>> so benefits britain. 3 million universal credit claimants are not looking for job. >> why criminalise lying politicians? the welsh parliament committee wants to make? it's illegal for politicians to deliberately lie to the public. meanwhile. >> just before the last election, i worked as a solicitor in manchester city centre and i would travel in to manchester every day for my what is now my constituency home. >> another false cv business secretary, jonathan reynolds, used to describe himself as a solicitor, but it turns out that he never qualified for the role. doesit he never qualified for the role. does it matter? >> a second labour cabinet minister embellishes their cv. what's the problem with being straight about your employment history? >> knife crime, age checks. the home office introduces stricter rules for buying blades online. home secretary yvette cooper says the changes are essential. >> that's why this is a major

crackdown on online knife sales. in order to take lethal weapons out of the hands of children. >> and has risen to 3%. it's reached its highest level in ten months. the opposition accuses the government of failing to achieve growth. >> we had a government that came in and said it wanted growth and it proceeded to talk the whole economy down, then taxed the living daylights out of it and expect the economy to grow. >> ageism in the workplace. frail, helpless, incompetent or wealth hoarding boomer. they're all the phrases you might hear in the office, as ageism is apparently embedded in the uk. >> i'm not offended. meghan's makeover so meghan markle has launched her lifestyle brand. she's changed the name, though it's now called. as ever, you might say whatever. two weeks before her new netflix series will tell you all about it. >> deborah essentially means, as it's always been. always loved cooking and crafting and gardening. this is what i do.

>> yeah. >> yeah. >> she's such a wally. meghan markle. >> do you think she's ever lied on her cv? >> she pretty much elaborates the truth every time she speaks, doesn't she? >> certainly a spinner, as you'd call it. >> so riviera orchard was going to be the name of her brand. it's now called. as ever. >> so she she changed the brand name because she was getting she wasn't allowed to market some products in certain areas if it wasn't from california. montecito. but now, have you heard about this? there's some. is there a french protestant or a french nun who's trying to sue her? really? yeah, because she's apparently allegedly stolen the logo. it's a palm tree surrounded by two birds. so there's another big legal wrangle. >> don't really think of nuns being looted, just do you. that seems. >> the biggest. maybe it's not a nun. it's something to do with religion or something. >> right. we will find out. lots going on between now and midday.

let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> ben bev and andrew. good morning. it'sjust >> ben bev and andrew. good morning. it's just gone 930. these are your headlines from the bbc newsroom. the british army could be used to keep peace in ukraine, with the government exploring options to provide troops or typhoons to help the country, with president trump saying he would not object. it follows talks between the us and russia yesterday. meanwhile, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy said it was a surprise his country hadn't been invited. but donald trump appeared to blame ukraine, saying the country could have made a deal. it comes as the us president hinted at an election in ukraine for peace, which could oust leader volodymyr zelenskyy from office. >> wouldn't the people of ukraine have to say, like, you know, it's been a long time since we've had an election? that's not a russia thing. that's not a russia thing. that's something coming from me and coming from many other

countries also. you know, ukraine is being just just wiped out. >> in other news, uk's inflation rate has jumped from 2.5% to 3% in january, the highest level in ten months. it means that on average, something which would have cost £1 a year ago now costs £1.03. the bank of england's target for inflation is 2%. the chief economist of the office for national statistics says the rise has been driven partly by airfares. meat, bread and private school fees. are . exchequer secretary fees. are. exchequer secretary to the treasury james murray has commented on the inflation figures, saying it was higher under the previous government. >> well, today's figures underline the fact that we are in a different world than we were a few years ago under the previous government, where inflation was routinely double digits. but let's be clear, we know that families across the

country are still finding it hard to make ends meet, which is why yesterday's data about real wages increasing their fastest rate in three years was so welcome. and why putting more money in people's pockets is at the heart of our plan for change. to kick start economic growth. >> now, retailers selling knives onune >> now, retailers selling knives online face stricter laws under the government's new crackdown, as a review finds it's easier for children to buy knives than it is to purchase paracetamol. tougher prison sentences will be introduced for selling knives to under 18 seconds, and retailers will be obliged to report suspicious or bulk purchases of knives that could then be sold via social media. it's part of the government's aim to increase the government's aim to increase the protection of young people from knife crime, following tragedies. after unlicensed sales of the weapons. and the bbc is facing questions over accusations of promoting hamas propaganda after featuring a boy claimed to be a hamas leader's son in a new gaza documentary. the documentary gaza how to

survive a war zone, was broadcast on monday evening as an account of ordinary palestinians. but last night it was claimed, one of the child narrators, abdullah, is the son of a hamas government minister and grandson of one of hamas's founding members. critics have said the bbc has allowed itself to be used as a propaganda platform for hamas by giving airtime to the child of one of its senior figures. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour. >> 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/advent. >> jean—pierre marechal. >> jean—pierre marechal. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom. it's the beth and ben show this morning. live across the uk, the world, in fact on gb news. while andrew has a day off. >> all across the globe. good

morning. thank you for your company. thank you for having me. >> oh half term. wasn't it lovely getting in this morning? the roads are empty if you're at home enjoying the half term. >> that's why it was quiet. >> that's why it was quiet. >> yes, that's why it's quiet. yeah. so it. does it matter if you lie on your cv? that's what we're asking this morning. does it matter more if you're a politician and you lie on your cv? because business secretary jonathan reynolds has been accused of fabricating his professional history, he described himself as a solicitor despite never qualifying for the role. >> well, that's the second cabinet minister, isn't it? after rachel reeves jonathan reynolds. now, first, of course, we had the chancellor and now jonathan reynolds. so what to make of it all? well. >> there's no accusation that he if he said he was a solicitor and then he went and worked as a solicitor, that would be actually breaking the law because of course it is a regulated industry and you have to be approved to do that job. he stood up in parliament, didn't he? we played the clip at the top and said, when i was in manchester, travelling back and forth, working as a solicitor, which was a blatant lie. >> yeah, you're just lying.

sorry. you're lying. and the labour response to this this morning they had breakfast. i've forgotten her name. apologies. the fire and safety minister saying that first of all, the linkedin cv was an admin error. where have we heard that rachel reeves saying, oh, just a typo, sorry. and then ellie and eamonn played a clip of jonathan reynolds in parliament saying, oh, we got the clip. let's see this clip. >> before the last election, i worked as a solicitor in manchester city centre, and i would travel in to manchester every day for my what is now my constituency. >> now he's changed his linkedin. apparently in the last 24 hours it now says he was a trainee solicitor, which is true. so maybe he just made made tried to make himself sound a little bit more qualified than he really was in that one sentence. does it really matter? >> i think you're being very generous. but they also changed the wikipedia entry as well. they went through every online edition of information and changed it. so when you combine this with rachel reeves saying she did ten years as an economist, she actually did five

and a half years, econ