claims reform are not who claims reform are not serious. and this afternoon a group of 40. labour rebel mps who object to rachel reeves inheritance tax grab are expected to be carpeted by party whips. >> on today's. >> on today's. >> show, we'll speak to the. >> show, we'll speak to the. >> leader of. >> leader of. >> labour's rural revolt. plus. >> labour's rural revolt. plus. >> i'll be joined in the. >> i'll be joined in the. >> studio by. >> studio by. >> the. >> the. >> farmer who says this is the biggest breakthrough for farmers so far. and meanwhile, new judicial guidance. urges judges to go soft on ethnic minorities and trans people, has been slammed as discriminating against straight white people. on today's show, i'll be joined by a top barrister and a top copper and ask them is this proof of yet more two tiered justice? and lefties used to say, give peace a chance. but this week they booed donald trump's goal to end the ukraine war, and they cheered on pumping more troops and bombs into ukraine. on today's show, i'll be joined by the formidable

peter hitchens, who says now wars on left wing and peace is way out on the right. and i'll ask him, are lefties the new warmongers? waafs the show a pleasure to have you accompany. so are reform on the rocks? well, they are, if you believe the conservative party. they are saying that there are proof of splits within the party, as there's an interview by rupert lowe with andrew pierce of gb news in today's daily mail, where mr lowe appears to cast doubt over nigel farage leadership and even fancies himself potentially with the bookies odds. he's the joint favourite with angela rayner to be the next prime minister. the second favourite, bebe farage is still the favourite is reform on the rocks. the conservatives certainly think so. they'll be attacking them today. that's the question. do you think reform are in peril or actually is the most divided party, the conservatives, and they're merely projecting onto the

upstart reform uk? that's today's topic. get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. now it's time for your headlines. and here's katie bowen. >> martin. thank you and good afternoon. it's 3:02. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the uk government has signed a deal to provide ukraine's armed forces with more advanced attack drones to tackle russian aggression in the black sea.the russian aggression in the black sea. the ministry of defence has announced . that announcement announced. that announcement from the ministry of defence comes as sir keir starmer, speaking in the northwest of england, said it said it would be a, quote, big mistake to think that quote, all we've got to do is wait for a deal now between ukraine and russia, adding that the united kingdom will play a leading part in terms of defence and security. european union leaders are gathering in brussels today to discuss ukraine and the threat of russia, with president macron and president zelenskyy meeting this morning. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, spoke to gb news katherine

forster a short time ago. >> we've enjoyed 80 years of peace and we've enjoyed 80 years of peace because we've had such a close relationship with the united states. we are closer than any other country to the united states when it comes to our defence, our security, our intelligence sharing. and we've worked with our european partners within nato, which is the most important alliance the world has ever seen. and we've never made that choice between siding, as it were, with the us or with europe. historically, we've never done that. churchill didn't do it, attlee didn't do it. and it's certainly not the right thing to do now when things are extremely volatile. >> well, those updates come as president trump's administration confirmed that they had suspended intelligence sharing with ukraine as france steps in to offer intelligence. the white house said yesterday that it is reconsidering its pause in funding for ukraine and talks

between the united states and president zelenskyy's country over a minerals deal are ongoing. defence secretary john healey is meeting his counterpart, pete hegseth, today in washington. that brief breaking update, as you've been heanng breaking update, as you've been hearing now, justice secretary shabana mahmood has urged the sentencing council to reconsider its new guidance forjudges sentencing council to reconsider its new guidance for judges to take account of a criminal's ethnicity before deciding their punishment as soon as possible, adding that she will review its powers and change the law if necessary. that comes as conservative leader kemi badenoch also said her party would back a change in the law to overrule the sentencing council. the changes, due in april would place more emphasis on pre—sentence reports, particularly for offenders from ethnic or faith minorities, young adults, abuse survivors and pregnant women. the sentencing council says its reforms aim to ensure consistency and avoid bias in the justice system. robert jenrick told gb news earlier on that the government needs to intervene. >> it's completely outrageous

and ludicrous and it needs to stop. and frankly, the justice secretary should have known about this before, if indeed she didn't. she has a personal representative on the very sentencing council that issued these guidance. i've read the minutes. there was no objection raised whatsoever. the government have got to intervene and stop this, because i don't want a two tier justice system. >> elsewhere. irish taoiseach micheal martin said his country will help sir keir starmer do anything to reset the uk's relationship with the european union. the prime minister has met with the taoiseach as part of the first annual summit between the two nations, with sir keir starmer saying the uk and ireland are opening the next chapter in their relationship. the leaders were in the north west with senior government members to discuss defence and the economy, with the irish premier adding a short while ago that the summit was very positive. and a gb news exclusive. now another 200 small boat migrants made it to the uk

today, the sixth straight day of illegal crossings in a week. the latest arrivals take the total number of channel migrants to reach uk waters since saturday to 1578. that now means 3634 saturday reach uk waters since saturday to 1578. that now means 3634 have reached the uk since the have reached the uk since the 1st of january. those are the 1st of january. those are the latest gb news headlines. now latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to martin. let's go back to martin. >> thank you katie. now here's >> thank you katie. now here's today's big question. question today's big question. question is reform uk on the rocks. well is reform uk on the rocks. well that's what the conservative that's what the conservative party are claiming today after party are claiming today after rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe has said that nigel rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe mp reform rupa mp rupert lowe has said that nigel farage acts like a messiah and farage acts like a messiah and needs to learn how to delegate. needs to learn how to delegate. he also said that if there were he also said that if there were not changes then he would not be not changes then he would not be by farage's side at the next by farage's side at the next election. it's an astonishing election. it's an astonishing interview with in the mail today interview with in the mail today with andrew pierce, of course, with andrew pierce, of course, also works @gbnews. and to also works @gbnews. and to discuss it, i'm joined in the discuss it, i'm joined in the

studio by the political studio by the political political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show. so

political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to thecause so minister, and that's because elon musk backs him and the quotes on the screen, as you see there, it's absolutely staggering, he says. i don't know where this has come from. he goes on, we have to start developing policy, which is going to change the way we govern. i'm not going to be buying nigel side at the next election, unless we have a proper plan to change the way we govern from top to bottom. these are ultimatums in a party of just five mps and rupert lowe to his credit, by the way, doesn't take any salary to be an mp. he's a self—made millionaire. we can call him that. i'm sure he's someone who speaks from the lip. he is making a lot of the ground, the running ground. i think in parliament this won't help nigel farage today. >> he's also said when he was specifically asked about the potential of a deal with the conservatives and electoral pact, which, of course, nigel farage has vehemently ruled out. rupert lowe said it's too early to say what will happen. you can't rule anything out. so another key policy split and you're talking about another

potential wobble earlier. and thatis potential wobble earlier. and that is the electoral commission have got their funding figures out. >> that's right. so there are three wobbles i think for reform uk that we are reporting today. one about 1514 00:09:10,64