where does that leave reform uk ? reform uk? >> he has no intention of doing so. told us on illegal migration that fewer people would be in hotels. and he boasted that planes were taking illegal immigrants out of the country . today's figures the country. today's figures showed the cost of asylum went up 36% last year, 36% to 5.38 billion. and that doesn't even count the cost of the manston processing centre or the aeroplanes or boats in the channel. every day and returns, which normally from quarter two to quarter three go up because more people come during the summer months and more people get deported. returns went down. so already starmer is breaking the promises that he made, and also other big news from reform uk today is, well, dame andrea jenkins, you've announced her as a defection and an upcoming mayoral candidate. >> tell us more . >> tell us more. >> tell us more. >> yeah, i mean, andrea has been a very loyal tory mp. she very much hoped that robert jenrick would win the leadership election campaign because jenrick had very much come to my position. it

shortly, we'll hearfrom a british—chaggossian campaigner, and reform uk leader nigel farage, who has ld newsnight the incoming trump government is "horrified" by prospects of the deal the uk government has struck and mr farage has briefed the trump team about it. nick, bring us up to speed with this story. well, that deal to transfer sovereignty over the chagos islands to mauritius appears to be in trouble. there are two reasons, first we have a new prime minister in mauritius and he has voiced doubts about the deal and keir starmer needs his signature for this to come into force. and the trump administration don't seem to like this and think the deal could provide an opening for china in an important area of the indian ocean. what is it about. let's look at this map. in the right hand corner, no, in the middle, we can see the chagos area and 1,300 miles away is mauritius. the uk say they have to do it because of a ruling from the international court of justice. critics say that is only advisory. let's look at another map, this is the big bit. on the western coast is diego garcia. und

ben habib, the former deputy leader of reform uk , and matthew stadlen, the uk, and matthew stadlen,he political commentator. good evening to both of you. you're very welcome tonight as are each and every single one of you at home. boy , oh, boy. there'll be home. boy, oh, boy. there'll be some high emotions among you guys at home tonight. so tell me, how are you feeling? personally, i've had an absolutely fabulous day. i've spent way too much time looking at the reactions of people that are less happy with the outcome. i'll put it diplomatically like that. it's cheered me up no end. i highly recommend it as a pastime. have you got nothing better to do with your time? but, look, you can get in touch with me all the usual ways. you can email me gbviews@gbnews.com. you can tweet or text me, or of course you can go to the website gb news .com/ yoursay and you can get me there. i very much want to bring you into the conversation tonight. lots of you are getting in touch , you are getting in touch, sharing a lot of my sentiments. i can feel that coming through already. jack has been in to

coming up next, could sir keir starmer reach out to reform uk leader nigel farage to reform uk leaderes between welcome back to farage with me christopher hope. now the presenter of this show. nigel farage was the only british mp at donald trump's election night party in florida. joining me now is the man himself, nigel farage. welcome to your show , nigel. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i've got to ask you a year ago, you're on the way into the jungle. are you back in the jungle? are you a celebrity? get you out of there . you out of there. >> i know the background does look rather like it. and i've had sort of, you know, shuddering memories of being in the australian jungle and cockroaches and snakes. but no, i'm here in the very properly named palm beach. and got to tell you, you know, when i was on this show yesterday, i said that i was very bullish about what i thought trump's prospects were for the day. and boy, was i right. it was it was it was extraordinary being in that ballroom last night, you know, trump was sitting in the middle family and very close friends around him. el

policies were reformed deliberately to liberalise immigration. it comes as the uk signs a deal with iraq on border security. as it battles to get people smuggling under control. a former soldier — who escaped from a london prison — has been found guilty of spying for iran. tv host gregg wallace is to step away from presenting masterchef while allegations of historical misconduct are investigated. more thani million people in ukraine are left without power after russia attacks the country's energy infrastructure. a "world first" — social media ban for under 16s has been passed by the australian senate. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain's prime minister, sir keir starmer, has accused are investigated. more thani million people in ukraine are left without power after russia attacks the country's energy infrastructure. a "world first" — social media ban for under 16s has been passed by the australian senate. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister was speaking after the office for national statistics said uk net migration — hit a record — 906,000 in the

reform uk celebrated having 100,000 members today.e says the consequences of the immigration numbers are obvious. horrendous, if you want to get a gp appointment. horrendous, if you want to travel around britain's motorways. horrendous, if you want your kids or grand kids to ever get a foot on to the housing ladder. arrivals and departures here will remain central to our national conversation for years to come. chris mason reporting there. our political editor. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent hannah miller, who told me keir starmer is placing blame on the conservatives for the uk's migration record high figures. some pretty strong language there from the prime minister, keir starmer, laying the blame at the conservatives' door — because these figures go up tojune 2024, which was before the general election. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, has responded to those comments in the last hour or so, describing the idea that the conservatives pursued an open borders experiment as clearly nonsense. he said that keir st

reform uk celebrated having 100,000 members today.s if you want . to get a gp appointment. horrendous if you want _ to get a gp appointment. to travel around britain's motorways. horrendous if you want your kids or grandkids to ever get a foot . onto the housing ladder. and yet so many arrivals you have been crucial in the care sector and elsewhere in the economy. the government wants economic growth and shrivelled immigration numbers. achieving either won't be easy. both, a huge challenge. our home editor mark easton has been taking a closer look at the latest migration figures and asking what impact they have on the uk. gloucester — population 166,000. that's how many people the office for national statistics now says were missing from the net migration figures they'd published for the year to june last year. we'd thought immigration added almost 750,000 to the population in those 12 months, as you can see here — a huge number which prompted a heated political debate at the time. but now the official stats say it was more than 900,0

reform uk celebrated having 100,000 members today.ences of the immigration numbers are obvious. horrendous, if you want to get a gp appointment. to travel around britain's motorways. horrendous, if you want your kids or grand kids to ever get a foot on to the housing ladder. arrivals and departures here will remain central to our national conversation for years to come. and that is because in an area with a deep anti—politics mood, perceived failures on immigration are seen by many to be totemic, but can a government that is promising to deliver economic growth do it without significant immigration? they want to increase the size of the economy and shrivelled the immigration numbers. big asks particularly when you try to do both. our home editor mark easton has been taking a closer look at the latest migration figures and asking what impact they have on the uk. this is gloucester. population 166,000. that's how many people the office for national statistics now says were missing from the net migration figures they'd published for the

reform uk celebrated having 100,000 members today.he consequences of the immigration numbers are obvious. horrendous, if you want to get a gp appointment. horrendous, if you want to travel around britain's motorways. horrendous, if you want your kids or grand kids to ever get a foot on to the housing ladder. arrivals and departures here will remain central to our national conversation for years to come. joining me is professor brian bell. he is the chair of the migration advisory committee which provides advice to the home secretary on immigration policy. he's also professor of economics at king's college london. from 2009 to 2024, we had almost a fourfold increase in net migration. yesterday, kemi badenoch said the party had got the strategy wrong. what mistakes did they make? the first thing _ mistakes did they make? the first thing to _ mistakes did they make? tue: first thing to point mistakes did they make? tte: first thing to point out is although the number is true, it stayed at around 200, 200 50,000 for most of the 2010s, it'

i should say, nigel farage, the leader of reform uk, he is delighted and has urged the prime ministerut of course this featured at prime minister's questions today, where kemi badenoch, the new conservative leader, was making her debut asking questions of keir starmer and the prime minister, began by giving his response to donald trump's victory. mr speaker, can i begin by congratulating president elect trump on his historic election victory? as the closest of allies, the uk and the us will continue to work together to protect our shared values of freedom and democracy. i commend the leader of the opposition. the prime minister and the foreign secretary met him in september. did the foreign secretary take that opportunity to apologise for making derogatory and scatological references, including, and i quote, "trump is not only a woman hating, neo nazi sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order"? and if he did not apologise, will the prime minister do so now on his behalf? the foreign secretary and i did meet president elect trump just a few weeks a

reforms that will take years to see an impact on the economy. they are tough politically. she hopes that will turn around what has been a relatively sluggish growth performance in the uk in thew years. the big reform that we have heard about on the bbc news from the chancellor already previewing her speeches to pensions. she thinks that the uk pension system, the funds in that pension system are too small to make massive investments in infrastructure. and to make risky investments in frontier technology. so she is advocating and indeed will pass legislation to force these pension funds to amalgamate, ten times the size, essentially, so they can make those investments. drawing on the model of the canadian, australian pension systems which she says of the best in the world. and somewhat ironically, tends to invest more in uk infrastructure than we hear from actual british pension funds. so they're buying up airports, ports and shopping centres and the like. she wants to copy that and deploy the massive vat of uk pension savings towards a domestic uk investment base whether that is infrastructure or high—tech businesses. there high—tech businesses, they do pretty well, britain

121 mps and needs 320 odd for a majority, and they lost to labour, the liberal democrats and to reform ukht is a simple one, can she be prime minister one day? it is an almighty task but with the political volatility that exist these days, who knows? detectives investigating russell brand over allegations of historical sex offences have sent prosecutors a file of evidence so they can consider bringing charges. brand has been interviewed three times by police since an investigation in september 2023 revealed allegations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse against the comedian, all of which he denies. frances reed is with me. frances, what else can you tell us? well, this all came about after an investigation by the sunday times, the times, and channel 4's dispatches, and it revealed these allegations against russell brand. the allegations come from a seven—year period, when he was at the height of his fame, starring in hollywood films, he was holding several high—profilejobs, including a high—profile jobs, including a channel 4 high—profilejobs, including a channel 4 and at bbc ra

since then, his dad has campaigned for reform to uk gambling laws.on his way home. he'd gone into a betting shop to put his...try and get his money back, and his card had been declined. and i think that's when he realised that, yet again, he'd spent all his wages for that week. currently, licensed gambling operators are asked to make voluntary contributions towards a fund to tackle problem gambling — with some paying as little as £1 a year. half of all the money generated will go to health—care services in england, scotland and wales, to help develop a comprehensive support and treatment system. 30% will go to prevention — including national public—health campaigns and training for frontline staff. and 20% will go towards gambling research, to help inform future policy and regulation. the government says it will also introduce stake limits for slot machines — capping prices per spin at £5 for adults over the age of 25, and £2 for 18—to—2li—year—olds. the proposals have been welcomed by ryan's dad. there's so many times where gamblers have turned arou

josh simons, nigel farage on gb news also the leader of reform uk party, 4 million votes in the electionlp broker that relationship. should sir keir starmer accept that offer from nigel farage to mend that fence with donald trump? >> well , i've that fence with donald trump? >> well, i've heard nigel say that on gb news before and i think he underestimates you know, there are people in the foreign service, there are people in our defence and intelligence establishment who worked with the united states and the american defence and intelligence establishment all the way through the trump presidency. britain knows how to find partnership with america , find partnership with america, regardless of nigel farage's help. and i think you know, david lammy has been working on that relationship , and i very that relationship, and i very much hope now that it will bear fruit in trade and in defence and security policy, when it's badly needed. and we all need that. >> by the way, they are our closest ally . the red light is closest ally. the red light is flashing across the world. there are a number

and he also gave a shout out to reform uk leader nigel farage. >> he was the big winner of the last electionin the uk and he's a very spectacular man, a very highly respected nigel farage. >> in other news, dozens of migrants who have been stuck in the chagos islands may now be offered the chance to be transferred to the uk following legal action. some 61 asylum seekers have been living on diego garcia since october 2021 after being rescued at sea by royal navy personnel. the government has previously opposed bringing the group to the uk and legal battles have been fought for years over their fate . but in a letter today, fate. but in a letter today, government lawyers said that following further consideration, the government had proposed a change of policy . and two more change of policy. and two more cases of a potentially deadly strain of the m pox virus has been detected in the uk. it comes after the uk health security agency said last week that a single case of the m pox virus variant, clade one b, had been confirmed in london following a trip to africa. the agency has now announced two

the reform uk mp lee anderson has been ordered to apologise in the house of commons for his behaviourr. prince william was speaking in cape town ahead of the earthshot prize awards ceremony tonight, where five projects will win prizes of £1 million each. from there, our senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. earthshot in south africa, it's personal for you. earthshot in south africa, it's personalforyou. i earthshot in south africa, it's personal for you.— personal for you. i love this continent — personal for you. i love this continent and _ personal for you. i love this continent and spent - personal for you. i love this continent and spent many l personal for you. i love thisj continent and spent many a personal for you. i love this - continent and spent many a year looking around exploring it and really thrilled to have the reception and the exuberance and energy in this room tonight at earthshot in south africa. i’ee earthshot in south africa. i've heard a lot — earthshot in south africa. i've heard a lot from _ earthshot in south africa. i've heard a lot from you - ea

the reforms coming through we put through the reforms in july we will consult in far reaching reforms in the ukless than 10% of the people in the uk seek advice per year. we are looking at how we can radically change that and how people can access investments to deliver returns. the reforms around pensions are moving fast as well as the chancellor announced yesterday >> now, i know the fca is doing a lot of work when it comes to changes. i would like to get your thoughts on where you are and what's latest because i was reading how there was not a lot of support for the name and shame -- well, reshape of the rules. what i would like to understand and i believe you said you are going to come up with new proposals in the next week or so how different will this proposals be from the ones you highlighted thus far >> what is to get the right balance here and we maintain our ability. it is important that it can have an impact on firms and impact on small firms. an actual fact, 60% of our investigations are for unregulated firms. scams and financial crime. those can be fast moving investigations where

here in the uk, chancellor rachel reeves is planning what she calls the "biggest pension reform in decades pension schemes into a handful of "pension megafunds". the council pension funds currently have investments worth around 354 billion pounds. reeves is keen for the uk to follow a similar pension model to canada and australia. in those countries, pensions of local government workers are pooled into a handful of funds, which make big investments around the world. separately, the government also wants to set a minimum size limit on defined contribution schemes in the private sector, which manage around £800 billion of investments. as faisal islam reports. after a chilly reception from some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy.

in the uk, chancellor rachel reeves is planning what she calls the "biggest pension reform in decadeshe economy. the government wants to merge the uk's 86 council pension schemes into a handful of "pension megafunds". the council pension funds currently have investments worth around £354 billion. reeves is keen for the uk to follow a similar pension model to canada and australia. in those countries, pensions of local government workers are pooled into a handful of funds, which make big investments around the world. separately, the government also wants to set a minimum size limit on defined contribution schemes in the private sector, which manage around 800 billion pounds of investments. as faisal islam reports. after a chilly reception from some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schools and hospi

michelle fleury in new york, thank you for that. l here in the uk, chancellor rachel reeves is planning what she calls the "biggest pension reforman attempt to boost the economy. the government wants to merge the uk's 86 council pension schemes into a handful of "pension megafunds". the council pension funds currently have investments worth around £354 billion. reeves is keen for the uk to follow a similar pension model to canada and australia. in those countries, pensions of local government workers are pooled into a handful of funds, which make big investments around the world. separately, the government also wants to set a minimum size limit on defined contribution schemes in the private sector, which manage around £800 billion of investments. faisal islam reports. after a chilly reception from some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schoo

uk hit record levels in 2023. this happened by design, not accident. policies were reformedce is to step away from presenting masterchef while allegations of historical misconduct are investigated. a former soldier who escaped from a london prison has been found guilty of spying for iran. a "world first" social media ban for under—16s has been passed by the australian senate. and how a "baby bouncer" helped this tiny penguin walk again. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain's prime minister, sir keir starmer, has accused the last government of running a "one nation experiment in open borders", after it was revealed net migration

compromise on physical space but also on some of the progrowth reforms including business tax cuts, which the country needs. now to the uk of the post office is set to be announced in the next few hours. the organisation is the subject of a long—running inquiry into the horizon it scandal, in which hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after faulty software made it appear money was missing from their accounts. so what do we know? the bbc understands that 115 loss—making branches wholly owned by the post office could be closed. these sites in city centres, known as crown post offices, employ around 1,000 workers. in addition to this, hundreds ofjobs are under threat at the group's headquarters. the post office is looking at whether another operator could take on the branches instead. the post office's new chairman nigel railton will brief staff on wednesday on the outcome of a review launched earlier this year, aimed at putting the business on a firmer financial footing. there is lots more on the bbc web site and bbc news app — and of course we will be following the latest developments when the details are a

the uk finance minister unveils the "biggest pension reform in decades" — designed to boost the country'sstors try on its turnaround plan. welcome to business today. i'm tadhg enright. let's start with disney, whose blockbuster hits such as deadpool & wolverine and alien romulus have helped the media giant beat market expectations with its fourth quarter results. revenues at disney's entertainment unit, which includes film, television and streaming, more than doubled to $1.1 billion during july, august and september. the streaming video service, disney plus, has now got more than 122 million subscribers, exluding india. that's a gain of 4.4 million from the previous quarter. the subscriber numbers were boosted by increased efforts to crackdown on password sharing. 0ur north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, joins us now. always worth remembering, disney accounts for so many different parts of the entertainment industry, whether it

honestly, he's sounding tougher on immigration than reform are the cost to the uk of all this?migration is extortionate. the total amount spent on hotels and support for asylum seekers ballooned to £5.4 billion in the last year. kemi badenoch this week said that britain isn't a hotel. well, no kemi, because people pay to stay in a hotel. anyone who can get to britain gets to stay here for free. and the government's own figures show that the average low earner, who came to britain aged 25, cost the government more overall than they pay in. from the amount they arrive, each low skilled migrant will cost the taxpayer over half £1 million over the course of their lifetime. mass immigration also exposes the lie of net zero. when someone moves from the third world to britain, their carbon footprint increases hugely. someone moving here from the congo will see their carbon emissions increase by up to 100 150 times. that's an insane increase. so the quickest and easiest way to reduce carbon emissions is to close our borders. but the same people who want to increase government power and

reform. i hope if the bill passes that the uk will also belong to that list.reach of even the best palliative care. i also don't believe if this bill finally becomes law that it will create a slippery slope. as the member for sutton coldfield said, in oregon, terminally ill adults had legal option for assisted dying for more than 25 years and not once has it been expanded to include other groups. i won't. it been expanded to include other groups. iwon't. every it been expanded to include other groups. i won't. every year, it been expanded to include other groups. iwon't. every year, around 650 terminally ill people take their own lives. countless others who are more affluent make the choice of the long, arduousjourney more affluent make the choice of the long, arduous journey to switzerland, all without any protections in place. i don't want a choice to only be available to those who can afford to pay. that is not just or equitable. finally, just like many other private members of�* bills that have gone before, that have looked to bring about social reform suc

lymm , in a new lord howard of lymm, in a new report, has claimed that uk human rights laws introduced by tony blair are in need of reformve empowered the courts over parliament. this comes as italy suffers similar problems with its albanian migrant plan. 1 in 8 migrants sent to albania has been returned to italy on the grounds of poor health after a battle with the courts. this fundamentally gets to the heart of the issue. lord howard has pointed out. who ought to decide these matters judges or democratically elected politicians? well, i'm joined now by my feistiest panel. the telegraph columnist tim stanley , telegraph columnist tim stanley, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. and, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner . and, amy, let amy nicole turner. and, amy, let me come to you first, because surely the highest protector of human rights is democracy. >> yeah , but i think democracy >> yeah, but i think democracy and an elected parliament can certainly survive scrutiny and other checks and balance. and i think that's what the human rights act really is. it provides important checks and balan

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herself reform uk's party candidate for the mayor. elections in lincolnshire.ior political correspondent at the daily express christian cowley and political commentator andy williams. good evening. panel. andrew sven special. good evening to you. you've had a day and a half. i've been naughty again, ben. >> what are you busy? >> what are you busy? >> causing trouble. you explain your big decision then. when did your big decision then. when did you decide it? when did you speak to nigel and the team? yes. tell us about it. >> i mean, yeah, i haven't. so this is an exclusive. when all the conversations started. actually, ben. so, i mean, obviously, as we know, i was talking before the election, but i believe in being loyal to the party and the fact that you got elected with that 1523 00:09

i'll be joined in the studio by reform uk's rupert lowe, who spoke up on the issue in parliament earlier today to discuss this thorny topic. and it's been a bad start to the week for sir keir starmer, as the viral petition demanding a general election has now surpassed over 2.3 million. after just a few days, was only launched, in fact on wednesday. after just a few days, was only but will the online rage have any real world impact whatsoever? and the prime minister dismissed any calls for a general election earlier on today. but he didn't himself push for vehemently for a second brexit referendum. yes he did. sir keir starmer wanted a second roll of the dice when the election result didn't suit him, and also donald trump is sensationally set to remove all transgender people from the us military as soon as his first day back in office, sources have revealed. is this a political move from the president elect to keep the right onside , or keep the right onside, or a necessary step to ensure a strong defence force, as global tensions, of course, continue to rise? and nigel farage claims the

we'll bring you this live latest here on gb news and nigel farage has reform uk today announced it hasmashed the 100,000 membership barrier and then sensationally unveiled former tory minister dame andrea jenkins as their latest big name defection. and she blasted the tories are a sinking ship. but it wasn't all rosy for reform because today their former deputy leader , ben their former deputy leader, ben habib, dramatically quit the party, claiming he'd been banned from speaking at events. i'll speak exclusively to ben habib on today's show and that's all coming up in your next hour. on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive our. on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive on . on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive on gb broadcasting for you live on gb news from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show , the prime uk. on today's show, the prime minister will speak to the nafion minister will speak to the nation shortly . in a short while nation shortly. in a short while on the day it was announced that net immigration h

the reform uk leader has offered to become the middleman between the uk and the us, saying it is thed the us, saying it is the it is in the name of national interest. however, the labour party has said that it's unlikely to accept the offer. but why? why on earth wouldn't you? and maybe they won't actually have any choice. i can't wait to see this david lammy and donald trump i've got to pull up right now on x, cast your vote then at 340 worldview, where we'll be crossing over to the us to speak to the host of the us to speak to the host of the politics people podcast, paul duddridge, where he'll be talking all about the democrat leaders who are mounting a resistance to the trump administration. all of that on the way, as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . so the king gbnews.com/yoursay. so the king has led the nation in a two minute silence at the cenotaph this morning to mark the armistice of the first world war and all the other conflicts involving british and commonwealth forces and members of the royal family and senior politicians laid wreaths

that's the reform uk mp for great yarmouth, rupert lowe, and i'm also joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. rupert, let's start with you. you've been nibbling away on trying to get crime data published and also benefits data universal credit, that was last week. why do you want this data published and what do you think it will tell us? >> well first of all, martin, so the viewers understand as an mp you can ask 20 questions a day of the government, which we've worked out fairly quickly, that we should use, and we we're nibbling away, trying to effectively ask a question and then ask another question and fill the gaps in and try and get as much of the data as we can. i mean, my view on this is that the british public deserve to have transparent, honest data. you know , good government is you know, good government is transparent government and ultimately it's the british taxpayer who's paying the bills. and in my world, he who pays the piper calls the tune. and i think it's very important that we get honest, accurate data. and interestingly, when angela eagle answere

reform uk the maga cap. you wore. >> so yeah . so what we did, we >> so yeah.what we did, we reached out to the manufacturers of the maga caps and asked for a small sample size done in the reform colours, so it was rather fun to wear that to the rally. and by the way, donald donald thought it was terrific. love the hat. incredible thought it was ter

whilst reform uk, of course has five.ow is that a snub that keeps the big parties in charge or is it just a case of keeping to the rules ? a case of keeping to the rules? so tonight i am asking you should nigel farage have been allowed to lay a wreath at the cenotaph? let me know by tweeting hashtag farage on gb news or email farage @gbnews. .uk . well, let's introduce my .uk. well, let's introduce my panel now and i'm joined by the former spokesman for reform uk, gawain towler, and the gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. gentlemen, welcome very much to the show . may we very much to the show. may we start with that clip of john king, the world war ii veteran who turned 100 today. we had him in the studio earlier on an astonishing moment. absolutely beautiful . let's have a little beautiful. let's have a little listen to john king. >> well, the first thing we've done, we went up to ancona and we fired torpedoes into the harbour, and it wasn't very long before they got out of range. so we scarpered out there

and the leader of reform uk, because that is not your job. reform uk, because that is not yourjob. you're not an ambassador. you're not an advocate for trump in britain . advocate for trump in britain. and also he needs to be very wary because if you should ever create a paper trail where you're seen to be operating to the detriment of the british government, whether or not it's your party or not, [000:09:16;00] [000:09:16;00]

the reform uk member of parliament for ashfield.joining me today, we've got senior political consultant susan evans and our left in the corner . he's susan evans and our left in the corner. he's back former labour mp bill rammell. thanks for coming bill. look there's only one thing we can talk about this week and that's the us election. trump is back. will he make america great again, susan? and will he be a force for good across the globe? >> well, i think he's definitely going to be a force. but when you compare him to what the alternative could have been, it's quite interesting isn't it? you've got 50% of people in this country are really excited about the fact that trump is back. the other 50%, it's a bit like post brexit referendum in 2016. they're crying over their cornflakes , spilling their cornflakes, spilling their coffee, absolutely horrified at what's going on. interesting. just looking at my own personal facebook page, it's like mixed, you know, you've got half people showing this picture of the statue of liberty crying

i've got zia, yousef, the chairman of reform uk, and luciana berger, the former labour mp. so all of that and more. but first let's get the 6:00 news headlines from . 6:00 news headlines from. >> michelle, thank you. and a very good evening. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom . business secretary gb newsroom. business secretary jonathan reynolds said it was a very difficult day for luton after the owner of vauxhall announced plans to shut its van making factory. vauxhall owner stellantis has announced plans to shut the plant, putting more than 1100 jobs at risk. the luton site is expected to close next april. stellantis, which also owns brands including citroen, peugeot and fiat, said it would combine its electric van production at its other uk plant in ellesmere port. stellantis added that it hopes to transfer hundreds of jobs to the other plants. rules imposed to speed up the transition to electric vehicles in the uk partly drove the decision, the company said. a unite spokesman said the proposal that has been tabled today has been a complete slap in the

reform uk leader the balcony. reform uk leader nigel farage slams the establishment for not being able to lay a wreath at the cenotaph yesterday, as the rules states parties must have six mps to take part in the ceremony. elsewhere, former prime minister bods elsewhere, former prime minister boris johnson speaks to patrick christys tonight at 9:00 pm as he addresses migration numbers surging during his premiership. take a listen. >> but never forget it was we who controlled it because we took back control with brexit and in future years we can say no. ho. >> no. >> the one you've all been waiting for. i bet world leaders are heading to azerbaijan for cop 29. the annual un climate meeting to tackle climate change. but will a donald trump presidency threaten their green ambitions? talking of trump, he gets tough. it's understood the president elect has warned russian president vladimir putin not to escalate the war in ukraine. in a post—election phone call . phone call. very good morning to you. thank you for your c

and the leader of reform uk, because that is not your job. reform uk, because that is not yourjob. you're not an ambassador. you're not an advocate for trump in britain . advocate for trump in britain. and also he needs to be very wary because if you should ever create a paper trail where you're seen to be operating to the detriment of the british government, whether or not it's your party or not, in the interest of a foreign government, that's a treasonous position to be in. >> treason. adam brooks. treason for nigel farage. no, that's. >> i think that's ridiculous. at the end of the day, i'm not for a foreign power in intervening in our democracy. but the idea that giving the chagos islands away was a democratic decision is ludicrous. parliament was not asked. it was not scrutinised through parliament. >> so they will be doing that in 2025. >> yeah, but the decision was made to give this away. so at the end of the day this is an asset of the country . this is the end of the day this is an asset of the country. this is an asset of the country. this is an asset of the people of the

on today's show, nigel farage reform uk leader, took on the government today as the leader of reform appeared to be doing the work for donald trump as he implied that the us president would have the power to veto the chagos island handoven >> they went toe to toe in parliament and on the same tickle, reform mp rupert lowe has sensationally claimed that over 3 million immigrants have claimed universal credit since 2019. now the figure comes from a department of work and pensions whistleblower and on today's show, i will reveal the astonishing cost to the british taxpayer. it's unbelievable. and donald trump's war on woke just went nuclear because trump has appointed elon musk to help flamethrower thousands of woke civil servants, saving billions of dollars plus his new defence secretary will urge woke generals to bite the bullet. is it time we did the same here in britain? well, trump is due to meet joe biden within the next hour and we'll bring you that live as it happens . yesterday, live as it happens. yesterday, the archbishop of canterbury was forced to resign after the john smyt

one person who does have concerns actually is reform uk leader nigel farage.ere's what he said to gb news on friday. >> so there are people that die in the most appalling circumstances. as an mep, i was lobbied on that issue more than any other during my 20 years there, so i completely understand why people want this to be law , but i need a lot of to be law, but i need a lot of convincing that it won't be abused. >> and that's the joy that this is not it's not a party issue. it's a very personal issue . and it's a very personal issue. and it's a very personal issue. and i think it is good that we debate it. we discuss it. i hope lots of mps come on that friday and listen to the debate. and it's not being rushed through, but when i look at my postbag from constituents, it is meaningfully in favour so far. and we'll see the no doubt, you know, there's lots of lobbying on both sides, as you would expect. >> now, mr farage, there was referring to appalling abuses. and again, bringing back to canada, gb news went to canada to toronto, spoke with people involved in

there was a reform uk council win.arage very clear that their target for the next year or so is to really smash those local council elections next year. there was a by—election in march will in wyre council county council last night. borough council. sorry where reform won with 38.6% of the vote, overturning a labour majority who lost 15 points. labour they were down 15%. the conservatives were down 27% and reform won the seats with 38.6% of the vote, so reform gain from the tories. >> yeah, well, listen, you know and well, susie sent a message in with regard to nigel and reform and she said nigel doesn't need to help starmer. why should he let starmer and crew carry on making their own mistakes as they have been? i'm just waiting for them to implode. that's what's going on. but with regards to all of that, in terms of wales reforms, the welsh conference is taking place in newport today. >> yes. and ahead of that, nigel farage's speech a bit later on the reform uk leader said his party will target the 2026 senate elect

nigel farage says the sky is the limit on his ambitions for reform uk.arty leader spoke to the reform welsh conference this afternoon and called on supporters to join his people's army and to help the party organise and mobilise the party organise and mobilise the uk. farage also said the uk must roll out the red carpet for trump, and that he will help to mend the fences between the labour government and the incoming trump administration. speaking on the state of the uk , speaking on the state of the uk, farage had this to say we are in societal decline where crimes like shoplifting are now almost ignored, where class a drug use is completely out of control. >> and yet the instincts of a labour government are to ban us having a cigarette in a pub garden , while the prince of garden, while the prince of wales says he's looking forward to playing a role at the cop, 30 un climate change conference in brazil next year. >> prince william has just ended his trip to south africa , his trip to south africa, staging his earthshot prize environmental awards. now s

reform uk leader spoke to the party's welsh conference this afternoon and called on supporters to joinple's army and to help the party organise and mobilise the uk. farage also said the uk must roll out the red carpet for trump, and that he will help to mend fences between the labour government and the incoming trump administration. speaking on the state of the uk, farage had this to say we are in societal decline where crimes like shoplifting are now almost ignored, where class a drug use is completely out of control. >> and yet the instincts of a labour government are to ban us having a cigarette in a pub garden . garden. >> and end nearly 2000 fake paddington bear items worth more than £15,000 have been seized in a crackdown on counterfeit merchandise. nearly 2000 fake items have been confiscated from shops across notting hill, where scenes from the paddington bear film franchise were filmed. a trading standards raid in portobello road recovered 1500 fakes, including tote bags, that were being sold for £10 each. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news head