katherine forster right.re and emma woolf make of the dame hood for diane abbott, woolf make of the dame hood for diane abbott , scarlett, you're diane abbott, scarlett, you're on the labour side of things , on the labour side of things, laboun on the labour side of things, labour. we're going to get rid of the house of lords . oh, no. of the house of lords. oh, no. we're going to pop diane abbott in there to shut her up. >> no, there are two different things. if you want to get rid of the house of lords, you have to have a majority in the house of lords to do it. that's what saying that is exactly what tony blair did when he got rid of most of the hereditaries is that he had to get it through. so. so of course you need you do need a lot to get rid of them. on diane , i think it'd be great if diane abbott went into the house of lords. i mean, there she is. you know, a pioneering black woman . know, a pioneering black woman. >> i completely agree with you on that. >> and so i and frankly, if you're in the hous

katherine forster there for us in the north—east of england. thank you very much.e. >> yeah . not sure if you saw as >> yeah. not sure if you saw as well. yesterday during starmer's, trip to scotland for this energy shindig, he took a private jet, which was quite funny bearing in mind he'd criticised rishi sunak maybe a couple of days before for taking helicopter trips . so there we helicopter trips. so there we go. make of that what you will, lewis oakley , let's come to you lewis oakley, let's come to you with our next story, the telegraph. actually, it's from the daily mail. boris johnson has penned a column in the daily mail saying that donald trump's conviction in the united states, 34 charges, guilty charges for the hush money trial was a liberal hit job that would only make his election more, more likely in november. >> it's so hard with this story to figure out what's really going on, because any time you read anything on this, people are usually really tribal. >> they really hate trump . like, >> they really hate trump. like, see, this is why it's right. o

a very feisty katherine forster.d trying to get him to mansplain female biology to us. thank you very much, catherine. appreciate that now. but all the best analysis and opinion on that story and much more. go to our website gbnews.com now rishi sunak a declines to rule out that a cabinet minister is involved in the tory gambling scandal. the gambling commission is looking into four figures with links to the prime minister over allegations they bet on a july election before it's announced, using insider knowledge. how on earth has this been allowed to happen under the pm's watch? and what are they thinking? the people that are supposedly loyal to him doing it in the first place. joining me now is former labour party adviser and writer scarlett mccgwire . she's the one that mccgwire. she's the one that went to the original glastonbury and mal online journalist lettice baranski. thank you very much for joining lettice baranski. thank you very much forjoining me. you didn't go to the original glastonbury. >> i'm afraid

katherine forster.t going to be, you know, grabbing politicians left, right and centre for us. so there we go, potentially an exclusive, although i'm pretty sure he misspoke there about whether or not a keir starmer government would go back to the polls in four years, not five. you did mention that a couple of times, but we'll let him off, talk about change. do you think this guy needs to change the record? does anyone know? can anyone tell me now what c'est alma's dad. did anyone, anyone? anyone >> would you personally be happy to pay more tax ? yes. to pay more tax? yes. >> of course. okay. i've. i've always paid my tax in full, but, you know, and i accept i earn a lot of money in the job. i am now in. but when i grew up, my dad was a toolmaker. he worked in a factory. it's true. my mum was a nurse, and actually, we couldn't make ends meet, which actually isn't a laughing matter. we couldn't think it might be a bit of a laughing matter at this point, might be a bit of a laughing matter at this point ,

katherine forster there.ou were at, reform's presser earlier where they announced their economic policy. i've seen also that a number of conservatives are saying the right should unite, including nigel farage. tell us. >> well, absolutely. suella braverman, the former home secretary, has said that she believes it's time for nigel farage to be welcomed into the conservative party. she said that the conservative party is a broad church and people with views like mr farage's should be part of the party now. nigel farage today dismissed that. he said that actually there's a lot of difference between what the conservatives are offering and what the conservatives have given the country over the past 14 years, and what reform is offering today and it'll be really interesting to see where these splits lead because of course, there are mps on the right of the conservative party suella braverman among them. robert jenrick too , who have robert jenrick too, who have really quite a lot in common with reform and with fara

, who both join us now, katherine forster out on the road.you, olivia, because it's the conservative manifesto that they will be hoping can turn things around for the prime minister after what would probably have cost him his job in any other circumstances, is a £0.02 cut to national insurance, the third in a year going to be the third in a year going to be the thing that does it, given that it hasn't shifted the polls at all in the last few months . at all in the last few months. >> well, absolutely. i mean, the big reveal in this manifesto today seems to be this £0.02 cut in national insurance, which will take it to down just 6. will that make any difference? the evidence that we've seen so far suggests probably not. the chancellor lowered national insurance by £0.02 back in the autumn budget and again in the spnng autumn budget and again in the spring budget, and no difference whatsoever was made in the polls. rishi sunak has sort of painted himself into a corner in a way with this because jeremy hunt, the chancellor , said in hunt, the ch

katherine forster, thank you very much for that.llous panel make of that. i have the lovely mike parry with me still and the even even lovelier. >> can i say that you can say that. well, actually, you know, equally lovely. >> oh my god, where am i going with this? jj anas sarwar obe. now, as i said to catherine, if i'd have heard this from a tory, any tory, over any amount of years, i wouldn't have been surprised. but this is basically a keir starmer, a labour leader saying benefits britain is broken. get off your backsides , broken. get off your backsides, go and get a job. yeah. is he making sense? is this what people want to hear? >> it might be what people want to hear, but it's absolute drivel. if you take this at face value, it's utter drivel. the sunday telegraph is the most right wing newspaper in this country, i think, and i'm really surprised that they just put it on the front, splashed it, and then didn't get more sceptical about questioning what they've read. only a couple of weeks ago, sir keir starmer said i'm a social

then let's cross live to katherine forster to bnng live to katherine forster to bring us up to speed.ntly she's on the labour battle bus this evening. what have we missed today? catherine >> yes. good evening michelle from the labour battle bus. i've had a bit of an upgrade today. i've previously been on the press bus, which is just there on the left hand side. branding inside, but no branding on the outside. now i'm on the labour bus . full outside. now i'm on the labour bus. full branding around the whole bus. it's got a fridge . whole bus. it's got a fridge. something that angela rayner has talked about and sir keir starmer is just at the back at the moment. he came to have a little chat with us earlier he was talking to journalists at the back, but i was getting ready for this live with you. he's just about to get off and do another visit. a bit earlier we were in crewe at the football ground and then of course at lunchtime there was the big manifesto launch, 130 pages, but summed up by that one word change. lots of very glossy photographs, keir starmer, the white cliffs of dover

katherine forster. >> well, how on earth are decisions like this arrived at? who better to speak to than the former conservative party special adviser lauren mckevitt ? special adviser lauren mckevitt? lauren, thank you so much for joining us because i think a lot of people are flabbergasted. really? could you sort of peel back the curtain and reveal the sorts of chains of command , sorts of chains of command, decisions? how are these things arrived at? >> that's a genuinely very difficult question today because i can't fathom how he arrived at this particular decision . i this particular decision. i can't i genuinely can't believe that anybody sat in a meeting with him weeks ago when apparently this itinerary was squared away and said, no. i think that in a commemoration for what was, frankly, an international war, you should ditch the international section of the commemoration events, it's incredibly silly to have missed the opportunity to look statesmanlike and at the end of any chain of command in r

vie. >> well, katherine forster, thank you very much for bringing us that.i guess a big night tonight, for the, the two leaders, what do you expect to go down? >> i think the labour party's strategy is pretty clear now . strategy is pretty clear now. it's to be cautious, not make any promises which they can't deliver or which are not costed and just to be a responsible looking potential party of government. we see these massive polls, emily. i don't believe them . not a single vote has been them. not a single vote has been cast. still, three weeks ago. i think tomorrow is the halfway point in this campaign. so keir starmer is right to be cautious. rishi sunak , well, it's an rishi sunak, well, it's an interesting strategy . i mean, interesting strategy. i mean, there is lots of new commitments emerging from this campaign. a couple of questions emerge from that for me. why haven't they doneit that for me. why haven't they done it already and how is it going to be paid for? but he is he's clearly full of energy. i'll give him that. he's clearly full of energy.

i expect we'll be hearing a lot more about this scandal then. >> well, katherine forster , >> well, katherineus all of that. interesting that the labour party leader doesn't want to go and ban all these bets for politicians, although i have to say, even though there might not be a de jure ban, seems there'll be a de facto one who would place a bet. now who's in elected office? >> he probably wait a little bit at least. anyway. elsewhere, the alba party leader and former first minister of scotland, alex salmond has unveiled his party's manifesto today. so joining us now is our scotland reporter, tony maguire. yes, tony, it is actually a little bit late in the day . the day. >> yes, i said that as well. in fact , i >> yes, i said that as well. in fact, i asked neale hanvey, who's the westminster leader of the alba party, you know, cutting out a little bit. fine. but you know, he made the point that it's just been so busy when you and then you add in the fact that people had to really rush to get ready for any kind of election, with that surprise announcement for july 4th, but nevertheless , a w

now we're gb news political correspondent katherine forster.ng just some of the highlights to bring you so far. so sir keir starmer couldn't really answer the corbyn conundrum. he was trying to swerve whether or not he was lying about jeremy corbyn making a great prime minister those years ago. he was just getting stuck in saying, oh, well, i didn't really think we were actually going to win massive, massive problems there with credibility. what about wealth taxes? sir keir starmer was grilled on that. he didn't rule out really well on taxes. but what he's really saying is, well, i shouldn't need to do it. we've got no plans to because i'm going to grow the economy. can you tell us how you're going to grow the economy? he was at an advantage . why? because his an advantage. why? because his manifesto is not out until tomorrow. so he could tell us to keep waiting. rishi sunak grilled on national debt, grilled on national debt, grilled on national debt, grilled on the nhs, grilled on small boats, grilled on migration figures. but we can go now to

katherine forster live from grimsby , of course. live from grimsby, of course.all eyes on grimsby tonight. katherine forster zones update. thank you very much. now let's zoom back to the studio. i'm delighted to be joined by chris hope. chris, you've been out on the campaign trail today with the campaign trail today with the conservatives. we started the conservatives. we started the day with the extraordinary message from grant shapps talking about a labour supermajority leading many to conclude they've simply thrown in the towel, warning against it. >> i asked that very question. have you given up, prime minister, on his battlebus as it went towards grimsby? he said no , absolutely not. and he then talked about his manifesto. what you saw yesterday , he told me, you saw yesterday, he told me, is we have put the manifesto first and it's got very clear set of tax cuts for the country, tax cut at every stage of life. and tonight he'll be emphasising those tax cuts for old people, for families , for those in work, for families, for those in work, for families, for

sunak says. >> katherine forster thank you very much. constituency . mp simon dodd for constituency. mp simon dodd for the liberal democrats amanda martin, labour party. penny mordaunt, conservative duncan stuart robinson, the green party and mel todd for reform, joining me now, i'm pleased to say is gb news, host of the saturday five, benjamin butterworth and host of the bombshells podcast. what a lovely name, fleur elizabeth, an equally lovely name. and it's your first time on the show, isn't it? it is. yes. thank you very much for joining isn't it? it is. yes. thank you very much forjoining us, right. okay. now, last night's debate, lots of people are coming out of it that it was the final nail in the coffin for rishi sunak. penny mordaunt was literally throwing her boss under the bus. what do you make of what you saw ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i mean, ?_ >> i mean, i m ? >> i mean, i think she didn't have a choice in a way, because he did the indefensible. and so the only way to do it was to say that it was wrong. but there's also a degree of

following that. >> okay, katherine forster, thank you very much indeed.be very shortly. she said she never misses a bus. >> yes. resume her normal service in just a moment. >> let's talk to former labour mp shaun simon who's here in the studio. good to see you. this morning. look, the problem keir starmer has , i would, i would starmer has, i would, i would say if he's trying to win voters overin say if he's trying to win voters over in the last tv debate as he did last night, he's he actually isn't really answering questions, not being very clear on immigration, not being very clear on tax, not being very clear on tax, not being very clear on tax, not being very clear on gender issues. so people have got questions. he's not answering them. >> i think he's pretty clear. >> i think he's pretty clear. >> i think i think people have got a pretty good idea what keir starmer stands for and where labour's coming from . and i labour's coming from. and i think that's, one of the reasons as, as we've just heard there, they are so far ahead in the polls like let's

and there on the right of the picture is katherine forster, looking delighted as well , which katherine, looking delighted as well, which i'm surprised. i'm surprised it's in the guardian. were you going to say? >> well, no, i'm, i'm not surprised. no i'm surprised catherine looks happy because i know she is absolutely exhausted. >> yes. at the moment it is a relentless campaign. she's perhaps just delirious. yes. she as as all of our political team going from pillar to post and trying to cover every little thing, yeah. >> one minute in the program there up north on the battle bus, and you can see them careering down the motorway, and the next minute they're doing a piece to camera as we call it, outside the houses of parliament. and you think, how did they get there so fast? it must be relentless at the moment. >> very hard work, right. let's move on. should we? to the search for missing british teenager jay slater. it's now in its sixth day in tenerife. >> yes . police its sixth day in tenerife. >> yes. police on its sixth day in tenerife. >> yes . police on the its sixth day in tener

i'm now joined by gb news political correspondent katherine forster.that had embroiled the conservatives. now the labour party have been dragged into it. kevin craig, a candidate astonishingly betting on the tories to win . tories to win. >> yes. good afternoon martin, you couldn't make this stuff up, really, could you, sir keir starmer and the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, were in leicestershire earlier. i was with them. they wanted to talk about doctors appointments, but all the questions of course, about this and let's take a look first at what sir keir starmer had to say. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week. >> so sir keir starmer, they're very keen to stress how quickly he had acted in comparison to the prime minister, who had taken two w

. >> well, joining me now is tv news political correspondent katherine forster. show. an astonishing situation. mr farage claimed the entire thing is a setup. channel 4 strenuously denying that . denying that. >> yes. that's right. good afternoon. martin. yes more bad headunes afternoon. martin. yes more bad headlines for the reform party and nigel farage. and this, of course, comes only a week since he really set the cat among the pigeons with his comments about the war in ukraine, saying that the war in ukraine, saying that the west had provoked putin in that which went down very badly with many and that that story, again, is on the front page of the telegraph today . and because the telegraph today. and because the telegraph today. and because the prime minister has called nigel farage a putin apologist. so, forgive me, just losing my earpiece. so today, i mean, this story broke last night about this campaigner in clacton, these very, very offensive comments. and i think it's quite shocking, actually, isn't it, to see a clip of the prime minister speaking and

but, but katherine forster, thank you very much for joining katherine forster, thank you very much forjoining news. the gambling commission has passed information to the metropolitan police alleging five more officers placed bets relating to the timing of the general election. that's news from the metropolitan police that a further five officers of the metropolitan police placed bets related to the timing of the general election. christopher hope, our political editor, joins us now. christopher, this is a shocking revelation . is a shocking revelation. >> it is. yeah. we knew one individual from the rishi sunak close protection unit had been arrested on suspicion of suspicions of placing a bet on the date of the july 4th election. we now know that five more officers have been alerted. the detail has been given to the met police by the gambling commission. we don't know if those five officers were part of the team around the pm, the close protection team rishi sunak. some have protection unit or somebody else who may have told, but this shows how this scandal is widening and getting more and m

katherine forster lie—in from york. thanks for joining katherine forster lie—in from york.ks for joining us on the show. now, i've lost more on the show. now, i've lost more on the election campaign throughout the election campaign throughout the show, of course, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now, the cosy european much. now, the cosy european union establishment has been rocked by the outcome of the european elections over the weekend. eurosceptic parties have made massive gains across the continent. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel >> earlier on breakfast. >> earlier on breakfast. >> i think it's a very actually desperately sad cautionary tale for . for tourists desperately sad cautionary tale for. for tourists and desperately sad cautionary tale for . for tourists and locals alike. >> we have come up with this plan. we have very clear means to fund it. and we're really hoping to get into government. >> we are ple

let's get the details with our political correspondent katherine forster in westminster.a cap, but not saying where the cap should be. >> well, exactly, because they've been burnt before giving numbers, haven't they? reduced to the tens of thousands net migration. they said that for many, many years . and then boris many, many years. and then boris johnson in 2019 pledged to get it down below 230,000. and what do we are at now 680,000. it was up do we are at now 680,000. it was up at three quarters of a million. so triple what it was back in 2019. so no, they're not giving a number on this cap. but james cleverly, the home secretary, is saying it is a cap which will get smaller and smaller every year over the next five years. but of course, will people believe them because it is the conservatives that have beenin is the conservatives that have been in charge for 14 years. and since we left the european union , it is directly because of choices that the government has made that migration went up to that three quarters of a million, absolutely unprecedented , never happened

>> let's find out more on this with gb news political correspondent katherine forster. welcome to the show. what more can you tell us? >> yes. good afternoon , sophie >> yes. good afternoon, sophie and tom from south london, where, you can hear a lot of laughter, probably in the background, because i've been here. jonathan ashworth, the shadow paymaster general. they've been talking about what they want to be talking about today, and i've just been given a cake. rishi's raw deal. your mortgage up £4,800. so that is what they want to be talking about today. but yes , this is about today. but yes, this is obviously an incredibly serious issue because if the polls are correct, sir keir starmer is going to be prime minister a week from now and he's going to have some very, very difficult calls to make on foreign policy. now yes, he's previously suggested that he wants to recognise palestine as a state, but it sounds very much like now thatis but it sounds very much like now that is not going to happen any time soon. fundamentally they want to be able to do this in lockstep

katherine forster live from lincoln giving us plenty to get our teeth stuck into throughout the day frombiden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun . drug use to illegally buy a gun. we'll have the full story after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel welcome back. time is 546. we're on the final. final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now. let's get more reaction to the tories manifesto , which came out tories manifesto, which came out earlier today. and as you'd expect, lib dem leader ed davey says voters simply cannot believe the conservatives >> i think people are going to feel that this is another broken promise that won't be delivered by the conservatives. they promised tax cuts before and we've seen tax rises. taxes have gone up to record levels under the conservatives. and actually, if you look at their budget forecasts , they're still forecasts, they're still freezing tax allowances for people. >> so tax is actually going to go >> so tax is actually going to 9° up >> so tax is actually going to go up under the con

well, joining me now is political correspondent katherine forster.erine, there's been a lot going on there's been a lot going on there using all of the tiktok stuff , and you've also been there using all of the tiktok stuff, and you've also been on the battle bus, haven't you, with the lib dems? i think it was. or were you on with the lib dems? >> no, i've been on the new conservative battle bus yesterday, which was unveiled in redcar very nice. it was two and we've been hearing a lot on tiktok and elsewhere about the labour battle bus. i think. let's have a look at angela rayner showing off her fridge . rayner showing off her fridge. hey, come on guys, we're going on the bus. >> so it's a big bus. >> so it's a big bus. >> it has lots of room in it. >> it's got some great seating arrangements. i'm not sure about the music yet because i've not put any on because i've only just got it today. >> but come on board. >> but come on board. >> this is where all the action happens. >> where all of the staff team are helping as well. >> i have some, samosas an

make of that what you will. >> well, shall we cross to katherine forster?manifesto launch that anyone has ever seen . you've been poring ever seen. you've been poring through some of the detail, but i don't think any of the headune i don't think any of the headline measures are actually particularly new shadow cabinet that they are very . that they are very. >> but no, you're right, 130 pages, very that one word change. to be honest, i don't think there's anything really. here >> oh, goodness me, the buffering is just terrible. sorry, catherine. the reception is just. sorry, catherine. the reception isjust. it'sjust not sorry, catherine. the reception is just. it's just not good enough, is it? >> well, we'll see if we can get back to catherine, because she's got the manifesto there in her hands. that's the next five years of government, if we're to believe the polls. it is interesting, though, some of the things that were leaked in the press , because it's not all press, because it's not all things that were announced by the labour party. some of these leak

well, let's bring in katherine forster, our political correspondent, and discuss some of the numbers,ve got the costing in front of me here. so it seems to me and i will obviously ask richard tice for more detail about these costumes. catherine. but it seems to me that they want to spend a huge amount, 141 billion per year, but they're suggesting from this costings document that they're going to rake that back in potential savings of 150 billion a year. the reaction to that has been that these are big spending pledges, and that it actually looks makes trussonomics look quite tame by comparison . quite tame by comparison. >> yes, i was at the reform spnng >> yes, i was at the reform spring conference in doncaster. and these numbers are pretty much unchanged. unchanged from then. and i said at the time, makes liz truss look like a model of economic restraint. now, nobody could say that reform are not trying to do something different or they're not trying to be bold. they certainly are. and of course, there's a lot that's going to appeal to people not paying tax till you're earning 20,00

let's talk to our political correspondent, katherine forster. i mean, can he really hold on?ell, two of his own labour mps were off sick. but worth saying that, one of those he'd sacked not long ago, and the other one had been very critical of him . and it all very critical of him. and it all centres around this £200,000 campaign donation, which he accepted from a firm linked to a man with two criminal convictions for dumping waste. now it's only 78 days since he was sworn in as new welsh first minister. quite extraordinary. he was in tears in the senate yesterday , but i'm joined now, yesterday, but i'm joined now, now by sam rowlands . he is now by sam rowlands. he is conservative. ms for north wales , thank you so much for talking to us today on gb news, first of all, can you explain to us why the welsh conservatives brought this vote, because he didn't break any rules. >> did he know it was a matter of a few things? it concerned both us as conservatives, but other members of the parliament over recent weeks. it's a matter of judgement in domain and honesty. so you mention

i can cross live to katherine forster to bring us up to speed with the goings on on the campaign trailgood evening to you. what have we missed? >> yes. good evening michelle. well rishi sunak has been back on the campaign trail, having had a brief break at the g7 and trooping of the colour at the weekend. he's been on a gas rig and he is saying that he says i believe we've we can win now. he's in a pretty small minority, ihave he's in a pretty small minority, i have to say, because, most conservative mps, in fact, i think i can't remember the last time i spoke to somebody in the conservative party who actually did believe that they could win. they see most of them focused on, desperately trying to keep their seats. i think that's why we haven't seen, most of the cabinet out on the campaign trail much. and some are urging rishi sunak to sort of go for the jugular on labour, be a little bit less nice and point out that sir keir starmer supported jeremy corbyn, that he fought for a second brexit referendum , etc, the lib dems referendum, etc, the lib dems have been out , near the water as

to our gb news political correspondent katherine forster. for all of the latest.ening to you. i believe that you're in the so—called spin room ahead of the debate tonight. bring us up to speed with what we're expecting . with what we're expecting. >> yes. good evening. michelle, welcome to the spin room here in grimsby town hall, where in an hour and a half, one of the men that will be prime minister in just over three weeks. we don't know who it will be yet, but both of them will be talking at 20 minutes. given to each of them for an in—depth interview. and then 25 minutes devoted to an audience question and answer session. i'm going to take you for a little tour in a second, but i think it's worth just reflecting on grimsby, a town with, of course, a huge, proud fishing heritage and a classic red wall battleground seat because, in 2019 voters here, this is a heavily leave voting constituency. voters here lent the conservatives their vote. the conservatives currently have a 7000 majority here. but before then it was a solid labour seat going all the way back to 1

let's cross live now to gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who's in grimsby, grimsbyead of tonight's televised extravaganza, catherine. >> good evening, camilla, and welcome to the spin room here in grimsby town hall . all this live grimsby town hall. all this live leaders events going to start in just about 25 minutes at 1 to 1 interview, first with sir keir starmer and then with the prime minister, then a 25 minute audience question and answer session. i think it's worth reflecting on why we're here in grimsby particularly. this is a key battle ground seat. there's been some constituency changes, but it's a red wall seat where voters lent their votes to the conservative party back in 2019 on the promise of levelling up and getting brexit done. and it's heavily leave voting seat, so that's grimsby . let's talk so that's grimsby. let's talk now to shadow paymaster general jonathan jonathan ashworth . jonathan jonathan ashworth. jonathan, thanks for talking to us on gb news this evening. jonathan, thanks for talking to us on gb news this evening . and us on gb news thi

well, joining us now from labour's battlebus gb news political correspondent, katherine forster.and we are expecting big childcare plans, expansion of them from labour today . can you tell us a labour today. can you tell us a bit more ? bit more? >> yes. good morning. from the labour bus somewhere en route to the east midlands in the middle of the motorway, travelling quite fast at the moment and labour today unveiling plans for 100,000 new childcare places paid for by putting vat on private school fees and they say that they're planning to convert up to potentially 3500 classrooms at a cost of about £40,000 each. because basically people are having less children, the birth rate is falling increasingly and schools have got spare capacity . so this is got spare capacity. so this is the plan, and keir starmer saying childcare is critical infrastructure . both parties infrastructure. both parties seem to have finally woken up to the fact that childcare is horrendously expensive in this country , and there's a real country, and there's a real crisis with it. worth saying though, that

thank you very much indeed, katherine forster. those who've declared their candidacy for the clacton constituency so far. jovan owusu, nepal for the labour party. giles watling for the conservative party. matthew bensalem for the lib dems. nigel farage for reform uk, natasha osborne for the green party now the list of candidates isn't finalised because the deadline isn't until 4 pm. today. it will be published on the gb news website once it is finalised . website once it is finalised. >> and, lots of you are already getting in touch about the apology, someone was written in saying, well , the king was saying, well, the king was there, prince william was there, you know, is that enough to represent our country? lots of you are saying an apology is simply not enough. >> well, i don't know. politicians rarely apologise so quickly and without making an excuse. and what else can you do? i mean, you say it's not enough. what else? there's nothing else you can do but apologise. so i'm a bit more forgiving of apologies generally. yeah, bu

if you're watching us on tv or on youtube, where our political reporter katherine forster will be interviewingheavyweights from both parties, going to be chock a block of big name interviews . we'll show you name interviews. we'll show you the best bits, like mr sunak giving this reason as to why you should vote for him. >> i actually have an appalling diet because i eat an enormous amount of sugar and i'm very unhealthy in that regard. >> and sir keir starmer malfunctioned at this question. >> you seem more like a political robot . how are you? political robot. how are you? how are you going to convince others like me to vote for you? >> well, the most well, the audience got a bit lively as well . well. >> it's the doctor's fault . the >> it's the doctor's fault. the point . point. >> and there was even some laughter. >> but when i grew up, my dad was a toolmaker. he worked in a factory . factory. >> but yes, the nation took a drink. now,

that's katherine forster our political correspondent.ak in the tory leadership contest. sunak interrupted truss 20 times in 12 minutes. it looked very it looked very bad. look unchivalrous no i don't and it looked like he was bullying her and i think he's learnt a lesson from that. don't interrupt. let people finish. oh do you know what she means? >> pot kettle black right? here is a full list of those who've declared their candidacy in the clacton constituency to interrupt here. >> we have to do this because this is election rules. you want to carry on? no, no. if you wonder why we keep doing it, is the law of the land. >> joe van awassi, nepal labour party giles watling for the conservative party matthew bensalem, lib dem nigel farage reform. >> natasha hobson, green party. >> natasha hobson, green party. >> so stormy daniels has called for donald trump to be sentenced to jail and to be the punching bag at a women's shelter. >> this is, of course, after trump was found guilty of falsifying falsifying business records to conceal hush mo

katherine forster.rine, and think it's completely bonkers when you hear scenarios like this? could the prime minister have handled it differently? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, yes, i think he could have handled it differently. and to be honest, i'm not remotely surprised that these two candidates have been suspended. i think a lot of people, though, will be wondering what took the prime minister so long to do this, because it's clearly, massively politically damaging, isn't it? and it's two weeks since craig williams, you know, first emerged that he'd put a bet, you know, just a couple of days before the election was announced. he was, of course, a private secretary to rishi sunak. he was in a privileged position in a position to have inside information . he admitted inside information. he admitted it and he apologised . but he was it and he apologised. but he was up until right now, still the conservative party candidate for montgomeryshire . so quite montgomeryshire. so quite astonishing really. and i w

well, i'm joined now by gb news political correspondent katherine forster.ome to the show. we have you. so a feisty debate. last night, once again it turned to the topic of illegal immigration. once again, sir keir starmer sticking by his plans. it's about tackling this downstream rishi sunak wasn't convinced. tell us more . convinced. tell us more. >> no. good afternoon martin. i'm on the labour bus somewhere in cheshire. i think i've been on visits with sir keir starmer all day. but yes, last night was tncky all day. but yes, last night was tricky for him, wasn't it? on women's rightsj k rowling is unconvinced. it looks like she's not going to vote labour for the first time in her life, but also on the small boats crossings, the prime minister saying again and again, you know, you've got no deterrence. how's it going to work with no deterrence ? work with no deterrence? actually having a laugh at sir keir starmer's expense when sir keir starmer's expense when sir keir starmer's expense when sir keir starmer talked about returns agreements, rishi sunak said

katherine forster there. >> that's quite interesting, isn't it? a very good point, catherine.ell you which long standing coronation street cast member is down. don't go anywhere. this is britain's gb news. >> well, it's 80 years ago today on d—day , tens of thousands of on d—day, tens of thousands of british troops joined allied nations. 163,000 troops. i think it was storming the beaches of normandy . normandy. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> they opened the path to freedom and peace in europe, liberating france from the germans and the nazis. >> well, in normandy , as she has >> well, in normandy, as she has been stoically throughout the week, is our very own eddie costello. ellie, a remarkable day and you are part of a remarkable piece of history that's an unfolding before our very eyes. >> a remarkable day, andrew and bev, and such a poignant and emotional too . one, and i feel emotional too. one, and i feel so honoured to be stood here on gold beach, where 25,000 british troops made their way onto these shores. and it looks beautiful today, with the sun beaming down

katherine forster, our political correspondent there in the west midlands. >> we're going to go straightyshire now, where the prime minister is speaking. >> the ship, which has the courage of its convictions. that's what i have. i get that you may not agree with me on everything, but at least you know where i stand. that's what leadership is about. you have to ask yourself, why is he not telling you his plan for the country, what he wants to do? because he probably doesn't think they're going to like it when you hear it, right? we know , as you saw last night, those of you that were watching the debate , absolutely no answers debate, absolutely no answers about how to tackle immigration, right. i've got a plan. we're bringing immigration down. we've got a plan to stop the boats. he would make us the soft touch of europe when it comes to that issue. on net zero, i've put changes in place that mean, of course we're going to get there, but we're going to get there in a sensible way, right? that means that all of you are not going to have to pay thousands of pounds to change your car, your h

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let's cross to north wales now and speak to gb news political correspondent katherine forster.atherine, what are the tories saying in wales ? wales? >> yes. good afternoon , tom and >> yes. good afternoon, tom and emily from north wales. this seat, clwyd north, is a new seat. but back in 2019 and the election before that, the area covered by this was held by the conservatives. it looks highly likely that labour will take it. in fact, labour are currently projected to take every single conservative seat in wales, so the prime minister here this morning talking, launching the conservative manifesto along with the welsh secretary and the welsh conservative leader in the senate, and really , hammering senate, and really, hammering the same messages that we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to cut your taxes, we're going to keep you safe. but going to keep you safe. but going really, what i noticed most was on the attack , on most was on the attack, on laboun most was on the attack, on labour, on a way that i haven't really seen before and saying

katherine forster. there you go. listen, folks, lots more to get through. actor idris elba in relation to the families of knife crime victims . the labour leader victims. the labour leader pledged to ban the online sale of zombie knives straight away if he becomes prime minister he said cutting knife crime was his moral mission . well, to discuss moral mission. well, to discuss this issue, i'm delighted to welcome retired scotland yard detective hamish brown . mr detective hamish brown. mr brown, thank you so much for joining us. what's the problem , joining us. what's the problem, the knife or the criminal holding it ? holding it? >> well, absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> it's got to be the criminal in the first case, i suppose. which came first? the chicken or the egg? >> but you've got to look at the criminal. >> certainly. try and take these most dreadful knives off the market, off the street. >> but it doesn't have to be a zombie knife. it could be a kitchen knife for that matter. so it must be the perpetrator . so it must be the perpetrator. and i,

the conservatives hoping that they do . hoping that they do. >> katherine forster thank you very much. travelling on that bus with an oven. who knew ? in any with an oven. who knew? in any case. joining me now is gb news presenter benjamin butterworth and broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon to discuss pretty much a fairly devastating poll there. benjamin isn't it? i mean, if you were rishi sunak waking up this morning apart from unveiling your your bus with an oven in it, i mean , this with an oven in it, i mean, this is not good news, is it? >> yeah. no, i mean, it's a shocking poll. >> you know, we've never seen a result like this. >> and i think the company that did it predicted a result at this stage of the previous general election that turned out to be very close to the real one. >> one. >> so that gives you some insight to the quality of the research. and for people that don't know, the mrp polls are far more thorough, far more accurate to each constituency. so it's not simply projecting it across the country, which is often very inaccurate, i think this is what happens b

catherine katherine forster there.conservative philip davies, philip, just on that, on that line of questioning there. is it time for rishi sunak, your leader , to roll up his sleeves, leader, to roll up his sleeves, put the boxing gloves on and get a bit personal? >> well, i think he's been rolling his sleeves up. i don't think anyone can deny that he's been doing that. >> but the boxing gloves, though, in politics it's a you know, i don't think it's a question about getting personal, i.e. making personal attacks on people's character and things like that. >> i don't really think people want to see that, but i think it's perfectly legitimate in election. at the end of the day, elections are choice, and i think it's perfectly legitimate for political parties to point out the failings of the others and the dangers of the others if they were to come into office. so, yes, we certainly need to do that, because otherwise people are sleepwalking into a socialist nightmare. >> of course, when boris johnson was still prime min

let's speak to our political correspondent katherine forster, who's on the campaign trail with them.rime minister yesterday . minister yesterday. >> i'm sorry to disappoint you , >> i'm sorry to disappoint you, eamonn and isabel. i am, in fact, in westminster, which is very , very strange because last very, very strange because last week i was in the south coast, wales , all the rest of it. but wales, all the rest of it. but i am here today, so the liberal democrats, we got used to seeing sir ed davey standing in rivers talking about sewage. but the other thing that the liberal democrats are very passionate aboutis democrats are very passionate about is social care. and it's very personal to sir ed davey because he has a severely disabled son. he took saturday off from campaigning to look after him. he also had to be a carer for his very ill mother when he was young. so this is very personal to him. now the lib dems are pledging today free personal care for anybody who needs it, whether that be somebody that's elderly or disabled or whatever , and they disabled or whatever, and they

. >> well, let's get some analysis on all of this from our political correspondent, katherine forster midlands. and catherine, labour also caught up in this scandal. now sir keir starmer pretty swift to deal with it. if you compare it to rishi sunak's response. and yet he'll be saying today , i suppose he has saying today, i suppose he has suspended those two candidates, as we just heard from the government, they're angry and robust response. they think what's your analysis? >> yes. good morning eamonn. and isabel from the east midlands. and huge congratulations to you and all the team behind breakfast. but yes, this has broadened out hasn't it. because it's not just the conservatives anymore. so kevin craig who was anymore. so kevin craig who was a labour candidate until late yesterday afternoon, his name and the conservative party will still be on the ballot paper. sorry but he will. did i say conservative paper? i'll go completely mad. was a labour candidate until late yesterday afternoon , but he has been afternoon, but he has been booted out now of the labour party, though his na

. >> well, our political correspondent katherine forster has been around the country over the last fewry fresh. i got in at midnight. >> oh, is the bus here in london now or is it still touring somewhere? >> it was in london, but they keep its location obviously very , very secret, but yes , it was , very secret, but yes, it was a blur. we, we set off on, friday losing track of the days went up to the north—west. the prime minister north—east north—west, north—west. friday. prime minister was on a farm, a heritage railway. we had ice creams. a lovely day, went across then to the north—east and yesterday in, in blythe and somewhere else. >> yes. isn't that funny ? >> yes. isn't that funny? >> yes. isn't that funny? >> just a blur. but basically he's been going to seats that the conservatives already have, that are either considered safe, probably no such thing at the moment or that sort of red wall seats that they took in 2019 that they're now in danger of losing. >> i'm intrigued as i mean, there's a new poll out today, there's a new poll out today, the prime minister is going to be pu

olivia utley on the labour battle bus and katherine forster, you're there in westminster.s are shaping up , catherine, westminster. tell us how things are shaping up, catherine, this morning after the weekend . morning after the weekend. >> yes. good morning eamonn and isabel. well, you know, during an election campaign , the polls an election campaign, the polls are supposed to narrow. that's what normally happens . but the what normally happens. but the conservatives the polls are not budging at all in the gap between conservatives and labour and in fact, reform . some are and in fact, reform. some are eating ever more into the conservatives vote. so they are getting increasingly desperate to find something that will start to shift them. they've tried are banging on about laboun tried are banging on about labour, going to put up your taxes. that's their main attack line at the moment, but it doesn't currently seem to be having any effect. so now some are urging the prime minister, rishi sunak , to play a bit rishi sunak, to play a bit dirty, not something that will come