rishi sunak began with a 'oke, hour. rishi sunak began with a joke. saying. _ hour. with a joke, saying, when _ hour. rishi sunak began with a joke, saying, when did - hour. rishi sunak began with a joke, saying, when did the - joke, saying, when did the prime minister become a fan of fired rehire, which is part of the workers' rights package we are going to see tomorrow? he didn't dwell on the region in downing street. his focus was on the budget, which is three weeks today and will be the first labour budget for ia years. there is lots of speculation about what the chancellor may or may not do the job we know she wants to raise billions of pounds in extra revenue and rishi sunak tried to press the prime ministerfor some tried to press the prime minister for some clarity. tried to press the prime ministerfor some clarity. in the election, labour ruled out raising vat, national insurance, income tax and corporation tax. rishi sunak wanted to know whether the promise on promise on ni applied to employer and employee ni because there's been speculation the government m

rishi sunak may decide to pick up on that.mbers remain high. on sunday there was a new record total for the year, 900 small boats crossed over, attempted to make the crossing, and i think that brings to about 25,000 the number of people who attempted to cross the channel so far this year, so that could be an issue that rishi sunak decides to go on. issue that rishi sunak decides to no on. , to go on. something else attracting _ to go on. something else attracting a _ to go on. something else attracting a lot _ to go on. something else attracting a lot of - to go on. something else i attracting a lot of attention later today is the tory party leadership contest, the next segment, if you like, when three are reduced to two. bring us up to date with what's happened so far. i5 us up to date with what's happened so far.- us up to date with what's happened so far. is the big drama here _ happened so far. is the big drama here at _ happened so far. is the big| drama here at westminster today. the final stage of the tory mps' involvem

yes, i think it was. >> but was that rishi sunak? >> but was that rishi sunak?goof. and yes, i think he was badly advised, badly advised. i think he was badly advised. i think he was. i think he was well, what role did he play in your downfall? the role of the you know, one of the one of the, you know, one of the one of the, you know, he . he . he was a close know, he. he. he was a close colleague and friend who turned on me at a particularly critical time and i thought it was a mistake. it was it was worse than a crime. it was a mistake. and so it proved. >> so you think so? it proved you were still in power. you'd have won the last general election. >> i think we would have. i think we would have had a very good shot. yes, i think we would. i mean, you know, as i just just remind you, we were only a handful of points behind in the polls. nothing like the huge gaps that opened up and reform, which is, you know, we were discussing earlier. yes. was on zero. >> woo. well, i'm joined by a superstar panel to analyse that matthew laza eve pollard, james price and au

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but i thought that the former prime minister, rishi sunak , really minister, rishi sunak, really hadtopics to go on.the picking different topics to go on. the current prime minister with, and also sir keir starmer this time didn't make the mistake of referring to rishi sunak as the prime minister. he's obviously finally realised that that is him. >> yes, it has been quite, quite comedic to listen to the previous few prime minister's questions. where i think, i think, i think the prime minister did that six times on one occasion. but no, he seems to have learnt, catherine, as we speak, conservative mps or perhaps 120, maybe even 121 of them are voting up in the committee room, up in the committee room, up in the committee corridor to determine who goes out next, who are the final two candidates that go to the membership? it's really too close to call . close to call. >> it really is too close to call. there's three very nervous candidates in 50 minutes from now. two of them will be thrilled to bits, and one of them will be very disappointed indeed. now we don't know who is going throu

it's not correct. >> rishi sunak. >> rishi sunak. >> well we'll just bring you a quick breaking lineuick breaking line. we're heanng quick breaking line. we're hearing from northumbria police this afternoon a sadly a seven year old boy we now know has died following a large explosion in newcastle. that's according to the police force there. drone footage you can see here just shows that wreckage with the roof collapsed and debris strewn across the street. that blast took place just before 1:00 this morning, destroying a home, leaving three adults in hospital. at this stage, we don't know their condition. but as i say, we can now confirm that a seven year old boy has sadly died. residents there are being told to keep their doors and windows shut while road closures remain in place. the fire brigade are also still at the scene , checking the wreckage the scene, checking the wreckage of that home and dampening any flames that may still be there in that wreckage of the explosion. any more details on that? we will keep across and bnng that? we will keep across and bring to you? well, the

the opposition leader rishi sunak described the budget as "an enormous borrowing spree" that containsken promise after broken promise". our business correspondent emma simpson has this report. finally, the details. as the headlines came thick and fast, labour's first budget was big in every way. this is not a sort of budget that we would want to repeat, but this is the budget that is needed to wipe the slate clean and to put our public finances on a firm trajectory. today, we are fixing the foundations and ensuring that businesses and families can look ahead and plan for the future with confidence. but her budget began with £40 billion of tax rises — more than half of it from a 1.2 pence increase in employer national contributions from april, raising an extra 25 billion. the threshold on which firms start to make payments will be lowered, too. capital gains tax is also going up — that's the profit you make from selling assets like shares. the freeze on inheritance tax thresholds will continue until 2030, and inherited pensions will also be taxed. other measures include a new tax on va

yes, i think it was. >> but was that rishi sunak? >> but was that rishi sunak?i think he was badly advised. i think he was. i think he was. >> well, what role did he play in your downfall? >> the role of the you know, one of the one of the, you know, he. he . he was a close colleague and he. he was a close colleague and friend who turned on me at a particularly critical time and i thought it was a mistake. it was it was worse than a crime. it was a mistake. and so it proved. >> so you think so? it proved you were still in power. you'd have won the last general election. >> i think we would have. i think we would have had a very good shot. yes, i think we would. i mean, you know, we as i just just remind you, we were only a handful of points behind in the polls . nothing like the huge polls. nothing like the huge gaps that opened up and reform, which is, you know, we were discussing earlier. yes. was on zero. >> woo. well, i'm joined by a superstar panel to analyse that matthew laza eve pollard, james price and aubrey allegretti. thank you for remaining with me t

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i hope sunak doesn't hold back on free gean sunak doesn't hold back on free gear, keir.ly in it now. he's got one foot out the door. >> he was kicked around the despatch box so much by starmer he will look forward to it. and by the way, on football, the starmer's foot, 1 mean, i can't understand what it is with football. david lammy's fourth tickets to tottenham hotspur 2300 because he's getting the most free nosh and booze. rishi sunak as prime minister, used to sit in the stand at southampton with his mate . yeah, it's good with his mate. yeah, it's good enough for the prime minister. why is it not good enough for this prime minister? right. >> still to come this morning, top labour politicians have been accused of begging the police. that's right. begging the police to escort taylor swift to wembley with a royal style motorbike convoy. why does she need that? >> do you think they'd add any free tickets to the taylor swift concert? maybe they had. >> and if you were a police officer, you probably didn't need to be begged to drive her down the road, did you? let's be ho

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but yes, rishi sunak , indeed., the leader of the conservative party as it stands, he left the conference a little bit earlier. but there's an interesting poll out today which shows that actually rishi sunak is more popular now than keir starmer. how can that be? >> yes, it does sound fantastical, doesn't it? the idea that rishi sunak has a level of popularity higher than that of keir starmer, until you read the details of that poll, it's not popularity at all. it's unpopularity. what has happened is not that rishi sunak has gone into positive numbers. it's that keir starmer has sank even lower. so yes, by comparison, rishi sunakis so yes, by comparison, rishi sunak is now more popular, according to that poll, than keir starmer. but that doesn't mean either of them are popular. >> and jacob rees—mogg , our >> and jacob rees—mogg, our colleague, and of course, former conservative mp he's been making waves in the headlines again , waves in the headlines again, talking at conference about why the conservatives lost th

then rishi sunak government.k called an election before he called an election before he called the election, he made it illegal for anybody or anyone who had arrived illegally, couldn't claim asylum, which put the whole system into total staff . staff. >> that's part of it. but also we've got legal migration massively exploding the population as well. >> but, you know, some of these people could possibly be working. some of them might be trained engineers, carpenters , trained engineers, carpenters, electricians, it specialists, nurses. >> i suspect i suspect, i suspect very few. well no, no, i don't know. >> but i mean it's interesting we were talking about lebanon a little while ago, you know , little while ago, you know, there will be some sad reasons. there will be some. i remember when i was out there being dnven when i was out there being driven around by a taxi driver who was driving a taxi, but he was an engineer. >> but if we allow people to if we allow people to come illegally to work, goodness knows ho

the media watchdog said mr sunak was given an uncontested platform to promote policies when he appearedng was unlawful and will challenge it in the courts. alleged bribes of the former harrods owner mohamed al fayed say they are in contact with 421 people. at a press conference the legal team described it as the worst case of corporate abuse of women the world has ever seen. the new harrods owners have said previously that they were appalled by the allegations and have been investigating when any current members of staff were involved. let's take you back to spain and we are getting pictures live right now from over the skies in south—west spain and this is in the valencia region where there has been, as we know, devastating floods and we are hearing from local officials that there are 140 people who have died due to this flash flooding and we still think there are people unaccounted for, so the clean—up operation is under way. lots of mud and silt and heavy equipment has been bought in and not only are their rescuers operating, but members of the military, hundreds of soldiers deployed

. >> the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak .rishi sunak. >> mr speaker, tomorrow the government will publish their anticipated changes to employment law, given the weekend's events . given the weekend's events. given the weekend's events. given the weekend's events, when did the prime minister first become a convert to fire and rehire ? convert to fire and rehire? minister ? well, i'm i'm very minister? well, i'm i'm very pleased and proud that tomorrow, tomorrow , we will publish the tomorrow, we will publish the bill, which will be the biggest upgrade of workers rights in a generation. >> and that will do two things, mr speaker. >> firstly, it will give people bafic >> firstly, it will give people basic dignity at work and secondly, it will help grow our economy , something that the last economy, something that the last government absolutely failed on for 14 long years. >> the opposition. >> the opposition. >> well, mr speaker, when he talks about security at work, once again, it's one rule for him and another rule for everyone

trumps . tickets and sunak trumps.in a fresh blow to the prime minister. a new poll shows that more people now prefer rishi sunaks government to the current labour one. do you fall into that category ? a new tipping laws category? a new tipping laws come into force today. businesses are now banned from withholding tips or service charges from their staff. i thought presumably they already did that, but maybe they don't. are you a waiter or waitress? do you tip? do you understand how we should tip in this country? get in touch . get in touch. >> and of course, as ever, we would love to hear what you think. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward slash the seine. but first, here's the news with tatiana . news with tatiana. >> andrew. >> andrew. >> thank you. the top stories the israeli army says it's begun a targeted ground operation against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, with artillery fires reported in the southern parts of beirut. hezbollah has reportedly responded with artill

responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak.row and spend far beyond what they were telling the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they plan to do this all along. and here the reaction from others. we needed a different budget to repair the damage done . to our country and to give people the fair deal they deserve. - for our constituents, these benches will push the government to do . far more for our- economy, nhs and care. they are what liberal democrats will always champion. _ i think it's a missed opportunity, u nfortu nately. i was looking for the chancellor to introduce policies and a change to the taxation system that would create a fairer society and a greener economy. she inherited a very challenging situation from the previous government. however, despite the fact that it is a very significant budget in terms of tax rises, if we consider the increase to the provision of public services and day—to—day spending, it is still quite modest. this is the

rishi sunak�*s successor will be announced three weeks on saturday. chris is here now.o you make of it?— make of it? there was universal surrise make of it? there was universal surprise that — make of it? there was universal surprise that james _ make of it? there was universal surprise that james cleverly - make of it? there was universal surprise that james cleverly did | make of it? there was universal- surprise that james cleverly did not only make it over the finishing line but actually went backwards, there are theories as to why, with some suggesting not in any coordinated way but some mps who had backed him thought it was safe to vote elsewhere to try to knock out who they did not want to make the final two, only to see the person they had backed end up below the line and ends up getting knocked out himself. whatever did happen, but we now have is a run—off where if you regard yourself as a centrist within the conservative party or on the left, you don't have a barrier in the final two, you don't have a barrier in the finaltwo, robertjenrick you don't have a bar

responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak. the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they plan to do this all along. and here the reaction from others. we needed a different budget to repair the damage done to our country and to give people the fair deal they deserve. for our constituents, these benches will push the government to do far more for our economy, nhs and care. they are what liberal democrats will always champion. i think it's a missed opportunity, unfortunately. i was looking for the chancellor to introduce policies and a change to the taxation system that would create a fairer society and a greener economy. she inherited a very challenging situation from the previous government. however, despite the fact that it is a very significant budget in terms of tax rises, if we consider the increase to the provision of public services and day—to—day spending, it is still quite modest. this is the biggest tax rise in a generation. this is classic labour,

so we didn't like rishi sunak. he didn't like rishi sunak.mised now. but you can use covid as an excuse for that. but he hasn't actually got a very good track record in that sense, has he? >> well , sense, has he? >> well, certainly he would argue covid came along, war in ukraine came along all these huge issues that were pretty much all consuming. that stopped us following whatever the sort of brexit that this is the problem, isn't it? everybody had a different idea of what brexit was making the most of those opportunities. but, you know, bofis opportunities. but, you know, boris johnson will say , look, boris johnson will say, look, it's because of brexit that we had the vaccine rollout, we led the world in that we couldn't have done that within the eu . have done that within the eu. so, you know, it's difficult . so, you know, it's difficult. we'll never know what would have been. but what i think boris johnson did offer was hope and optimism. he was good at making people feel good about themselves and good about the country. now you can sa

prove this message that the uk is back on the world stage as a major engaged player, we know rishi sunakin world affairs, i think he has had to take part. and to my mind, going just a week after the election to the nato summit in washington was actually quite a good opportunity for him to have this showboating on the world stage. it was something of a golden boy i was really struck at the end of these trips, coming back to the back of the plane and having a chat, he really seemed pumped up and other diplomats told me that world leaders were queueing up to have the equivalent of selfies with him, asking him how he won so big and what's your tip. i think he felt really good about that arrival moment in washington. but as steve says, there have been multiple trips to the us, he probably had to attend the united nations general assembly put it again, rishi sunak decided to skip that and it did not go down well. but in the first 100 days, you do want to grip the domestic agenda and we know that has not happened. i'm not suggesting he should just have stayed here and be this pathetic— have sta

rishi sunak, when it came to rishi sunak, when it came to the fact that we were approaching an electionat rwanda wasn't going to pay off and he jumped ship and he thought he might have an opportunity at tory leader, and he may well do. but i don't think that proves that he is a man of integrity. and i would agree with what you said. i think he does play to both the right and the left of the party, or the right in the centre of the party, and i think he comes across as not very authentic, and i think that the membership will see that. >> well, that's why the gb news debate is so important. >> well, thank you. i'm so glad you came in. who wants it more? which of them want it more? ranil want it more now in 2024? which of them wants it more? >> i think rob probably wants it more. >> i think they both want it, but they're incredibly foolish to do so because they are not going to be the leader who wins the next conservative election. >> yeah, if i had to say who wants it more, i would say jeremy wants it more. no doubt about it. i think kemi badenoch would probably happily buy at a time, may

you see it with rishi sunak's resignation periods.s some resignation, honestly, some of the people who persuaded him to go for an early election will get knighthoods and bridges, for sure. >> well, let's talk to former labour minister ivor caplin, who joins us now. morning, ivor. is andrew right there? if you're useless, you just end up getting a thank you with a peerage and sit in the house of lords. is that what we're looking at here for sue gray? >> let's start . >> let's start. >> let's start. >> andrew's never right on most of these things. >> so let's just move on from there. >> and firstly you know what a great service that gb news did to those those those military men the other week. and to get that support in terms of, of this. look she's done a fantastic job for the labour party over the last. i don't know, 18 months or so. and i'm afraid it just didn't work out. and that happens. it happens in in conservative governments and it happens in labour governments of the past. and you just have to keep changing things. i, morgan m

responding in his last big moment in thejob, rishi sunak.t they were telling the country. and time and again, they denied they had such plans. but today the truth has come out — proof that they plan to do this all along. and here the reaction from others. we needed a different budget to repair the damage done . to our country and to give people the fair deal they deserve. - for our constituents, these benches will push the government to do . far more for our- economy, nhs and care. they are what liberal democrats will always champion. _ i think it's a missed opportunity, u nfortu nately. i was looking for the chancellor to introduce policies and a change to the taxation system that would create a fairer society and a greener economy. she inherited a very challenging situation from the previous government. however, despite the fact that it is a very significant budget in terms of tax rises, if we consider the increase to the provision of public services and day—to—day spending, it is still quite modest. this is the biggest tax rise in a gener

the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak , probed sir keir on rishi sunak, probed sir keir on whethertax rises were on the honzon whether tax rises were on the horizon in the upcoming budget. the tory leader, in one of his last pmqs, questioned the prime minister on if a promise not to raise taxes in the chancellor's budget applies to national insurance contributions from both employers and employees. here's what the prime minister had to say. >> we made an absolute commitment in relation to not raising tax on working people. he, of course, was the experts expert on raising taxes . and expert on raising taxes. and what did we get in return for it? we've got a broken economy, broken public services and a £22 billion black hole in the economy. we're here to stabilise the economy and we will do so while the prime minister also faced questions from the lib dem leader , sir ed davey, about leader, sir ed davey, about british fishermen in the falklands amidst the controversial decision to hand the chagos islands back to mauritius. >> sir keir said that the falklands, which are personal to h

rishi sunak�*s successor will be announced three weeks on saturday. correspondent at the spectator. you forjoining us. we were not really expecting this. the you forjoining us. we were not really expecting this.— really expecting this. the one thing that _ really expecting this. the one thing that is _ really expecting this. the one thing that is predictable - really expecting this. the one | thing that is predictable about this contest is it's in —— unpredictability we have seen three different contenders take the status of front right in her first robertjenrick then james cleverly and now kemi badenoch, a big shift in the contest as we head into the final two for the members. what ha--ens final two for the members. what happens next — final two for the members. what happens next and _ final two for the members. what happens next and what - final two for the members. what happens next and what are - final two for the members. what happens next and what are we predicting? it's pretty difficult to predict this one. it is. what we have scenes so far, on

shadow housing rishi sunak, the shadow housing secretary says the tories need to regain voters thatere lost to regain voters that were lost to reform and the liberal democrats. meanwhile, robert jenrick has outlined his vision for a smaller state and lower taxes , arguing that returning taxes, arguing that returning the spend on benefits to pre—pandemic levels could help a tax cut . well, from 7 pm. tax cut. well, from 7 pm. tonight, they will be making their pitches to tory members in a special programme moderated by gb news political editor christopher hope. you can, of course, catch all the action live here on gb news seven till 9:00 tonight in decision time. the race to lead breaking line to bring you from the westminster magistrates court this hour. former metropolitan police officer david carrick has appeared there facing a string of sex offences. the 48 year old is accused of indecent assault, rape, sexual assault and coercive control against a woman. he is also charged with indecent assaults on a girl under the age of 14, dating back to the late 80s in wiltshire. carrick app

only through that her rare sunak heroic efforts of a civilian nearby that this did not become a massacreble scale. while we confront terrorists on the ground hezbollah launched 320 missiles on young people. the holiest day for the jewish people. hitting a nursing home in central israel. today we're discussing the humanitarian situation in gaza while israeli civilians are being targeted daily by those who seek our destruction. the council has managed to convene just a single session at a hostages in 376 days a small adjuster considering the staggering loss we continue to endure. still so many council members barely mention the hostages as an afterthought if at all. rachel spoke of the conditions they found her son along with five other hostages who were executed by hamas with bullets to the back of their head. she revealed that "he had bullet wounds in his shoulder, neck and back of the head. he was found collapsed on his knees with 24—year—old hostage leaning on his lap. " throughout the title very dark and completely pitch black tunnel with no plumbing. time and time again must release

and by the way, the difference between keir starmer and rishi sunak, i think, is rishi sunak was able his own clothes and actually didn't take those kind of freebies, which was a criticism in itself. >> but but would he have even if he couldn't afford them? this is something about character, isn't it? i mean, just because you are rich doesn't mean that you wouldn't accept freebies. just because you're poor doesn't mean you would. >> exactly. and that's the thing. and look, you know, i think what people expect from their politicians is to deliver. and, you know, ultimately, yes, this story will pass on the labour party will be judged on their record. and it's their record that currently i think is still hanging around their neck. so in the budget, are they going to now because, you know, sue gray is gone. are they going to use sue as a mechanism to reverse cutting that winter fuel payment for example? that's something that is really going to bite people, not necessarily this internal party rail for too long, but we'll just have to wait and see. >> was it in sue grey's gift to tell the

we're not going to be ready for it, but tell us sunak will be responding. >> why?meline? >> in part, it's because we believe in having a suitable process in which people are battle tested. and i get all of that. i just think we've got it a bit wrong, and we should have learned our lesson from the sunak truss campaign, which took longer than liz truss was in government for. so we should have learned our lesson. and doing these things more quickly is sensible, and so that our conference should have been the launch pad for the new leader. instead, we're going to limp through to the budget period, and our response is going to be given by the outgoing leader rather than the new one. and i just think it's tactically a bit of a mistake. >> aaron, i think that's spot on. i mean, i would go even further and say that actually october 30th, isn't it, with the autumn statement that is going to be the single most important, budget this country has seen since the autumn statement from george osborne in 2010. it's going to be a real test of labour's mettle, and i think if they ge

remember rishi sunak against liz truss and the mps picked soon act but we membership picked liz trussg around the circuit, giving speeches and helping out. the trend has usually been that the membership tends to pick the more right—wing candidate. certainly james cleverly is not only not that, whether he goes against kemi badenoch robertjenrick, he has also got a real problem of having been very senior in the government has home secretary and of course immigration is one of the big issues members are so unhappy with and unhappy with the conservative record of the last 14 years in government. i think part of what has happened is james cleverly was a bit of an outsider, he was not the favourite for a long time. he has had a surge and i wonder if he makes it through to the final two, does that mean his record will be a bit more scrutiny? winker—macro just remind us what comes next. we are expecting the announcement this afternoon then goes out to the party membership. takejust through the goes out to the party membership. take just through the timeline. members will be allowed to vote an

mrjenrick, to become rishi sunak's successor. mr jenrick, who to become rishi sunak's successor.racted the most support from mps so far, is expected to call for a new conservative party if it wants to, quote, tackle the immense challenges that it faces . immense challenges that it faces. meanwhile, the prime minister travels to brussels today in a bid to improve relations with the eu and to bolster the security. the safety and prosperity of the british people . prosperity of the british people. sir keir starmer will visit for talks with european commission president ursula von der leyen about resetting britain's relationship with the european union. he aims to push for a better trading relationship and greater cooperation on defence and security measures. but he's also under pressure to agree to brussels calls for a deal on youth mobility to allow young eu citizens greater freedom to come to the uk to study and work. now, this morning, to the uk to study and work. now, this morning , judges will now, this morning, judges will hear a school workers appeal against her dismissal aft

i think labour people are still absolutely, just utterly bewildered that rishi sunak would embark onelection campaign. with the bow doors wide open , it was obvious doors wide open, it was obvious what was going to happen. the tory party capsized because reform took an awful lot of votes from them. and, you know, it's very difficult at this stage to kind of unwind all of that, to sort of say, look, can we do some sort of pact or some sort of deal, you know , because sort of deal, you know, because because nigel farage, you know, is incredibly critical of the conservative party for not making good on a lot of its promises when it's had the opportunity to do so in office and simply doesn't trust them to do it in the future. so it's very , very difficult for any of very, very difficult for any of these tory contenders to cut a deal with reform and try and get reform to kind of back off or go into some sort of abeyance, you know , reform is, you know, is in know, reform is, you know, is in this, i think, for the long haul and will compete very, very vigorously at the next general electio

and rishi sunak�*s mid pandemic tax rise. where will rachel reeves sit among her male predecessors?here we think her budget will stand, not far off the biggest tax rise in recent memory, expected to be about £40 billion per year. let's dig down on that. about half of that will be in the form of a rise in employer national insurance. not, say labour, part of their manifesto promise. the rest could come from capital gains, inheritance tax, may be fuel duty. it seems like a huge amount, but previous government did not leave enough cash in their day—to—day kitty for public services. they say there is a £22 billion hole in spending. £5 billion in manifesto promises, like nhs queues. and to end austerity, to protect all department budgets, from inflation. at least £16 billion per year. and this doesn't include one—off costs of billions for compensation for inflected blood and post office horizon scandals. the important thing is, whatever they spend down here will have to be matched by tax rises here, not borrowing. the chancellor's strict new stability rule. many details to look out for.

yesterday with 42 mp5. 120 mp5 come last yesterday with 42 mps. 120 mps voted, that is because rishi sunakid he wasn't going to vote in the membership vote. i am going to go straight to central lobby and join my colleague ben wright to get some reaction. quite a surprise given what we were just talking about, about how everyone seemed to be seen in westminster at that james cleverly was going to be one of the final two. flan cleverly was going to be one of the final two.— the finaltwo. can i “ust ed_ the finaltwo. can i 'ust erased from i the finaltwo. can i 'ust erased from the h the finaltwo. can ijust erased from the record | erased from the record everything i was saying to you before it cuts to bob blackman? what was fascinating was there were gasps in the room as that result was called by bob blackman. nobody here thought james cleverly was going to be knocked out. he seemed to have an unassailable lead and momentum. it is so important in politics, he had the momentum yesterday and yet kemi badenoch topped the poll with a 42, robertjenrick one votes behind with 41, james cleverly kno

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rishi sunak delivered his response. >> energy taxes up. business rates up.buyer stamp duty up. pensions tax up. they have fiddled the figures. this is the truth. they have fiddled the figures. they have raised tax to record levels. it is the working people of this country that are going to pay the price. >> if you are watching here in the u.k., coming next on bbc news, newscast with adam and the team. they are going to be answering your budget questions. everywhere else, i will be back shortly with the latest bbc news headlines. thanks for announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and stream the best of pbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: funding for presentation of this program

. >> leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. i thank the prime minister for advance sight of his statement today? >> is the anniversary of october the 7th. >> this modern pogrom , the worst >> this modern pogrom, the worst loss of life. jewish life since the second world war, was a horrendous reminder of the anti—semitism in our world and the existential threats that israel faces . israel faces. >> over the last year, many of the hostages kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october have been raped sexually abused, murdered and mutilated beyond recognition. >> and today, a year on, many still remain held by hamas and other terrorist groups. i think , other terrorist groups. i think, particularly today, of the british citizen emily de—man, who has endured a year in captivity across this house. i know that we join in saying, bnng know that we join in saying, bring them home. the situation in the middle east is grave. too many innocent civilian lives have been lost. it is right that this country continues to play its part in defending

sunak is going to have to do a response to that. i think it's absolutely ridiculous.ld to love know who he's got lined up for his shadow cabinet. i would also like to know who you would like to be up against. if he went through to the final two. and ultimately, i think robert jenrick might get it. >> yeah, i think robert definitely boring is he? >> i mean, goodness me, i mean that he is starmer mark two type really. i honestly think so. but i mean cleverly he's he's obviously been there. he's been in the position he's held these posts . he has in the position he's held these posts. he has got a certain amount of character with him. he's a salesman kemi badenoch as well. she's exciting. >> well, i mean, james seems to find it very difficult to answer a clear question, even though he's saying the same thing about kemi. so i don't think any of them are particularly good, but i do actually quite like robert jenrick, and i think i'd like to watch him during pmqs. >> why do you like him? well i think he's quite a strong character and i think he does care about national secu

he wanted to and he had to resign over it because he realised rishi sunak wasn't going to do it. >> well that's the thing, you know, a minister does have the power to really push things through and fair enough , he did resign. >> but ministers have much less power than you might think. anyway, speaking of tory leadership contenders , the leadership contenders, the remnants of kemi badenoch comments about maternity leave have come into the fore today, too. and here's a reminder of what she said. >> but what about things like maternity pay me? we have one of the lowest rates in the oecd of maternity pay in this country. changing that would probably help people make better decisions around family. do you think we've got the right level of maternity pay at the moment? >> so maternity pay varies depending on who you work for, but it is a function where it's statutory maternity pay. it is a function of tax. tax comes from people who are working. we're taking from one group of people and giving to another. this in my view, is excessive . my view, is excessive. >> well, speaking to gb news polit

cleverly robert jenrick and kemi badenoch are all appealing to members in their bids to replace rishi sunakll now whittle down to two candidates with tory members to vote on afterwards, with the winner being announced on the 2nd of november. and finally, the prince and princess of wales have met an aspiring teenage photographer with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. after inviting her to take pictures at william's windsor castle investiture ceremony. the princess, who has recently completed chemotherapy treatments herself and is a keen amateur photographer, was pictured hugging 16 year old liz from harrogate in a personal message on social media. william and catherine said a pleasure to meet with liz at windsor today. a talented young photographer whose creativity and strength has inspired us both. thank you for sharing your photos and story with us with those of the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm cameron walker. more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.

and finally, the rishi sunak.and finally, the prince and princess of wales have met an aspiring teenage photographer with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. after inviting her to take pictures at william's windsor castle investiture. the princess, who has recently completed her own chemotherapy treatments and is a keen amateur photographer herself, was pictured hugging 16 year old liz from harrogate. in a personal message on social media. william and catherine said a pleasure to meet with liz at windsor today. a talented young photographer whose creativity and strength has inspired us both. thank you for sharing your photos and story with us. well, those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm cameron walker. now it's back to nigel for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> good evening. now i know that two thirds of the country couldn't gi

i can also confirm that rishi sunak did not vote in that rishi sunak did not vote in that campaign.hard fuller, the party chairman, has voted in it and that's now happened. that's been. and so i think it's interesting what happens next. earlier i spoke to james cartlidge, who's a spokesman for the kemi badenoch campaign . the kemi badenoch campaign. james cartlidge, your candidate, has momentum i totally agree. >> i think actually it's a very good result because she's only one behind robert jenrick. >> obviously tom did a great campaign, but obviously there are 20 votes there now have to be reallocated. and so my key message is this i think kim has got a really good chance of getting to the final two. and if she does, my experience is she is overwhelmingly the members favourite and therefore a really good chance of winning. >> why is robert jenrick slipping back? he's down from 33 to 31 supporters. you're up , to 31 supporters. you're up, your team is up from 28 to 30. >> i think that's really important. it's about momentum and progress at this stage, isn't it? i just think that, yo

monumental figure of scottish and uk politics, leaving behind a lasting legacy for prime minister rishi sunakisagreed with him on the constitutional question, no design —— denying his skill in debate or passion for politics. may he rest in peace. nicola sturgeon, of course mr salmond's... mr salmond was her mentor for many years, she told us she couldn't avoid the fact there had been a fracture in their relationship, it would be wrong to. however, that doesn't take away from the fact that he was her mentor for so long and they were very successful partnership in scottish politics and did it in uk politics. those messages coming in thick and fast evening from all across the names of politics in the uk and beyond. mr salmond leaves so much of a legacy behind him. arguably the person provided scotland closest thought it looked like the yes campaign, encompassing all pro—independence forces, had the momentum, in the end it wasn't to be. 45%, the no vote got 55% and at that point mr salmond stood down as leader of the snp but his passion for independence has remained ever since. he founded the fir

the call for reparations was also dismissed last year by rishi sunak. you're live with bbc news.*s actions on the us presidential campaign trail. it has warned the tech mogul — his million dollar giveaway for registered voters in swingstates may violate federal law. that's according to our us news partners cbs. it comes after elon musk�*s political action committee said it was offering the prize money to increase voter registration — in a controversial move that some state officials warned, might be illegal. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik has the latest. the doj the d0] is declined to comment on the record and the d0] is declined to comment on the record and the the d0] is declined to comment on the record and the bbc the d0] is declined to comment on the record and the bbc has also reached out to the trunk supporting political action committee that elon musk set up for comment, and have not responded yet. but immediately after elon musk announced the sweepstakes, there was concern from democrat state lawmakers about the legality of it. in fact in pennsylvania, a democratjosh scha