december the 11th, there is another tractor rally in london, which i'm not part of. there's going to be a huge number of tractors going through london and ending up at parliament square. that again , is a show of square. that again, is a show of strength and showing the government that we really do mean business. >> earlier this morning, before the shadow environment secretary, victoria atkins, started that debate in the commons, she spoke to us here on gb news and said that the

conservatives are the party on the side of farmers, and they would reverse labour's tax plans. >> you care about the quality of our food , if you care about our food, if you care about animal welfare standards, if you care about our countryside and nurturing the wildlife for generations to come. family farms are an essential part of this and labourjust don't seem to get that . to get that. >> in other news, police in germany have carried out a major series of raids targeting people smugglers who bring migrants to the uk in small boats. more than 500 police officers launched those operations this morning in several cities across germany, with uk authorities supporting the crackdown. the smugglers involved are accused of facilitating deadly channel crossings from france to britain, often in overcrowded and flimsy boats. the investigation is being led by france, but the uk is closely involved as crossings continue to surge over 20,000 migrants have now reached uk waters since labour took office in july . news labour took office in july. news from south korea, where

thousands of protesters are continuing to flood the streets of seoul, demanding president yoon suk yeol steps down after his shock declaration last night of martial law. his shock declaration last night of martial law . he claimed the of martial law. he claimed the measure was needed to defend against what he described as nonh against what he described as north korea's communist forces. however, after just two hours, he withdrew the order after mps stormed the national assembly, defied stormed the national assembly, defied barricades and overturned the decision. he's now facing calls to stand down immediately or face impeachment. will the country's defence minister seen as perhaps the driving force behind that crackdown, has also reportedly offered to resign. but he's not off the hook ehhen but he's not off the hook either, with politicians now eyeing his impeachment as well . eyeing his impeachment as well. here, three british rail operators are set to be nationalised next year in what's being called a major shake up by the labour government. south western rail will be the first to return to public ownership, followed then by ctc in july and greater anglia in the autumn. transport secretary heidi alexander says it marks the end of 30 years of privatisation and

aims to fix a system that she says has failed its users. the move follows the passenger railway services act, which cleared the way for those sweeping changes to britain's railways. labour 1518