>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you and a very happy friday. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we'll bring you all the very latest until 6:00. yesterday, the labour party caused global outrage by denying a full inquiry into the oldham rape gang scandal. today i'll be joined by greater manchester council, a whistleblower who claims that he was investigated by police when he raised concerns about failures to tackle this issue, particularly along the lines of the ethnicity of those in question. and it will be freezing cold this winter. according to the uk health security agency, who have warned that the imminent cold snap could put the elderly at risk of death. we'll speak to some old people about what they're doing to keep warm. of course, after losing their winter fuel allowance. and today, nigel farage and his reform mps head to leicester for the insurgent party's sold out east midlands conference. farage is set to blast kemi badenoch

crazy reform conspiracies and our political editor, chris hope, will be live from leicester and he'll be joined by the red wall rottweiler. and that's mr lee anderson. and meghan markle has released a new netflix show, another one, as she rebrands herself as a hyper stylised tradwife, while the nurse that aptly named with love meghan, which has already been slammed by royal fans and will find out why. and that's all coming up in the next hour. watch the show. it's fair to say it's all kicking off since the labour party yesterday denied there'll be the opportunity for a full national inquiry into the scandal that gripped oldham. elon musk has got involved. nigel farage has got involved, kemi badenoch has got involved. everybody is saying this simply isn't good enough. well, today i'll be joined by a council whistleblower who said that when

he tried to raise red flags, it was he who found himself on the receiving end of an investigation. and later in the show, i'll be joined by an inspiring single mum from cornwall. never been involved in politics in her life, so moved by what's going on, so outraged by what's going on, so outraged by the political ineptitude to deal with it. she wants to organise a million women march to london and hey, let's get a few blokes along while we're at it to show the country we've simply had enough of the politicians, of the councillors, of the media, of the entire establishment burying its head in the sand, in the sand about this issue, which is britain's shame. get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, here's your headlines, and it's san francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> 3:02. >> 3:02. >> the top story. while elon musk's criticism of the uk government's response to grooming gangs has sparked a political row.

>> today, the billionaire accused sir keir starmer of inaction and said safeguarding ministerjess inaction and said safeguarding minister jess phillips deserves prison over her comments on exploitation in oldham. >> kemi badenoch, the tory leader, has called for a national inquiry, saying justice for victims is long overdue. >> but health secretary wes streeting has hit back, calling elon musk's attack misjudged and misinformed while urging him to help tackle the rape gangs. >> look, when it comes to tackling the serious issue of child sexual exploitation and abuse, i do think that online giants, social media companies have got a big part to play in helping us to identify and prosecute perpetrators of child sexual exploitation and abuse. so whether it's elon musk or anyone else, if those leaders of those giants want to work with this government, we're willing to work with tech giants to make sure that we keep young people safe online and free from exploitation. >> wes streeting there, the health secretary.7 well, the

government is promising a shake up of social care, but it could be years before any big changes take place. >> wes streeting health secretary again has said that that independent commission, starting in april, will grasp the nettle on reform, but its final report won't arrive until 2028. >> the review, chaired by baroness louise casey, aims to improve support for older and disabled people with everyday tasks like washing, eating and medication. >> however, the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the process needs to move much faster. >> yes, because liberal democrats have led the call for a cross—party commission. but given the crisis in social care and the impact that has on the nhs, we do need to move much faster. so the liberal democrats will be calling on for many more immediate measures to tackle the chronic shortage of staff in our care system and for the pace of this commission to be accelerated significantly. we have to tackle this. the conservatives left the left, the care system, the nhs in a total mess. so we know the crisis is

deep, but we've had many reports before. >> in other news, a seven month old baby has died after a car lost control on a dual carriageway in lincolnshire and then hit a tree, with police investigating whether the crash was linked to icy conditions. >> that comes as an amber weather alert warning for snow and freezing rain will bring hazardous travel conditions across much of england and wales that has been issued by the met office today. temperatures are expected to fall as low as minus eight degrees overnight, and the country has been hit by a blast of cold weather, with temperatures already falling as low as —five degrees celsius last night. >> amber alerts are in place until the 8th of january. the number of patients in hospital with flu has quadrupled in the last month, according to new data from the nhs in england. there were just over 5000 patients with flu in hospital on the 29th of december, up from just over 1100 at the end of november. the figures also showed there were 4102 patients

in hospital with flu on christmas day, before it rose sharply by almost a quarter. the nhs has warned that the drop in temperatures across the uk, which has led to a rare health alert from the uk health security agency, could lead to continued pressure on the hospital service and in the sport. luke littler says that it will be the stuff of dreams, our stuff dreams are made of. if he can create history tonight by becoming the youngest ever world darts champion, luke littler beat stephen bunting to book his place in the finals of the world dans place in the finals of the world darts championship, which takes place tonight. the 17 year old was favourite to progress to the final for the second year running, and swept 39 year old bunting aside to win by six sets to one at alexandra palace in london. all the best to luke littler tonight. well, those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in half an houn >> thank you sam. excellent as even >> thank you sam. excellent as ever. now to the grooming gang scandal. and kemi badenoch has

demanded that the government launches an immediate inquiry into child exploitation in britain. despite not doing that for 14 years in power. and this comes as sir keir starmer has attacked over his handling of the oldham grooming gang scandal, when he was head of the crown prosecution service. with labour blocking an inquiry into his conduct at the time, well, it's now emerged that conservatives also rejected a national inquiry into grooming gangs back in 2022, when they were in government. let's get more on this now with our national reporter, charlie peters. the reporter, really, who's got this story rolling around the world again, charlie. it just has absolutely kicked off. yesterday was busy. today makes that pale in comparison. elon musk getting involved, calling this the worst mass crime against the british people even crime against the british people ever. calling for people to be put in jail in british politics, this will not go away. and by jove, charlie, you've caused one hell of a ferrari. >> yeah, it's not every day you

break a news line. and the richest man in the world shares it. but that's exactly what's happened. and it has gone around like wildfire, as you say, martin. and this latest development in the last couple of hours from wes streeting, the health secretary, he's saying that elon musk's comments have been misjudged and misinformed. he didn't specify which comments, but i imagine it's his stark criticism of jess phillips, the safeguarding minister, after we revealed that she had rejected after a almost four month delay, a request from oldham council for a government led inquiry. but wes streeting has said today that he is going to be working with the government to implement the recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, and that's in response, of course, to kemi badenoch coming out on the back of our exclusives story, saying that we need not just a review 1515 00:08