big day for the labour party, the upper echelon is on labour party, the upper echelon is oh the _ labourh the process but at the board of— happy with the process but at the board of deputies there are still issues _ board of deputies there are still issues at — board of deputies there are still issues at the local level with councillors and party officials. jc revealed — councillors and party officials. jc revealed yesterday a party official who had _ revealed yesterday a party official who had been a local party official had been — who had been a local party official had been posting extremely questionable content for many years up questionable content for many years up until— questionable content for many years up until much recently. are you cohfideht— up until much recently. are you confident that issues are being addressed at the local level? and how can _ addressed at the local level? and how can you reassure jewish people who want _ how can you reassure jewish people who want to get involved in local party _ who want to get involved in local party politics that they will be safe t

labour 14.r whitehall departments spent at least whitehall departments spent at least £145 million using fees across the year. shadow levelling up minister alex norris says the government has been careless with public money. we've revealed today is a truth of a government is very, very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend the cost of their operations because they have to be. we would take that same approach, that same level of rigour, because you look some the things we look at some of the things we revealed it did give the government spend government really need to spend money theatre training that money on theatre training that they those pictures they really need those pictures to take. well, parliamentary under—secretary for the department for transport holden defended the government's saying it has not been reckless . what it has not been reckless. wh

my family voted labour. my family voted labour. there was a reason you _ at 16. my family voted labour. there was a reason you became _ at 16. my family voted labour. there was a reason you became more - was a reason you became more political and you were open about your politics, but not about the reason, the deep personal reason you felt angry with the conservative party. felt angry with the conservative pa . ~ , felt angry with the conservative pa . g , ., , felt angry with the conservative pa ., party. my sexuality, i was growing u . party. my sexuality, i was growing u- a party. my sexuality, i was growing no gay and — party. my sexuality, i was growing no gay and i _ party. my sexuality, i was growing no gay and i was _ party. my sexuality, i was growing up gay and i was still _ party. my sexuality, i was growing up gay and i was still coming - party. my sexuality, i was growing up gay and i was still coming to i up gay and i was still coming to terms with it, back then it was the era of aids and you s

i was brought up labour in a labour place.off more that's turned me off labour more than anything is the experience i at hands of labour i had at the hands of labour side the fence when i was side of the fence when i was running for election, i thought it of the stuff that i it was some of the stuff that i experienced, put me off them for life . have do something life. i'll have to do something special pull my vote out the special to pull my vote out the back. that would be for show anyway, got take a quick anyway, i've got to take a quick break. of you getting break. lots of you getting in touch corbyn thing, so touch about the corbyn thing, so i'll of your thoughts i'll have some of your thoughts in a second. but when i do come back, i want to talk to you about do think we about academics. do you think we doing protect them at one doing not to protect them at one guy sharing his story guy has been sharing his story about how it's how to wander around with with a disguise fearing life after he fearing for his life after he wa

sir keir starmer says labour , keir starmer says labour, unrecognisable from when jeremy corbyn was leader and confirmed that mr. corbyn will not stand again at the next general election. it comes as the equality and human commission has announced it's taking the party out of special measures . the watchdog demanded measures. the watchdog demanded labour make changes after ruling it was responsible for unlawful of harassment . and of harassment. and discrimination in 2020. sir keir starmer said action. not just an apology , was needed to all those apology, was needed to all those who were hurt to all those who were let down. to all those dnven were let down. to all those driven out of our party. who no longer felt it was their home. who suffered the most appalling abuse. today on behalf of the entire labour party, i sorry what you've been through could never be undone. apologies alone cannot make right. never be undone. apologies alone cannot make right . the rate of cannot make right. the rate of uk inflow has fallen for the third month in a row but remains in double digits. data from the

and yes , labour party is party., labour party is a great now moved back towards the centre of politics and it's not promising that much. of course does raise the fascinating, fascinating of what the labour party would do differently in order to be able to turn things around from, what the current government is doing and perhaps that's also a challenge needs to be posed challenge that needs to be posed to labour spokesmen the to labour spokesmen during the course of the next 12 months. well, i think that's well, sir john, i think that's an that we be an excellent that we will be adding to poll next week to adding to our poll next week to see exactly what the public think. is there any difference at all between economic at all between the economic policies of these two parties? but for now, professor sir john curtis, much for curtis, thank you so much for joining the briefing. joining us on the briefing. always your now always appreciate your. now now moving on, the controversial onune moving on, the controversial onl

yes, when labour began hotels. labour began to open that pandora's box of expenses, stories they opened a big risk that the public would simply say a plague on all your houses. simply say a plague on all your houses . and it turns out now houses. and it turns out now that the reputed author of labour's gypsy files dossier is none other than damian mcbride, the former spin doctor to gordon brown . and he has helpfully brown. and he has helpfully written a book all about his time in the last labour government, including the expensive hospitality that the labour party then racked up . labour party then racked up. well, the guy fawkes website dug up this material and. i'm delighted to say that paul staines, its and editor, joins me live in the studio. paul this seems to have backfired a little bit for labour. yeah, i think the cia use a term from the oil industry called blowback when they politically intervene in third world country and they're intervening and blows back in their face the way that their face in the way

they are going to be big parts of labour�*s pitch.art of the year, the economy, the nhs, immigration, now you got keir starmer�*s five missions, the things both parties think will decide the next general election. joining me now is chris hopkins, politcial research director at pollsters savanta comres. thank you very much forjoining us. the labour party have broadly been ahead for about the last year or so, or more in fact. what is the current polling suggesting? the or more in fact. what is the current polling suggesting?— polling suggesting? the current ollin: is polling suggesting? the current polling is actually _ polling suggesting? the current polling is actually quite - polling suggesting? the current polling is actually quite a - polling suggesting? the current polling is actually quite a mix. l polling suggesting? the current l polling is actually quite a mix. we are starting to see some kind of divergence which has not happened for quite a long time. our latest poll which has not been published yet shows a 14 point labour le

you labour movement and beyond. you have to recognise he led the party to its worst defeat since the 1930s, but equally is a long serving and very dedicated member of the labour party and the labour movement extremely popular for right or wrong in his constituent . so he i mean, his constituent. so he i mean, he's he's won every election. he stood in islington north by a comfortable margin. and i think the problem for the labour party really is if, if they don't allow him, if they don't restore the whip, don't allowances, then as a candidate then i think there's a very good chance he will stand as an independent and i think you'll win as an independent or defeat the labour candidate in islington north, whoever would be . see, i'm whoever that would be. see, i'm not sure because albeit he's not so sure because albeit he's got strong track record got a very strong track record is very low, is very prominent in his constituency . benedict in his constituency. benedict polls say that he thinks he would win if stood as a

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kate hoey, former labour mp, former labour minister.the reason i wanted to go into the eu is because your politics have changed throughout your life and actually that's really quite unusual. so i wanted to explore some of that. how would you characterise your politics today? well, actually, gloria, i don't think i have changed that much. my views, my attitudes , my much. my views, my attitudes, my values haven't changed. but i think, of course, i started off in student politics and was very much to the left. one of the trotskyites who might call in the international marxist group . but my when i joined the labour party, very early on, after i left college and started to work , i don't think my views to work, i don't think my views on politics have changed. what i think has happened a lot has the labour party has very much changed since i became a member and i remember coming into parliament, sitting with all the ex—miners and men who'd been working in factories, very few women , obviously 41st through women, obviously 41st through only

and labour's election manifesto.nd if they are elected , we'll drive if they are elected, we'll drive forward, sir keir said , a labour forward, sir keir said, a labour government . now i know people government. now i know people are crying out for a long term plan to give britain back its future and to restore and purpose in the country. he went on to say the targets for this ambitious set of missions were to make the united kingdom and i quote again the fastest growing economy in the g7 group of largest economies around the world. sir also said that he wanted the uk to fully embrace clean energy and become a clean green energy superpower. he said it would be a labour mission , it would be a labour mission, build an nhs quote fit for the. he also wanted to dismantle barriers to opportunity at every stage from childhood . well, stage from childhood. well, cynics might say that it was just as the americans say all apple pie and motherhood stuff little nothing to disagree with that. but missing crucially any detail . h

snp, but even to take glasgow away from , labour, which was the away from, labour, which was the labourince the old days of devolution . and the old days of devolution. and now what we're seeing is a real vacuum in scottish politics. who could possibly fill those shoes. yeah, and burke, the scottish secretary, acknowledging that, you know, a formidable political opponent. i mean, as we just discussing with tom, there's quite a list of potentially these kate forbes at the top , we these kate forbes at the top, we understand it, of snp members at the moment 8, but clearly there will be now perhaps a reignite heated debate in scotland over independence or what the nation wants to be and to ask you, you know, are people with that or they just had enough of this over the past years ? i think over the past years? i think it's a question of how many place any anyone in person can spend. and i'm not talking about, you know, a first minister, a politician, just there's so many issues flying around scots scottish politics just and i've been in this role in the scotland area for the last four week

look at what the last labour government did. last 13 years of conservative government at the same rate as under labour, there would be £40 billion to either invest in public services or cut taxes. they had a financial crash to deal with, the conservatives, when they came in in 2010. i think the conservatives can point to the long—term financial crisis and the pandemic and the war in ukraine as facts in mitigation as to why their economic record has been so poor, but that doesn't explain why we have had rock—bottom growth, low productivity, wage stagnation for more than a decade. those are partial explanations but certainly not excuses for the poor mismanagement of the economy we've seen. so government can help create the conditions for growth but it has an active role to play growth so for example education and skills, it's vital for making sure we have notjust the workers we need but the skills we need and making sure the nhs is functioning properly means means we have a healthy, happy, motivated workforce. i think what sets la

labour really win an election. labour really ready for government .nt. we'll have a look and natter about all of that with labour voices , that with labour voices, conservative voices and also more importantly my uniquely impartial and very dear friend who i've known for years and years and years. david cowling who is good enough to share his wisdom on polling and history and context with us here at gb news. and i'm delighted say that he is in the studio with me as well as conservative party approved parliamentary candidate lewis feldman , who put himself lewis feldman, who put himself forward and as pass muster and is sitting here still smiling i'm delighted to say just by that introduction, i mean run out of roads a great line . does out of roads a great line. does it bear more than scant examination ? well if you think examination? well if you think that what set is going to be true in a year and year and a half , then yes, you can think half, then yes, you can think that on the bit of a sceptic. i mean events devoid of events have dominated our po

kate hoey, former labour mp, former labour minister. i wanted to go into the eu is because your politics have changed throughout your life and actually that's really quite unusual. so i wanted to explore some of that. how would you characterise your politics today? well, actually, gloria, i don't think i have changed that much. my views, my attitudes , my much. my views, my attitudes, my values haven't changed. but i think, of course, i started off in student politics and was very much to the left. one of the trotskyites who might call in the international marxist group . but my when i joined the labour party, very early on, after i left college and started to work , i don't think my views to work, i don't think my views on politics have changed. what i think has happened a lot has the labour party has very much changed since i became a member and i remember coming into parliament, sitting with all the ex—miners and men who'd been working in factories, very few women , obviously 41st through women, obviously 41st through only 41 women i

there's your labour it's not labour party policy.g that. and was graham hisco and i do agree was graham hisco who reported this and you know removing this cap will such damage to people across the country both fiscally and mentally if they're struggling to pay their bills, it will have a mental and a fiscal toll. and you know, the major energy companies took home 110 billion to their shareholders . how can to their shareholders. how can they make such excessive profits when people are struggling ? pay when people are struggling? pay the bills. yeah because we're almost out of time. just very briefly. and it's not as though i don't understand. you've got it. but looking at the other side argument is it costs us we don't control what they what the energy bills which are what the energy bills which are what the energy are charging. energy companies are charging. so costs tolls as so the cap costs tolls as taxpayers. we're having to fund the difference which . the the difference which. the chancellor said at the moment isn't unsustainabl

access to affordable labour.e've seen changes across the globe and unfortunately , the dreadful unfortunately, the dreadful events in ukraine are really starting to hit home. so i think if you look at it on a general level , energy prices, oil prices level, energy prices, oil prices have started to come down. i think we'll have seen that on our forecourts. will be i have to say , prices fluctuate to say, prices fluctuate massively depending on where you shopping for your petrol. and if we look at cost per barrel , we look at cost per barrel, that's hovering around about $78 at the moment. so it's maybe down one and a half to $2 on several weeks back. so these are not huge changes, but they will filter through to things like transport costs, etc. the one import and factor is there are still elements within the basket of goods and services that make up inflation, particularly things like fresh vegetables , things like fresh vegetables, fresh fruit. there's still extra notionally high, maybe 15, 16. so it just puts

mind that the relationship between labour and labourin relationship between labour and labour in they're not going to go around condemning the strikes , but equally they're the strikes, but equally they're not saying that they're . right. not saying that they're. right. the big issue really for labour and unions are quite happy about this is that they will repeal any anti strike legislation that this government puts through . this government puts through. and that is the key thing is what today a day of action all aboutis what today a day of action all about is a question very much about is a question very much about whether or not you try and fire strikers who cross picket lines because of a minimum service service level guarantee . yeah and how widespread that is whether goes beyond the sort of blue light . emergency of blue light. emergency services and so on. nigel, thank you very much indeed for assessment as ever. good to speak to you . and we'll see, of speak to you. and we'll see, of course, i think more train strikes indeed friday, which will be assessing and then perhaps mo

next if a labour government is on the cards, can labour be trusted ? cards, can labour be trusted?scuss that with leader of the sdlp, william clewiston live in the studio in just few minutes. but first, this is a worrying story for big brother watch released expose the other day . the dealings of the other day. the dealings of the other day. the dealings of the 77 brigade, a unit of the british tasked with not lethal psychological warfare there who despite operating only against foreign powers and extremists were deployed by the government dunng were deployed by the government during the covid pandemic. we've spoken to the mod a few times in which they categorically deny the individuals were spy on or that they had stalls . the style that they had stalls. the style dossiers compiled them, but that they'd collected on narratives counter to official advice , counter to official advice, asking the likes of twitter to flag content and advising the head sheds on how counter the threat to the government . they threat to the government. they claim this did not impact anyone's ability to d

for example, labour the answer. for example, labour the answer.striking when those same union barons bankroll the labour party is labour the answer to the channel migrant crisis ? they rejected the rwanda crisis? they rejected the rwanda plan and talk of a deal with france. good luck with on labour the answer to inflation when they will likely yield to striking workers and their inflation busting demands on laboun inflation busting demands on labour. the answer britain's current debt nightmare when it's quite clear that should they achieve power, the whole of the pubuc achieve power, the whole of the public sector will expect them to splash the cash and if that doesn't happen my words there will be and all civil war within labour party making keir starmer's job almost from day one. that's the answer for britain is it? and it's my view that lockdown loving cervix free irredeemably woke starmer who will jump on any political bandwagon exhibit a right here . bandwagon exhibit a right here. i believe this is a man who preside over five years of strife

labour are bringing be fine. labour are bringing back scary asbos. well, there you go.ful statues, david says, simply, leave all statues alone. thank you very much. that is all we have time for this evening. i've had the wonderful daniel moylan with me today and kevin maguire with me kevin maguire. kevin craig, that's crazy. sorry no problem. susan, what a terrible finish to a wonderful show. thank you very much . hello. my name's rachel much. hello. my name's rachel ayres and welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. well, tomorrow is going to be a dry day for many, with a few sunny spells around and still quite mild . and most still quite mild. and most of the settled is due to the settled weather is due to this high pressure that's still around across of england this high pressure that's still arouwales.yss of england this high pressure that's still arouwales. they're of england this high pressure that's still arouwales. they're looking and and wales. they're looking further north. we got some further north. we have got some weather fronts that try p

for example, labour the answer. for example, labour the answer.striking when those same union barons bankroll the labour party is labour the answer to the channel migrant crisis ? they rejected the rwanda crisis? they rejected the rwanda plan and talk of a deal with france. good luck with on labour the answer to inflation when they will likely yield to striking workers and their inflation busting demands on laboun inflation busting demands on labour. the answer britain's current debt nightmare when it's quite clear that should they achieve power, the whole of the pubuc achieve power, the whole of the public sector will expect them to splash the cash and if that doesn't happen my words there will be and all civil war within labour party making keir starmer's job almost from day one. that's the answer for britain is it? and it's my view that lockdown loving cervix free irredeemably woke starmer who will jump on any political bandwagon exhibit a right here . bandwagon exhibit a right here. i believe this is a man who preside over five years of strife

has labour got within the scottish nationalist party . has labour got its food party.s labour got its food pledge in a muddle all to come after the headlines . good after the headlines. good morning. it is 9:30. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom intensive talks are being held today in a bid to resolve disputes between nurses. the government at the royal college of nursing has paused week's 48 hour walkout, which would have been the biggest break this winter. the government says , a winter. the government says, a 3.5% pay rise is affordable for the union, wants 5% above inflation, but has indicated it's prepared to meet halfway . it's prepared to meet halfway. shamima bacon excuse me, who left the uk to join terrorist group islamic state is thought to represent a threat the country a government minister has told gb news there's a lot of information about the 23 year old that's not being made public. shamima begum was 15 when she travelled to syria with two other girls. today she'll find out if an appeal against the decision to revoke her british citizenship has bee

we've some labour party.eally on the shadow really great women on the shadow cabinet in the frontbench . but cabinet in the frontbench. but leadership roles like secretary, head of staff , leadership roles like secretary, head of staff, head of comms, all of those kind of things and our leader, they're all still white men based in london . white men based in london. labour aren't really practising what they preach . it is what they preach. well it is hard to of see that we are you know the leader talks about how we've got over 50% of women employees but that's those are the that clung on in 2019. the women that clung on in 2019. we that that wasn't by we did that that wasn't by design actually and we've managed to keep hold of our in the worst general election defeat that we've ever known. so credit i think a brief credit to us, i think a brief word on corbyn, i think keir starmer deserves credit for flushing out a lot of the anti—semitism the party anti—semitism in the party corbyn's departure. i mean in you

why does the labour with labour leader struggle with these he these issues?he running scared or is it because he's got people on twitter he's trying keep happy? what's the trying to keep happy? what's the deal now? look don't have penises are very small penises there are a very small number transgender women who number of transgender women who obviously what obviously do we all know what that's about. i there's lots of it's quite unnecessary argument around some of this people love to ask these questions but it's not that complicated. camilla straight answer straight questions. and i appreciate your straight your wealth question thank you very much jenny chapman now lots more to come on today's show, including john bolton. be back in bolton. we'll be back in a minute. don't anywhere . welcome back to the show. thank you for joining welcome back to the show. thank you forjoining me. now earlier this week, i interviewed former national adviser to president trump and ambassador to the un, john from the national army museum in london about the russian invasion of

jeremy corbyn is a labour mp- — run as a labour mp? jeremy corbyn is a labour mp.oming on. i hope you come back soon. now, from cardiff to liverpool, web preparations are getting going for one of the biggest stages in the world, eurovision, of course, which the uk is hosting on behalf of ukraine, which won last year. we can show you the stage, which is meant to represent a huge help to show the open arms from europe to ukraine, the country which has been hit so hard by conflict. we wanted to see how people in uk feel watching what is going on in liverpool from afar. timur miroshnychenko is the country's eurovision presenter, their equivalent of graham norton. i asked him what it meant to him in these difficult times. it’s asked him what it meant to him in these difficult times.— these difficult times. it's not about music, _ these difficult times. it's not about music, or— these difficult times. it's not about music, or not - these difficult times. it's not about music, or not only i these difficult times. it's not l about music, or not only about music, because it

leader of labour in...der of the labour group in the national parliament, in the scottish parliament. to scotland now — where the first two candidates to replace nicola sturgeon as leader of the snp — and the country's first minister — have put their names forward. labour only has one westminster mp. it does have significant representation in the scottish parliament. the two candidates have announced that they want to succeed either scottish health secretary attempt to make your on and the former minister ash regan on the right. ash regan is a8, and resigned from the government in october in protest against a law which would make it easier for transgender people to legally change their gender identity. speaking to the sunday mail newspaper, she said: we need a new direction and we need to reprioritise. we need to bring back unity, draw a line under certain things and move past them. i believe i am the person to do that. the electorate expect the scottish government to focus on things that are important to t

so might the fall of sturgeon now offer labour chance to retake many their old heartlands?by sturgeon shorten that path for quest dogma to number 10? well, let's speak to our scotland reporter tony maguire, who's at a scottish labour party conference today. tony what's the mood there ? hey, good the mood there? hey, good morning, tom. well, a must see as you can probably here behind me and quite a lot of jubilant people tantalisingly , drooling people tantalisingly, drooling at the possibility of what the next political chapter for scotland could look like. as you can, they pointed out, labour have really fallen away after dominating the first few years of devolution here. and what we can this weekend is that labour are pulling out all the stops to convince their delegation that now is the time. and certainly this does seem like a political, you know, a perfect storm politically for scottish labour . sturgeon's exit means that for the time being at the very least, snp supporters are going to be wondering what comes next. and of course in westminster, a very different tale f

is keir starmer's party new| labour? we are unashamedly saying ou need labour? crime. you have got to deal with a new issue, fraud, new technology. some people who voted for keir starmer in the leadership contest a few years when he promised essentially to keep most ofjeremy corbyn“s agenda, some might be a cross to hear you say this morning, we are unashamedly new labour. igtgfe we are unashamedly new labour. we will we are unashamedly new labour. 9 will deal with the with the challenges the country faces now. those are different to the issues we faced in the 1990s. there will be some things though that we did when we were in government that we should be pursuing again and that means getting neighbourhood police on the beat. there will be other areas where we want to do things differently, for example, on zero carbon. :, , :, . ., differently, for example, on zero carbon. :, , :, : :, the carbon. that is a new challenge. the issues we deal _ carbon. that is a new challenge. the issues we deal with _ carbon. that is a new challenge. the issues we deal with now _

so, let me announce the economic mission of the next labour government. will deliver the highest sustained growth in the g7. applause sir keir set out four other so—called missions, improving the nhs, tackling crime, better education and making the uk what he calls a clean energy superpower. what do you say to those who say, look, you were elected on a particular set of policies for the labour leadership, and you've junked loads of those. so why should we believe what you're saying now is something you'll stick to? when i stood for leadership of the labour party, i ended every single hustings by saying, "everything you've heard today won't happen if we don't have a labour government." and the vast majority of labour members and supporters are 100% behind what we're doing. labour are miles ahead of the conservatives in most opinion polls right now. so what do the tories make of all this? well, keir starmer had no new policies today. he's never made a pledge that he intends to keep. he's changed his mind on everything from a second eu referendum, through to

the backbone of the labour manifesto and the pillars of the next labour government.omises included improving the nhs, and turning britain into a clean energy superpower — as well as making it the fastest growing major economy. here's our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime at a cafe in bury. keir starmer needs to win over towns like this if he's to become prime minister. well, my priority is that prices are too dear, for one. it's hard to go and shop these days. i'm a first—time buyer, so i've just bought my first house. it's been a nightmare. how worried are you about the state of the economy? i'm hoping it's at. its worst right now. ten miles down the road in manchester, are the priorities of bury met by the priorities of labour? this isjust fantastic, to be here. as i look, i didn't realise we were going to have all the people up on the other floors. so, let me announce the economic mission of the next labour government. by the end of labour's first term, we will deliver the highest sustained growth in the g7. applause. sir keir set out four other so—called m

so it's a labour need bigger a labour say you need bigger penalties to clean up their water.e goes, he goes, it seems to i get it with, with seems to me i get it with, with the environment and with the fishing you know, the fishing industry. you know, the tories delivered. tories have not delivered. but it's specifics crime which it's these specifics crime which which doesn't get talked about a lot, you know , we hear about lot, you know, we hear about knife crime in london. yeah, yeah. actually there's a substantial amount very, very substantial amount of very, very serious burglary serious aggravated burglary, etc. on and stopping of etc. going on and stopping of that, promising an extra 13,000 police. i think for rural police. yeah, i think for rural britain. but again , it gets britain. but again, it gets said, but it's totally uncosted. yeah well, if it were way a way of costing it, which i've no doubt will be picked apart , but doubt will be picked apart, but nevertheless it's that intention to tackle the problem and when you've been in power for 13 years as a conservat

but i also want to move on have you seen labour's on to have you seen labour's exposed today?bout how your money money money my money, taxpayers money is providing is being wasted providing luxury, what's going luxury, is it what's going on? we'll at just we'll look at it in just a couple of minutes . who may? hello welcome back to dewbs & co with me, michelle dewbs& co with me, michelle dewberry, keeping you company until 7:00 tonight. alongside me, daniel moylan is a tory peer in the house of laws and kevin craig is a former labour councillor and ceo of communication company plymouth. just chuckling because we just being chuckling because we do get some messages so we do about all of us. quite frankly, there's no one that gets off the hook lightly. if you want a message in about us, feel free. but keep it clean. can't read but keep it clean. i can't read anything rude out on national television. of course , ian says television. of course, ian says . michelle, i find the way that you seem to trivialise covid 19 quite offensive . it is also very quite offensive. it is also ver

is that not a good thing surely for if labour thing surely for you if labour labour it will be betterns it will be a better government than tory government than the tory government. happy. but government. so i'm happy. but it's like fundamental it's not like the fundamental problems facing with problems that we're facing with the biggest collapse in living standards in basically in the last 300, in fact probably since the black death, maybe overdramatise isn't it is the black death. maybe that's actually did boost wages afterwards. but anyway , getting afterwards. but anyway, getting thrown in again but. afterwards. but anyway, getting thrown in again but . against the thrown in again but. against the it's not going to do very much saying i'm going to grow the economy doesn't mean that the economy doesn't mean that the economy is going to grow, saying that i'm going improve the that i'm going to improve the nhs doesn't that nhs nhs doesn't mean that the nhs is going improve. i'm very going to improve. so i'm very disappointed starmer's disappointed in starmer's leadership an leadershi

i think labour. labour. i think because the presumption is that the british electorate doesn't want a woman prime minister or doesn't want a person of colour, that they need to take the safe pick and actually counterintuitively , actually counterintuitively, they're wrong because we've had three female prime ministers and now we've got prime minister now we've got a prime minister who asian heritage. but who is of asian heritage. but a lot people the labour lot of people in the labour party even say what party can't even say what a woman never a mind. this is woman is. never a mind. this is this a separate issue. well, this is a separate issue. well, kind of separate but linked. i do not think. i think so. i said no. that's without getting into philosophical that philosophical questions that sir. this is sir. ontological issue. this is a question about representation. you what you ? you know what i'll tell you? i'll philosophical i'll save that philosophical question then for another time. in meantim

have they labour party still?ppeared anyway, or are they still very strongly labour party associate ? and, and labour party associate? and, and if they, if there is still quite a strong presence , how damaging a strong presence, how damaging could this be in the sense could those people, because it always struck that corbyn was like a cult really for many people . cult really for many people. could those people be in danger actually abandoning the labour party if they see that jeremy corbyn's been kicked out of it . corbyn's been kicked out of it. i think their time he's done tell it, to be honest. i think a couple of years they definitely had control of the labour party , they had control of the national executive committee of the labour party . they were very the labour party. they were very strong grassroots level constituency labour parties . but constituency labour parties. but certainly since keir starmer was elected . i think their influence elected. i think their influence is dissipating quite substantiall

labour mp steven debates.ng man a sub. bennet's former speechwriter liz to former speechwriter liz truss to take the latest take us through the latest stories . and of course, you are stories. and of course, you are my third panellist. do get in touch. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . gb news to have your say. so me now is our political correspondent tom harwood this morning. we've got a quite a few loose ends. i want to tie up with you this. morning, tom. government expenses we've been talking it already. our talking about it already. our viewers have been getting in. alister says this is political tittle tattle. we would be the laughing of the world if laughing stock of the world if we spend same as we didn't spend the same as other biden takes other leaders. biden takes a fleet cars with on his fleet of cars with him on his travels. alistair have a point. the certainly point i mean a the certainly a point i mean a lot of around the government have been saying is it would

labour - still government policy. it is still government policy. labour are i government policy. would direct the money that would be spent on sending people to rwanda are giving people the opportunity to seek asylum there, they said it would invest in task forces to tackle gangs of criminals. you have to be aware, you can look to everything from the vietnamese lorry deaths and beyond, there are people who charge a lot of money to get people into the uk illegally, so what the government does, the opposition, they have one thing in common and that is that they oppose gangs. common and that is that they oppose clans. common and that is that they oppose ans. , common and that is that they oppose clans, gangs. looking across the board, coule of gangs. looking across the board, couple of things _ gangs. looking across the board, couple of things that _ gangs. looking across the board, couple of things that struck - gangs. looking across the board, couple of things that struck me i couple of things that struck me looking at the figures this morning, one was that the number of people ge

can get more access to labour. ~ ,, ., .., so food can get more access to labour. ~ .., labour.on to _ labour. a russian spacecraft as part of a mission to bring _ labour. a russian spacecraft as part of a mission to bring home - labour. a russian spacecraft as part of a mission to bring home three i of a mission to bring home three stranded astronauts. the crude vehicle will bring back to russians and an american who have been stuck since their return vessel began leaking coolant. the three were originally honest. stay until the end of march but will now have to wait until september to come back to earth. —— the three were originally only supposed to stay. now on bbc news the weather with sarah keith—lucas. for some of us through the weekend there has been a cold wind lowering but it has been predominantly dry. we had some showers in the east but this was the picture in corn taken earlier on, so we have got blue skies and sunshine. the weather is not changing much through the week ahead, high pressure keeping things dry and settled. quite a lot of cloud but sunshine on the menu

so you've got these very powerful local labour powerful labour local labour politicians not accountablerities in local government. said, government. and like you said, they're station they're above their station in terms think they terms of what they think they can they're not failing can do. they're not just failing to value money for local to get value for money for local residents, but also, as you've said, they're they're really failing an industry in the basics their can we some basics of their job. can we some final thoughts, though, mark, if you will, because said you will, because you said council the council tax isn't perhaps the most effective way of funding these councils. what these councils. well, what is then is often been said then what is often been said that re trying to sort out local government funding is the quickest way to bring down a government. i mean, ijust want to remember mrs. thatcher trying to remember mrs. thatcher trying to bring in the poll tax. that was an attempt to reform it the ball her down huge process as well. really difficult well. it's really dif

i think it didn't help labour, i think it didn't help labour, i think it does help labour.think that it's been a big blow to the snp. i think the whole mess around the not only the gender recognition bill but also is the whole business of scottish independence and the fact that she get a lawful second referendum. i the whole thing does open the way for some labour gains in scotland. i've doubt about that. i didn't like it, but i think it's true. austin and sheridan, finally. why you so loyal to? nicola sturgeon. what she got on you? she got pictures of you in your speedos or something . oh, my speedos or something. oh, my goodness. i ask that i would feel really, really sorry for absolutely not. and i believe that that consumption as a politician has always done what she believes is best. now sometimes they get it wrong, then that's fine. but i believe that that solution is fundamentally well—intentioned and that is a connection that i work for. and a little. so when remember looking at who is next? we didn't and i don't know what i myself what i want to see them and becaus

a labour government . yes, the labour government. yes, the tories are terrible .ut is tories are terrible. but is starmer really the answer? that's my big at nine. and the big question . is it the big question. is it the government's job to feed schoolchildren? we'll debate that with tory legend edwina currie and steffi curran from punk against poverty after ten my moat meets guest is quite a character a model socialite and lady victor maria hervey who has been romantically linked prince andrew no less . this is mark andrew no less. this is mark dolan tonight we're going to have a busy evening, so put something and fizzy in the fridge or fire up the kettle and let us have a night to remember . now the associate editor of the telegraph, christopher hope, soon to be joining gb news is reporting in today's paper boris johnson has been holding secret talks with the european research group of conservative brexiteer mps and the democratic unionist to help resolve the brexit crisis in northern ireland as rishi sunak closes in on a breakthrough with brussels over northern

so it's a labour need bigger a labour say you need bigger penalties to clean up their water.e goes, he goes, it seems to i get it with, with seems to me i get it with, with the environment and with the fishing you know, the fishing industry. you know, the tories delivered. tories have not delivered. but it's specifics crime which it's these specifics crime which which doesn't get talked about a lot, you know , we hear about lot, you know, we hear about knife crime in london. yeah, yeah. actually there's a substantial amount very, very substantial amount of very, very serious burglary serious aggravated burglary, etc. on and stopping of etc. going on and stopping of that, promising an extra 13,000 police. i think for rural police. yeah, i think for rural britain. but again , it gets britain. but again, it gets said, but it's totally uncosted. yeah well, if it were way a way of costing it, which i've no doubt will be picked apart , but doubt will be picked apart, but nevertheless it's that intention to tackle the problem and when you've been in power for 13 years as a conservat

labour manifesto, the pillars of the labour manifesto, the pillars of the next labour government.*s five missions for the country. with me is ayesha hazarika, journalist and former labour adviser, and sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and former adviser to ed miliband. thank you both for being with us. we have heard rishi sunakfive missions and promises, now we have pretty much another list from keir starmer, a different list, quite an ambitious list, what do you make of it? what list, what do you make of it? what is interesting _ list, what do you make of it? what is interesting is _ list, what do you make of it? what is interesting is actually _ list, what do you make of it? wrist is interesting is actually what he is interesting is actually what he is setting out are pretty basic things, growth, education, the nhs, crime, climate change. he also talked about this mission about having the government having a mission with quite basic things like a long—term strategy to try to fix structural problems in society. i think what this does is it shines a light onjust how

this time towards labour.ichard johnson , thank you so richard johnson, thank you so much for talking to me these huge, huge issues. but there's another big brewing lots of rails this morning. this one around tories and tax. this is of course in the lead up to the budget on the 15th of march. the prime minister is facing pressure from his own backbench as to avoid raising corporate tax. now liam halligan has been following this story for weeks and he joins me now. and liam , and he joins me now. and liam, this was the big argument of the summer. liz truss was saying we shouldn't raise corporation tax rishi sunak was saying we should . is this right? at least right. it hasn't gone away. it has. and this stems back to last spring time when rishi sunak was the chancellor before the chancellor. before the chancellor. before the chancellor he legislated in his then spring budget 2022 to raise corporation tax from 19, which is very competitive by international standards to 25, which the way all that allowances work,

look labour closed doors. look labour loud mouth . lisa nandy has also found mouth.ndy has also found herself in hot water after making this claim. let's take a look at it. this was on last week's question time. well, i don't hold the same views as this guy . respectfully, lisa, we this guy. respectfully, lisa, we pay you this guy. respectfully, lisa, we pay you to have debates and we don't pay you to be offended. so i think you leave . you certainly i think you leave. you certainly said it. you round and you said, i'm offended by what he said. we don't pay you to be offended. we pay you don't pay you to be offended. we pay you to have arguments like we pay you to have arguments with politicians. and he's with other politicians. and he's perfectly to come to perfectly entitled to come to parliament to express those views. have many views. and i have had many a robust with lee anderson robust debate with lee anderson in parliament, public and in in parliament, in public and in private about those issues up . private about those issues up. now leave that total fabricat

the former labour leader, jeremy corbyn says sir keir starmer barring him from standing as a labour candidate at the next election is a flagrant attack on democracy. he also said it's a divisive distraction from the overriding goal to defeat the conservative party. labour leader had earlier apologised for the party's handling of antisemitism under his predecessor and the equality and human rights commission announced it will end its monitoring of the party two years after finding it responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination . harassment and discrimination. on the chancellor. jeremy hunt says the fight to reduce inflation is far from over , inflation is far from over, despite the rate decreasing for a third consecutive month . data a third consecutive month. data from the office for national statistics show the consumer index fell to 10.1% in january. that's down 10.5% in december. the drop was largely due to the price of fuel and transport slowing . down and the slowing. down and the government's announced it's going to donate another government's announced it's going to donate a