and angela rayner was very keen to talk about her target, 1.5 million homes. say how difficult it was, that that hasn't been achieved since the 1950s, the question is what are you going to do that is going to make anything different? and what she told me is, essentially, that she is going to tell all those councils, many of them labor councils, and all those mps, many of them labor mps, who object to building on green belt, who object to development and so on, you know, suck it up. don't mess with big ang. and as for the bats and the neuts who stand in the way of development, they need to pack their bags and go to some different country, because she's coming for you. i thought it was rather spirited. we'll see actually what the -- how the intention collides with reality. >> trevor, always great to chat. looking forward to doing the same next weekend, of course. >> see you next weekend. >> have a good one. >>> let's get more reaction to the situation in syria. joining me is matthew oket, the mercy corps country director for syria. thank you very much for joinin

i got a lot of sympathy with angela rayner. she wants to balance the desire for local consultation and conversations with the desire to get things done, but when they come into conflict, which you kept asking, and they will, then there is a choice to be made. and if they're serious about it, which i think they will be, i think they're hanging so much on the reform of the planning system as the proxy for growth and then increased living standards, that i don't think they'll have any other choice other than to intervene to say no, you must. >> but they're going to have to intervene with labor councils and that huge number, like, 100 or so, labor mps who now represent rural constituencies. >> i think, joe, there is a huge political problem which you identified and angela rayner struggled to answer. i think, linda, to your point, there is a huge systems problem which is lack of construction workers, house building actually some figures that came out -- >> we're short a quarter of a million construction workers. >> figures came out

angela rayner wants mayors to multiply, so every area of england has one.ng point, when people and places across england finally begin to take back control over the things that matter to them. she is also giving the current mayors more powers over infrastructure and public transport, partly hoping they help achieve the government's economic growth and house—building targets. i think it is the single biggest change we have seen in our lifetime. you wanted more fiscal powers, didn't you, you wanted power over the money? we always want more, you know, greater manchester has been saying that for years. so we want more. but i think it is probably fair to say today's announcement is the biggest part of devolution since we have seen since george osborne introduced it back in 2016, so it a big step forward. what have you got against district councils though, deputy prime minister? i don't have a thing against district councils, i think working together, though, a unitarisation, you get a bigger scale, so some of those district councils will... so you want the counc

the deputy prime minister — angela rayner — has been spelling out the goveernment�*s proposals on devolutionuk. metro mayors in england will be given new powers to unblock planning delays — and local and district councils could be merged. to spain's supreme court — and will now serve a term of four years. austria striker guido burgstaller had his skull fractured after being attacked in the centre of the country's capital, according to his club side rapid vienna. they added he's now expected to be out of action for several months after suffering the serious head injury at the weekend. he was attacked by an "unknown man" and was examined at the scene before being taken to hospital, where he will remain for the next few days. to cricket, where england's women are looking to build a big lead, in their one—off test against south africa. the hosts resumed on 17 without loss on day two in bloemfontein but england performed well with the ball, bowling south africa out for 281, england taking the final five wickets forjust 22 runs. that gave them a lead of 114 — which was extended to 145 by the close

angela rayner wants mayors to multiply, so every area of england has one.urning point, when people and places across england finally begin to take back control over the things that matter to them. she is also giving the current mayors more powers over infrastructure and public transport, partly hoping they help achieve the government's economic growth and house building targets. i think it is the single biggest change we have seen in our lifetime. you wanted more fiscal powers, didn't you, you wanted power over the money? we always want more, you know, greater manchester has been saying that for years. so we want more. but i think it is probably fair to say today's announcement is the biggest part of devolution since we have seen since george osborne introduced it back in 2016, so it a big step forward. what have you got against district councils though, deputy prime minister? i don't have a thing against district councils, i think working together, though, unitarisation you get a bigger scale, so some of those district councils will. .. so you want the cou

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these targets were first announced the housing secretary and deputy prime minister, annular —— angela raynervernment doesn't want to talk about annual targets any more. that is potentially a slight change. the government told us today that we have the worst housing crisis in memory and they pledged to build 1.5 million homes is important to get through that crisis and they said they will be changing planning rules to allow homes to be built on great boutland and recruiting an additional 300 planning officers to try to get some of these applications applications approved. jack. applications approved. jack, thank yom _ applications approved. jack, thank you. there _ applications approved. jack, thank you. there is - applications approved. jack, thank you. there is a - applications approved. jack, thank you. there is a much l thank you. there is a much longer report on that story on our website. hello again. we've had some rain, some showers around through this morning, but one thing that all of us will notice as we go through today is how much colder it's going to turn. we've had a few rainbow

deputy prime minister angela rayner has set out plans for a redesign of local government in england.rities and new elected regional mayoralties created. ministers say the changes would empower local leaders and could save up to £2 billion. you're live with bbc news. south korea's constitutional court has asked president yoon suk yeol to provide written answers to a set of questions by december 23 as the court brings preparations for his impeachment trial. [000:17:13;00] [000:17:14;00]

tony had prescott and he's got angela rayner.to have someone from the estates. >> yes angela rayner, my doppelganger. yeah. but i've been told which is good. but i don't think people really know where they lie. i mean, have you ever done the political compass? yes. oh, it's fascinating. and i mean, it's interesting how they say so. they give him a score of 48, they give nigel farage 9tt, which is leaning almost towards mussolini over there. rishi sunakis mussolini over there. rishi sunak is 77. and then diane abbott scores four, which i don't know. does that make her the dalai lama or stalin? i'm not sure, but four is. >> well, it's only as you say, if it's on a political campus, you need an x and a y coordinate, surely? >> well, no, i don't believe in that anymore. >> i don't oh you don't okay. no. >> well, i think that's interesting. i don't think that thatis interesting. i don't think that that is i think he is a bit more left than this. like right in the middle. i agree, i think because they get the score from asking his coun

deputy prime minister angela rayner has set out plans for a redesign of local government in england.horities and new elected regional mayoralties created. ministers say the changes would empower local leaders and could save up to £2 billion. you're live with bbc news. some breaking news we are following here out of the pacific. a 7.3—magnitude earthquake has struck vanuatu. the quake was at a depth of 10 kilometres and authorities have issued a possible tsunami warning for vanuatu. it is unclear the extent of any damage at the moment, but we will keep across it for you and bring you any updates. south korea's constitutional court has asked president yoon suk yeol to provide written answers to a set of questions by december 23 as the court brings preparations for his impeachment trial. mps voted to impeach yoon on saturday over his failed attempt to impose martial law, which sparked protest across the country. the court now has up to 180 days to decide whether to uphold the impeachment, which would trigger an election, or allow mr yoon to remain as president. in a separate investigati

deputy prime minister, angela rayner, has set out plans for a redesign of local government in englandgional mayoralties created. ministers say the changes would empower local leaders and could save up to 2 billion pounds. but opponents say that so—called "mega—councils" will take power away from local communities. you're live with bbc news. a chinese businessman accused of spying for beijing, and with close links to prince andrew, has agreed to his identity being made public. until today, yang teng—bo, was known only as h6. he had been banned from the uk last year on national security grounds. the release of his name and photo comes as it's revealed that prince andrew will not nowjoin the royal family for their traditional christmas celebration at sandringham. damian grammaticus has the latest. the royal and the alleged spy — this is glossy video from the prince himself, designed to drum up business. throughout, we see yang tengbo — we can now name him — banned from the uk as a risk to national security. mr yang is accused of working for china's communist party, using his ties to buil

. >>> okay, here is a live look outside right now after some intense rayner lily in the day. we're starting to dry out for christmas eve, but another storm, a major one on top of that is taking aim at the bay area. first alert zoe mintz is joining us right now. meteorologist, shall i say, with a closer look at the very active christmas eve weather wise. at least tomorrow, christmas morning. >> tonight and tomorrow morning, we should be fine. santa shouldn't run into any issues delivering presents tonight because quiet conditions are going to stick around, which is really, really great news. and the other part of the great news is the fact that i don't know what just happened there. let's try it again. the fact we're going to continue to see, i don't know what happened it there. that is so strange. but we'll continue to see. let's walk over here. the high surf warning that will continue through 6:00 p.m. tonight. after that, we're only going to get quieter. those waves will get calmer. we are not going to see too much of anything. if you want to make tomorrow a beach day, you

deputy prime minister angela rayner has set out plans for a redesign of local government in england.ew elected regional mayoralties created. ministers say the changes would empower local leaders and could save up to two billion pounds. but opponents say that so—called "mega—councils" will take power away from local communities. you're live with bbc news. two people are dead and six others injured after a school shooting in the us state of wisconsin. the victims are a teacher and a teenage student. police say the shooter is also dead. the shooting happened at a private christian academy in the state capital, madison. police said the suspect was a juvenile who they believe was a student at the school. a nearby resident had this to say. you always see it on the tv that it happened somewhere else. you know, you feel bad but you don't realise the situation. when it's here in your back yard, it's basically a block away from me, so it's in my back yard, and it's very scary. president biden said the shooting was "shocking" and called for congress to enact stricter gun laws. he said... us sch

women affected aren't in need, despite the fact that when she was in your shadow frontbench angela rayner19 that millions were plunged into poverty by the state pension age changes. full facts say about 10% were probably in relative low income. most of them aren't in need. listen, if they are in desperate need, then they're in desperate need and obviously need help. but there is a principle here that they were, in my view, shortchanged, by the way in which the state pension increase in age was operated. you promised a payout of 58 billion at the time in a universal compensation scheme, and the health 0mbudsman recommended against a universal compensation scheme. 58 billion. is that what you think the government should pay out now? well, that was the estimate at that time. i don't know what the estimate is now. it could be higher. it could be lower. that is the money that should have been paid to them through pension anyway. so shouldn't we, as a moral duty, say that this is something that we as a society have to do? and where might they get that money from? it would come from all of us, f

put this in kind of a bigger political context of how important it is to keir starmer and angela raynerse today, to get this shaken up. it's super important because it's one of the big, big promises that they've made. they've set themselves a target. so that's a target that you might fail to hit. um, and it matters for its own sake but it matters too, because the overarching promise the government is making is about economic growth and the two are connected. so it's really, really big for them. and so, alex, just give us a sort of rundown of the bits. and i'm aware that planning reforms can get very jargony very quickly. we'll go for a kind ofjargon free summary of where it's at. so the government has made some changes to the planning rules in england. and these are the rules that govern basically where houses can be built, what they should look like, how many there should be. and they've been consulting on these changes today. they've come up with the final version. and very broadly speaking, there are two key things. lots of complexities, two key things. the first thing is there's goi

. >> adam to the sunday telegraph and angela rayner has plans for your second home.ho knows what to do with the second home. >> i mean, they've all got to remember. yeah. so yeah, this is from the telegraph. how labour could soon force you to rent out your empty home. but there'll be no heating if you're a pensioner. labour is considering considering plans to give councils the power to take over and let houses that are left empty for six months in a blow to property owners. so the current rules are if a property is left out or empty for two years, you have. that's when you're sort of you'll start having people saying you need to start renting this out. they've got to think about reducing that to six months. it's interesting because it's not what the story isn't, what how you initially might think it is. it's not just like perfectly good houses. some of these houses are not fit for renters, which is why there's, there's apparently 25, up to £25,000 in government grants available to those who want to fix up the houses. so i sympathise. i sympathise with them in that se

lines — severe delays on metropolitan line — and part of the piccadilly line remains closed bewtween raynersnly was a wet start to the day, but it is an improving story. it does become drier with some spells of brightness this morning, but through the afternoon. but through the afternoon more in the way of cloud. turning quite wet and windy as well. and temperatures holding up at 12 to 14 celsius, so mild conditions. now for northern parts of the capital, the met office yellow weather warning for the strength of the wind overnight, but it does become drier. that rain clearing through and by the early hours clearer skies. staying windy though, but with lows of 5 to 7 degrees. now friday itself should be largely dry with some sunshine, but we do have this area of low pressure arriving in friday night into saturday, bringing some strong winds and outbreaks of rain. and we already have a met office yellow weather warning in force from friday afternoon all the way through to sunday morning, with a risk of some disruption and some localised flooding, so becoming much more unsettled into the weeken

i think starmer is a fan of brussels, whilst comrade rayner gets roasted in virtually every interview be able to buy produce this christmas, they will be a prime example. is that what it says? yeah. very funny. what? >> we need to make sure we've got a christmas lunch. i think that's the message which i very much agree with. >> make sure you go for lunch. absolutely. >> it's very important. not for wimps. >> not for wimps, not me. the uk will be pressured next year to allow, under 30s from the eu to live and work in the uk, as part of a new deal to reset the uk eu relationship. >> well, the german ambassador to the uk, miguel berger, sat down with gb news own political edhon down with gb news own political editor, christopher hope, to discuss these brexit relations. >> resets government here says no plans for movement under 30s. but there's been talks already privately with the german government. >> no not yet. and this would be negotiated by the european union. >> you can't do it. >> we would not do it individually. but you have seen that the prime minister is going to meet miss von

this is wh i rayner has got on stage. this is why i do — rayner has got on stage. do my _ rayner has got on stage. this is why i do my job. _ rayner has got on stage. this is why i do my job. to - rayner has got on stage. this is why i do myjob. to change the lives _ is why i do myjob. to change the lives of working people. the — the lives of working people. the prime minister will show today— the prime minister will show today how our plan for change will do — today how our plan for change will dojust that. with today how our plan for change will do just that. with an unrelenting focus on the issues that people really care about. it is that people really care about. it is an— that people really care about. it is an absolute pleasure to welcome _ it is an absolute pleasure to welcome you to pinewood studios where _ welcome you to pinewood studios where so — welcome you to pinewood studios where so much magic has been made _ where so much magic has been made over— where so much magic has been made over the years. fantastic films— made over the years. fantastic films

is that rayner? angela rayner, of course, is to force through plans for new jails she really wants. >> why? you're not talking about the fairy porn. i'm sorry, don't. >> we will come to the fairy porn, i promise you. josh. okay, but should we do the little stories first about the country changing and so on? >> it's very subjective. i think you've gone through this whole, like, we need new jails. yes. and i think our viewers, our listeners on the radio want to hear about what fairy porn. >> we're going to need to put the fairy porn somewhere. josh. and we haven't got enough space for anything at all. data centres, prisons, pylons, fairy porn. where will we put it? basically what we're going to do.the basically what we're going to do. the plan. the rayner plan. it never rains, but it pours. is that we are going to get rid of. we're going to change the understanding of the greenbelt and change it to the grey belt, which now allows us to build all over it, along with, of course, ed miliband's wind turbin

and we could even see major cabinet casualties with the likes of angela rayner, yvette cooper and ed miliband losing to reform and wes streeting, the health secretary possibly losing their seats to a pro gaza independence. and that would mean that nigel farage's reform uk would emerge as the third largest parliamentary party, with another four years to go until the next general election. can labour turn it around? well, joining me now to discuss this is the associate director of more in common, which is a firm that has conducted this mega poll. conlon burns conlon. welcome to the show. it's been a torrid six months for the labour party, but this really was the christmas present that sir keir starmer did not want. some disastrous figures and some big name casualties if this goes through. tell us more. >> well, the main story out of this, as you said, is the real drop in support for labour since that historic victory in july, and they're now projected to lose around 200 seats in in our polling. and there's really a few reasons why this has happened. as you mentioned there already, the

. >> that's angela rayner there. not that long ago. basically, as you heard saying, that the injustice of waspi women would be compensated within five years. well, i can tell you now, it is a day of shame if you ask me. almost 4 million waspi women will be now denied that much promised and much needed, in some cases compensation. what do you think to that? what have the pensioners actually done to upset the labour party? get in touch and tell me. also tory leader kemi badenoch, she has called a flat rate of tax attractive. is it or not? and reform uk have called labour's plans to potentially scrap some local council by elections a threat to democracy. apparently designed to stop their party's success? do you agree with that or not? and get a load of this. the eu is suing the uk over post—brexit freedom of movement failures, apparently. what on earth is going on? all of that and lots more keeping me company tonight. ben habib, the former deputy leader of reform uk, and paul richards, the former labour special adviser. but before we get

well, rayner has described assad's rule as harmful to syrians and the region, saying dictatorship anderrorism must be replaced by a government that serves the people . the snp is on serves the people. the snp is on course for a pro—independence majority at holyrood, according to a new poll in the sunday times today. the survey puts support for the snp at 37% for constituency votes and 32% on the regional list , with backing the regional list, with backing for independence at 54%. that's the highest in four years. analysis by sir john curtice suggests the snp would win 59 seats with labour at 20 and the conservatives on 19, leaving pro—independence majority of three seats. labour's support has fallen nine points since august, with votes shifting to both the snp and to reform uk. sir john curtice blamed the decline on the prime minister's unpopularity with his approval rating now at —32. in scotland, the uk exported over 8000 tonnes of banned pesticides in 2023, including enough bee killing chemicals to spray an area bigger than england. that's according to an investigation by greenpeac

deputy prime minister angela rayner says it is a landmark overhaul to america now, where a few momentsgo, president elect donald trump opened trading at the new york stock exchange. let's take a listen. to. well, earlier today, time magazine named president elect donald trump as the person of the year. it's the second time he's been awarded this title. accepting the honour. he claims next year will be even bigger. >> it's i think we're going to have a tremendous run. we have to straighten out some problems, some big problems in the world. it's when we left we didn't have any of these problems. we didn't have russia with ukraine, we didn't have israel october 7th. we didn't have the afghanistan disaster. we didn't have inflation, we had no inflation, and we had a very strong economy. and we're going to do that again. but i think we're going to even up it because now we have experience that the prime minister has welcomed. >> european council president antonio costa to downing street, saying it was a great privilege. sir keir starmer said there were many things for us to discuss of mutua

deputy prime minister angela rayner sees it as a landmark overhaul.owever, shadow levelling up secretary kevin hollinrake says labour's housing plans would amount to bulldozing green belt sites. >> what i'm concerned about with these rules is that they're really going to drive a coach and horses a bulldozer, if you like, through local concerns about where they're going to be built and how they're going to be built. 1.5 million homes, but lots of those homes are going to be built in green belt in rural areas. targets in london will be reduced targets in most of rural areas. big rural areas across the country will be doubled. so it's really where they're going to be built is the concern. and the thing is people's concerns are going to be completely swept aside by angela rayner in this headlong rush to build more homes when we've already got lots of planning consents around the country. >> housing and planning minister matthew pennycook says the government are committed to boosting economic growth, and he's also rejected calls that the government are byp

deputy prime minister angela rayner says it is a landmark overhaul.ime magazine has named president elect donald trump as its person of the year. it's the second time he's been awarded this title. accepting the honour in america, he claims next year will be even bigger. >> it's i think we're going to have a tremendous run. we have to straighten out some problems, some big problems in the world. it's when we left. we didn't have any of these problems. we didn't have russia with ukraine. we didn't have israel. october 7th. we didn't have the afghanistan disaster. we didn't have inflation, we had no inflation. and we had a very strong economy. and we're going to do that again. but i think we're going to even up it because now we have experienced a man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint longest prison sentence in connection with the uk's summer of riots. >> levi fishlock smashed windows and stoked a flaming bin at the houdayinn and stoked a flaming bin at the holiday inn express in rotherham d

angela rayner, struggles to explain how she'll house the 2.5 million migrants expected to arrive intain under labour. >> she says there's plenty of housing, but is there .7 housing, but is there? >> and suella bravermans husband has defected to reform, as we have exclusive pictures of him out and about. campaigning over the weekend. could the former home secretary follow suit ? home secretary follow suit? >> yeah, charlie, i think there are a number of ways that this story in syria affects brits. the average brit, we're hearing from experts that potentially there could be a heightened terrorist as a result because rebels so far are prescribed in this country as terrorists, are they not? now there's a debate over whether to prescribe them. sure . also, the question of sure. also, the question of syrian refugees, tens of thousands of refugees here in britain and of course, a massive numbers in germany and other european countries. is it now time for them to leave? would they be safe to leave? will they leave? will they want to leave? some say they do, yes. >> i mean, we've already see

may not get the juices flowing for most of us, but this one, trust me, it's a biggie because angela rayners planning the biggest shake—up in local government in an entire generation, and district councils could be abolished and more elected mayors introduced. now, elected mayors, of course, could also get sweeping new powers to grant planning permission for major infrastructure projects, for example. so will these changes get britain building, or are we chucking yet more money at our bloated bureaucracy? well, joining me now is the reform councillor for kent county council, thomas mallon. thomas, welcome to the show. thomas, pleasure to have your company. the reason i wanted to speak to you tonight is because your party leader, nigel farage, has been saying that the devolution model is actually a cover story. devolve power means , actually, devolve power means, actually, there'll be a good chance that a good number of local elections might be cancelled in may. in fact, jim mcmahon, the government minister, said that there's a good chance that that could happen. and that, of course, would m

angela rayner has decided that councils should have the power to fine you for absolutely anything thatey fancy. minor determiners. determiners? actually, i can't even say that word. it's like the soviet union in britain today. but there's more veganism and less vodka. and frankly, it seems like this government have been drinking pretty much any heavy stuff they can get their hands on. you've got to laugh, because in 2024, we've gone more mad than anything else. you're more likely to get fined for actually laughing than breaking the law in any meaningful way. we swapped the circus, but the clowns are very much still in charge. only they've promoted to ringmaster zakir stalin. well, joining me tonight to help untangle this absolute disaster are my merry band of misfits. alex armstrong, minister of common sense in a world gone mad. chloe dobs, secretary of spicy, takes an even spicier opinions. charlie rowley head of. is that a tory safe seat up for grabs? hahahahahai and benjamin butterworth, our jetsetting green grinch and official party pooper. let's get into it. you know the drill by

. >> so angela rayner also backed the group back in 2019.you go. >> well, the government failed the women who were born in the 19505. the women who were born in the 1950s. they stole their pension, that contract, that agreement that contract, that agreement that they thought they had and then accelerated it so that those women didn't have the chance to prepare for that. we've said we'll right that injustice. and within the five years of the labour government, we will compensate them for the money that they've lost. >> you can add our prime minister, sir keir starmer. the chancellor, rachel reeves, both said exactly the same. >> and also the work and pensions minister, liz kendall. that was until yesterday when she announced this. >> the government does not believe paying a flat rate to all women at a cost of up to £10.5 billion, would be a fair or proportionate use of taxpayers money. >> well, extraordinary stuff isn't it? let's talk to the labour mp for salford, rebecca long—bailey, who's been a long time campaigner for those women. good mo

in between, and we're really pleased that we're going to be joined by viral tiktok sensation edwin rayner >> the 92 year old singing grandad and a social media influencers advise their followers on how to maximise claims for universal credit. >> we're asking is it time to limit sickness benefit? >> hello. good morning. well, some outbreaks of rain working their way from west to east across the uk today. it will be mild but also quite breezy. i'll have all the details later. >> it's just gone. 6:00. >> it's just gone. 6:00. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond. and this is gb news breakfast. >> merry christmas to you. absolutely. we've had a revamp. >> yeah. yes. you'll see a lot of snowflakes and christmassy things from now on. it is the 1st of december, after all. and we're allowed to talk about christmas. although, i must say, if my sister is watching, she will be absolutely livid because she thinks it's just too to soon talk. christmas. >> oh, come on, it just isn't. it isn't. first day of your advent calendar today. >> that's true. it is. >> yeah, actually we're doing we'll play

angela ray, angela rayner going on the news and saying, this is disgusting.ustice for these women. if that's not a promise, then what is it? because i know where come. >> come on andy. so try and show some more enthusiasm in your defence. >> i struggle with this debate because i see both sides of it. i mean, you know, yeah, they were probably mistreated and should have been informed better. but then also, how do you not financially plan your retirement? i look at it from both sides and then also hang on, hang on. >> i've got i've got to stop you. you've got to look at it. no, i've got to stop you here. how do you not plan your retirement? do you know anything? what happens to working class women? yeah, because what happens with working class women, especially what we do is we start work at 16. we have a family. we usually stop working for a bit to bring up our families, and then we go back to work again. we usually have to then start paying extra into the to our ni savings, because we've missed a bit out if we want to get a pension and then we the other end o

the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, says the focus must now be on stability and a un led political resolution warning of potential regional fallout in the middle east. the foreign office has been evacuating british nationals ahead of the offensive, though the exact number of those evacuated remains unclear at this stage. here, the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, is calling for the uk to work with allies to make sure assad faces justice for his crimes. he says the conflict's end must bnng says the conflict's end must bring peace , democracy and bring peace, democracy and security to syria and the wider region. well, breaking news that we brought you in the last hour or so from edinburgh that the leader of the city council there has been suspended by the labour party after claims he sent inappropriate sexual messages to ukrainian refugees, including through a dating app. police are now investigating a report of kami david's kami days behaviour rather made through the council's whistleblowing service . council's whistleblowing service. opposition leaders, including from the sn

angela rayner is set to force plans for new jails on towns and villages. the move will mean the ministry of justice will be able to bypass councils to build on green belt under new laws to tackle prison overcrowding. >> major cuts to the met's police chief, sir mark rowley, fears 2300 police officer jobs could be lost due to £450 million funding. black hole. >> as the number of christmas cards we send declines, we're asking if we should actually be saving the tradition. >> and more than half of under 25 have admitted to illegally using their phone while behind the wheel, as, according to a new survey. so should drivers using the phone face a ban.7 >> using the phone face a ban? >> and in sport this morning, the champions league wins for aston villa and liverpool, while celtic draw in croatia. pep guardiola will not manage anybody else. and the aftermath of marc cucurella's slippy boots. >> another calm start to the day, but not entirely sunny. there's some dense fog out there and in places it could last all day. full details coming up in the forecast short

election, as announced by sharon stone tribute act angela raynen sharon stone tribute act angela raynert there was even a fly in that ointment , with doubts in that ointment, with doubts that they'll hit that figure. and with claims that five out of every seven of any new homes built will go to immigrants, this might be the worst government in history, which is why labour won't win next time and can't win next time. but when whoever takes over, possibly prime minister nigel farage. if you look at the direction of the polls, how much of a country will there be left to govern? britain is broke in more ways than one. now for reaction. my friday 18. we have bbc radio legend alex , fearless bbc radio legend alex, fearless political analyst reem ibrahim and the all powerful broadcaster and the all powerful broadcaster and commentator amy nicole turner. great to see all three of you. alex, let me start with you. we're in trouble, aren't we? >> i think we probably are, yes. it just seems to go from bad to worse with calamity over calamity . and, well, who knows calamity. and, well, who knows wh

the chancellor, rachel reeves, and the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, had this to say in 2019. we've said we'll right that injustice. and within the five years of the labour government, we will compensate them for the money that they've lost. this is their money that they've had stolen off them. and it's completely unacceptable. >> so what changed? let's get more on this with the editor of spiked online, tom slater. tom, this is really it's not simple. it's not straightforward. in defence of the government it will say, look, you know, you were warned about this, you were told about this. and a lot of people just sort of chose to neglect it. >> well, that is certainly the argument that the government have been making, which is to say that first of all, it's the affordability question. we don't have 10.5 billion knocking around on the back of the sofa to right this historic wrong. they're also pointing to a survey from 2006, which suggested that 90% of the waspi women, so—called, were aware of the changes, and therefore it's only a relatively minor proportion of the women. that's

newspapers are flooded, aren't they, with images of starmer, of the deputy prime minister, angela rayners standing in solidarity with these campaigners? >> yes, you're exactly right. because what happens is these campaign groups, some of which are hugely successful waspi women, is one of them. they come into parliament, they set up a stall in one of the parliamentary buildings, and they invite mps to come and have their picture taken with them, with their big stand, with their twitter hashtag, to prove to your constituents that you care about this issue. and of course, there's a very tempting thing to do as an mp, and there's a ver

deputy prime minister angela rayner sees it as a landmark overhaul. >> we think this will streamline the system because it is far too much delays at the moment and therefore by having the policy framework nationally and therefore by having the policy fram> beth, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories. the government is today demanding immediate mandatory housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the next general election. sir keir starmer

this is angela rayner once again. and i mean, what can i say?r appear to hate the countryside. this is something we've always kind of understood about labour is that labour are for the people of the cities, and the conservatives tend to be for the people of the countryside. but it's never been more true than it is now, what with the farmers. >> the fox hunting ban was an even more true than this, wasn't it? that was a good example. >> yeah. no, it's devil's advocate. well played steve, but i think i do think that what they're going to they're going to play sort of they're going to ride roughshod over, over the planning laws here. that's that's what's happening. that's what's going to happen with this particular story, is it's going to become easier for them to build on that land because they're not going to put the power with the local authorities, which is something they've always said that they would do with absolutely everything else. but when it comes to building and trying to hit their housing target or building prisons, whatever they want

a dramatic turn in assad's regime and forcing him to flee here, the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, says the focus must now be on stability and a un led political resolution warning of potential regional fallout. the foreign office has been evacuating british nationals ahead of the offensive, though exact numbers remain unclear. leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey is calling for the uk to work with allies to make sure assad faces justice for his crimes. he says the conflict's end must bnng says the conflict's end must bring peace, democracy and security to syria and the region . security to syria and the region. strong winds are hammering the uk just days after storm dara left two men dead and thousands without power. a yellow weather warning is in place with gusts of up to 70 miles an hour threatening more blackouts and travel chaos. flooding fears are rising too , with over 200 alerts rising too, with over 200 alerts issued across england, wales and scotland. travel is heavily disrupted. train services are delayed and the severn bridge remains closed. 250,000 homes are

angela rayner has tried to spin this.ays this is all part of devolution and she's giving power back to the communities. well, reform mp rupert lowe struck back, stating the bleeding obvious. you don't give power back to communities by cancelling elections. angela, this is unbelievably rich coming from labour over the weekend. labour's very own baroness harriet harman was all over the media saying that nigel farage and reform were a threat to democracy. >> well, i think people should be very concerned about reform because they're not just the threat to individual parties, but i actually think they're a threat to democracy because they are offering easy answers, and now they are set to apparently cancel local elections in essex, hertfordshire, kent, lancashire and sussex. >> the cynic in me would say this labour are tanking. starmer's handling of the summer disorder, his freezing of pensioners, crippling of farmers, relentless desire to give your money, tax payers money away abroad, which included another £50 million to syr

it comes as deputy prime minister angela rayner has pledged to scrap right to buy, despite benefiting from the scheme herself. does this government have a plan for housing and the technocrats just can't help themselves? the civil service has grown exponentially under labour and sir keir starmer is appointing more unelected quangos than ever. there's one every single week since labour got in power. is this a danger to democracy? and his majesty the king has stirred up controversy by appearing to get political in his christmas message. should the monarch be expressing political beliefs, and did you have a problem with it? and? and my panel tonight, lord moylan, the conservative peen lord moylan, the conservative peer, and james schneider, former adviser to jeremy corbyn. first of all, though, we're going to get your latest news headunes going to get your latest news headlines with mark white. >> hello there. the latest headunes >> hello there. the latest headlines from the gb news centre and gb news can confirm that more than a thousand migrants have now crossed the engush migrants have

election was called today, with major casualties including angela raynen casualties including angela rayner, ed miliband, yvette cooper and wes streeting, and with reform surging to 150,000 members as kemi badenoch flounders, westminster is also ripe with rumours of a tory leadership plot , ripe with rumours of a tory leadership plot, and ripe with rumours of a tory leadership plot , and british leadership plot, and british farmers are digging in against the labour government with threats of tractors blocking distribution centres. they've warned that we could see no food and serious chaos within even the next fortnight. on today's show, i'll be joined by three farmers leading this rural revolution. they told gb news we will never back down and leaked labour party plans to make the school curriculum more diverse has been blasted by critics as socialist brainwashing that teaches white pupils to hate themselves. some parents have even threatened to take their kids out of school and go on a woke strike. is this woke washing of our children simply a step too far.7 and new year's eve is also upon

. >> rayner and starmer say building more homes is more important than the environment.e'll debate that and it's a gb news exclusive. i reveal the sickening new way that people smugglers are getting people across the channel. on my panel tonight, it's political consultant suzanne evans, commentator charlie downs and ex—labour advisor matthew lazo. under kemi badenoch doesn't do lunch, but nigel farage badenoch says that lunch is for wimps. >> well, i tell you what i think. i mean, she would have just finished that. lunch is pretty cool. >> farage certainly does. get ready britain. here we go. the saudis can warm up for the world cup by having a kickabout with some severed heads. next. >> good evening. i'm will hollis with your top story at 9:00. the government will not change the terrorist status of the rebels who toppled the syrian regime. according to the defence secretary. speaking after an emergency cobra meeting, john healey said the government is laser focused on stopping a resurgence of terror groups like isis in the middle east. but he says now is not the time to