. >> shadow secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride criticised tomorrow's summit. >> certainlyon the eve of an investment summit in which that business had at that point pledged to invest £1 billion in the uk economy. and this is a general problem. so this, this investment summit has been shackled by the fact that , shackled by the fact that, firstly, it's come before a budget. so everybody is wondering what taxes are going to be levied on businesses. and i expect there will be a number, possibly national insurance for employers, which . employers, which. >> and finally, the uk is among 40 nations strongly condemning attacks on united nations peacekeepers in lebanon . earlier peacekeepers in lebanon. earlier this week, israeli troops fired on un headquarters in southern lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days. it comes as lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages. that's after the israeli military accused hezbollah of firing over 300 projectiles at israel .

_ wider field including mel stride and priti patel and we have — stride and priti patel and we have the four today including — have got down to the four today including tom tugendhat who is my near— including tom tugendhat who is my near neighbour and has run a great _ my near neighbour and has run a great campaign with some great colleagues on his campaign and reached — colleagues on his campaign and reached out to new voters and younger — reached out to new voters and younger voters. reached out to new voters and youngervoters. between reached out to new voters and younger voters. between them, james _ younger voters. between them, james what he said on the conference stage, about conservative voting being normal, _ conservative voting being normal, to bring the pride back to our— normal, to bring the pride back to our party, that resonated with — to our party, that resonated with many and that has given him — with many and that has given him the — with many and that has given him the manson today but it has been _ him the manson today but it has been a _ him the manson today but

mel stride dropped out. 21. all. mel stride dropped out. so the big choice now for mps.to his 16 votes go to. it looks like some are going to jenrick. a lot will go to james cleverly, so i expect james cleverly to emerge. the leader after this. the third round of round of voting with probably generic second place, and i think you're going to see tom tugendhat dropping out, which means that overnight tonight, i expect badenoch and jenrick to be battling it out for second place. and the final two announced in 24 hours. time to go forward to the members, to the to the members who will then get the final say after we give them a chance to debate it on gb news on the evening of october 17th. so we're getting into the end game of a marathon so far. >> and chris, precisely our predictions for the for the final two were mr cleverly and mr jenrick and that if that happens will put the party at an existential crossroads, a fork in the path. does it go back towards the centre with james cleverly? he's the king of the centrists in this race, you'd have to say. or does the party move

and of course mel stride has come out to support him. he had 16 mps and backing him.16 mps and backing him in the last round, but of course there are a fickle bunch conservative mps. i think we can't just assume that because mel stride says he's backing james cleverly, that all those 16 people are going to go over to james cleverly. so a very interesting vote this afternoon, and then an even more significant one tomorrow at 330. >> yes, i guess who you backed a month ago may well be quite different today after everything that's happened after the tory conference, after all the headunes conference, after all the headlines , various gaffes as headlines, various gaffes as well. to catherine, thank you very much indeed . katherine very much indeed. katherine forster gb news, political correspondent there from westminster. shall we now speak to political commentator benedict spence? benedict keir starmer, he's hosting his his cabinet this morning. we'll be speaking to christopher hope, our political editor, very soon, to see what exactly was said there. but it's rather a d

. >> shadow secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride criticised louis hague's comments andtiming of tomorrow's summit. >> certainly not on the eve of an investment summit in which that business had at that point pledged to invest £1 billion in the uk economy and this is a general problem. so this, this investment summit has been shackled by the fact that , shackled by the fact that, firstly, it's come before a budget. so everybody is wondering what taxes are going to be levied on businesses. and i expect there will be a number, possibly national insurance for employers, which now nearly 500 migrants have made the crossing of the english channel to the uk in one day. >> new figures released by the home office today show 471 migrants crossed the english channel on nine small boats yesterday. the latest arrivals bnng yesterday. the latest arrivals bring that total so far this year to 27,225, which is a 5% increase on the same time last yean increase on the same time last year, but 25% less than two years ago. over 13,500 have arrived since the 5th of july. a home office spokes

where do those people who voted for mel stride? how do they redistribute amongst the mps?s. that, this is of course a secret ballot amongst mps . people might ballot amongst mps. people might say they're publicly backing one candidate, but they might have voted for someone else behind the scenes. could there be any churn behind the scenes? could numbers go up or go down? aside from those that are being redistributed from mel stride, people say that the conservative parliamentary party is the most sophisticated electorate in the world. sophisticated here, perhaps, is another word for dualistic . dualistic. >> and there'll be there'll be a battle between the final two on gb news won't there, on october the 17th. is it, tom? >> that sounds right. you know what? i don't have the date in front of me, but 17th sounds like a sounds like something i've heard before. and yes, we will be broadcasting live. the broadcast showdown of the final two candidates debating each other. >> fantastic stuff. tom. thank you very much indeed. now this is good afternoon , britain on gb is good aft

mel stride was knocked out last time and had 16 votes, enough to reshape this round.pponents say it needs a fresh start. tomorrow, the final two of those who go through. we fresh start. tomorrow, the final two of those who go through.— fresh start. tomorrow, the final two of those who go through. we will see what happens. _ of those who go through. we will see what happens, thank _ of those who go through. we will see what happens, thank you. _ drink manufacturers say new recycling rules could mean customers paying higher prices. from april, the extended producer responsibility scheme comes into force, meaning producers will have to pay the full cost of recycling products they put on the market. our business correspondent nina warhust has more. two million londoners' waste ends up here. it's a complicated and expensive process, funded at the moment by your local council. but from april, the cost will fall on manufacturers. it's a drive for them to simplify packaging and create less of it. supporters say this is a once—in—a—generation opportunity. the long—term objecti

>> mel stride are called for calm in this regard.for terrorism to become kind of rife again . i think the last rife again. i think the last time in which a war in the middle east start a war here in britain? i'm joined now by the former islamist turned extremism prevention educator, salama. so how great to see you again. thank you very much for coming on the show. so, you know, there we have it. the threat that concerns him most. do you think that if we have another war that in some way we're involved in, in the middle east, that we're just going to see a load of home—grown attacks here? >> mel stride are called for calm in this regard. i am deeply concerned about the potential for terrorism to become kind of rife again . i for terrorism to become kind of rife again. i think for terrorism to become kind of rife again . i think the last rife again. i think the last time in which we had a lot of terrorist attacks, it was in one yeah terrorist attacks, it was in one year. we had the manchester arena attack. we had all the london bridge

up for grabs are 16 votes for mel stride, a moderate tory mp. where will they land?tom tugendhat on 21 mps, 119 on 28 mps and james cleverly and tom tugendhat on 21 mps,119 mps vote two aren't one of them includes richard fuller, the chairman. there's hustings at 11 am. results live on gb news at a.m. results live on gb news at 3:30 pm. this afternoon. >> good stuff. thank you very much indeed. >> that's interesting to hear that hsz >> that's interesting to hear that hs2 may in fact end up going to euston and being there, that that would be interesting. yeah. and here's other good news. the great british giveaway, which is our big competition, are three weeks left for you to get involved. >> yeah, £36,000 up for grabs. here's how it could be yours. >> there's just three weeks left to grab your chance to win a whopping £36,000 cash in the great british giveaway. that's like having £3,000 each month for an entire year. extra cash in your bank account that you can do whatever you like with. take a year off and keep it to yourself. you don't even need to tell the taxman

i think that cleverly could be in the final two if support goes from the mel stride votes in the lastt looks like tom tugendhat drops out next time. those are those are two centrist tory mps cleverly like to benefit . he'll be there. and who benefit. he'll be there. and who will he take on? kevin badenoch or robert jenrick both offering a dramatic reboot of the party, i think kevin badenoch has the most, most drama in her. you talk then about fighting against left wing nonsense. i mean , it left wing nonsense. i mean, it was pure. some of the language was pure. some of the language was pure. some of the language was pure. liz truss , does this was pure. liz truss, does this party want more drama like that? they've got more. they've got more time to think about it. and there's no jeopardy. they can't crash the economy. not being in government. so maybe what they do need is a reboot with a kind of kemi energy. against that, you've got robert jenrick with new conservatives, new labour rethinking how this movement works. so both of them are offering some change, both from the right. so if

i have been fighting to keep people in, mel stride in the first round, tom tugendhat in the second. word with the panel about everything we have been talking about this morning. we can show you what is happening in beirut. we will do that in a few minutes. let us check in with the panel as we come to a close. interesting to hear malcolm rifkind before talking saying he does feel optimistic, zanny. i rifkind before talking saying he does feel optimistic, zanny. i would love to share _ does feel optimistic, zanny. i would love to share that _ does feel optimistic, zanny. i would love to share that optimism. - does feel optimistic, zanny. i would l love to share that optimism. malcolm rifkind, you are right, when things seem darkest, eventually, conflicts come to an end, eventually there will be peace in the middle east, so i shower you are going, however, when i hear you had from iran, perilously close to saying israel had no right to exist, she started saying problem started in 1948, when you hear the israeli ambassador saying a two—state solution is of the table. indeed if you look

>> mel stride are called for calm in this regard. think for terrorism to become kind of rife again . i think the last rife again. i think the last time in which we had a lot of terrorist attacks, it was in one yeah terrorist attacks, it was in one year. we had the manchester arena attack. we had all the london bridge attacks, and thankfully since then there's been a lull. but if something were to occur in, say, in the middle east and britain and the united states were involved , united states were involved, right, what would then happen is that it would provide a grievance narrative that would then inflame certain individuals who are already radicalised , or who are already radicalised, or who are already radicalised, or who are already radicalised, or who are thereby more likely to become radicalised, and thereby, therefore, they would then potentially engage in acts of terrorism. >> and have we not been very naive about this? have we not kind of allowed this situation to happen really ? to happen really? >> i absolutely agree with

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i hope to be joined by the shadow work and pensions secretary, mel stride, who's making his way acrossn and has been disrupted by a half marathon, would you believe? i'll also be joined by robert jenrick, the tory leadership candidate who has made it to the final two. could the former immigration minister be the next leader of the opposition to replace rishi sunak? we'll see. and labour mp mike tap and pollster scarlett mccgwire will be joining us to unpick what mr jenrick has to say and paul moorcraft is the author of israel's forever war and will take us through that conflict in the middle east. but first of all, i'm joined again by nicholas owen, nicholas before mel stride arrives as he tries to make his way across town, negotiating joggers and runners. let's have a chat about the tory leadership race. you were just saying in the break that you thought the whole farrago around james cleverly crashing out of that final round of mps voting, even though he had been in the lead the day before, was extraordinary. what do you think happened? >> incredible. well, it seemed to be a tactical

shadow work and pensions secretary mel stride had this message for the labour government scrap. >> thisans testing of the winter fuel payment because it means 10 million pensioners losing out and two thirds of those pensioners below the poverty level will lose this benefit. and we don't believe that's right. >> now, former conservative conservative mp aaron bell says he's disappointed a watchdog has ruled that he breached parliament's rules on sexual misconduct, but he won't appeal the decision. the former government whip was found to have inappropriately touched a woman without her consent in one of parliament's bars last year. in a statement, he apologised for any upset caused to the woman involved, adding that he didn't intend to cause any distress. bell stood down at the last election, but officials said he would have faced a long suspension if he were still an mp. the uk's gender pay gap has narrowed slightly, now to down 7% up to april 2024. that's according to new figures. it's a decline from 7.5% last year, and a 25% drop over the past decade. men's full time median earnings , m

shadow cabinet when in to office sign up to both a cap on immigration and indeed leaving the echr mel stride, who we just had in here, wasn't able to. i said if you were in jenrick's shadow cabinet, would you sign up to leaving the echr? oh well, this is all hypothetical. i don't really know. you're going to have a problem convincing one nafion to have a problem convincing one nation as to do these things. >> well. firstly, that is why i trade in serious pots. i don't talk in platitudes because i want to use this leadership election to settle some of these big questions, not just say there will be a plan in months or years time. let's have a plan now, because the public, which is what really matters, are deeply sceptical about the conservative party because we failed to deliver on some of these issues in office. that's why i say not just we will bring down the numbers coming here illegally, but we will have a cap set in law. and that's why i say we have to leave the echr now. i do believe we can persuade. >> it's hard to convince other tories this is a problem. we've all we've already had . r

i'm also going to be joined by the shadow work and pensions secretary, mel stride, and i'll be joinedory leadership hopeful robert jenrick, who has made it into the final two for the battle of the final two for the battle of the righties. but it will still be the leading man at the end of the race, and the labour mp for dover and deal, mike tapp, will be here to react to that interview with jenrick, along with the pollster scarlett mccgwire. we've got 90 minutes of punchy politics ahead. don't go anywhere . go anywhere. business secretary jonathan reynolds joins me now, having rushed from another interview. thank you very much indeed. interview. thank you very much indeed . lovely to see you this indeed. lovely to see you this morning. look, i feel i feel a bit sorry for you, mr reynolds, because you're on the broadcast round this morning to talk about this great investment summit that you've got going tomorrow. you've got people from all over the world coming in saying that they want to invest big bucks in britain, and yet it's been overshadowed by the transport secretary, louise hai

so we've got ian paisley jr suzy mel stride and they're very good so we'll say hello.good morning and welcome to ian paisley jr and welcome to ian paisley jr and suzy stride who are reviewing our papers today. and i'm being quite particular about this ian because if i didn't say hello to you it could end up being against the law. according to the daily mail. >> isabel, how are you? >> isabel, how are you? >> very good. thank you. i don't want any tribunals on my watch. >> just. just ignore them, though. >> i know it's unbelievable, isn't it? >> yeah, well, it sounds like this person was bullying. yeah, like deliberately ignoring in a sort of nasty, facetious way. and. >> well, look, let me tell you, when i first came to london in 1986, you would walk around bbc television centre, which is circular. >> right? there's all these fire doors, every, every bit. and i would hold the door open for people and i'd say, hello, good morning. what about you? and they would look at me like as if i don't know him. was he just spoken to me for. and they would drop their head. do you t