nigel, tory peer paul goodman.ouses longer than me in politics and i've heard this side, this idea going back some years. it makes it a bit of sense. >> yeah. it's been i mean, it has been going on for some time that jeremy hunt was looking at it prior to that, rishi sunak looked at the george osborne, i'm sure did it. yeah. i'm not sure about george osborne, but certainly rishi did after covid and the idea was to get the money into the long term asset fund, which would build things like hs2 and the third runway at heathrow, neither of which, of course, seemed to be happening, the idea of this is the way the canadians do it is that they, they invest rather in stocks and shares. they invest in private companies . so one of the, companies. so one of the, teaching pension funds in canada owns 25% of the british energy giant sse, another one is a big investor in thames water. >> so they go private companies are they. >> yeah. so some some companies do. well thames water clearly is not doing well . the key to not doing

nigel, tory peer paul goodman.ouses longer than me in politics and i've heard this side, this idea going back some years. it makes it a bit of sense. >> yeah. it's been i mean, it has been going on for some time that jeremy hunt was looking at it prior to that, rishi sunak looked at the george osborne, i'm sure did it. yeah. i'm not sure about george osborne, but certainly rishi did after covid and the idea was to get the money into the long term asset fund, which would build things like hs2 and the third runway at heathrow, neither of which, of course, seemed to be happening, the idea of this is the way the canadians do it is that they, they invest rather in stocks and shares. they invest in private companies . so one of the, companies. so one of the, teaching pension funds in canada owns 25% of the british energy giant sse, another one is a big investor in thames water. >> so they go private companies are they. >> yeah. so some some companies do. well thames water clearly is not doing well . the key to not doing

as ever, i want to paul goodman. as ever, i want to hear your views.t's a crucial part of the programme mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's one of your favourite parts of the day. the news bulletin, with sophia wenzler. >> nigel. thank you. good evening from the gb newsroom . evening from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 9:00. your top story this hour. the prime minister has confirmed a ban on outdoor smoking is being considered because of the huge burden smoking puts on the nhs and the taxpayer, according to what the sun newspaper says. a secret whitehall papers. ministers are considering making it illegal to light up in outdoor restaurants, playgrounds and outside nightclubs and stadiums. hospitality bosses say new restrictions would cost jobs, but sir keir starmer insists action is needed . insists action is needed. >> starting point on this is to remind everyone that over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of smoking. that's a preventable death. it's a huge burden on the nhs and of course it's a burden on the taxpayer. so yes, we are go

as ever, i want to paul goodman. as ever, i want to hear your views.e mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's one of your favourite parts of the day. the news bulletin, with sophia wenzler. >> nigel. thank you. good evening from the gb newsroom . evening from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 9:00. your top story this hour. the prime minister has confirmed a ban on outdoor smoking is being considered because of the huge burden smoking puts on the nhs and the taxpayer, according to what the sun newspaper says. a secret

nigel nelson, our senior political commentator, and paul goodman, lord goodman, of course , they'll lordl. we'll hear from also, they'll be discussing the labour councillor who said, cut your throat to when you hired him earlier, and craig mckinley, barnet mp. it'd be a great show. >> excellent. very good indeed. thank you everybody. i'm off for the next couple of weeks. i'll be back with you before the end of the month. thank you. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update brought to you from the met office. the grey weather will unger office. the grey weather will linger across the south first thing tomorrow, but in general it's looking much brighter as we head into friday. that's because a cold front will clear through the country overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, introducing fresher air. but before then, we've still got the milder humid air through the rest of this evening and overnight. so quite a close night to come. persistent rain still continui

nigel nelson, our senior political commentator, and paul goodman, lord goodman, of course , they'll lordl. we'll hear from also, they'll be discussing the labour councillor who said, cut your throat to when you hired him earlier, and craig mckinley, barnet mp. it'd be a great show. >> excellent. very good indeed. thank you everybody. i'm off for the next couple of weeks. i'll be back with you before the end of the month. thank you. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update brought to you from the met office. the grey weather will unger office. the grey weather will linger across the south first thing tomorrow, but in general it's looking much brighter as we head into friday. that's because a cold front will clear through the country overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, introducing fresher air. but before then, we've still got the milder humid air through the rest of this evening and overnight. so quite a close night to come. persistent rain still continui