. >> rupert lowe. >> i sincerely hope that all of us in this house agree that good government is transparentrnment. in response to my written question on publishing the number of foreign nationals receiving universal credit, i was informed by the work and pensions minister that the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics was being examined. will the prime minister today commit to using his good offices to publish this data transparently? prime minister starmer: i am grateful to him for raising this. i know there has been an exchange on it, and as soon as i have an update, i will provide that for him so he has got it. >> ian lavery. >> within weeks of the general election, this labour government delivered for the mineworkers and the mineworkers' pension scheme. it was well received, and it was justice done. however, is it not time to seek the truth with regards to the policing during the miners' strike? will the prime minister commit to an early and full inquiry, into the minor strike, something which this lot denied for generations? prime minister starmer: that question on the

and we've seen mps like rupert lowe and others in parliament now really running with that campaign and to give people the information, you've got to let them know what's going on. and i think as we look ahead to 25, clearly the court case, which we need to be very careful about, but the court case will be one of the biggest stories in 2025 as well. >> of course it is. it will be commencing that court case on the very same day of the inauguration over in the states. ihave inauguration over in the states. i have just got to say, there was so much misinformation and false false information as well coming out of social media around those times. bill, your thoughts? >> i think you've got to separate the two things. i mean, one, what happened to those three girls was disgusting and appalling and breaks your heart utterly unacceptable. but then what flowed from it was again, unacceptable. and matt, you've just said something that you've not got a shred of evidence for. there's not a shred of evidence to back that up and statements like that. and there were others dunng like that. and there we

low quality as well. ups and downs on inflation for wool merchant rupert, with a stronger pound making imports cheaper.port and i pay for it in nepal, and the currency fluctuation�*s worked in my favour. there are many moving parts, but the bump up in inflation is likely to mean notjust a pre—christmas pause in interest rate cuts tomorrow, but a slower path of rate cuts next year too. faisal islam, bbc news. the time is just after 18:15. our top story this evening: the prime minister has defended the government's desision not to compensate women affected by changes to the state pension age, insisting taxpayers can't afford a £10.5 billion package. chris and dianne! and after lifting the famous glitterball trophy, chris mccausland tells us how he hopes his time on strictly will help change attitudes towards disabilities. coming up on bbc news... a speical general meeting is taking place at england rugby�*s governing body with calls for chief executive bill sweeney to go after he received a large bonus, depite huge losses. in a town in northern canada that's known as the polar bear capital of the world,

has khan been rewarded for failure and with his no nonsense approach, reform mp rupert lowe has been heralded as 2024 rising star of british politics. on new year's eve, rupert will look back on his banger of a year in politics and look ahead to what promises to be non—stop fireworks in 2025, and nigel farage gives his new year's address from the birthplace of winston churchill. what can we expect in the coming year from reform uk.7 and what can we expect in the coming year from reform uk? and truly a story here to restore faith in humanity. look at him. beautiful. on today's show, i'll be joined by two real life santa's little helpers, charlie, seven, and his sister molly, age four. this year, the inspiring brother and sister act decided to sell their old toys and donate their own christmas gifts to a local children's hospice. what a wonderful story that's all coming up in your next hour. and also, newly released national archive documents have revealed that tony blair repeatedly ignored warnings from his cabinet that opening britain to east europe would lead to uncontrolled migratio

>> well, you've just quoted rupert lowe rupert lowe is a multi—millionaire and yes, he doesn't claim allowances. the vast majority of mps, this isn't a party issue. you look at the published record, the vast majority of mps of all parties claim the allowance and they do it because by the very nature of their job, they require two homes. and if you didn't have the allowance. lee, you and i are from similar backgrounds. without the second home allowance, neither of us could have afforded to be members of parliament. that's the blunt reality. now, in terms of the winter fuel allowance, should it be means tested then, bill? >> no, because you've got which is what they've done with the winter fuel allowance. they've means tested that le. if you're on pension credit, you get it. should it be a similar thing for members of parliament? >> no, because if you're on ridiculous amounts of money entitlement that is set independently to enable mps to have two two homes, that requires costs. in terms of the winter fuel allowance, there's always been a case for means testing it. that's why the torie

>> but i would argue that actually, as far as opposition is concerned, it has been the likes of rupert lowend richard tice and mr farage and the others that are actually the onesin others that are actually the ones in parliament asking the questions. >> rupert lowe so the reform mp for great yarmouth is, i think, has proven himself to be an outstanding politician. so far. he's using the parliamentary system to ask questions. and if you're a bit of a political geek like i am, and you watch some of the stuff that, you know, most normal people don't watch, he's asking questions to various government departments. they haven't got the answers, or if they have, they're very reluctant to reveal the data he's he's requesting. so he's playing an absolute blinder. >> i disagree very strongly with part of what you said. i'm all for politicians asking questions and probing the government, holding it to account in all sorts of different ways. but i'm afraid i've clashed with rupert on in the last couple of days or so during the festive period, because over christmas itself, he was spreading hate, in my

tonight, in the company of the busiest mp in parliament, rupert lowe. also, should britain sacrifice its most beautiful countryside to tackle the housing crisis? also tonight, as we get ready for some festive tv entertainment, i'll be joined by britain's leading comedy historian to talk about the carry on films and why many families will still be watching them this christmas. and in an hour's time, in a take at ten special, the problematic prince strikes again, this time prince strikes again, this time prince andrew linked to an alleged chinese spy. how much more harm can this man do to his family and his country? i'll be deaung family and his country? i'll be dealing with this national embarrassment in no uncertain terms at ten. and if you're watching andrew, this will have you sweating. yes, indeed. i'll be serving him up like a pizza express pizza at 10:00. you won't want to miss it. so two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. this is the last mark dolan tonight on a saturday of the year. let's go out with a bang. and let me tell y

>> yes, i mean, rupert lowe has been a sort of one man band on this. he's been pressing for data on all sorts of different issues, mostly to do with non—uk residents and benefits and crime data and all of that stuff. but surely the british people have a right to know this stuff. >> it's important stuff. and on that topic of information coming out into the public, we're also going to be going through a question about barber shops up and down the country. now, a new investigation has found that 6000 new barbershops and beauty salons have sprung up since 2019. what's behind that? because there's some concern from the police that some of these places are being used for laundering money, which is a bit, i don't know, maybe, maybe the demand has suddenly exploded exponentially. >> you know, men aren't cutting their own hair anymore. they're all going for these fancy, i don't know, whatever you call them. >> the hot, hot shave, the towel. >> shave. i'm not sure it's that. i'm not sure it's that. we'll get to the bottom of it, though. the show? >> yes, we'll w

reform mp rupert lowe claims that there are nearly 870,000 calls made to the department for work andns last year, made by people who required an interpreter. he says that if you can't speak english, you shouldn't get benefits. well, how can these people seriously be expected to get a job or contribute to wider society? i mean, he goes on, he says, we know that £726 million was spent on refugee households through universal credit last year. and it raises the question, what's the overall figure for the amount of money that we spend in benefits on all foreign nationals who can't speak english? why are we paying for that? we're not just paying for legal migrants or refugees who can't communicate properly. it's criminals as well. rupert lowe makes this point about a foreign national with 17 convictions, who we apparently can't deport. >> this is now, as i say, a matter of national emergency. and the third part of the equafion and the third part of the equation is those illegal migrants who are here. and i had a case in my constituency, great yarmouth, only this week where one alias, hamula

and the reform uk mp rupert lowe will be joining me. he's the mp for great yarmouth. as you know, i'm going to be asking him about elontos's w— — i'm going to be asking him about elonto come w— — i'm going to be asking him about elonto come on — — f i'm going to be asking him about elonto come on today's—————— w 7 i'm going to be asking him about elonto come on today's show,— w 7 i'm going to be asking him about elonto come on today's show, as—— w , lots to come on today's show, as even lots to come on today's show, as ever, i'm going to be speaking to the former labour mp, bill rammell. i'm going to ask him whether he's clear on keir starmers plan. do you know the difference between a milestone , difference between a milestone, a pledge, a pillar and a mission? i'm not sure i do, but we'll try and drill into that a little later. i'm also going to be joined by the shadow chief secretary to the treasury. he's also a former conservative chairman, richard fuller. going to be asking him about the rise of reform. has kemi badenoch made enough of an impact in her first few

don't forget, by the way, britain's busiest mp, rupert lowe, is with me in just a few minutes to talkut a brexit betrayal and also illegal immigration. but first, tonight's top pundits. we have tv fitness legend, the green goddess herself, diana moran, respected academic and political commentator doctor lisa mckenzie, and leading journalist and communications adviser linda jubilee. well, it's great to see all three of you and a welcome return to the mark dolan tonight sofa to diana moran. great to see you, diana. are you well? >> i'm much better. thank you very much indeed. >> well, you're glowing tonight, and there's something festive about that green. >> well, that's what i thought with your new red sofa here. and a bit of the green. >> yeah, you've definitely brightened. you brighten the place up. now you've brought some glamour, which is a rare thing here, diana. there's nothing glamorous about that video. >> i think it's absolutely disgusting. i am an older woman, and i've spent all my life trying to be proud of being a woman. not put down by men, not thought of as a bit of meat

has kemi badenoch made enough of an impact in her first few weeks in office and the reform uk mp rupert lowel be joining me. he's the mp for great yarmouth. as you know, i'm going to be asking him about elon musk's proposed donation to the party, $100 million. is that going to be coming through for reform? i'm also going to be speaking to a leading human rights lawyer who is threatening to sue the football association over those rainbow armbands, also representing a woman who's been banned from newcastle united for expressing apparently anti—trans views. all she really asks is whether a man can be a woman. so i'll be drilling into that a little later . welcome back. little later. welcome back. well, a little earlier i spoke to the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, richard fuller. this is what he had to say. former tory chairman and shadow chief secretary to the treasury, richard fuller, joins me now in the gb news studio. lovely to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed for being here. i'm sorry, but i am going to start by quizzing you about nigel farage, of all people, becau

i've got rupert lowe mp, on to talk about the great immigration cover up. also . well, it looked like also. well, it looked like british car icon jaguar committed brand suicide and now we can reveal that it absolutely has. it's worse than we all thought. they've unveiled a bright pink barbie electric car that will appeal to absolutely nobody . will they just go bust, nobody. will they just go bust, do you think? i've got a lot more on tonight as well. like this. >> it cannot be right that all pensioners receive a payment worth 2 to £300 a year, whatever their income. >> give us our money back , you >> give us our money back, you shameless pensioner. freezer that labour minister there, liz kendall, cut the winter fuel payment. but gets the taxpayer to pay for the heating bill in her second home. my fundraiser for friends of the elderly closes tonight. let's try to get it over 400 grand if we can, and tell this government no, we won't let pensioners freeze to death on our watch. plus handful of middle class women of a certain age are. greg wallace came out swinging.

well, reform mp rupert lowe struck back, stating the bleeding obvious.on't give power back to communities by cancelling elections. angela, this is unbelievably rich coming from labour over the weekend. labour's very own baroness harriet harman was all over the media saying that nigel farage and reform were a threat to democracy. >> well, i think people should be very concerned about reform because they're not just the threat to individual parties, but i actually think they're a threat to democracy because they are offering easy answers, and now they are set to apparently cancel local elections in essex, hertfordshire, kent, lancashire and sussex. >> the cynic in me would say this labour are tanking. starmer's handling of the summer disorder, his freezing of pensioners, crippling of farmers, relentless desire to give your money, tax payers money away abroad, which included another £50 million to syria yesterday, the lord alli sleaze and donor gate fiasco, ed miliband's big green revolution and frankly, his total lack of personality mean that he's currentl

i think it was great that reform mp rupert lowe, he said. i'm going to give my salary to charity.it does. and into the constituency because he doesn't need it. i feel like just day by day, week by week, the stories just keep on building up, showing that labour are completely out of touch. >> though bill, surely if you have a household income of over making an widdecombe in 2009 making an impassioned speech in the house of commons, where she urged mps to get up off their knees and defend the second home allowance because without it, the only people who could afford to be mps would be the rich. you know, by the very nature of your job as an mp, you've got a home in your constituency, you're required 3 or 4 nights a week to be at westminster, often to the early hours of the morning. you need two homes and that has to be funded. >> chloe, what do you think? >> chloe, what do you think? >> so i don't think that you should scrap the ability of mps to claim their expenses for having to then live in two homes rather than one home, when they then become an mp. however, there are some peopl

low quality as well. _ ups and downs on inflation for wool merchant rupert, with a stronger pound making imports cheapery and are still increasing. i'm a little different in that i import and i pay for it in nepal, and the currency fluctuation�*s worked in my favour. there are many moving parts, but the bump up in inflation is likely to mean notjust a pre—christmas pause in interest rate cuts tomorrow, but a slower path of rate cuts cuts next year, too. faisal islam, bbc news. still to come on the world today, we'll meet the 12—year—old pooch who charmed judges to be crowned britain's ugliest dog. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but a 12—year—old dog has charmed judges to be crowned britain's ugliest pooch. muppet, a chinese crested dog from peterborough, took the title after head judge matt dahan said he was "both cute and ugly at the same time". he takes the crown from last year's winner peggy, let's speak to muppet�*s owner, bev nicholson, and muppet himself. lovely to see you and have muppet with us. let us say he is