reveal on farage, exclusively reveal on farage, which labour big names will lose their seats to reform uk if these numbers go forward, you'll be amazed what we have to tell you. all that and more to come. but first it's the news with cameron walker . cameron walker. >> chris. thank you. good evening. it's 7:01. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer has once again promised to reduce immigration but avoided setting specific targets. in a speech earlier today at pinewood studios, he outlined his plan for change. though immigration was absent from his six pledges. when pressed, the prime minister said the government would only tackle the government would only tackle the issue with a serious plan focusing on dismantling people smuggling gangs. but reform uk has quickly criticised the lack of measurable targets. but sir keir starmer argues controlling borders is still a fundamental

responsibility . and in some responsibility. and in some breaking news, the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, is to be knighted in the new year honours list. according to the financial times. he's expected to receive his award for political and pubuc his award for political and public service almost after almost two decades in frontline politics. other political recipients reportedly also include labour's emily thornberry, who will be made a dame, and the former conservative mayor of birmingham, andy street, who will be knighted, the ft reports. the list is yet to receive final sign off, though, from the prime minister and his majesty king charles the third. now french prime minister michel barnier, has resigned after his government was ousted in a no confidence vote, the first since 1962. 331 mp5 confidence vote, the first since 1962. 331 mps backed the motion , 1962. 331 mps backed the motion, sparked by his use of presidential powers to push through a controversial ,60 billion budget without a vote. despite the resignation, he will remain in office until a

successor is appointed. president emmanuel macron now faces the challenge of selecting a new prime minister from a very divided parliament. macron is set to address the nation later on this evening. set to address the nation later on this evening . two romanian on this evening. two romanian nationals have been charged after an iranian journalist was stabbed outside his home in wimbledon. nandito badiya , who's wimbledon. nandito badiya, who's 19, and george george nana, who is 23, were arrested in romania yesterday. they are each charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and wounding after zarate was knifed in the leg on the 29th of march this year. both defendants have now appeared in a romanian court for the start of extradition proceedings . now time to get proceedings. now time to get into the christmas spirit, because earlier this evening the trafalgar square christmas tree lights were turned on. by . the lights were turned on. by. the festive cheer from the crowds.

despite the rain. during a special ceremony where the royal marine corps of drums and regent hall band of salvation army performed, the tree is a gift from norway , something that's from norway, something that's happened every year since 1947, and it was transported for england. and it's all to do with recognising the uk's role in supporting norway during world war ii, and hopefully they've dned war ii, and hopefully they've dried off by now. well, those are your latest gb news headunes are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm cameron walker now back in 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 gbnews.com/alerts . code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to farage with me christopher hope us three foundations, five missions, and six milestones, and i suppose a partridge in a pear tree. well why not.7 it's christmas, after

all, as the pm's popularity continues to tumble, he's today unveiled more details of his so—called plan for change as he looks to reset his government . looks to reset his government. >> and this is a big job. pfisons >> and this is a big job. prisons overflowing the nhs on its knees. a £22 billion black hole in our public finances of which to put that in context, is nearly half of what we spend on defence of our country . now. defence of our country. now. i don't want to use that as an excuse.i don't want to use that as an excuse. i expect to be judged on my ability to deal with it, and the work of change has begun . the work of change has begun. >> so just to sum up keir starmer, they're setting out a series of milestones. he pledged to achieve over the course of this parliament ahead of the general election. they include higher living standards, clean power by 2030 of which has been accused of watering down that target, and an almighty pledge to cut nhs waiting lists after

keir starmer's speech, i caught up with some of the cabinet ministers in the audience in charge of those six milestones. first up, here's ed miliband, who has to put the uk reliant on 95% of clean power by 2030. >> we launched the whole mission. we said there will be a small strategic gas backup reserve, the national energy system operator, a couple of weeks ago set out what a clean power system was, and this is their definition. >> and nothing now about cutting bills by £300. you mentioned that in the election period. nothing in here. >> it's the documents says very clearly it's about lowering bills for good. we are absolutely convinced that this will lower bills. >> next up, i spoke to wes streeting, the health secretary, who has to ensure that nine out of ten of us can get treated on the nhs within 18 weeks by the election . will he do a big deal election. will he do a big deal before christmas and offer the money to help pay the wages of their staff? they are worried about this. all our viewers are too. >> i do want to reassure gps and

others in the health service who are worried about employer national insurance contributions. well, two things. firstly , we wouldn't have raised firstly, we wouldn't have raised the money for the nhs without that decision. so that's important. and secondly, i do recognise the pressures and that will be reflected in the funding settlements. i've not i've not announced those decisions yet, but i'm taking the pressures into account when making those decisions . decisions. >> that's wes streeting with a strong hint that there's more money for gps to deal with. the national insurance bill for employers by christmas. watch this space with me now . here in this space with me now. here in the studio is chief political correspondent at the times , correspondent at the times, aubrey allegretti, and my panel of the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, of course, and former labour political adviser susie stride. welcome both, aubrey, to you. first, you were in the room with me. what was the point of today? >> well, really, i think keir starmer has struggled since he got into to office give definition to some of his grand plans. he's talked about, you know, a generational sort of change that he wants to institute. but really, he knows that in five years the electorate are going to come

calling and they're not going to ask, you know, is britain a clean energy superpower yet? they're going to ask, have you reduced my bills and other things like that? so he's trying to put sort of meat on the bones of his plans, give them specific metrics that they can measure him against. and i'm told this is all inspired by the sort of new zealand model where they have a website of about 8 or 9 sort of pledges, and you can track, you can go on and look at how the graph moves, sort of day by day, based on how well the government is doing against each measure. apparently they haven't quite managed to get that far yet, but they are sort of hoping to a dashboard exactly that. you can see delivery of all these different ideas. yeah. and so what they want to do is basically give the british pubuc basically give the british public some specific promises that they can hold them to and see day to day how the government is doing on those metrics. now, we're not quite there yet in terms of that grand plan of dashboard, but that is the sort of overarching aim of keir starmer's speech today. >> how do you rate then , these >> how do you rate then, these these milestones, milestones, milestones? here's the document he published today. you know, the police one i think were on course to get to 13,000 more

police on current trends, aren't we? i think i mean, are they quite tough measures because they're the standards by which we'll judge them. >> there's a mixture of sort of difficulty ratings, if you like, for these and, you know, you mentioned milestones. i mean, it was slightly apt that we were at pinewood studios today where i'm told they filmed mission impossible and keir starmer was there to sort of talk about how he was trying to deliver his mission. >> and james bond, number 10 would say to you, exactly. >> yes. but obviously there is a sort of mixed range of difficulties here. and so doing things like raising real household disposable income shouldn't be hard, considering in the last parliament, it was the first time that 1503 00:08:32,976 -->