find out. what the next hour to find out. what does nigel farage think of his fellow politicians? why is lego homophobic and what is lucy letby. speed dating? i'm josh howie and tonight i'm joined by organ donors steve n allen and cressida wetton. together, we'll take you through friday's top newspaper stories. this is headliners. >> but before. >> but before. >> all of tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with mark white. >> hello again. the latest headunes >> hello again. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. conservative leader kemi badenoch has attacked the prime minister's leadership style over claims he broke covid lockdown rules. speaking to gb news, the

tory leader questioned the excuse sir keir starmer gave for meeting with a voice coach dunng meeting with a voice coach during lockdown. miss badenoch branded sir keir a lawyer, not a leader. >> the interesting is just how hypocritical. keir starmer has been.i hypocritical. keir starmer has been. i don't know anyone who needs emergency voice coaching on christmas eve. i think that keir starmer is a lawyer, not a leader, and i think he knows exactly what he can and cannot say to get himself out of trouble. >> meanwhile, gb news can confirm that the prime minister has met in private with victims of the southport attack. it's the third time sir keir has been to the merseyside town since last july's stabbings. this latest visit was intended as an opportunity to meet the bereaved families and some of the victims. in the wake of the sentencing of the southport killer, alex axel rudakubana. earlier, the prime minister

visited lancashire and said nuclear power would be prioritised in the spending review at a laboratory alongside the energy secretary. sir keir said more nuclear power plants would be approved as red tape is slashed. ministers say the plans aim to make it easier to build small modular reactors to help deliver clean, secure and more affordable energy. two suspected people smugglers wanted by french authorities have been arrested in the uk by the national crime agency. a 47 year old albanian man and a 25 year old albanian man and a 25 year old iraqi national were tracked down and detained in london. prosecutors in france accused them of being involved in a number of small boat crossings in 2022. they are also suspected of money laundering and other organised crime offences. police and tech companies have agreed

to work more closely to tackle phone theft. the pledge was made at a summit chaired by the home secretary. it follows a week of action across london, in which 230 suspects were arrested. scotland yard said the trade in stolen mobiles is worth more than £50 million a year, as the devices are resold in the uk and abroad. and finally, the king and queen are to pay state visits to italy and the vatican in april. the major spring tour follows multiple trips last year by king charles and queen camilla, including visits to australia and samoa. the royal couple will meet pope francis at the vatican and celebrate the catholic church's pilgrims of hope jubilee year. and that's it. you're right up to date. now it's it. you're right up to date. now wsfime

it. you're right up to date. now it's time for headliners. >> 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. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three spiffy comedians. we're going to kick off with a look at some of the front pages. the daily mail, new era of stagflation thanks to reeve's ruinous budget, the telegraph bloated state is harming the economy, and the guardian fears over stagflation. as reeves growth plan suffers double blow. steve stagflation, stagflation. >> stagflation it's where you get the mail, dear, and you're in. >> an air pump. >> an air pump. >> and is that what it is? >> and is that what it is? >> i really should have. >> i really should have. >> i really should have. >> i really. >> i really. >> should have read this beforehand. although the daily mail goes with a different take a new era of stagflation. thanks

to reeves. ruinous budget, 100 days on from it, the bank of england's downgraded. >> their forecast. >> their forecast. >> of growth. >> of growth. >> to 0.75%. »- >> to 0.75%. >> that might look like a small. >> that might look like a small. >> number because. >> number because. >> it. >> it. >> is, isn't it? it's less. >> it's less than 1%. it's a really small. >> amount to grow 50% less than it was. >> 50% less than. >> 50% less than. >> 1.5%. >> 1.5%. >> which is what it was. >> which is what it was. >> we're on. >> we're on. >> maths again and i feel on. >> maths again and i feel on. >> safe ground. >> safe ground. >> it's like being in a room with. thomas sowell. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> these two economic. experts with me? >> well, i'm not an economist, but half. >> that's not half. thank you. that was the number i was looking for. is that a number? half? no, it's just not. >> looking good. >> looking good. >> i was reading rumours earlier. >> about starmer. >> about starmer. >> binning her altogether. >> binning her altogether. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> not confirmed. not confirmed. >> not confirmed. not confirmed. >> no. well, he said he wouldn't. >> he. yeah. >> he. yeah. >> he. yeah. >> he can't. isn't it. and now he's not so sure. >> surely you've got to tweak before you do that. because if you get rid of your chancellor. >> you're gone. >> you're gone. >> basically it's one of the things. as you loop round the plughole of a prime minister. so, look, i mean, do some tweaking. and what i do want to mention in this, though, with the obr saying negative things, the bank of england previously on talking

about the news. people have cast these organisations, all these left wingers saying nasty things about the tories. no, it turns out they're also willing to say nasty things about numbers that don't add up. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and we. >> and we. >> it's interesting that they're sort of going stag. it's just going to be like the 70s. but i suspect a lot of people now don't remember the 70s. yeah. maybe our audience. is different. every time i read that wise audience think of. >> the good life. >> the good life. >> yeah, but yeah, but i don't think they're going to remember exactly what it was like in the 70s. and they're talking about here like figures like inflation, like 20%. that's not what they're talking about in reality here. yeah. but the idea that this bit goes up and this bit goes down leads to a flat line. is that the gist of it? that's i. >> was with you. >> was with you. >> up until the. >> up until the. >> graph theory of this bit. >> graph theory of this bit. >> plus that bit i did. >> plus that bit i did. >> you don't remember the 70s. look, you're like three months older than me or something. >> i don't remember the 70s, but i remember. people talking about the 70s. my point is that the males going on about the 70s, and i don't think that a good part of the country now are even going to remember people

talking. >> about people who read the daily mail do. >> well, that's it. all those young people. >> yeah, you're probably right. >> yeah, you're probably right. >> yeah. well, look, let's go on now. the telegraph has just a whole chunk of news there, doesn't it, cressida? >> they certainly do. >> they certainly do. >> bloated state is harming economy. >> so similar. similar situation there. there's a note at the top. >> could trump deport harry. yes. that's the story that keeps keeps. >> going on. >> going on. >> because he. well i suppose he did he lie on his visa application. >> or lie in the book. he must have lied in one of them. the visa application. >> or the book. he lied in his book just to sound cool. hey everybody. i did drugs because i'm a dude. i wouldn't put it. >> past him, actually. and now he's. going to. >> look really silly. he's going to. >> look. >> look. >> like. >> like. >> a silly boy. he's going to have to go to trump and say, i was just looking. i'm just trying to look cool. donald. mr donald, mr trump exactly. >> there's loads. >> there's loads. >> of little things on here. what else. >> have we got? >> have we got? >> miliband plan could cost families £800. >> more bad news. >> more bad news. >> about net. >> about net. >> zero and such. >> zero and such. >> no one likes it, do they? >> no one likes it, do they? >> i'm willing to pay any amount of money to get. >> your your. your carbon down.

>> your your. your carbon down. >> to, to zero zero to be a net zero family. i will pay. no, not at all, but another £800 to add to the however many thousands so far. and also there's this pmqs bid to reform sicknote culture, which was an initiative brought in, was going to be brought in by the tories to sort of bring in somebody to kind of go, no, yeah, you're you're fibbing. you're not really sick. yeah. >> it required instead of your gp's doing it. >> experts were you specialists. >> experts were you specialists. >> where are you going to. >> where are you going to. >> find them. we don't even have enough. you can't see a gp, let alone some. fictional higher. >> up level. it'll be like some sort of lie detector thing and you'd sort of call. oh, i've. and then they check your social media, see if you were out in the pub the night before. >> fair enough. >> fair enough. >> i think it's alan sugar. is that what it is? yeah. he knows. he pulls it out like. >> this, and he just gives. >> this, and he just gives. >> you the. once over and says, no, back. >> to work. no, no. not fired. quite an interesting story. navy embraces saris. quite an interesting sto