6:00 news headlines. your 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. the latest headunes >> good evening. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. conservative leader kemi badenoch has criticised the prime minister's style of leadership over claims he broke covid lockdown rules. speaking to gb news, the tory leader questioned the explanation sir keir starmer gave for meeting with a voice coach during lockdown. miss badenoch branded sir keir a lawyer, not a leader. >> 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 victims of the southport

attack today. it's the third time sir keir has visited the merseyside town. the prime minister's visit was intended as an opportunity to meet bereaved families and some of the victims of last july's horrific attack. earlier, the prime minister visited lancashire and said nuclear power would be prioritised in the spending review at a nuclear laboratory alongside the energy secretary. sir keir said more nuclear power plants will be approved as red tape is slashed. ministers say the plans aim to make it easier to build small modular reactors to build small modular reactors to help to deliver clean, secure and more affordable energy. the bank of england has reduced the interest rate by a quarter of a percent to the lowest base rate since june 2023. the rate has

fallen from 4.75 to 4.5%. bank of england governor andrew bailey said he'd be monitoring the uk economy and global developments closely, and would take a careful and gradual approach to any further rate reductions. the princess royal has returned to the hospital where she was treated after being knocked unconscious by a horse last year during the visit to southmead hospital in bristol. princess anne was able to thank the doctors and nurses who looked after her. the 74 year old princess described how every day is a bonus after she suffered concussion and head injuries in the accident last june. and finally, greggs has announced a battle of the burgers taking on mcdonald's and kfc by launching its own. the

bakery chain is adding a new chicken burger and wrap to its hot made to offer range. it comes as greggs plans to open 150 new shops this year in a massive expansion. well, we sent our reporter jack carson off to the bakery chain to very bravely taste the new offering. >> the world is watching. it is crispy. it's very crispy. i've probably eaten a bit too much. i would prefer a little bit more mayonnaise on my burger. i think maybe i should have bought an extra little sachet of mayonnaise. >> good old jack carson. always front of the queue when it comes to these assignments. can you guess michelle's favourite greggs offering? certainly not a vegan sausage roll. >> 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. >> you're absolutely right. mark white i am not a vegan sausage roll kind of girl. i like my sausages to be real meat. that's what i say. and good luck getting your hands on one of those greggs burgers. you'll have to get. you'll have to beat the shoplifters to win, wouldn't you? greggs really do suffer on that front, don't they? anyway, is that kind of burger for you or not? i am michelle dewberry. i'm with you until 7:00 tonight. and alongside me, i've got my panel and alongside me, i've got my panel. kelvin mackenzie, the former editor of the sun, and bill rammell, the former labour mp. good evening. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> vegan sausage rolls. is that what you're into? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> i like a decent burger. >> i like a decent burger. >> do you? vegan sausage rolls? >> do you? vegan sausage rolls? >> no. >> no. >> bill rammell. who is into vegan sausage roll? who are you? identify yourself. i've never met anyone into those things. but maybe that says more about my social circle than it does

anything else, quite frankly. but anyway, look, we have got a lot to discuss tonight, and you're very welcome along for the ride. get in touch all the usual ways you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to twitter or x, or of course you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. and of course some good news when it comes to that interest rate slashing, that's what we like to see some good money stories. do you feel wealthier when you hear that? do you hope your mortgage will be coming down? tell me if you do feel a bit more optimistic today than you did yesterday. but look, kemi badenoch, i'm sure she said she wasn't actually going to come out with some policies until later down the line, but i might have misheard that because she hasindeed have misheard that because she has indeed now come out with a strong policy. you can imagine what it's on, but let's take listen. >> to make sure that all of the people who are here have to have a meaningful contribution to the uk. so one of the things that we would be changing is making sure that people are net contributors to the to the uk. british citizenship is not an entitlement. it is not a right.

it is a privilege. and we have one of the easiest routes to citizenship. >> well, that was her talking exclusively there to our political editor, christopher hope.so political editor, christopher hope. so she's certainly talking tough when it comes to extending time periods and making sure that you're a giver and not a taker and all the rest of it when it comes to contributions. but my key question really is, do you think that anybody will trust the tories when it comes to management and control of immigration? >> no, i don't particularly. but also remember this is she's had to say something. she's had to say something because they are tories are now third in the polls behind the three points currently. and that can change behind reform. and one of the issues whenever you meet a conservative is they say, well, what do we stand for and who on earth are we? if you're a laboun earth are we? if you're a labour, you're in favour of train drivers making £93,000 a yeah train drivers making £93,000 a year. and that's fair enough, right? and if you are reform,

you're in favour of turning back. effectively turning back the migrants and lots of other ideas as well. all the weather was being made by farage. no, there was no news coming out of kemi and her colleagues. now they've had to say something because actually they could drift below 20% and this would be nightmarish, mainly for kemi and the conservatives that i know. and in fact, i had to speak to a whole group of them last night who are tory funders, are unsure what leadership is being given at the moment and what leadership within the conservative party is going to be available for them going forward. and whether actually one of the strange aspects of it is whether they actually pick the wrong one and they should have gone with jenrick. well. >> he's making a lot of noise as well, isn't he. >> yes. >> yes. >> so he. >> so he. >> he is battling away and i, i this particular policy sounds very good actually the numbers that this likely to affect is very small. the good thing that

was being said is we're going to announce a total cap on the most we're going to allow in. so for instance, supposing that number were 80 or 100,000. but the trouble is the tory ministers i have heard won't say what that number is, nor will they say what date it will be brought in. right. if they, if they if they're going to brief that we're going to do it. they should do it. now, this kind of policy will not do anything for kemi. >> well. >> well. >> i will acknowledge that when you've suffered a horrendous electoral defeat, as the tories have done, it's difficult. it's difficult to reposition yourself. but if i was the tories, i'd stop scratching at the saw because, you know, they allowed net migration to reach almost a million people a year, completely and utterly unsustainable. and this policy today, it may grab some headlines, but it begins to fall apart under scrutiny. i mean, one, yes, most migrants who come here should be highly paid, but we do need some low paid migrants. you know, there are

some jobs in this country, whether it's picking crops in the agricultural fields or the care sector, where we don't pay enough to recruit british workers, where you need migrants to keep those services going. secondly, the focus on indefinite leave to remain. my understanding is you already need ten years eligibility to get indefinite leave to remain. so i don't understand how this stacks up. and in terms of access to british citizenship, i think this gives access t