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in a statement, nadhim zahawi wrote.e party, adding that my mistakes have been mine. no, a new energetic conservative member of parliament for the area that he's in, saying his mistakes have been mine. >> well, let's speak to gb news political correspondent now, olivia utley, because this is becoming a steady drumbeat. the prime minister wanted a steady drumbeat of rwanda flights going off this summer. instead, he's got resignations as he has 64 resignations. >> now to put that in context, in 1997, before the blair landslide , there were 75 landslide, there were 75 conservative resignations . we're conservative resignations. we're still not at the general election. we could easily get up to 75 by then, and already we're at a higher percentage of the parliamentary party than back in 1997. by contrast, only i think it's 18 labour mps have said that they won't be standing at the next election. it very much feels as though quite a lot of these conservative mps are worried that they're going to lose their seat, or if not, tha

. >> nadhim zahawi is not going to lose his. >> you know, those are looking

we also had nadhim zahawi.eople, they will remember he got sacked by rishi sunak for not being transparent about his enormous amounts of money that he had to pay to the taxman as a penalty. he never admitted it, never talked about it. he announced this week he's standing down and this morning he came on the show and said, yes, i did have to pay a penalty. yes, i did have to pay a penalty, i am sorry for how i handled it. what he didn't, however, say he was sorry about was using the word smear aboutjournalists who had first reported the story, that he was being investigated by the taxman, which i thought was very interesting, but there was a bit of a mea culpa. so ijust wanted to tell everybody that. let's see and hear him. the total payment was just shy of £5 million. i so that is what you paid, £5 million. and why did they get you to pay a penalty if it was just... because, as i said, . although it was found to be non deliberate careless, . there's still a a penalty attached to that which i accepted fully and

former chancellor nadhim zahawi has announced he'll step down as an mp at the next election . n a statement posted to social media, mr zahawi said that his mistakes were his own but it had been his greatest honour to serve his constituents. he's been mp for stratford on avon for 14 years, but he was sacked as tory party chairman in january last year after an inquiry found he'd failed to disclose that hmrc was investigating his tax affairs . investigating his tax affairs. commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industry's longest ever strike action continues. members of aslef at lner, transpennine express and northern trains are walking out today. the union claims its members haven't had a pay claims its members haven't had a pay rise in five years and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. but the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average . for almost twice the uk average. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your sc

and we want to ask you about nadhim zahawi.i mean, it's a valid point to make, isn't it? you've got concerns of my of her constituents, natalie elphick's constituents. not being addressed by the conservative party. so she's defected . and party. so she's defected. and that sounds fine on the surface, but she's always said her concerns, the constituents concerns, the constituents concerns were not being met because the conservative party wasn't going far enough. when labour doesn't even go as far by any stretch of the imagination, it doesn't make any sense, does it doesn't make any sense, does it ? it? >> well, absolutely. i mean, if you look at it purely through a housing lens, then it does sort of make sense. natalie elphicke her entire record suggests that she's always wanted to see more, building more planning, reform, etc. the conservatives haven't delivered that, mostly because of the sort of home counties seats, rural seats where their core voters sort of on the whole, more elderly people don't want to see new houses bein

who will be running starmer, who will be running britain in the big story as former chancellor nadhim zahawi, right, that the tories made a huge mistake getting rid of bofis huge mistake getting rid of boris johnson . we'll be heading boris johnson. we'll be heading to the united states and getting the views of a former top aide to margaret thatcher as king charles announces his first foreign trip following his cancer diagnosis. we'll get reaction in the studio from legendary royal author angela levin. it's the king now working too hard for his own good, and i'm looking forward to this in my take at ten, archbishop justin welby weighs in on another political row over the two child benefit cap stick to weddings and christenings, archbishop. i'll be dealing with justin welby in no uncertain terms at 10:00. so we're busy. show two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment tonight. the labour party and union chaos after the news headunes union chaos after the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> very good evening to you and welcome to the latest news headune

definitely not. >> let's do the guardian and nadhim zahawi has announced he'll be standing down as ant election. i think i speak for all of us when i say, yeah, cool. whatever. >> cressida nadhim zahawi to stand down as mp at the next general election , so he's he's general election, so he's he's the latest in a long line of conservative mps to pack it in. he's the 64th, lucky 64, is it? no. oh well he'll find out won't he, so this is the guy who was briefly the chancellor under boris, and then he eventually got sacked because he didn't declare an hmrc investigation , declare an hmrc investigation, which he had to pay £5 million for as you do. which is funny , for as you do. which is funny, isn't it? i work with money and i'm being investigated. >> but angela rayner, you know, that second house situation, there's look, there's a lot going on, isn't there, with everyone, anyway , so he's done everyone, anyway, so he's done this letter and that's really the significant part of this for us, he's done this, this letter that sort of , us, he's done this, this letter that sort of, arguably

tonight in the big story is former chancellor nadhim zahawi right, that the tories made a huge mistakeg rid of boris johnson? we'll be heading to the united states and getting the views of a former top aide to margaret thatcher. as king charles announces his first foreign trip following his cancer diagnosis. we'll get reaction from legendary royal author angela levin is the king working too hard for his own good? also should the home secretary ban the pro—palestine protests , i'll the pro—palestine protests, i'll debate that with my mark meets guest, the man who a police officer refused to allow to cross the road because he looked too overtly jewish. in a story that sparked global outrage. and in my take, at ten in an hour's time, archbishop justin welby weighs in on another political row over the two child benefit cap stick to weddings and christenings . archbishop i'll be christenings. archbishop i'll be deaung christenings. archbishop i'll be dealing with justin welby in no uncertain terms at ten. you won't want to miss it. uncertain terms at ten. you won't want to miss it . reactin

nadhim zahawi seems to think so . nadhim zahawi seems to think so. kicking him out and called the former pm the most consequential leader since thatcher. is he right ? and some thatcher. is he right? and some schools in england are now sending police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, warning their parents may go to prison if their attendance doesn't improve . i attendance doesn't improve. i mean, to the police now have anything else to do? they definitely do, don't they? this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash yours and join the conversation there. or message us on our socials where @gbnews. first of all folks, we're going to get your news with sofia. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon. it's 2:01. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom. chancellor jeremy wenzler in the gb newsroom. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims for the infected blood scandal with a £10

i wanted to do things for grimsby. >> yes, nadhim zahawi did say that perhaps, conservative politicians view of what the country, where the country was with it all, but who knows? leonii. thank you very much indeed for joining us. conservative mp for great grimsby and former assistant whip under liz truss's administration. well, up next, after a busy week across the channelin after a busy week across the channel in france, are we witnessing the start of france spiralling out of control? we've had huge amounts of shocking news out of there. we've got a prison break, we've got two prison break, we've got two prison officers shot dead, we've got an arson, attempted arson attack on a synagogue. i'll be joined by doctor jean messiha, joined by doctorjean messiha, who will share his diagnosis on the current situation under macron's administration. you won't want to miss well, it's 1043. welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news with me. emily carver now, richard tice the leader of reform uk and gb news presenter, of course, is covering for michael portillo after this show ends, mich

nadhim zahawi he's said that he's not going to stand at the next election. so much coming up tonight. i also want to talk. i think i said, i think i mentioned an olympic medallist at the start of the programme. i don't know why i was thinking of because what i actually meant was an elite athlete. should that be criteria enough to get you guaranteed asylum in this country or not? let me start off though, with a rare thing these days it feels like, which is some good news. let's lift our spirits, shall we, everybody? because i don't know if you've seen this story, but i think it's absolutely lovely. look, there's a little girl. she's actually from oxfordshire, she was born deaf. very deaf indeed, and she has now become the first person worldwide to take part in this brand new, therapy . it's gene brand new, therapy. it's gene therapy. actually, she was called europol. sandy, this little girl, and now her hearing is almost normal. she got treated, at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge. i mean, the footage of this is absolutely lovely because, you know , her, h

after all that this is what nadhim zahawi the former chancellor told itv news.was a member of the business select committee that heard from paula vennells in 2015 when she said that the post office had found no evidence of any miscarriages of justice. nadhim zahawi played himself in the itv drama and one of the main sub—postmaster is in that drama was lee castleton and he was one of the eight people whose cases were brought to the attention of paula vennells in october 2013. thank you very much. i'm joined now by conservative peer lord arbuthnot who first learned of issues with the horizon system from postmasters in his constituency, including jo hamilton. he's a veteran campaigner on the issue, and is a member of the horizon compensation advisory board. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of this clear 2013 october e—mail correspondence and then four were said by paula vennells in 2015? it is very striking e—mail. i cannot reconcile her response to that e—mail and her receiving that e—mail with what she said in front of the select committee. i think that

nadhim zahawi has said that the tory party were wrong to oust boris johnson whilst calling him the most thatcher. well, who knew? who knew? in an interview with the sunday times, zahawi said that he wished colleagues had held their nerve and said many colleagues got spooked if colleagues got spooked if colleagues stepped back and just realise twitter was not the country, we'd have probably made a very different decision. exactly. you would have done if you'd listened to the country, but sadly you didn't, which is why you're in the mess that you're in. so with the tories right to get rid of boris johnson. joining me now, nigel nelson and adam brooks, adam brooks. >> well i was on this channel all those months and years ago saying it's better the devil you know , boris did many good know, boris did many good things. he did many things that infuriated me and wanted, you know, i wanted to punch the tv, you know, in anger, especially dunng you know, in anger, especially during covid. but he was an elected official that got 80 seat majority. exactly. so the electorate supported him. what the

you know, he's decided, along with 64 others, we heard from nadhim zahawi last week that he's standingown different reasons. and he made the point in 2019. you had a lot of people resigning as well, but it doesn't exactly evoke sort of confidence in the conservative party. it's a bad look. you know, you're staying, you're going to fight your seat. what's your majority? >> it's 10,100. >> are you worried about it? i'm worried about extremely strongly. >> look, i told my first political fib in 1986 when you had to be 16 to join the conservative party, and i was 14. so i told them i was 16 to get in. i was back in welwyn hatfield, saint albans, where i was at school, i've seen it come and go. there are cycles in politics, but you keep fighting and a number of colleagues are making decisions. what's right for them , their families, their for them, their families, their careers, many who've reached the top in or near the top in government are taking the calculation that they've done that. they want to do something different . i'm staying because i different. i'm staying because i think thos

nadhim zahawi are you thinking about throwing the hatin? >> i'm.inking about doing? i'm thinking about doing? i'm thinking about fighting and winning for the people of tonbridge and malling and making sure that we have a good conservative government going forward . and my main priority forward. and my main priority right now is to keep the british people safe in the job i'm doing, because i think this is a fantastically important job and something that i will not stop doing until i'm asked to do, to stop by the prime minister. so, you know, this is a fantastically important role and i'm very proud to be doing it. but i tell you what it says about natalie, and i'm really sorry, but it shows you that there's more opportunity than conviction in some people. and that's a very sad state of affairs. it tells you a lot about them. it tells you nothing about them. it tells you nothing about them. it tells you nothing about the party. and in this case, it tells you a hell of a lot about him. stands for nothing. >> okay. thanks forjoining us on the show, sec

nadhim zahawi has been a really big figure over the last few years. down on anti—semitism. university students in england need to find at least £14,000 a year in order to top up a student maintenance loan to the equivalent of the national living wage. new research from the higher education policy institute suggests student finance covers just over half the minimum income needed to live on, and less for those studying in london. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. rent is the biggest living cost forstudents, but food, clothes, transport all add up too. this report calculates for the first time a minimum student income. and outside london, maintenance support covers just over half that, leaving parents trying to help and students struggling with the rising cost of living. the new research shows that the maintenance package has fallen, it only covers 55% of the current costs at university. so that's obviously significantly behind the minimum, that“sjust the minimum standards they need to live off. so that means that students are being left wit

who will be running starmer, who will be running britain in the big story as former chancellor nadhim zahawi made a huge mistake getting rid of bofis huge mistake getting rid of boris johnson . we'll be heading boris johnson. we'll be heading to the united states and getting the views of a former top aide to margaret thatcher as king charles announces his first foreign trip following his cancer diagnosis. we'll get reaction in the studio from legendary royal author angela levin. it's the king now working too hard for his own good, and i'm looking forward to this in my take at ten, archbishop justin welby weighs in on another political row over the two child benefit cap stick to weddings and christenings, archbishop. i'll be dealing with justin welby in no uncertain terms at 10:00. so we're busy. show two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment tonight. the labour party and union chaos after the news headunes union chaos after the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> very good evening to you and welcome to the latest news headunes welcome to the latest

but of course, they just add to a very long list of well known names, including ben wallace, nadhim zahawiresa may robert halfon, bill cash, graham brady, greg clarke, tracey crouch , mike freer, kwasi crouch, mike freer, kwasi kwarteng, brandon lewis, craig mckinley. i could go on, but i'd start to sound like i'm singing. we didn't start the fire, but honestly, this is a huge change of the guard in parliament. this is one of those big, big moments that actually, no matter how the country votes, there'll be lots of different mps because surely some of these seats will remain blue. but just with different faces. so no matter how the country votes, parliament will look very, very different in six weeks time. and that is a bit of a step change moment for our politics. >> tom, look, i'm no politician, right? you might have spotted it, mate, but i mean, you know, we had the election battle launched. >> oh, you know, politicians. i thought you were. i thought you were representing either the snp or the lib dems with the bright yellow. >> i recognise i'm representing a banana party today, but i m

_ over the last few days like nadhim zahawi or— over the last few days like nadhim zahawi or michael in those cases, the competition for their seats— cases, the competition for their seats will— cases, the competition for their seats will be very competitive in the process involves cc hq and the chairmah_ the process involves cc hq and the chairman drying up a list of three from _ chairman drying up a list of three from which — chairman drying up a list of three from which party members will choose — from which party members will choose _ from which party members will choose. it is happening to both the tories — choose. it is happening to both the tories and labour issues with people _ the tories and labour issues with people entering politics because it is a depressing job and especially labour— is a depressing job and especially labour banned second jobs as they have suggested, i'm sure that one not been _ have suggested, i'm sure that one not been shadow ministers and ministers — not been shadow ministers and ministers going along, so the tory party— ministers going along, so the

who will be running starmer, who will be running britain in the big story as former chancellor nadhim zahawiistake getting rid of boris johnson . we'll be heading boris johnson. we'll be heading to the united states and getting the views of a former top aide to margaret thatcher as king charles announces his first foreign trip following his cancer diagnosis. we'll get reaction in the studio from legendary royal author angela levin. it's the king now working too hard for his own good, and i'm looking forward to this in my take at ten, archbishop justin welby weighs in on another political row over the two child benefit cap stick to weddings and christenings, archbishop. i'll be dealing with justin welby in no uncertain terms at 10:00. so we're busy.

you've got high profile figures like nadhim zahawi saying i won't be standing at the next election.se he's not going to win his seat. it's game over for the tories, isn't it? >> well, i'm actually standing down myself, but that's after 24 years, ten years as a candidate, 14 years as an mp. i love harlow very much. i have a very good chance of retaining, retaining the seat at the election were i to stand. but people have been. people like nadine have been in for a 14 odd years and he fought seats before that. you know, it's inevitable that people go, it's inevitable that people go, it's nothing to do with whether or not we are going to win or lose as a party. sometimes you just feel it in your bones. you've been there for a long time. it's time to take a new chapter in life. i don't think thatis chapter in life. i don't think that is unreasonable. there are labour mps stepping down, stepping down as well. okay well, listen, last word goes to you, paul. >> i mean, if try, i would say. but there's nearly a hundred tory mps who are deserting their polishing up their cvs before the elect

santiaguito santiaguito, political commentator matthew stadlen and former advisor in chief of staff to nadhim zahawiryce. love to see you all here and thank you, stella, for being so tolerant , matt, let's being so tolerant, matt, let's start with farage, nigel farage has been with camilla this morning and it does appear, does it not, that he would have been a candidate had the election been later in the year, and this could be quite significant, could be quite significant, could it not. yeah. >> and i was chatting to nigel before coming on air. >> we know each other a little bit. i disagree with almost all of his politics, but we get on perfectly well. man to man. and it seems to me that he was preparing a very serious campaign, essentially to take down the tory party. not his words. mine and to sort of turbocharge reform , but then turbocharge reform, but then rishi sunak turns up and shoots his goose by calling this unexpectedly early election that i certainly wasn't expecting. i thought sunak would not want to be a one year prime minister. i thought valenti would take over. he'd want to be pm fo

. >> and it's also i mean, i suppose what they're trying to do is come off, off the back of nadhim zahawi yesterday admitted he had to pay an extra 5 million in tax. there's obviously no claims of any criminality there, but he did say he had to sort out his tax an extra £5 million check when he sold about the sale of his business a few years back. so i think what they're trying to do is effectively put a bit of a smokescreen up to conflate it. but as you say, it's unwise because they're the same. the same question could be asked of mps of labour and other parties on the daily telegraph during the great expenses scandal back in 2009, and i can remember hazel blears, who was a minister at the time, standing in the street waving a cheque for 13,500 pounds, saying i'm going to and she's not taller. hazel. >> hey, my capital gains tax. whoops. she hadn't paid, so there was a lot of that going on. matthew >> and absolutely. and i think glasshouses stone. so i think the mirror if angela's people are behind this mirror story we don't know. but it may backfire and it doesn't make it better frankly

and with you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former cabinet minister who announced this weekaving parliament at the election. tina brown — journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself — the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now she's on the front line in the battle for the truth. and mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. welcome to you all. thank you for being here today. it's the baftas tonight. the actor dominic west, who's hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king — and the role he really craves. a bond villain would be good. a bond villain? yeah. not bond himself? i'm a bit long in the tooth, i think. really, are you sure? oh, well... you're very kind. don't you fancy it? i think even roger moore was younger than me! and away from the protests at eurovision, we're behind the scenes withjoanna lumley — and announcing the results from the uk last night. the 12 points, tolv poang, douze points, from the united kingdom go to..

what if, for instance, we didn't know hmrc was investigating nadhim zahawi?former tory chancellor but we did find out when they sanctioned him and he had to pay £3 million. yeah this is so i'm just i'm just looking at the, the article online and it's from a so they quote a labour spokesman that says hmrc looked into this matter at angela's request. >> i wouldn't say confirm there was no capital gains tax liability. >> not sure i believe everything that's said. i think i'd rather hearit that's said. i think i'd rather hear it from hmrc. >> i think that's that's fair, but again if we if there's nothing there, we're not going to hear anything more from hmrc. i think you're right to bring up nadine zahawi, because i think we do also need to look at the sort of staggering hypocrisy going, going on here, this first, these allegations first came from lord ashcroft, who again has been accused of angela rayner's maximum tax evasion . i rayner's maximum tax evasion. i think she was accused was 3500 van—tam. >> he did not mention her tax affairs anywhere in his book. he

now former chancellor nadhim zahawi has said that he believes the email will be seen as the smoking gunally admit the truth. now more as we know, more than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the post office. many handed criminal convictions as well that's between 1999 and 2015, because fujitsu's horizon it system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches when there had been no criminality at all. now the prosecution has continued under miss vennells despite her repeatedly being told that this simply did not make any sense. now she was made a cbe back in the 2019 new years honours list for her work for the post office and contribution to charity as well, but she volunteered. she handed that back when 1.2 million people signed a petition saying that she should do so . so saying that she should do so. so far, she hasn't spoken in detail about her role in this scandal, but she has previously apologised for the devastation caused. and we also heard that she was set to release 50 additional documents, which no doubt will be pored over and will form part of the questionin

it's not just sajid javid and nadhim zahawi, but now, as you say, andrea leadsom, michael gove addingdiana davison, who only got in at the last election, she announced she was standing down, quite some time ago. there is a huge changeover taking place now. some people suggest that's because lots of people think they were going to lose their seats, and they'd rather bow out with dignity than be turfed out by their electorates. but there are other people standing down in very safe seats. who seats that the tories even held at their nadir in 1997, who perhaps just don't fancy a spell in opposition, who perhaps think that their time in politics is over. that their time in politics is over . there was a considerable over. there was a considerable changing of the guard back in 2010, but that was because of the expenses scandal . lots of the expenses scandal. lots of members of parliament for from all parties stood down after a bit of a push from their central party organisations because of the, different , issues that the, different, issues that they've had with expenses. this time it's sli