>> okay, merry christmas britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday the britain. it's1:00 on wednesday the 18th of december. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood rebellion is brewing as labour mp jonathan brash breaks ranks. he says the denial of waspi compensation flies in the face of previous statements from his own party. and in the last half houn own party. and in the last half hour, a second and third mp elected on a labour ticket have stuck the boot in calling for a vote on the issue. >> could elon musk land a political rocket in westminster after meeting nigel farage and new reform party treasurer nick cannon mar—a—lago this week, the rumours of an extraordinary $100 million donation are neither

being confirmed nor denied, and back inflation has jumped to 2.6% after gdp shrunk for two consecutive months. >> can britain afford labour? that's the question today, as inflation jumps to its highest level in eight months, and another blow for sir keir starmer as the prime minister of mauritius rejects the chagos deal and demands that talks reopen. >> the government can't even surrender british sovereign territory. >> yeah, so the prime minister, he's been out and about lots of different countries. he comes back to blighty and there's quite a lot on his plate. >> there certainly is. i mean, inflation news, not pretty, not good for the government. this waspi decision. i mean, it's understandable in my view. yeah. yeah, yeah. it's i mean the previous government made the

same call. the country doesn't have tens of billions of pounds to send to people, 90, 90% of whom knew exactly what this change was. no. >> that's true. you don't know. that's true. the ombudsman, the ombudsman, the ombudsman also said that there is a case for compensation. and they said exactly how much there is a case for compensation. >> the ombudsman said that 90% of women. they also said that there is a case for compensation. and let's let's be real. let's be real about this. let's be real about this. let's be real. in 1995, this change was legislated for. it was in the newspapers. it was on the television. women were sent letters about this. the claim for compensation rests on the idea that these letters were 24 months. >> what exactly are you saying here? that all of these women, all of these women that have been massively out of pocket, are stupid? what are you saying? >> i'm saying stupid. i'm saying that you should plan for your retirement. you should have had for your retirement. you've had 30 years. >> so many things women have to plan for so many things. women

are far less likely to have a big pension pot because guess what? they have to leave the workplace to have children. which last time i checked, men were involved in okay. and then also women are far more likely to take on caring responsibilities. >> i find it extraordinarily, even more importantly, the government, the current government, the current government, when they were in opposition, promised that they would back this compensation. >> they were happy to do the photo ops. they were happy to go and try and get political leverage off the back of the waspi women. and then today. oh, sorry. >> forgotten about that. that's the that's the point. that's the point that they said one thing in opposition and are doing a different thing in government. but i think it is disingenuous to say that women are somehow incapable of financial planning. that's a deeply misogynistic argument. >> oh come on, i'm not taking lessons on misogyny from a man. thank you very much. anyway, get in touch. do you have any any sympathy for the waspi women? do you have any sympathy or do you agree with him that they deserve it? they don't deserve any compensation. also, it's a matter of priorities. do you know, it would be nice if the government actually prioritised british people for once and actually looked at priorities,

rather than spending money on god knows what? well, or it makes me angry. >> prioritising british taxpayers is pretty high up on the list. yeah, yeah, young people so hard done by gbnews.com/yoursay get in touch. >> but it's your headlines with katie bowen. >> tom, emily, thank you and good afternoon. it's just gone. 1:00 your top stories from the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer and the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch, faced each other in the house of commons this lunchtime in the final prime minister's questions of the year. conservative leader mrs. badenoch said that this winter people will suffer because of the decisions taken by the prime minister's government. this was sir keir starmer's response to those comments about the winter fuel payment. >> mr speaker, the number one job of this government was to put the finances back in order after the last government lost control. they left a £22 billion black hole and we had to take tough choices. we made sure the most vulnerable pensioners do get the winter fuel payment, and

we have been encouraging and driving up eligibility for pension credit, so sign up to their entitlement and she should join that campaign. but mr speaken join that campaign. but mr speaker, here's the difference. because we have stabilised the economy, we can commit to the triple lock. >> well, the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch, also accused the prime minister of playing politics with the waspi women. the prime minister defended the decision not to compensate those pensioners , compensate those pensioners, despite parliamentary and health service ombudsman recommending the government pay compensation to women born in the 1950s whose state pension age was raised so it would be equal with men. here's what the prime minister had to say. >> it is a serious issue. it's a complex issue. the research, as he knows, shows that 90% of those impacted knew about the changes that were taking place. and i'm afraid to say, the taxpayers simply can't afford the tens of billions of pounds in compensation when the evidence does show that 90% of

those impacted did know about it, that's because of the state of our economy . of our economy. >> elsewhere, uk inflation has risen to its highest level since march, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said inflation rose to 2.6% in november, up from 2.3% the previous month. this is the highest rate since march and the highest rate since march and the second rise in two months. the figures come ahead of the bank of england's latest decision on interest rates tomorrow. the ons chief economist said the rise was dnven economist said the rise was driven by an increase in petrol prices. our reporter, will hollis, spoke to people in melton mowbray earlier on. >> our energy bill just before christmas has come to £240. >> this time last year our energy bill was, i think my partner said it was £150. so that's that's an increase of around £90 straight away. >> well, i think food prices more than anything else and of course fuel has just gone up this last week hasn't it. just what we didn't need coming up to christmas. >> really difficult. you can't actually get your children the things they've asked for, and

you have to kind of make up in other ways. but i suppose christmas is more about spending time with the family. so i try and instil that in my children. >> a police report has found that officers were unprepared for the scale of the summer riots, which followed the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in southport. the report, conducted by his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, also found that there were gaps in intelligence unked there were gaps in intelligence linked to social media and the dark web in the lead up to the riots. police officers were recognised for immense bravery and personal sacrifice in the report. it comes as axel rudakubana is due to appear in court today charged with three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article following the deadly stabbing incident in southport in july. andrew tate has said that a court ruling allowing police to seize more than £2 million from him and his brother is not justice and is instead a coordinated attack. the chief magistrate ruled this

morning that police can seize more than £2 million from the brothers after they failed to pay brothers after they failed to pay tax on £21 million worth of revenue from their online businesses. devon and cornwall police made a legal bid to seize the money, held in seven frozen bank accounts from the tates, and a woman, identified only as j. in his judgement, handed down at westminster magistrates court this morning. the chief magistrate said that what appeared to be a complex financial matrix was actually a straightforward cheat of the revenue. just briefly also announced today, restaurant critic grace dent will judge the next series of celebrity masterchef alongside john torode. the 51 year old will step in for the upcoming 20th series, after gregg wallace stepped away from the programme following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. dentists appeared regularly as a guest on masterchef 1524 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08