the mayor of london, sadiq khan. with us. okay.me back to gbn tonight with me, emily carver and a very happy new year's eve to you at home. now, fury today has erupted after london mayor sadiq khan was knighted in the king's new year's honours list. now sir keir starmer has been accused of rewarding failure because, among other things, knife crime has increased in the capital city by 50% since sadiq khan took office in 2016. now, the london mayor has also been responsible for rolling out the controversial ulez scheme in greater london, which a lot of people say is hitting the poorest workers the hardest. and why exactly does sadiq khan, who often talks about decolonising things? he likes to change street names if they're if they're not deemed politically correct? he wants to decolonise our statues and everything like this. why does he want to accept such an award? but let's speak to the reform london assembly member alex wilson, who criticised the decision, calling it yet another kick in the teeth to hard working londoners. he join

more police. >> well, here's the reality, sadiq. there is one rape every hourin sadiq.here is one rape every hour in the capital. he gave away about £1 million to diversify the public realm. grants of up to 25,000 are being made available for community led groups that wish to remove and replace street names, building names, memorials in their area that reference figures responsible for slavery and other events of oppression and colonialism. well, i mean, he's big on the threat of the far right, isn't he? >> i'm really proud of what our police service has done, not just over the last 24 hours, but the last few weeks. yesterday, more than 1000 police officers are making sure our communities were safe from the threat of the far right. we know from across the country that they're trying to spread violence, racism and hatred. >> meanwhile, anti—semitism from the pro—palestine mob was just allowed to run amok, wasn't it? get back, get back! well, he was very quiet about that. and, you know, i wonder why. well, he's never missed an opportunity to virtue signal. >> london is a

do you think sir sadiq khan has got a certain ring to it, ben?> yeah, well, i mean, i don't know what that ring is, but i did a tweet earlier on today saying that i wasn't shocked by his knighthood. after all, tony blair got a knighthood and tony blair got a knighthood and tony blair was, in my view, guilty of not just being an awful prime minister and doing huge. to this country. he launched what i would call an illegal war and is guilty of crimes against humanity. we all naturally are worried about the death toll in gaza, but the death toll that the united states and the united kingdom jointly delivered in iraq on an illegal premise that they had weapons that they could get to the united kingdom within 45 minutes was absolutely horrendous. i think it was pushing a million people. so we shouldn't be surprised when someone who hasn't actually done anything particularly remarkable is given a knighthood. i say i would say sadiq khan absolutely does not deserve one. obviously knife crime is up. as you've mentioned the ulez thing 61% increase in knif

so sadiq has gone. it's not the sadiq people would want to go, but it's a different one.it's tulip siddiq who's just 24 hours gone. >> i think the other sadiq has gone. >> oh, right. yes. you're right actually, yes. so just 24 hours after the pm insisted he had full confidence in her, in her tulip siddiq resigns over mail's corruption probe revelations. so how secure is the crisis hit chancellor? so they're basically saying chancellor next, largely because the prime minister said he had full confidence in her, which turns out to be a bit of a kiss of death. yeah. as we've seen, however, he has, you know, sue gray, who's louise haigh and so on. louis, i have full confidence in you. i'm not sure you can pass that on. >> would you would you tell the people what she did 154

sadiq khan has just been knighted. for what services?r turning london into a third world hellhole. and it's not just violent crime, is it? a total of 470,000 shoplifting offences were logged by police forces in england and wales in the year to june 2024. people don't care anymore. >> that's. up to them. >> that's. up to them. >> we've got tens of thousands of people on a terror watch list. 43 terror plots were foiled since march 2017. i'm sick of it. children being stabbed to death on buses. women being raped every hour in our capital city. armed police at christmas markets. you go into tesco, you just people filling their pockets up legging it. and it's non—stop isn't it. and meanwhile we have police investigating non—crime hate incidents and doing a macarena at a gay pride event. we shouldn't have to live like this. let's get our thoughts on my panel this evening. we do have broadcaster and columnist esther krakue. we also have political commentator and gb news presenter as well alice armstrong and journalist jonathan lees. esther, it'

is this sadiq khan's legacy? >> look at that knife, bro.n's got a shank on him, bro. >> big thing. look at that. look at that. >> our streets are totally out of control. >> plus, to talk about winter pressures on the nhs. and now winter is a 12 month period. there's no end to the constant waiting because ambulances should not be sat outside hospitals. >> when people are dying. it's another kick in the teeth for pensioners. labour refuses to rule out stopping free prescriptions. but. >> or you shut your mouth and look at my wand, loser. manny. >> civil servants on more than 100 grand a year have received £14,000 in bonuses for helping to bring in cuts to the winter fuel payments. on my panel tonight is broadcaster and columnist esther krakow, commentator alex armstrong and journalist jonathan lis. oh, and yeah, huge earthquake in nepal, sadly leaving at least 95 people dead. meanwhile, here in britain, well, trains are cancelled because unions tell their drivers not to walk through a bit of snow. get ready britain, here we go. guns, knives a

meanwhile, the newly appointed sir sadiq said he was truly humbled to receive the honour. in other news, tony blair's labour government pushed on with plans to open uk borders to eastern europe despite mounting concerns from senior ministers. that's according to newly released official files . the released official files. the national archives has published cabinet office files from 2003 to 2004, when tony blair was prime minister. the documents revealed the issue of immigration was top of the agenda, with senior ministers urging the then prime minister to delay granting employment rights to eastern and central european workers. when the eu expanded in 2004. but mr blair's government went ahead with the plans despite the warnings, and johnnie walker has been described as a broadcasting legend following his death, aged 79. it comes two months after the radio presenter called time on his 58 year career because of ill health. dj bob harris, who took over bbc radio two sounds of the 70s show after walker's retirement, announced his former colleagues death live on the station t

. >> the sadiq khan. >> the sadiq khan. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> i recentlyd mid—kent college, which serves my constituency of gillingham and rainham and where valuable construction skills are taught to young people. however, i was also informed that the college faces significant challenges in recruiting teachers to deliver those courses. >> does the prime minister agree with me that proper skills training and having the teachers necessary to deliver it is absolutely vital to growing our economy and building the homes we need for the future? and will he agree to set up a meeting with the relevant minister to discuss the recruitment challenges that some colleges face? >> the prime minister, mr speaken >> the prime minister, mr speaker, skilling up the next generation is, of course, vital to kick starting economic growth and our plan for change will rebuild britain by delivering 1.5 million new homes. that is why we have established skills england reforming our planning system and training the workforce. i will ensure that she gets the meeting that she wants wi

sadiq and starmer remain constituency neighbours and, we're told, friends.ons in bangladesh ongoing, they are unlikely to be ministerial colleagues again any time soon. joe pike, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us now from central lobby. henry, awkward questions for the prime minister over the now former economic secretary to the treasury. as you had, this is a story about tulip siddiq's family ties to a former prime minister of bangladesh. what i think we saw in the house of commons today is a reminder of the different close ties that tulip siddiq has to the current prime minister of the uk. he has doesn't go in for political friends but to the extent he does, he and ten, there are close. they came into parliament in the same year representing neighbouring constituencies. you could see that in the one where you spoke of her, despite what was at times a fairly critical report into how release yesterday even though they found she had not broken the ministerial code. when you look at the smorgasbord of issues which c

well, the shadow home secretary, chris philp, has weighed in on sadiq's resignation, accusing the primeinister of being far too slow to act now that the prime minister was far too slow to act. >> in this case, the independent advisers report say there are still a number of unanswered questions about the origin of some of these extremely expensive property properties that tulip siddiq somehow purchased. she had no visible means to do so. she herself claims to have forgotten certain information about how she came to own them. there are lots of unanswered questions about whether these properties are connected to tulip siddiq aunt's corrupt regime in bangladesh. >> in a first of its kind operation, three men have been arrested in iraq for allegedly running a global people smuggling network, moving migrants here to the uk and elsewhere across europe. one of the men is a 38 year old accused of coordinating the transportation of migrants via yachts. the other two men, one in their 40s, the other in their 30s, are accused of possessing financial transactions and gathering migrants for that netw

although if you turn your attention to the mail online this morning, it does say that apparently sadiq hidden messages attacking rishi sunak and the tories with his fireworks . anger at london mayor fireworks. anger at london mayor for politicising the london display. apparently the choice of the song why does it always rain on me was a little cheeky dig at rishi sunak and also the 1993 hit. things can only get better was a pro—labour anthem. >> apparently it's the anthem of the blairite era, isn't it? >> so was that a cheeky political spin there? >> i don't know. well, what do you reckon? i mean, from primrose hill, all i could see was a load of fireworks. really? so i don't feel like i'm in a position to say you didn't hear them. >> you didn't hear what was being said and things. >> yes, i didn't, i was, i was sheltered from it, but it looked good to me. i thought london always has great fireworks, i think. i think as usual we, we put the rest of the world to shame. >> i do feel a bit sorry for, you know, a lot of our towns and cities where they just got axed. i mean, was that maybe

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has called the stabbing heartbreaking and said it has no place in theity of london. it comes just a day after an unrelated stabbing left another 18 year old man fighting for his life in the same area. well, let's turn to the latest developments over in the united states, where a state of emergency has been declared as massive wildfires are sweeping through los angeles in california, forcing thousands to flee those flames, firefighters are battling fierce winds that are battling fierce winds that are turning homes into what can be best described as raging infernos. over 30,000 residents have so far been evacuated, with more than 13,000 buildings now in danger as the flames approach, and the latest pictures show neighbourhoods engulfed in flames as people abandon their cars and run for safety. with millions of californians on high alert, federal resources have been deployed to help contain the blaze and staying in the united states. president elect donald trump has suggested the us could use military or economic force to acquire greenland and panama canal

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has said, this heartbreaking violence has no place in our city.ycook, said he is deeply saddened yet another young life has been lost in our community. another young life has been lost in our community-— another young life has been lost in our community. another young life has been lost in ourcommuni . ., ., ~ . our community. graham, thank you. we will return as — our community. graham, thank you. we will return as there _ our community. graham, thank you. we will return as there are _ our community. graham, thank you. we will return as there are any _ will return as there are any developments on that story. four minutes past six. we have got some really dramatic pictures coming in from the united states overnight. that's right. los angeles has declared a state of emergency, after a wildfire exploded from ten acres to more than 2,900 in just a few hours. more than 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. 0ur la correspondent emma vardy reports. this is our live shot. you can see firefighters battling the blaze. we can show you one mo

well, sadiq khan has been forced to remove them. all of these billboards featuring a controversial islamic preacher. this was first exposed, of course, by . course, by. gb news. >> okay, well let's go straight over to westminster on the breaking news relating to the vote on grooming gangs. christopher hope take it away. >> hi, emily. hi, tom. that's right. it's going to get quite interesting this afternoon here interesting this afternoon here in westminster all afternoon on gb news. the speaker has granted the tory amendment to the children's well—being and schools bill. this means that there will be a vote on whether there will be a vote on whether there should be a national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal. the amendment, if it passes, would wreck this bill, which is other things in there, including with ensuring children can't be removed from school that would put at risk by an adult, and removing a legal new cap on school uniform costs. so it's a big bill. but this bill put down this amendment put down by kemi badenoch, the l