not a penny more than the bill you paid last yeah >> now you see matthew laza quotes like that stickn people's minds. so whilst the labour party might say, well, we didn't mention freezing council tax in the manifesto, we didn't say it on the election trail and so on and so forth. people remember things like that. people remember slogans such as we're not going to increase taxes on working people. so how do you guys justify this then today? >> yeah. well, i mean, i think that that was in the manifesto that that was in the manifesto that was from the previous year for the that was the local election campaign for 2023. yes, absolutely. >> he was saying is if we're in government, essentially we won't raise your council tax, will they are in government now. and yes, they have. >> look, i mean, i think i think, you know, be careful about what you promise because otherwise people do get a sense of being let down. i mean, what's interesting about these council tax increases is that actually angela rayner has said no to some of the crazy figures that some of the councils wanted. so one of th

tonight it is ex—tory mp anna firth, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour party adviser matthew lazad can anyone please tell me what's going on here? get ready britain, here we go. do you want 100 grand? just break into britain next. >> good evening. the main headunes >> good evening. the main headlines from the gb news centre. conservative leader kemi badenoch has criticised the prime minister's style of leadership over claims he broke covid lockdown rules. speaking to gb news, the tory leader questioned the excuse sir keir starmer gave for meeting with a voice coach during lockdown. miss badenoch branded sir keir a lawyer, not a leader. >> insisting it's just how hypocritical keir starmer has been.i hypocritical keir starmer has been. i don't know anyone who needs emergency voice coaching on christmas eve. i think that keir starmer is a lawyer, not a leader, and i think he knows exactly what he can and cannot say to get himself out of trouble. >> meanwhile, gb news can confirm that the prime minister has met in private with victims of the southport attack today. it's the third time

we'll come back to matthew laza once we've got that connection issue sorted out. thought he was just doing a sort of dismayed look at. >> yeah, this. >> yeah, this. >> has hit. >> has hit. >> him hard. nothing to say. >> him hard. nothing to say. >> well, i mean, i wonder what that advice would have been, nicky. we might never find out. i assume to say he's done the right thing. >> i think he has done. and also thinking about the context of anti—semitism in the semitism in the labour party and how quickly keir starmer has to step on that after what happened with jeremy corbyn. so i think he has done the right thing. >> immediately jules's messaged him saying don't they normally sit on the sofa for the extra part? now that jul said it's very well spotted, but doctor renee is wearing a floor length ball gown. and she can't make it over to the sofa. >> no. darren. >> no. darren. >> do you think that these scandals hit the labour party particularly hard because starmer has made such a big deal out of this sort of pearl clutching moralising, in the same way that someon