let's ask our reporter, adam cherry, who is outside downing street or even on downing street or even street or even on downing street for us. adam, more tax rises, more spending . more tax rises, more spending. >> yeah, this £22 billion black hole. >> i mean, it seems to be shape shifting all the time now. it seems to be 40 billion. there are some reports it might be as high as 100 billion depending on who you ask. so it does kind of raise the question is this really more of a political choice rather than a hard nosed economic one? nonetheless, we'll find out in two weeks. the two top measures, which we suspect will come on the tax rising side of the ledger of the ledger are capital gains tax and national insurance. now let's just talk about national insurance for a second. >> first, in the manifesto throughout the election campaign. i'm sure everyone by now is familiar. what they said now is familiar. what they said no tax rises on working people , no tax rises on working people, which included national insurance. >> it was there in black and white in the manifesto, except to be rea

and joining me now to discuss it is gb news reporter adam cherry. tack in london in broad daylight outside a school. tell us more . a school. tell us more. >> yeah. so the attack happened yesterday at around 430 or. excuse me, 440 in the afternoon. police called around that time alongside paramedics. as you say , alongside paramedics. as you say, two pupils, a 14 year old and a 16 year old were injured by this attacker. a 27 year old member of staff was subsequently injured in a non—life threatening way, as she attended to them before the paramedics arrived. she has now been discharged in hospital, but both pupils remain in hospital at this time. they have released a description of the suspect that's right. he's described as a tall, slim black male wearing dark clothing and perhaps wearing either a balaclava or mask to obscure his face. he rode an e—bike directly behind me on this road. here was working alone and attacked the two pupils over my right shoulder. police are appealing for any witnesses or any information which can be reported anonymously

joining me is gb news reporter adam cherry. adam, can you please bring us the latest ?ease bring us the latest? >> yes. i'm standing outside westminster academy, the entrance of which is where the attack took place yesterday. >> officers called at around 442 yesterday afternoon , along with yesterday afternoon, along with paramedics, as you say, three victims, two pupils and one staff member. a 27 year old. a 16 year old and a 14 year old. the two pupils remain in hospital. the 14 year old girl is expected or may have life changing injuries. the 14 excuse me, the 16 year old is perhaps in slightly better condition and the 27 year old was discharged. now, in the last hour, you may be able to see over my shoulder. there are now police officers on the scene and they are. they are here and they are expected to be here and they are expected to be here for the rest of the day. the school also remains closed due to these circumstances, and we don't expect it to remain open or to reopen for the rest of the day. manhunt is ongoing. it's not confirmed if it's an acid attack, but

. >> well, let's get up to date with all the details you need to know with our reporter, adam cherry. morning to you, adam. i mean, it is going to be fascinating that they are facing off here. they're going to have to prove who's got the mettle . to prove who's got the mettle. >> yeah. that's right. so just take you through how this will work. so they'll both have five minutes to make their opening pitches. then they will individually take 40 minutes worth of questions from our political editor, christopher hope, and members of the live audience . now, they're not audience. now, they're not facing each other directly. it's not a head to head in that sense. they will instead just take those questions throughout the show from the audience instead. what will be interesting to watch out for is even though they're not on the stage together, attacking each other , do they now? now that other, do they now? now that there's only two left, start to draw more direct comparisons with themselves against their opponent. do they get those little jabs in that we haven't seen so far ? it's all been v

. >> adam cherry has more . >> adam cherry has more. >> adam cherry has more. >> we're here at the royalrt of justice where christie higgs will appeal her dismissal from her school. she says it is unfair that gross misconduct claims are a threat to free speech. the hearing kicks off at 1030. >> and of course, as always, we'd to love hear what you think. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, here's the news with tatiana . here's the news with tatiana. >> andrew, thank you very much and good morning. these are the top stories from the gb newsroom. >> israel will reportedly launch a significant retaliation to iran's missile attack within days that could target oil production facilities. that is to according us based news site axios. and last night, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, said iran had made a big mistake with its attack and will pay for it. both the uk and the us have confirmed they've supported israel in shooting down over 180 iranian missiles headed for the country . down over 180 iranian missiles headed for the country. u

and speaking of names, our own adam cherry . carter. and speaking of names, our own adam cherry. he's got a surname. that sounds a little bit something like. it's come out of that brothels act list. but he joins us here today and here to defend the indefensible. tonight is our very own woke joke. kai wilshaw, a man so woke that nest cafe have actually asked for his body to be preserved for medical research to find out how he manages to go without a cape. and on the subject of loss, this week marks, of course, when the sun finally sets on the british empire and sir keir has sold the chagos islands to lord alli. sorry, i mean china. oh, no. wrong again. i mean mauritius, i got there in the end , but here got there in the end, but here @gbnews we've decided to send doctor renee on a grand tour of the remaining overseas territories before sir keir sells them all off, just to make sure that their light never dims thanks to her glowing radiance and finally ensuring that the sniping, moaning and backstabbing isn't just reserved for the final round of the conservative party leadership el

well, to find out more, i have gb news reporter adam cherry with me. can you tell us a little bit more about this intriguing case? >> yeah. so the hearings been ongoing for the last three hours. we're expecting to hear a verdict sometime tomorrow, but i'm joined now by one of christie's supporters . who is christie's supporters. who is felix? felix, you're to here support the case, but also you have a similar story of your own. can you tell us a little bit about that and why you're here? >> well, yeah, my case goes far back , as in 2015, when i was back, as in 2015, when i was expelled from the university of sheffield, mainly because i took part in a debate where i expressed my christian views. i was eventually expelled from the university of sheffield, went through the court system, court of appeal. i went to the court of appeal. i went to the court of appeal and i won my case. so i went back to the university of sheffield and i completed my social work course. and immediately i completed the course, i found a job, went to the interview and my intervi

and speaking of names, our own adam cherry

well i'm now rejoined in the studio by our man adam cherry. gb news reporter adam, welcome back.let's start with shares. yeah. right. if you if you earn money, every penny of it is taxed. if you want to put it is taxed. if you want to put it into shares. and by the way, owning shares isn't the preserve of gordon gekko. my dad got made redundant as a coal miner. he got a lump sum. he put it in some shares. people do it. people are greatly encouraged to buy shares. in previous governments . now rachel reeves governments. now rachel reeves is talking about aligning the capital gains tax on any profit you make with your income tax . you make with your income tax. so it could be as high as 45%. britain's biggest stockbroker , britain's biggest stockbroker, hargreaves lansdown, said this will push a generation of investors to extinction. you take a risk and you lose. that's on you take a risk and you win. we want 45% of your money. where is the incentive for people to get on, save, take care of themselves? that's those invest in shares. pensioners are pulling their pots out. it seems n

. >> well, gb news reporter adam cherry is live for us in downing street. am, you've been talking to the prime minister's official spokesperson. firstly , official spokesperson. firstly, on the issue of this eu army proposal. what does the government say ? government say? >> well, the government say they want to strengthen cooperation on security and defence, but they're not going any further than that at the moment. as you say, david lammy , the foreign say, david lammy, the foreign secretary, met with his foreign counterparts in luxembourg and it was reported in those meetings that britain said they're not joining that pact. that policy , that security and that policy, that security and defence policy yet. but they may do in the future as part of their closer cooperation, their reset with brussels. again, he was the official spokesman, was pushed on this a little bit further today, but he wouldn't go any further than those comments. and the already released words that we have just discussed. so it's up in the air. it may happen, obviously. keir starmer, th

. >> our political correspondent adam cherry joins us now and adam, the budget has been top of the agenda weeks now, potentially even months. but now it does look as though it's been overshadowed by these new charges against axel rudakubana. what's the home secretary said about this ? about this? >> yeah that's right. i mean, it's just extraordinary, as you say. this is across all the front pages coming in last night at about 5:00. the home secretary saying, let the police get on with their work. don't prejudice this investigation . prejudice this investigation. and we're just focused on the families at this point. we'll have more to say on that in january when the trial is held. it is extraordinary, for obvious reasons, but also because under normal circumstances, any budget would dominate every front page, particularly one like this. so much of it has been pre—trial, so we know it's going to be a huge tax rising and tax and tax taxpayers spending budget. let's just take a look at some of the headune just take a look at some of the headline measures. so last night we also heard the natio

i'll start with you, if i could, adam cherry. the numbers are astonishing.s of the political priorities. as i said earlier, £22 billion has been found for carbon capture . been found for carbon capture. £16 billion has been found by this government for overseas climate change, £10 billion for pay climate change, £10 billion for pay rises for nhs workers and teachers. and yet £1.4 billion, they thought was a good idea to axe, impacting pensioners. there's been a huge backlash across this. is this the labour party's poll tax moment? >> it could be. >> it could be. it's >> it could be. it's early >> it could be. it's early in the parliament, which is why they're hopeful they can get away with it, because they're hopeful they ca

well, i'm joined in the studio now by gb news reporter adam cherry, who is at that historic handing overadam, i was struck by an astonishing report came out this morning. this is from charity age uk, who are estimating that half of pensioners who are losing their winter fuel allowance this winter fuel allowance this winter can only afford to heat one room. half of all pensioners will be living in a room where the heating is on. they're too afraid to turn the heating on elsewhere. it breaks my heart. it infuriates me and it's driven a sentiment amongst the organisers of a sentiment amongst

adam cherry is there with the latest . cherry is there with the latest. >> just two weeks until the budget. nearly 500,000 signatures delivered to the steps of downing street and the treasury today, opposing the cuts to the winter fuel allowance. but is it too little, too late ? too late? >> and the prime minister can't seem to get the pun. shake it off as he met taylor swift after the decision was made to grant her a royal style police escort paid for by the taxpayer for her shows in london. were those freebie tickets are thank you to starmer and wales is appalling literacy levels 20% of children cannot read or write when they go to secondary school. >> is it the parents? is it the teachers fault? what on earth is going on here? >> the assisted dying bill is being introduced in parliament today. it will allow terminally ill adults in england and wales to end their life. this is a landmark moment. why do we need a german to manage the national team? >> germans to the rescue, andrew. maybe that's what we need. >> sir. alf r

. >> okay, well let's go to our reporter, adam cherry, on this one. so big fight, big fight.ell us more . tell us more. >> well, it's just extraordinary . >> well, it's just extraordinary. this really this developed very quickly yesterday. so there are actually two videos regarding mike amesbury. the first one showed him confronting someone who was already on the ground and saying he'd been threatened, and saying he'd been threatened, and that those were his words . and that those were his words. immediately afterwards, online and labour are saying this is a matter for the police and so on. so it was unclear who had started it. then the second video came and that, as we just showed, put things in a slightly different perspective. it appears that mike amesbury attacked first. of course, there is still additional context and the police are investigating this, but that was decisive because that then saw him lose the whip, get suspended from the labour party and now here we are . labour party and now here we are. lots of pressure for a by—election, particularly from reform . refo

well, i'm now joined in the studio by gb news reporter adam cherry, who was down there at downing streetby the policy and the parliament lead at fuel poverty action. jonathan bean. what was the show ? bean. what was the show? gentlemen, i'll start with you, adam, if i could, on [000:09:27;00] [000:09:27;00]

okay, well for more on this , >> okay, well for more on this, we're joined by gb news reporter adam cherryo is outside downing street. for us, this petition, 500,000 signatures. >> yeah, that's right. a huge number. and as you say, it was presented to the treasury and now to downing street. they're outside parliament square campaigning as well this morning. just two months, two weeks. excuse me. ahead of the budget of course this has already done and dusted in the winter. fuel cut will proceed . winter. fuel cut will proceed. nonetheless, 500,000 voices in opposition to this, some 378,000 from one campaign specifically, which is 38 degrees working alongside several others, including fuel poverty action . including fuel poverty action. >> i believe we can have a look at this petition being handed in this was moments ago on downing street of course, often we see petitions being handed in to that famous black door. so let's have a look now at at that petition being walked in by campaigners and charities. there they are talking to the police officer at that famous shining black door. it's got