with emily >> i will be with emily throughout the programme, of course, but elsewhere an illegal working crackdown, thousands of migrants working illegally in nail bars, car washes and restaurants have been arrested as part of the government's efforts to tighten uk border security. mark white has the story. >> well, just last month, the number of arrests for illegal workers rose by 73%. however, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the estimated 1.5 million people working in the illegal economy. >> and not another one. after the resignation of health minister andrew gwynne. today, labour's chief whip meets with young labour mp oliver ryan, who was also in the offending trigger me timbers whatsapp group. the burnley mp says his own comments were completely

unacceptable. now emily, we're expecting the tractors to arrive where you are this very hour. it's a big day for the farmers. >> an absolutely massive day for farmers. this is the third protest like this with tractors that have descended on whitehall in just four months, and we're expecting this one to be the biggest. there could be thousands of tractors descending in whitehall in just one hour's time. we're also going to have tens of thousands of people coming from farms across the country and from the rural community, as well as well as supporters of the farming industry. now, you may well be able me this able to see behind me that this is busiest junctions. is one of the busiest junctions. in london. huge amounts of activity going on, but it will come to a standstill. they're saying rachel reeves should stop

and rethink this decision, aren't we.7 oh, and rethink this decision, aren't we? oh, that's very loud indeed. i'll be here all day reporting live. >> fantastic stuff emily. great to see those first tractors arrive. oh, it's the beginning of a big day of protest. but of course, your views are very welcome. gbnews.com/yoursay do write in with what you think about the programme throughout it all to come after your latest news headlines. >> tom. emily, thank you and good afternoon. it's 12:02. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. brief bit of breaking news this lunchtime ashley dalton, the labour mp for west lancashire, has been appointed as a minister in the department of health and social care after andrew gwynne was sacked over the weekend. the appointment comes as the chief whip will meet with labour mp oliver ryan today, after an investigation was launched by the party into comments made on a whatsapp group. the member of parliament for burnley has

apologised for unacceptable and deeply disappointing comments, which he deeply regrets and would not make today. mr ryan confirmed he was a member of the same whatsapp group that featured racist and sexist messages that former health minister andrew gwynne was also a part of. farmers from across the country are arriving in westminster this afternoon in protest against the government's family farm tax. hundreds of farmers and their tractors are gathering on the way to parliament. the rally on whitehall, organised by save british farming, comes as a petition calling to keep current inheritance tax exemptions for working farms has reached almost 150,000 signatures. that's set to be debated in the commons this afternoon. labour has previously insisted it will not make a u—turn on its plans to introduce a 20% inheritance tax rate on farms worth more than £1 million. they've also said that farmers are the backbone of britain. earlier this morning, reform uk leader nigel farage spoke to elianne eamonn after

speaking with farmers. >> they feel, and some of these families have had farms for hundreds of years. they feel directly threatened by these proposed tax changes and they're going to stand up and they're going to stand up and they're going to stand up and they're going to fight and they're doing it here. we're in north london this morning, but this is beginning to happen all over the country. and i sense that we've got a great feeling in our country for the countryside, and it's only likely it is because it's only likely it is because it's been looked after and husbanded for centuries by people like this. i think the pubuc people like this. i think the public are getting on their side. >> and. >> and. >> elsewhere, a 50 year old simon vickers, who stabbed his 14 year old daughter scarlett in the heart while he claimed they were play fighting in their kitchen, has been jailed at teesside crown court for life, with a minimum term of 15 years after he was convicted of her murder. delivering the sentence, mr justice cotter said vickers had never given a truthful explanation of what happened, saying the tragedy must have been down to vickers losing his temper. he paid tribute to

scarlett as a normal, healthy girl with a long life ahead of her. thousands of migrants who have been working illegally in the country have been arrested as part of the government's efforts to tighten border security. around 4000 arrests have been made and more than 5000 immigration enforcement visits since labour took power on the 5th of july. the government says that those often working illegally in nail bars, car washes and restaurants are sold. false promises about living and working in the uk, and are encouraged to make dangerous journeys to the country organised by criminal gangs. later today, there will be a second reading in the house of commons of the government's border security, asylum and immigration bill. the legislation would give new powers to police and immigration officers, including the ability to seize migrants mobile phones to seize migrants mobile phones to assist with investigations. us president donald trump is set to impose 25% tariffs on all

steel and aluminium imports into the us. the president is set to make an announcement later today. steelmakers in asia have warned that the tariffs will impact profitability and volumes of steel. it's unclear whether president trump will make any exemptions on tariffs. labour minister dame angela eagle said earlier this morning that it is in the best interests of both the uk and the us that the two countries carry on with their balanced trade. mr trump said he will announce reciprocal tariffs on tuesday or wednesday. leaders of the church of england will gather at the general synod today, where a debate on the macon report, which ultimately sparked justin welby's resignation as archbishop of canterbury, will take place. the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, is set to lead the debates despite facing calls to resign from some bishops. the church has been criticised in recent months over safeguarding failures. following the john smith review. those are the

latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to tom and emily. >> well good afternoon britain. it is seven minutes past midday and of course , farmers are on and of course, farmers are on their way to whitehall to protest the government's proposed imposition of inheritance tax on family farms. we can see the convoy on its way through west london as we speak. this is, of course, the third time in four months that the rural revolt has made its way to parliament square, demanding rachel reeves u—turns on what they're calling the closing the mines moment for british farms. well, today promises to be the largest such protest in westminster of farmers and their tractors that we've yet seen. joined now by my co—host emily carver live in westminster. as emily, i believe that 1 or 2 tractors have already arrived there, but we're expecting the

bulk a little bit later on. >> today. >> today. >> we are indeed expecting the bulk a little bit later on at about 1:00. that is when we're expecting all of the tractors, thousands of tractors to descend on this area of central london, right outside the houses of parliament. you can see big ben behind me. we've got winston churchill to my left. we've also got whitehall, of course, where downing street is to. and farmers are here to make their voices heard. they're here to make their voices heard. now, a number of tractors have already arrived. they're not being allowed to stop quite yet. i don't believe so. they're doing the rounds. they're going around parliament square and around the surrounding area, tooting their horns, making it known to the pubuc horns, making it known to the public why they're here. and they're here to save the british farm, to save the family farm, to fight back against the inheritance tax rate. now, i'm just going to walk over here because i'm delighted to be joined by ollie fletcher, who is second in command at save british farming. and he's. well, you can hear the noise behind me. he's at save british farming, which is the organiser

of this protest today. ollie, if you can hear me, please talk us through what's going to happen today then? >> well, i don't know about second. in command. there's a whole team of people, but we have a whole programme of events today. hopefully from 1:00 pm, we're going to fill up whitehall and it will probably overflow. i understand there's going to be quite a lot of tractors coming, and then we're going to set 1507 00:09:20,696 -->