alongside me, the head of public policy at the institute of economic affairs, matthew lesh, and the formerer scarlett mccgwire maguire. welcome to both of you. tonight we're going to be getting stuck into the autumn special. i want all of your thoughts on that, the autumn statement, or should i say the autumn special? that sounds like autumn special? that sounds like a but a dish chinese restaurant, but you i mean. i want you know what i mean. i want your thoughts. do you feel ficher your thoughts. do you feel richer tonight or not? vaiews@gbnews.com you vaiews@gbnews.com is how you can hold or tweet me can get hold of me or tweet me at gb news. now, there is of course, this is the main story in town tonight. of course, the autumn statement. i shall start by just reminding you how jeremy hunt introduced it today . hunt introduced it today. >> our choice is not big government high spending and high tax because we know that leads to less growth, not more war. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work . cut taxes and reward work. >> well, who better to open my show with than a man lov

mark littlewood, director the director general of the institute economic affairs . ch, much appreciated. okay. there's of coverage of there's plenty of coverage of the autumn statements our the autumn statements on our website gbnews.com. website at gbnews.com. and thanks to you. it's the fastest growing national news website in the country. thanks to each and every one of you. we're the people's channel. so stay tuned to find out exactly how today's announcement will affect you . announcement will affect you. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel . thursday from six till 930 . thursday from six till 930. >> welcome back. it's 426. you're watching or listening to me? martin daubney on gbn news. now, we are, of course, the people's channel. so as well as getting big name political reaction to the autumn statement , out how it , we want to find out how it will you. the great will affect you. the great british public, the most important people in the land , of important people in the land, of course. so let's cross now to birmingham and speak gb news birm

. economics at the institute of eco much. affairsnanny state. >> when these stories all come together, know, got together, you know, we've got remember, fireworks remember, we've got fireworks night. we've got even even british summertime in greenwich mean wow what a show. mean time. wow what a show. >> know at home what you >> let us know at home what you think about that one. i imagine it will probably divide our viewers listeners. yes. it will probably divide our vieibecause listeners. yes. it will probably divide our vieibecause i steners. yes. it will probably divide our vieibecause i thinkrs. yes. it will probably divide our vieibecause i think everyone >> because i think everyone instinctively. well, like instinctively. well, it's like these you these marches again, you instinctively in instinctively want to be in favour of and respect favour of veterans and respect and being nice, but also you've got to support freedom. >> you do well . still to come, >> you do well. still to come, matt hancock has been in the news all week,

institute of economic affairs. it'5 . institute of economic affairs. it's .t to have you on the show. thank much. look, thank you very, very much. look, talk what's going on talk us through what's going on here police, what are here then. so police, what are choosing not to investigate incidents of anti white hate crime? absolutely . crime? yes, absolutely. >> example, we had the >> so, for example, we had the labour party's former adviser on trans these issues as a trans model called monroe bergdorf, making overtly racist out accusations against white people . nothing happened about that . . nothing happened about that. >> we've had an academic professor of gopal at cambridge , professor of gopal at cambridge, george, coming out with equally overtly racist, obscene comments i >> we've had a student union official , al >> we've had a student union official, al bahar mustafa, saying kill all white men, hashtag that. >> so that happens ? >> so that happens? >> so that happens? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> and the police took no action, rig

people's problems on the line of the public relations center of the presidential institution of the minister of economic affairs and finance in about two hours to calls from the province. tehran, zanjan, isfahan, hormozgan, gilan, khorasan, razavi , and hamadan answered, the activists who have problems in the customs area, the tax activists have demands from which electricity company, but from that side they are taxed. he said you should pay your taxes, well, i said, how should we pay when the government itself has not yet paid our demand for electricity, and we don't have any money to pay taxes with. discussing the stock market and different parts of the society , the economic audience of the country raised their points. they also have good policy suggestions , so that your suggestions are scheduled to be invited next week. they will officially write to our deputies and put forward their suggestions so that they can be hammered into a ready-made proposal that can be implemented. at the end of this meeting , mr. khandozi also reported on reducing the waiting line for marriage loans to zero. report seven the mon

kristian niemietz, who is the head of political economy at the institute of economic affairs. entlemen, welcome. thank you for being with us. so i'm going to come to you, paul, you you studied demography . me, you studied demography. me, you understand this sort of picture, this of growth. i mean, this level of growth. i mean, 1.2 million people arriving in the united kingdom and this has a significant effect. i mean , a significant effect. i mean, that's that's about 1.5% of the existing population . have you existing population. have you seen this elsewhere before? and is this basically out of control and baked in? well we haven't seen it historically . seen it historically. >> we and we're often told we're a nation of immigrants. this is a nation of immigrants. this is a complete myth. this is in one year massive , more people coming year massive, more people coming into the country than came in the whole period from the anglo saxons second world war. saxons to the second world war. >> from the >> just say that again from the from the anglo saxons to the second world. that's

kristian niemietz, who is the head of political economy at the institute of economic affairs. entlemen, welcome. thank you for being with us. so i'm going to come to you, paul, you you studied demography . me, you studied demography. me, you understand this sort of picture, this of growth. i mean, this level of growth. i mean, 1.2 million people arriving in the united kingdom and this has a significant effect. i mean , a significant effect. i mean, that's that's about 1.5% of the existing population . have you existing population. have you seen this elsewhere before? and is this basically out of control and baked in? well we haven't seen it historically . seen it historically. >> we and we're often told we're a nation of immigrants. this is a nation of immigrants. this is a complete myth. this is in one year massive , more people coming year massive, more people coming into the country than came in the whole period from the anglo saxons second world war. saxons to the second world war. >> from the >> just say that again from the from the anglo saxons to the second world. that's

but the institute of economic affairs have said that the uk's trade patterns with the now with the eu realistic impact. since the referendum . and that applies the referendum. and that applies not just to trade with the european union, uk exports to eu countries climbed by 13.5% between 2019 and 2020 to an exports to non eu countries have grown by 14.3. so you know actually our goods and services are exports to the european union are good. we are not doing on those big macro figures any worse than we would be. absolutely not. as an eu member , absolutely not. as an eu member, i wish i wish we'd taken advantage perhaps more of the benefits . now, very quickly, i'm benefits. now, very quickly, i'm joined by nick buckley from manchester, a homeless charity founder, a former mayoral candidate in manchester. nick time limited . but suella time limited. but suella braverman says that homelessness is a lifestyle choice. and of course , she is being written off course, she is being written off as being cruel and evil. is there even a fraction of truth in what she had to say ? in what she had

but the institute of economic affairs have said that the uk's trade patterns with the now with the eu realistic impact. since the referendum . and that applies the referendum. and that applies not just to trade with the european union, uk exports to eu countries climbed by 13.5% between 2019 and 2020 to an exports to non eu countries have grown by 14.3. so you know actually our goods and services are exports to the european union are good. we are not doing on those big macro figures any worse than we would be. absolutely not. as an eu member , absolutely not. as an eu member, i wish i wish we'd taken advantage perhaps more of the benefits . now, very quickly, i'm benefits. now, very quickly, i'm joined by nick buckley from manchester, a homeless charity founder, a former mayoral candidate in manchester. nick time limited . but suella time limited. but suella braverman says that homelessness is a lifestyle choice. and of course , she is being written off course, she is being written off as being cruel and evil. is there even a fraction of truth in what she had to say ? in what she had

joining us to debate this is journalist julie cook and communication officer at the institute affairs . institute of economice. we all like a little dnnk julie. we all like a little drink on the aeroplane. don't we? a british tradition. we? it's a british tradition. it's obligatory it's almost obligatory to have a pint before get on the pint before you get on the plane. if it's 6:00 in the morning. >> gin and tonic. in my case, yes . yes. >> yes. and i've been there and done that . done that. >> i once got >> in fact, i once got absolutely hammered as the young people say, on a plane from britain to canada and ended up very, very unwell at the other end.soi very, very unwell at the other end. so i have been there and done this. >> however, my argument now is now that i'm older and i go on flights with my children, i do not them experience not want them to experience drunken louts. three 35,000ft up in the air with access to doors that can let in air and possibly make you crash . so, no, i think make you crash. so, no, i think it's time it was banned . it's time it was banned. >> reem, what do you think about

, have a meeting with producers and owners of economic enterprises, registration problems, judicial problems of the institutions. they will examine the affairs of the province and they will also be present at a press conference, but i would like to add this, since last night, senior managers and their deputies also traveled to different cities. including the head of the forensic medicine organization and also the head of document registration to our southern cities, traveling to the mines of economic enterprises, as well as attending and participating in meetings with the producers of economic enterprises, examining the problems and the solutions presented in the east of the province. for the forensic medicine organization, there has been the ability to establish forensic medicine centers there as well as the road launch and this journey will continue until the end of today. if there is any point for you , thank you very much, mrs. najafi. thank you for your explanation . i will say goodbye to you. stay with us , dear viewers. we have another communication with our colleagues in the glass hall of the sda news agency , mrs. azeraf. mr. hossei

the institute of economic affairs they affairs for example, they were recommending a cut interest ratesand i know been rates. and i know you've been saying liam trying to saying the same, liam trying to get of get those green shoots of recover re going dare to dream could that happen or is this plateaued i think on forever. >> i think it will take a while. i mean we had these insolvency numbers out yesterday which were really quite alarming insolvencies you know businesses folding going bust, all those crushed dreams , all the crushed dreams, all the relationship pressures, know relationship pressures, you know , families really under the cosh when their businesses fold insolvency. during the first nine months of this year, january to september were 13% up on last year. that's what happens when you raise interest rates 14 times. and also the highest rate of insolvencies. again since the aftermath of that 2008 2009 financial crisis . that 2008 2009 financial crisis. so the economy is really hurting now. we're on the brink of a recession . recession. but yet, having said that, i don't thi

right now, joining studio joining us in the studio is director the director general of the institute of economic affairsave editor of labour uncut, atul hatwell. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. well, go off the back of well, let's go off the back of what was up in the what pip was there up in the red wall want ask you, wall seat. i want to ask you, mark, you've been pal of liz mark, you've been a pal of liz liz . now alastair heath liz truss. now alastair heath wrote telegraph , he said wrote in the telegraph, he said that is adopting that jeremy hunt is adopting most core tenets of most of the core tenets of trussonomics . could that trussonomics. could that possibly be true ? possibly be true? >> he's adopted some of the core language , right? language, right? >> i mean, i think one thing you've got to credit, liz truss with is everybody is now talking about right ? i haven't about growth right? i haven't actually through the actually gone through the chancellor's working actually gone through the cha how or's working actually gone through the cha how many working actually gone through the c

he's director general institute general of the institute for economic affairs, the iea. o see you this morning. thank you for sparing the time on a sunday to be with you. let's get your reaction, first of all, the statement. of all, to the autumn statement. what was bad? what was good? what was bad? >> when i listened to it >> yeah, when i listened to it and jeremy hunt sat down i and jeremy hunt sat down and i probably a seven probably gave it about a seven out ten. out of ten. >> and the more i thought about it, the more that number has dropped, actually. and i think the about the most intriguing thing about it, but also the most frustrating you looked at the frustrating if you looked at the newspapers the next day, some newspapers the next day, some newspapers huge tax newspapers were saying huge tax cuts other headlines were cuts and other headlines were the highest tax burden that we've ever had. this is the problem. and actually, both are true, if chancellor true, because if the chancellor stands up and does nothing literally says, i've decided not to change the tax

when i switch on dawn neesom you don't like them and communications officer for the institute of economic affairshey are incredibly stressful. you've just listed all the reasons, all the things that can go horrid horribly wrong. and 38% of people find christmas more stressful than everyday life. in any case. and they mention in particular, work christmas parties. most of christmas parties. yeah, most of the time you can tolerate people you work with, know what i you work with, you know what i mean? just mean? and you know, you just have to, you? you can have to, don't you? you can tolerate choice. you can tolerate no choice. you can tolerate no choice. you can tolerate people you work with, but to have to be forced to but then to have to be forced to go and socialise with them. and the thing is, you're if you do and you're if you don't. if you don't go, you're a miserable so—and—so and the boss are going, well, what's wrong with that? if you go and that? well, and if you go and then you and enjoy yourself then you try and enjoy yourself by having a glass of wine or possibly two. martin and then y

of more institutions and completion of the infrastructure will solve the issues and problems related to this industry. mohammad anbari, director of the state enterprise affairs department of the ministry of economic affairs and finance, about 2,300 state-owned companies are subject to the implementation of the law on the publication of financial statements , and the identification of these companies will be completed by the end of this year. of these, there are 300 to 400 listed companies that publish their financial statements, and another 200 will be identified this year, and the latest news is that in the first half of this year, compared to the same time last year, the amount of electricity produced by power plants in rushdi country increased by more than it has 60%. at during this period, a total of 1,598 hours of electrical energy were injected into the country's national electricity network. 280,000 tons of goods and products were sold on tuesday in the physical market of the commodity exchange. the value of these transactions was billions of tomans. in the open auction hall , open auction more than 16,000 tons and kionbat and cancel. the deal was made. petrochemical and oil products halls

of ​​oman , and the indian ocean. in fact, the institutions in charge of the ministries that are in charge of affairs, this is a new opportunity for us it is considered one of the economicat we have prepared, a large number of them are related to the sea area, for example, investment packages in the area of ​​dock construction, we have warehouse construction in poskarane, in fact , we have floating production units, which are relatively good and profitable, entertainment units marine units and projects that are related to sea transit, manufacturing marine products , sea-based knowledge units, these are the things that we have included in our package in the past. now, with a new emphasis, which is actually a set of involvement of the system. in the field of sea-oriented development, firstly, we expect that it is easier to leave our sea-oriented packages to investors , and secondly, we know that it is our duty to strengthen sea-oriented projects. these projects are divided into two categories: infrastructure and infrastructure projects, and economic projects in the field of infrastructure well, you know that we in the free zones are really one of the parts of the country'

economics, as well as latin american development. he's a former executive director of the institute for fraud prevention. he has taught at the lyndon b johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas at austin as well as at santa clara university. the professor black was litigation director at the federal home loan bank board, deputy director of the savings and loan oversight body. the f s l i see general counsel of the federal home loan bank of san francisco, and senior deputy chief council of the office of thrift supervision. he's the author of many books and his book, the best way to rob a bank is to own one, which was published in 2005 is considered to be a classic in the genre. professor black, welcome back to the show. we're happy to have you. you have been a leading voice for smart banking regulation for decades. indeed, you were the person who exposed one of the biggest governmental scandals since watergate tell us how you got involved in the issue of banking, banking regulation and the investigation of bank fraud. sure, the heroes in the story are the least powerful folks in the organization. the bank examiners, in our case, the thrift examiners

institutions. the credit of the efforts of my colleagues in communication , unfortunately, no results have been achieved so far . dear decision makers in the central bank and the ministry. mr. doctor's economic and financial affairsere is an obligation of the government announced by the president and it is a legal duty in the name of the national housing movement to build four million housing units in 4 years. how much money do we need to build these four million housing units? if we look at the issue very optimistically, and in fact, the minimum, taking into account our lowest numbers, is 300 thousand billion tomans , that is, 3 thousand . financial and committed to financing the national housing movement with all the circulation that actually whether it has its own resources or resources that have circulated through other organizations, such as the field of civil engineering or reconstruction, or the national organization, and actually spent on the project, more than 12 and a half thousand billion tomans have been spent at the moment. kurd himself can't show it, so you said how many houses we need, about 30 minus 12, the rest is 300 out of 300 houses so far for a project of 4 million, one project . let's talk a

institute, mr. sharaftinia, an expert in economic diplomacy think tank, is a guest of the economics desk, and we have a telephone conversation with mr. sorohit tabar, who is the coordination of economic affairs and development of the region, the minister of interior, who we talk to on the phone. i am present in sandaj. greetings. i would like to start with a question to all the guests, mr. sorohit tabar, and this question, mr. sorohit , we now generally and precisely, if we want to know how many border markets we have, how many are active , how many are inactive, what number will we reach ? rahman al-rahim serves one dear listeners, you have my voice, you dear ones, yes, my god, your voice is yes, thank god that an important topic such as bazaarcheh is being discussed and discussed today, as you mentioned, i am in kurdistan, and anyway, today in this border province, the same bazaarcheh topics are being discussed. but regarding your question, dear, we have 40 border bazaars in the country, these 43 border bazaars are currently present in 10 border provinces out of these 16 provinces. anyway, it is adjacent , that is, we are with afghanistan, pakistan, armenia, turkey iraq, turkestan, nakhash

institution, particularly over net commitments, may act net zero commitments, may act as a to tackling a hindrance to tackling inflation because of conflicting priorities . the very priorities. the very distinguished house lords distinguished house of lords economic affairsid the ought to prune the the treasury ought to prune the bank's obligations and warned of a democratic deficit should a small group of unelected individuals end wielding too individuals end up wielding too much power. back to my much power. well, back to my panel. much power. well, back to my panel . amy, the bank of england panel. amy, the bank of england was given very specific control over interest rates to depoliticise it. right. but if the bank of england then decides to talk about other random subjects like net zero, like net scott no random subjects . it's scott no random subjects. it's got no mandate for that. >> of course it's got no mandate. what was one of the biggest drivers of inflation in energy prices ? energy prices? >> of course, our energy security is completely relevant to the work of the bank of england. >> they did nothing on energy security. they just told people they made energy security worse by banks from by discouraging banks from lending to and gas companies