>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3 pm. and welcome to you. it's 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. i'm getting heckled from outside the studio by lee anderson, but i'm broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. and could these fellas kill you at christmas? because guess what? a new report is in saying that there are 500 times more germs on your baubles than there are on a toilet seat. keep those baubles clean at christmas. on today's show, elon musk will be on the verge of a record breaking 100 million donation to reform uk, and that would make nigel farage the most powerful man in british politics. is this the cash injection that britain needs, or is it blatant foreign

interference? i'll debate you throughout the show, starting with reform lee anderson and, in opposition, sir keir starmer, rachel reeves and the current pension secretary, liz kendall all promised to support 3.8 million waspi women's fight for compensation. angela rayner even pledged to compensate them within five years of a labour government. well guess what? yesterday labour killed that dream off stone dead were the waspi women stung by labour, and his critics are calling him never here. keir, after analysis has shown that the prime minister has spent an astonishing 173 hours in the sky, jetting to 18 trips in 15 foreign countries since becoming the prime minister. is jet set starmer flying the flag for britain? or he's having more air miles than richard branson? a bad look . and as i just said, bad look. and as i just said, could those baubles be killing you? because the stomach churning new study has shown

precisely that. five times more germs on your baubles than there are on toilet seats. and i'll be sharing tips to help you keep your baubles clean this christmas. what's the show pledge to have your company either die off? yesterday, you may have noticed i had the most wonderful afternoon watching my daughter sing in her final nativity concert at my local church. yeah, i was that dad at the front, filming the whole lot, crying my eyes out from the very, very first minutes. so proud of my daughter dolly. so proud of my daughter dolly. so proud of my daughter dolly. so proud of the school for pushing ahead with that nativity. as i wrote before, there was some resistance from certain communities towards that. even going ahead. it did go ahead. and what an absolute triumph. what joy. christmas services bnng what joy. christmas services bring us to bring us together. the mortar that bonds us as a community. and without that will we start to crumble. thanks for

all at the school in the community who helped put it together yesterday at my local church. absolutely wondrous day. ihope church. absolutely wondrous day. i hope you're having a great christmas yourself. it's only one week to go. it's one week to go today, in fact, getting to its usual ways. it's gbnews.com/yoursay as your headlines. here's here's katie bowen. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. your top stories at 3:00 as you've been hearing breaking news this afternoon, pleas of not guilty have been entered on behalf of axel rudakubana after he failed to reply when arraigned at liverpool crown court on three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport, rutter cabana appeared via video link in court as pleas of not guilty were entered to all 16 counts on the indictment. we'll bring you more on that breaking story as we get it. 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 yeah 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 is 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 is now facing pressure to give mps a vote on his government's

decision to rule out compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age. here's what sir keir starmer 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. >> 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. that's 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 some people in melton mowbray about the figures. >> 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, 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. >> 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. >> uk authorities say that they are alive to the potential threat from extremists in syria following the fall of the assad regime. the uk's national coordinator for counter—terrorism policing said authorities were reviewing known extremists and stepping up border checks at uk ports and airports. deputy assistant commissioner vicky evans said

authorities were concerned extremists could capitalise on any uncertainty and chaos in syria. >> so clearly the situation in syria is concerning and you would expect me and wider partners to be keeping a very close eye on the situation there and what that means for us here in the united kingdom and for our communities. so we watch that very carefully to understand if that has any impact on our threat here, and then take the appropriate actions. and that means being very alive to identifying any change in threat or risk that we see within our casework or more broadly, any concerns that are raised within our communities. so that process is ongoing. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> what a show. now let's get cracking. because the world's richest man, elon musk, is backing reform ahead of potentially bankrolling the party to the tune of a whopping

$100 million. and their leader, nigel farage, insists mr musk left him in no doubt that he is right behind the insurgent party. but of course, not everyone is happy. the independent mp for coventry south, zarah sultana. she tweeted this britain doesn't need billionaires posing as champions of the working class while hijacking our democracy for their own interests. apart from lord alli, of course. and lewis goodall, presenter of the newsagents. he was too left wing for the bbc. he was also seething at this news. he said the lack of urgency from the government on updating electoral law to prevent a huge injection of musk's money into british politics, continues to surprise. translation he wants to change the rules and the ceo of the campaign for social justice, peter stefanovich. stefanovich beg your pardon? he said this. this should concern everyone. the prime minister urgently needs to close any loopholes that might allow foreign billionaires like elon musk to bankroll british political parties. and surprise, surprise,

a friend of the show. yes, that great mind, the political commentator matthew stadlen. well, he wasn't chuffed either. even at christmas. he wrote this on x. elon musk's platform. ironically. aren't reform fans supposed to be against globalism? and yet, here we are w