you update on raf scampton. raf base that's migrants . that's been housing migrants. it's got a bit of a development on that story. and course, on that story. and of course, stay tuned, because will tell stay tuned, because i will tell you farage is and you where nigel farage is and what he's been up to. welcome back to farage with me. camilla tominey. don't worry . i camilla tominey. don't worry. i will tell you where the nigel is and what he's doing. a little later in the show . so stay later in the show. so stay tuned, please, because it's a big announcement that won't big announcement that you won't want we were want to miss. now, we were talking about rwanda plan talking about the rwanda plan just house of commons just now. the house of commons is debating the is currently debating the legislation, and there's going to be vote at 8 pm. and my to be a vote at 8 pm. and my audience question tonight was, will plan, save rishi will the rwanda plan, save rishi sunak. will that bill being passed in parliament sav

and protesters in the background marking one year on since it was announced that raf scampton would belum seekers next to an area with 700 residents, i'm joined by paul carter. he was in the raf for 22 years, so it this base is certainly something that you're passionate about. paul, with your background. but just tell me one year on why this campaign is still still so forceful about saying this isn't the right area for these asylum seekers? >> well, there's a lot going on here. like i said, there is all the history, the heritage of this place , people are aware of this place, people are aware of it. this is this is like i say, the dambusters took from here. the red arrows were here. there's a lot more than that. even that's just tip the even that's just the tip of the iceberg. shall say, what iceberg. shall we say, of what happened top of that, happened here, on top of that, you know, there are 700 residents living the other side of a six foot wire fence that they're worried. people are worried. so, you know , people. worried. so, you know, people. people. it's the wrong place. it's th

so the main entrance to raf scampton is just a couple of hundred metres next to us, by the side of theoise. there's lorries going by, cars going by. that's where the, the raf base is and this has been set up. we've got tarpaulin over the top. you can see in front of us we've got sofas set up behind us. i don't know if you can see we've got the kitchen area. so it's a base for for, people to, to come in to, to stay overnight, to keep warm as well as a place to campaign today outside the raf base. >> okay. fascinating. thank you anna. thank you so much. thanks, anna. thank you so much. thanks, anna. to everybody down there in scampton . scampton. >> i think the concern with scampton is i think people in the community would be a lot happier migrants were happier if the migrants were contained the camp and not contained to the camp and not allowed out into the community, but gather that's probably but i gather that's probably a very controversial concept also, but i gather that's probably a veryleastroversial concept also, but i gather that's probably a veryleast because concept also, but

, sarah, can you just outline for those who may not be aware of your campaign, why you believe raf scamptonsage? >> oh, there's so many reasons. the fact that west lindsey district council had worked tirelessly for years to make sure that when raaf scampton closed, it didn't turn into just another housing estate or an industrial estate, that we industrial estate, and that we had this amazing regeneration deal worth £300 million to protect the history and the heritage of scampton. >> like you said, being the former home of the dambusters and having the red arrows here, the got so much the lancasters, it's got so much potential that that the potential here that that the home office are just sort of ignonng home office are just sort of ignoring and want to, you know, potentially waste that. >> but also we were told that we were going to be an experiment to have a site of this size next, right next door to a community, the other side of a fence, with a primary school and a nursery here as well. it you know , it just it beggars belief. know, it just it beggars belief. why they why they think tha

so a year on, still not a single asylum seeker has moved into raf scampton.ice have told us my word. >> no , come last july, august, >> no, come last july, august, september. they keep saying they're coming and still haven't anybody here. they, they've as i said in the piece there, they've dumped portacabins on the hardstanding where scampton holdings want to build our £300 million development. they've not been touched , the stop order been touched, the stop order that west lindsey district council's got prevents them from digging down so they can't lay water mains, sewage or anything else in there , so they're just else in there, so they're just basically just stuck there . basically just stuck there. nobody's turned up, so i'm not sure whether anybody will ever turn up . turn up. >> and it must be so unnerving. i think for all the locals not knowing whether it's ever going to happen. and also not knowing how long to keep fighting. yeah. >> i mean, we've been we've been working on this plan for 15 years, for the eventual closure of the base, which is where t

and we'll be live at raf scampton , where be live at raf scampton, where locals are still fighting tobusters. today is their first anniversary of that protest, and that's all coming up in your next hour . next hour. welcome to the show, andifs next hour. welcome to the show, and it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. so i'm asking the question today. was theresa may the worst tory prime minister they've ever had, or have there been people candidates subsequently who've taken that crown from her? it's fair to say i've now had over 2000 comments for this. some of them are even printable. most people are saying a great constituency mp, but was theresa may overpromoted ? well, i'm may overpromoted? well, i'm about to hear from somebody who thinks she was the best thing since sliced bread, but let me know what you think. email gbviews@gbnews.com. get your thoughts in. i'll read some thoughts in. i'll read out some of the best, but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, than

they have put them into other accommodations, such as these disused raf bases. scamptont online, but raf wethersfield in essex is . and of wethersfield in essex is. and of course, the bibby stockholm barge, along with, a former student accommodation in huddersfield . but on that issue huddersfield. but on that issue as well, we've had the spending watchdog , the national audit watchdog, the national audit office, coming out with a report today saying that the cost of actually these big purpose built or redeveloped centres to put all the migrants in is costing more than keeping them in the hotels. now, what the government says in response to that is the way that the national audit office have calculated. this doesn't tell the whole story. they are including the cost of redeveloping these disused sites into, habitable sites again. so thatis into, habitable sites again. so that is got an up front cost. but then in the longer terms it will be much cheaper. they say, to house people en masse in big centres like raf scampton, wethersfield, the bibby stockholm than having them

raf scampton, if you recall, was the site of the historic dambusters raids, a cherished part of british was there. there, of course, was absolutely no consultation with the locals, many of whom have camped out now for over one year in tarpaulin, makeshift tents. they've been keeping a vigil, a brave and often lonely and cold vigil at that site to make sure that publicity is shone upon it. so it's gone down from 2000 to 800. of course, many of the locals didn't want any at all, but maybe this is some kind of a victory now response to the story a home office spokesperson has said the following. we remain committed to housing asylum seekers . that's asylum seekers. that's wethersfield and scampton. wethersfield, of course, is another raf base, this time in essex, and will manage occupancy at the sites while prioritising welfare and integration. we are working closely to listen to the local community's views and reduce the impact of the sites, including through providing on site security and financial support . but the but the point support. but the but the point that the locals would say i

protesters are set to demonstrate against the government's decision to house 2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton were actually revealed . revealed. >> people

so for those who don't know, raf scampton was famously the base for the dambusters in lincolnshire andas taken over by the home office in april last year to turn it into an asylum camp for 2000 migrants, as part of this sort of 6 million, to quell this £6 million a day asylum hotel bill that we're all paying for at the moment. but it has remained empty. there now, which which is obviously a complete waste of money. it doesn't actually state or even speculate how millions. just says how many millions. it just says millions. and you know, a quid is too much to be fair. so it means it does mean. however, there's a bit of a silver lining to does mean, however, to this. it does mean, however, that local west that local the local west lindsey may be able to lindsey council may be able to go ahead £300 million go ahead with a £300 million plan put in a large sort of plan to put in a large sort of aerospace technology centre and create 1000 jobs. all this is create 1000 jobs. all of this is all this is huge amounts of all of this is huge amounts of speculation. however, than speculation. howev

for legal migration about how best to accommodate a smaller number of asylum seekers safely at raf scamptonouncil's ambitious plans for regeneration. >> and let me tell him i fully support those discussions and the government is committed to the government is committed to the site being used for accommodation for the shortest possible time and then released to the benefit of the local community. >> layla moran. >> layla moran. >> mr speaker, our nhs is at breaking point. my constituent was told he needed a gallbladder operation after a visit to a&e. he waited in hospital nil by mouth all day. no operation. he's then told to stay overnight or risk his place on the list. so he sits in a hot, smelly, windowless waiting room for eight hours on a plastic chair. then a gurney comes with no pillow and that's where he sleeps. and the next day the nurses say no operation. there just aren't any beds. his wife told me the conservatives are running the nhs into the ground, given his experience, given so many others across the country sharing that experience, how can he say otherwise? yes >> yeah, well,

the number of asylum—seekers planned to be housed at the former raf scampton airbase in lincolnshireoposed by the government. the legal migration minister, tom pursglove, confirmed that the regular occupancy would be a maximum of 800 male asylum seekers. 2,000 were originally due to be housed there, but none have yet moved onto the site. only 3% of dentists believe they'll be able to see more nhs patients as a result of the government's plans to boost nhs dentistry in england — that's according to a survey by the trade union representing the profession. the government unveiled its £200 million plan last month. the department for health says it's already seeing progress. the rate of pothole repairs in england and wales has reached an eight—year high, according to a new report. the annual alarm survey found that local authorities expect to fix at least two million potholes in the current financial year — up 43% in the last 12 months. the caribbean nation of haiti is sliding further into chaos, with violent conflict continuing across large parts of the country. haiti has long been plagu

it's not confirmed that raf scampton will be capped at 800 migrants instead of the original 2000.ome office minister confirmed the change and stated that the government's priority is reducing hotel costs and delivering asylum accommodation sites in a safe and orderly manner. >> disgraced former head of the police watchdog, michael lockwood, has pleaded not guilty to nine alleged sexual offences, including the rape of an underage girl in the 1980s. mr lockwood is currently on bail. his trial is expected to begin this july at the old bailey. >> tata steel will begin shutting down operations in port talbot from wednesday due to stability concerns. the steel group said it had been forced to make the closures earlier than previously planned because equipment could no longer run safely . we're not going to safely. we're not going to talk about new research from historic england , and it's found an england, and it's found an increase in the number of thefts from heritage sites right across the whole country. >> criminals, perhaps driven by the of living have the cost of living crisis, ha

it looks like the home office will have spent at least £230 million on raf scampton and other sites.t got any money to increase defence spending . at the same defence spending. at the same time, we're spending hundreds of millions of pounds packing former military sites with fighting age males from other countries who entered britain illegally . the wethersfield base illegally. the wethersfield base was originally expected to cost £5 million. that's come in at 49 million. we know that channel migrants are not bothered about rwanda. they are laughing at us in rwanda and the people here in the camps just laugh. >> it's become a bit of a joke. the threat hasn't put them off because here thinks because no one here thinks for a second they're back second they're heading back to rwanda. it to the uk. >> despite the blatant facts , >> despite the blatant facts, james cleverly was very vocal about he'd stopped the boats about how he'd stopped the boats over christmas. wasn't well over christmas. wasn't he? well done. today. we've done. there he is today. we've had a record for arrivals this

the last to find out raf scampton linton on is the same old pattern.d out . locals are the last to find out. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> and the development on this site, we're told, started in october of last year. >> and the realisation that this building in dartford in kent, was being used to house asylum seekers was only realised several months later. >> and today gb news can reveal that as part of this process , a that as part of this process, a 1964 covenant between the nhs and the council in kent is being broken in order to develop this site that covenant, as we said, signed in 1964, stresses that the site, this limes building in dartford can only be used as an old people's home for that purpose. now kent are saying that the covenant will be repurposed before the building works are complete, and they say that the building will be used to house unaccompanied asylum seeking children. >> the home office have processed some 7000 unaccompanied children who have crossed the channel, either by small boats or, of course , by small boats or, of

for instance, raf wethersfield, in essex and raf scampton in lincolnshire. e soared. raf wethersfield, £49 million. it's now costing and scampton is going to cost £27 million. so those costs are being weighed up by the national audit office. what the government is saying is actually in the longer tum it is going to be cheaper. it makes sense that if you put lots of people together in purpose built accommodation, it's going to be cheaper than paying £8 million a day on all of these hotels across the country. and it is, you know, a pertinent issue as it continues, because just this morning, we've got more boats , morning, we've got more boats, coming across the english channel. we've got a break in the weather after some pretty dodgy weather recent days, 90 dodgy weather in recent days, 90 have arrived in dover so far this morning. another two boats have just made it into uk waters, so probably about the same number again. waters, so probably about the same number again . and all these same number again. and all these people need to be accommodated somewhere. >

trouble is, the national audit office have confirmed today that the use of former raf bases like wethersfield , scamptonethersfield, scampton the use of private accommodation that increasingly is being used as well, that actually the bill for all of that is going to be even bigger than the bill for the hotels. and as we speak, there is a game of parliamentary ping pong going on in westminster , pong going on in westminster, where the house of lords again are rejecting much of the government's rwanda bill. and this debate within the house of commons is really coming to a head. but even when and i say when, because ultimately only the house of commons can overrule the house of lords, even when the rwanda bill becomes the rwanda act, i still don't think we're going to see flights going to rwanda. and i say that because the judiciary, the legal system are signatory to overseas conventions and treaties is going to make it, i think, legally all but impossible. maybe i'm wrong . you impossible. maybe i'm wrong. you tell me, is there an end in sight to the migrant crisis? give me your thoughts. farage at gbnews

raf sites were set to cost £5 million each. instead, it's cost £49 million for wethersfield and £27 million for wethersfield and £27 million for wethersfield and £27 million for scamptont's before asylum seeker, and that's before we've paid the wages for all the lords and mps who are dead set on blocking it. lords and mps who are dead set on blocking it . a former home on blocking it. a former home office official told me that we will be paying hundreds of millions of pounds in benefits and social housing for channel migrants who will never, ever get a job for here the rest of their lives. james cleverly has got a cunning plan. let's release a video in english that we can show to illegal immigrants in calais, telling them how dangerous it is to get on small boat. on a small boat. >> everyone has this sense of idea that it's simple. idea that it's just as simple. they a and they come they get in a boat and they come oven they get in a boat and they come over. not as simple as that over. it's not as simple as that . nine times of ten, these . nine times out of ten, these boats are, these dinghies are overloaded. really overloaded. they're really poorly . poorly construc