some are not stopping there though. they say it's time for steel to be renationalised as well. is it.7 and how is your local high street looking? so many empty shops, i bet. and a new plan looks set to let local authorities auction off the leases of those empty ones. is that what we need, then, to bnng that what we need, then, to bring life to those high streets again? and let me ask you this.

why are so many long term and high profile tories joining reform uk? also, michel barnier looks set to be the shortest serving pm in french modern history. will you be shedding any tears over that ? keeping us any tears over that? keeping us company tonight? my panel. what a treat for you, baroness jacqueline foster, the tory peer and former member of the european parliament, alongside her aaron bastani, the co—founder of novara media. we'll have all of those topics and lots more. did you see, for example, the vote to try and stop the farmer inheritance tax was rejected. what do you think to that? before we get stuck in there, let's get the 6:00 news headlines. >> thanks, michel. good evening. it's just after 6:00. here are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the ceo of unitedhealthcare, brian thompson, was reportedly shot

and killed in new york city. mr thompson , who had been the chief thompson, who had been the chief executive of the insurance giant since april of 2021, was killed outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. the gunman, who was wearing a face mask, fled the scene, with the manhunt currently ongoing. new york city police commissioner jessica tisch says this does not appear to be a random act of violence. it appears the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes. we'll, of course, bring you up to date as we get more on that story . kemi badenoch has berated story. kemi badenoch has berated sir keir starmer over his decision to appoint a, quote, fraudster as his former transport secretary. the conservative leader wasted no time at pmqs today, accusing starmer of making a major mistake. >> 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. wasn't this a fraud on the british people ? fraud on the british people? >> moving on from louise haigh kemi badenoch 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. however, in a heated response , however, in a heated response, the prime minister defended his approach and insisted 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 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. >> masterchef presenter john

torode says he loves being a part of the programme and will continue to be a part of it. after gregg wallace stepped down from the show amid an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. torode , who has been presenting torode, who has been presenting the bbc one cooking show alongside wallace since 2005, said in a statement on instagram he found the recent reports truly upsetting and thought and thought that anyone who had appeared on the show to not have appeared on the show to not have a brilliant experience is awful to hear. mr wallace's lawyers strongly deny he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature . the tories bid harassing nature. the tories bid to overturn labour's controversial farmers inheritance tax raid has failed after being thrown out in the commons today. >> the ayes to the right of 181. the noes to the left, 339. >> the conservatives had tabled a motion to condemn the tax, but after a vote in parliament, it

failed by 339 votes to 181. labour had faced internal division over the vote, with some of keir starmer's own mps vowing to not break their word on the party's manifesto promise not to introduce changes to agricultural property relief. the government amendment was accepted without the need for a formal vote. lucy letby has been questioned in prison over more baby deaths. at two hospitals. police confirmed she was interviewed under caution about incidents at liverpool women's hosphal incidents at liverpool women's hospital, where she worked before her conviction. letby is serving life for murdering seven infants at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. the pardon me detectives are now reviewing 4000 neonatal admissions linked to her career. a public inquiry onto in this case is ongoing. a public inquiry onto in this case is ongoing . and finally,

case is ongoing. and finally, crystal palace captain mark gay will face no action from the fa despite wearing a religious message on his armband for a second time after being warned for displaying i love jesus on saturday. gay wore jesus loves you during today's match against ipswich. tuesday's match against ipswich. tuesday's match against ipswich i should say fa rules prohibits religious messages on kits, but gay has only been reminded of the regulations his actions came during the premier league's rainbow laces campaign, supporting lgbtq inclusion in football . well, those are your football. well, those are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm lewis mackenzie. more from me in an hour's time. >> thank you very much for that, lewis. my name is michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 tonight. alongside me, i've got my panel. baroness jacqueline foster, the tory peer and former member of the european parliament, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of

novara media. good evening to both of you. you're very welcome tonight, as are each and every single one of you. what is on your mind tonight? ladies and gents, there's a lot that we need to get stuck into. and you can join the conversation all the usual ways. you can email gb views @gbnews. com go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. of course you can tweet or x me. i have just got to pick up though on that story. you will have seen on the bulletins there that manhunt now that's underway. i just find it absolutely staggering that in this day and age, you can be gunned down in this way. we're talking about a health care boss. he's on his way to an investor meeting, shot down at 645 in the morning. look at these pictures, ladies and gents. and if you can't see because you're listening to the radio, i shall describe them. you've got a fella with a backpack, and he's got his gun, and then you've got him essentially pedalling off on an e—bike. i mean, i've never been in, you know, some kind of hit

woman in all my life, but if i was intending to go up to someone and shoot them at very close range, i probably would choose a faster getaway vehicle then a pushbike. what do you think to this? they don't know who's done this. they don't know the motive. it's pretty shocking stuff, isn't it? >> it's pretty extraordinary. so you've got the time of the day, like you say. that's quite unusual. he had a change of clothes. there was apparently a silencer . so one presumes it's silencer. so one presumes it's a professional. even though he hasn't used the most professional means. well, that's what i mean. getting away. >> that's what. that's what sam, ifancy >> that's what. that's what sam, i fancy myself as a little bit of an armchair detective when things like this happen. so i try and work it all out . what's try and work it all out. what's going on? what's the motive? and the bit that's thrown me is it's the bit that's thrown me is it's the fact that he has just jumped on that pushbike. because i don't know if you've ever tried to hire one of those e—bike things or whatever , they can be things or whatever, they can be quite temperamental, to say the least. anyway, look. fascinating stuff there. obviously very tragic for this man. he was only 15. a father very, very sadly lost his life. so we will follow that story. and if there are any updates, we shall bring you them. but to just reiterate,

this is not apparently a random act of violence. it was very targeted. what would make someone target one of these health care bosses in this way? if you're an armchair detective like me, you can get in touch and tell me. but of course, a family in mourning tonight. so shocking stuff in manhattan. but look, let's bring it back to this country, shall we? because one of the biggest shake ups for quite some time, when it hits our railways here, we're going to find ourselves in a situation now where train operators will be nationalised. i mean, we knew this was coming anyway, didn't we? it's something that's been discussed and promised by people on the left for quite some time. where are you on this, jacqueline? do where are you on this, jacqueline?