really influential group in this new labour government, the red wall caucus of red wall, labour mps inliament as well as my panel as ever, jo phillips, the journalist and former former press secretary to paddy ashdown. paddy ashdown, the former, the late lib dem leader and of course, sir ranil jayawardena, a former tory mp and a minister. welcome both. but to you first, jo white, if i can get your reaction straight away to that top of the news there. 11 councillors suspended over that whatsapp group. what's your reaction? >> well, i think they deserve to go. i have obviously don't know what they said, but clearly they crossed a line. that whatsapp group was set up in 2009 during the trigger ballot post process. >> called trigger me timbers. >> called trigger me timbers. >> exactly, yeah. >> exactly, yeah. >> so that's why. >> so that's why. >> yes, it's a play on words. and so under jeremy corbyn, and so underjeremy corbyn, every mp had to go through a trigger ballot process and andrew gwynne i understand, was under threat. and so he tried to set up a group of supporters. supporters fr

and if you are sort of old labour type, you're sort of red wall type. to like this labour government because they hate the country, whereas the old labour types have a residual patriotism. so it's not surprising to me that labour people are now defecting to reform. reform have always said we'll get votes from laboun said we'll get votes from labour, but now they're getting actual candidates from them. >> yeah, and when candidates score, it's usually because they can see that their base would rather vote for the party that they're moving to than the party they're moving to than the party they're leaving. >> yes, that's exactly right. which is why the parliamentary system is so bad, because these people who are deciding what political party based on whether they're going to get elected next year, which just shows, i don't think i don't think this is a major thing. there's something wrong with the reform if you are a if you are a labour person, which is the party of team world, and you want to go to the nation state party. >> i think, i think labour origina

. >> that's as red wall labour mp jo white warns the government is ignonng jo white warns the government is ignoring the north as she issues this challenge to the chancellor. there was a level. >> of anger from my red wall colleagues and my challenge to rachel is do that speech again in the north. >> a very big poll shock. could we face a three way election tie.7 new polling reveals which cabinet ministers are most at risk of losing their seats, as reform uk continues to surge in the polls. >> and piece by easter, a leaked report has revealed president trump's 100 day plan to report has revealed president trump's100 day plan to end the war in ukraine. but will he be able to achieve it.7 >> a roman holiday for the king and queen. the palace confirms new details for the upcoming state visit to italy, with a trip to the vatican and a meeting with the pope confirmed. >> and tv chef accused gino d'acampo faces allegations of intimidating and inappropriate behaviour, claims he denies. >> termination to push our country forward. we were a leader in nuclear. i'm determined we're going to be a le

the labour party feeling the pinch in scotland, in wales, in the red wall and as we speak, there is a crisis meeting, a cabinet meeting of labour party top brass locked away in total secrecy because everybody believes the wheels are coming off the economy. fascinating day in politics and loads to talk about on the show today. get in touch. usual ways gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headunes gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines and here's sam francis. >> martin. >> martin. >> thank you very. >> thank you very. >> much. and good afternoon. >> much. and good afternoon. >> to you. >> to you. >> it's 3:02. the top story. >> it's 3:02. the top story. >> well, the government. >> well, the government. >> has confirmed that. >> has confirmed that. >> grenfell tower. will be dismantled nearly eight. years after the fire there that. killed 72 people. >> the process. >> the process. >> will take around two years and has drawn mixed reactions from survivors and bereaved families. some want it to remain standing as a lasting reminder of the tragedy, while others say its presence is distressi

are saying this is a whiff of common sense, the kind of policy that might tempt the red wall voters to vote for the labourexcept chris hope, they bear more than a passing similarity to the exact same announcements made by the reform 1560

i'll be joined by one of the labour mps to ask them is this the beginning of a red wall revolt? d at 4 pm. today, reform uk will hold an emergency press conference. they are expected to blast labour's plans to cancel may's elections in nine council areas, meaning 5.6 million votes will be postponed. we'll be there for you live exclusively on gb news. and that's all coming in your next. okay. and we're going to go straight now to the house of commons. the security minister is speaking on the inquiry into prevent. >> on each. >> on each. >> of these occasions. >> of these occasions. >> the decision. >> the decision. >> at the time. >> at the time. >> was that. >> was that. >> the. perpetrator should not progress. >> to the. >> to the. >> channel. >> channel. >> multi—agency process. but the prevent. >> learning. >> learning. >> review found. that there was sufficient. >> risk for. >> risk for. >> the perpetrator to have been. managed through prevent. >> it found. >> it found. >> that. >> that. >> the referral. >> the referral. >> was closed. prematurely. and. >> was closed. prematu

but labour might not just have a reform crisis on their hands, but also an identity problem too, because in recent weeks they've been pumping out adverts specifically in the north of england, red wallts , again talking about wall seats, again talking about the number of migrants they've removed. here's one that my team dug up earlier. what do you notice? not a red labour logo in sight. in fact, it's not a splash of red anywhere. instead, we have the blue of reform splash of red anywhere. instead, we have th

. >> gb news political editor christopher hope sat down with labour mp for bassetlaw, jo white, to discuss how red wallel about rachel reeves plan for growth. >> there was a level of anger from my red wall colleagues and my challenge to rachel is do that speech again in the north telling our story, because by telling our story, because by telling a story, you're actually attracting inward investment and you're attracting new businesses. so come to the north, please, rachel, you are. you are leeds mp, correct? tell our story and we have a good one. and where we want to invest and where we want to get the new skills and, and i'll be clapping loudly from the sidelines. >> right. well joining us now, fiona czinkota. she's a financial market analyst at city index. right. fiona, welcome to the program. now, i've explained it a few times, but can you explain to people what exactly stagflation is? >> yes. so stagflation is when you're in a period of stalling or stagnant economic growth. so very, very low economic growth, if any at all. but at the very, very low economic growth, if

so why have labour been pumping out anti—migration adverts all across the red wall in the same colourslook at this as reform uk. >> i believe it's a free world. it's not, but it should be. should be able to go wherever you want. but i think it should be done in the right way in my belief. and i'm not being racist at all. just think of your own before you think of others. i mean, that's just common sense. >> and i've been out and about in this week's episode of leo unleashed. find out which town i visited very shortly. i'll give you a clue. it's home to the mars bar. and what's humza yousaf banging on about here? >> muslims are taking over the uk. >> joining me on my panel tonight is former peace met police detective peter bleksley, the journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee and the former labour special adviser paul richards. big show coming up, including all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages on the way. first, though, your news headlines with sam francis. >> ben, thank you very much and good evening to you. it's just after 9:00, the top story tonight. while health minis

labour party at the next general election, from nigel farage and reform? reform ? >> reform? >> well, good evening matt. i think some of them do. we've seen this red wall mps who i think have correctly identified the threat from reform in their constituencies. they know it's important to get immigration numbers down. they know it's important to get economic growth. they understand the importance of reducing nhs waiting lists, tackling the housing crisis and so on, making sure there's a fair transition on net zero. so i think it's heartening for somebody on the left like me to know that there are people within the labour party who get that. but look, let's not make any mistake. there are lots of people in the party and the wider labour movement, including the trade unions, who are very uncomfortable with all of this stuff. they reject what they see as, you know, this sort of right wing agenda, as they would call it. but unfortunately, wing agenda, as they would call it. but