it's 933 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood. on your tv , your tom harwood.your tv, your radio and. this is my last briefing of the year. i'll be popping up briefing of the year. i'll be popping up next with other bits of content. but this morning show you won't be back your screens until the 3rd of january 2023. it's been incredible and unpredicted . ball 2022. not sure unpredicted. ball 2022. not sure how many will remember it as their favourite year, but it's certainly been a year. three prime ministers. four chancellors. five aged commission secretaries . i could commission secretaries. i could go on war in europe. is in durham and arguments over the legality of take one fixed penalty notice for past prime minister . penalty notice for past prime minister. one fixed penalty notice for past prime minister . one fixed penalty minister. one fixed penalty nofice minister. one fixed penalty notice for current prime minister . and covering politics minister. and covering politics here right across the uk . here right across the uk. questioning those who are runn

now it's back to the briefing with tom harwood . briefing with tom harwood. good morning. it's 933 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio. now first this morning, britain's economy grew by 0.5% between september and october . between september and october. this is in a rebound from a 0.6% construction over the previous month. over the last three months as a whole, the economy fell by nought point 3, putting us on course for recession . us on course for recession. well, the chancellor, jeremy hunt , has well, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has warned that there are tough times still ahead for the united kingdom . these figures united kingdom. these figures confirm that this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world. and it will get worse before it gets better . but we have a plan that better. but we have a plan that will more than halved inflation over the next year. and if we stay the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need . while the that we need. while the chancellor's speaking there, let

back now to the briefing with tom harwood . with tom harwood. good morning.t's 934 and this is the briefing with me tom harwood. on your tv and, your radio. well, first this morning, both parties are setting foundations for the next election. despite it being two years away, candidates elections are already taking place at pace. now one such candidate selection for the labour party caught our for eye all the wrong reasons. this week , councillor reasons. this week, councillor dominic beck has sat on rotherham council since 2011. he has been selected as the candidate for the river valley constituency , a seat that's been constituency, a seat that's been held by labour in every election. save for the last one. well why is this controversial ? well why is this controversial? well, in 2015, beck resigned his council cabinet position in the wake of the rotherham child abuse scandal. the resignation came after david lewis cases in dependent report found that the council had been in denial over its failings over protecting . its failings over protecting. 1400 girls

tom harwood . moving on to the tom harwood. wealthy donor gifte d £7 million wealthy donor gifted £7 million to durham university has cut off his cash over , he says, is a his cash over, he says, is a rise campus wukari. the former benefactor mark hillary will not reconsider his decision until the university get their free speech house properly in order. well, let's speak now to benjamin jones case officer at the free speech . thank you for the free speech. thank you for joining us this afternoon, benjamin. first of all, what's been going at durham university . in been going at durham university. in with various cases of free speech being suppressed for free. in fact , across the free. in fact, across the country. dealt with dozens and dozens of universities . but dozens of universities. but durham university, i'm afraid to say steve was we have 14 people in the last couple of durham university felt that free price patel could be punished, investigated or penalised in some way for expressing their views. oxford university is in

me tom harwood. today we're exploring enormous issues in our first the migrant crisis . first the migrant crisis. secondly, the strikes afflicting country. and third, where it leaves our politicians in the polls . we'll explore all of the polls. we'll explore all of the headunes polls. we'll explore all of the headlines headlines. polls. we'll explore all of the headlines headlines . what a very headlines headlines. what a very good morning. it's 9:31 am. rosie wright. keeping you up to date on gb news. the nurses union says the health secretary will have to carry the can if patients suffer as a result of strikes. they are seen as threatened further industrial in the new year if ministers don't respond to their demands. within 48 hours of tomorrow's walkout. the health secretary, steve barclay, says he's open to talks with unite ahead of the strike action this week. but that the government will not budge on pay- government will not budge on pay. the onus on unions pay. he's put the onus on unions to

good happy boxing day and welcome to today with tom harwood and olivia utley. now britain's face serious travel disruption this boxing day as railway workers go on strike again amid a dispute over pay later on in the programme we'll be joined by the presenter of how clean is your house, aggie mackenzie, who'll be giving us top tips on how organise top tips on how to organise house after those festive celebrations. plus will debating will all of with the will be all of this with the political i'll be a man conor that's all coming up after a look at the latest news . tom and look at the latest news. tom and olivia, thank you very much. good morning and happy boxing day. it's 10:01. and i'm good morning and happy boxing day. it's10:01. and i'm bethany elsey , the gb newsroom. at least elsey, the gb newsroom. at least 30 people are believed to have died as a result of a severe arctic freeze that continues to grip of the us and canada . grip of the us and canada. officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo in new york , amid the snow , ice and york, amid

and welcome again to today with tom harwood and olivia utley. we're in for bev turner here on tv news . so here's what's we're in for bev turner here on tv news. so here's what's coming up today on the program. rishi sunak has been warned by ex prime minister theresa may not to water down, modernise slavery laws to make it harder to claim asylum in the uk. but with the number of cross—channel migrants hitting nearly 46,000. should the pm stick to his plan .7 the pm stick to his plan? meanwhile, the met office has issued stark weather warnings for the month ahead with predictions that it could be the snowiest january for 12 years. this all, of course comes as at least 57 people have died in the states after a huge snowstorm has plunged the country into chaos. has plunged the country into chaos . award winning chef and chaos. award winning chef and restaurant chas elders and he will be cooking up a storm in the studio show him what you can do with all those christmas leftovers. and, of course , the leftovers. and, of course, the show is nothing wi

up next, it's tom harwood with gb news the great tom harwood news live, the great tom harwood gb newsyou're gb news live. i'm tom harwood it. and here's what's coming up today. uk house price inflation continues to soar as cities the north usurped the capital's price rises in the past few years . we'll get the latest years. we'll get the latest figures from nationwide wide and the is recording more casualties ever but instead of haemorrhaging blood they're haemorrhaging blood they're haemorrhaging with new research highlighting record highs of doctors considering

let's get more with our political correspondent tom harwood tom , correspondent tom harwood tom, questionsto be writing a book as well , quite a speaking tour to be writing a book as well, and indications that, of course, he may be looking at a more lucrative time outside parliament. yes, well, i think it seems that boris johnson has decided he can have his cake and eat it, too. he will be going on these speaking tours and making his money, writing and indeed books , whilst serving as books, whilst serving as a member of parliament. of course, it's something that many people have done before in the 20th century. there are many examples . members of parliament who had to sit , wrote books and did to sit, wrote books and did speaking tours whilst were members of parliament. not least perhaps boris johnson's political hero, at least winston churchill, who he was a backbench mp told the united states of america, giving indeed coining the phrase in one famous speech in the united states, the iron curtain speaking to speak in the us president at time, saying from stettin in the baltic to trieste

it's 934 and this is the briefing with me tom harwood on your tv and your radio .ow to this migrant boat radio. now to this migrant boat that has capsized in the english channel last, that has capsized in the english channel last , throwing dozens of channel last, throwing dozens of people into the water. gb news understand there were 47 people on board and at least three unknown to have died . well, our unknown to have died. well, our homeland security editor white joins us now down the line. mark, first of all, exactly is the lay the land here. all we certain that there are people who have lost their lives .7 well, who have lost their lives? well, the information that we've received from our sources certainly suggests that there are at least three fertile to at the moment. and there may be more. the coast guard helicopters are searching along with documentation from border force . the locals include force. the locals include fishing boats. the royal navy . fishing boats. the royal navy. they're all involved in this active search and rescue operation. it's now mor

i'll be standing in for tom harwood this morning and bringing you all the latest from the world of politics. but first, to your morning first, let's go to your morning news . a very good morning . 9:31 news. a very good morning. 9:31 am. rosie wright let's get you a.m. rosie wright let's get you up to date. further strike action has been announced on the railways over christmas as union leaders rejected offers to end their walkout . the rmt isn't their walkout. the rmt isn't happy with an offer from network rail of an 8% pay rise over two years. members will walk out for eight days this month for times next week, and then from christmas eve until the 27th. antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep a, infections as a preventative measure. the education minister, nick cave, told gb news it's one of their opfions told gb news it's one of their options to manage the infection in schools. with the reported case, nearly 700 more infections are reported in one week in november, compared to the same time last year. eight children have died from the infections since septembe

happy christmas it's 933 and this is the briefing with me tom harwood on your tv and radio. now this morning, as strikes are once again crippling the nation, we've asked in our gb news people's poll what the country as a whole makes of them . well, as a whole makes of them. well, of yet more rail strikes today with the rmt union members walking out until the end of saturday. we asked whether the british people support ongoing industrial . and just under half industrial. and just under half , 44% said yes , while 29% oppose , 44% said yes, while 29% oppose the strikes outright . 14% say the strikes outright. 14% say they neither support nor oppose. but interestingly , 77% of labour but interestingly, 77% of labour voters support the strikes , voters support the strikes, while only 20% of conservative do. perhaps is the crucial question . however, when asked question. however, when asked who they support , who they blame who they support, who they blame for the strikes. 37% of brits blame the government, while only 28% blame the blame the trade unions . well, joining us now fo

it's1934 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio .l, first today, it's radio. well, first today, it's a briefing on the results of last night's biala action. the city of chester was held by the labour party with an increased majority following the resignation of chris matheson, mp following those sexual allegations , matheson won the allegations, matheson won the seat for labour with 50% of the vote in 2019 and this new mp, samantha dickson, increased this share to 1% at last night's. well, our north west of england reporter sophie reaper spoke to voters in the constituency about their voting priorities yesterday. i'd like to see the town a lot cleaner than it is . town a lot cleaner than it is. and also there are too many empty shops and they need to be filled to improve the environment and to. unfortunately reduce the dependency on motorcar. unfortunately reduce the dependency on motorcar . they've dependency on motorcar. they've got to ensure that rents and rates are right for the town. so because it's a leisure and commercial cent

is breakfast on gb news with and tom harwood . but news with and tom harwood.re's what's leading the news this morning. here's what's leading the news this morning . 25,000 ambulance this morning. 25,000 ambulance workers walk out this morning in the first of two. one day strikes. the health secretary steve barclay's urged the public take extra care during the strike . warning nhs plans won't . all strike. warning nhs plans won't. all nurses begin a second consecutive day of strike with

with tom harwood amy rosie wright . 's leading the news. this morning. 25,000 ambulances, workers will walk out this morning in the first of two, one day strikes . health secretary day strikes. health secretary steve barclay has urged the pubuc steve barclay has urged the public to take extra care during the strike, warning nhs plans won't cover all 999 rcn. we're willing to give national exemptions in terms of the nurses strike but the gmb unite and unison have not been willing to do that. and obviously that creates a lot more volatility in terms of the contingency plans we put in place . well, it comes we put in place. well, it comes as begin a second consecutive day of strike action. the second set of action with thousands of appointments at risk , and appointments at risk, and billionaire elon musk is announced that he will resign as twitter's ceo. the suit is find someone quite foolish enough to take the job at. it follows the billionaire's pledge to abide by a twitter poll that saw 57% of the participant vote to re

with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio . now, first this and your radio. now, first this morning, the united kingdom economy shrank by more than was first thought in the three months to september. revised office for national statistics data also showed that output fell by 0.3% compared to a previous estimate of 0.2. might not sound like a lot, but just how significant is this? the growth figures for the first half of 2022 have been revised down. it's not a pretty picture as we enter the year ahead and potentially a recession with the next quarter of growth . well, next quarter of growth. well, i'm delighted be joined now by the economist and co—founder and co—director of regionally and online investment environment. justin urquhart stewart joins me in a blog video. good morning . in a blog video. good morning. are we doomed? i know we're not doomed, but we are going to be. there probably will be a recession and all these figures are constantly being revised and changed. we've probably been in a recession for some a recession actually for some time, but rec

and it is 930 for here on the briefing me tom harwood on your tv and your radio.l, let's dive straight in first this morning, our top story is these continuing across the public sector , 25,000 the public sector, 25,000 ambulance staff in england and wales go on strike today after , wales go on strike today after, talks between the government and broke down. now the health secretary, steve barclay , has secretary, steve barclay, has urged the public to take extra care, adding that unions have made the conscious choice to inflict harm on patients . now, inflict harm on patients. now, i put a question to the health secretary myself a little earlier today. let's have a listen. do you want to ask? you've said today that the royal college of nursing has actually worked with you to provide exemptions , whereas the gmb unit exemptions, whereas the gmb unit and unite have been more intransigent. you've said that there could be a material risk of harm to patients . threat to of harm to patients. threat to pubuc of harm to patients. threat to public safety . why then are yo

it's 930 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio . well, last night gave the radio. well, last night gave the levelling up secretary approved the planning inspectorate decision to go ahead with new coal mine in cumbria. decision to go ahead with new coal mine in cumbria . the coal mine in cumbria. the decision, which had been over for years , has been for years, has been controversial for some . the controversial for some. the shadow business and energy secretary ed miliband responded to the government's approval with this owning a new coal mine . marks the death knell . any . marks the death knell. any claims this government has climate leadership and it won't provide the sustainable jobs. we we should be going full pelt for the clean green jobs . the the clean green jobs. the future. but rishi sunak is so weak being pushed around by his backbenchers that you just can't deliver what will turn up for the book. so we through the looking glass now the labour party opposing new coal mines and the conservative party approving them . it's

it's 933 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio.irst today, 10,000 nhs nurses will walk out for the second time in less than a week in a protest over pay. this comes as the government prepares for last ditch talks with health unions to stop ambulance workers and paramedics from joining this wave of industrial action. earlier we spoke to the minister of state for health and secondary care, will quince. he said this. my message to the unions is clear. these these strikes are unjustifiable and unnecessary. the government accepted the pay review bodies, recommendations in full. air strikes ought to go ahead that it's important that patient safety is the priority for the unions as it is for the government, and that that's got to be ensuring that the most serious call outs for ambulances. so count one and two, for example , are covered on two, for example, are covered on strike day . well, the prime strike day. well, the prime minister said earlier this week that number ten is 4% offer for is both appropriate and fair. it is, after all, w

it's1933 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio .ow, not your tv and your radio. now, not content with chairing a meeting of the national policing board yesterday. today the home secretary and indeed policing minister chris philp are holding a roundtable in downing street with police leaders. we're told it will focus on the operational response to criminal gang miller protest tactics . and we all know protest tactics. and we all know what that means. the prime minister has reportedly been furious at the inability to deal with small numbers of environmental protesters, break the law, smashing windows , the law, smashing windows, throwing paint and stopping roads, causing millions in economic damage. so what is the answer here? and can operational changes to how the police engages with these kind of lawbreakers really sort this problem out? well, peter blakesley is former scotland yard detective and joins me in the studio now. and peter, it's interesting to look here at the operational side of things the government has often talked abo

it's1933 and this is the briefing me tom harwood on your tv , your radio.l on your tv, your radio. well chancellor jeremy on your tv, your radio. well chancellorjeremy hunt is set to chancellor jeremy hunt is set to launch major reforms . the united launch major reforms. the united kingdom's financial services sector with plans to rip up tape and replace many eu regulations. branded as the edinburgh reform arms, they'll be announced in the scottish capital, the second largest financial centre in the united kingdom . in truth, these united kingdom. in truth, these are rebranded version of what the truss administration was describing as the big bang 2.0. so might rishi sunak be more radical than we expected? after all, elsewhere this week, the mp juuan all, elsewhere this week, the mp julian knight accused the tory party of denying his right to a fair hearing after being suspended sexual assault allegations along with the suspension of the mp conor mcginn from the labour party. this now takes the total number of independent mps to 15. a larger group than the

it's 933 and this is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your radio. now to news first in today's show. yesterday we, of course, heard the latest inflation numbers down a little, but not a lot. some 11.1% to 10.7. well now, today at noon, the bank of england will release its latest interest rates decision. traditionally it has been monetary policy that it's been monetary policy that it's been the primary responsibility for controlling inflation , which for controlling inflation, which means interest rate rise is. but this government has said they want to create the conditions for lower interest rate rises through tighter fiscal policy , through tighter fiscal policy, which we would see through wage and spending restraint. the chancellor has, of course, continually said that inflation remains the number one enemy. that makes everyone poorer. and yesterday , he added, getting yesterday, he added, getting inflation down so people's wages go further is my top priority . go further is my top priority. well, let's make sense of this now with our economics an

listening to that is all political correspondent tom harwood who joins us in the studio. en on the prime minister from within his party to forward with this anti to move forward with this anti strike legislation . but that has strike legislation. but that has been really difficult. boris johnson promised this a few days ago, but not just boris johnson. this has been conservative manifesto since 15. that's when david cameron first promised a sort of a piece of legislation that would require minimum service obligations from essential services. this is legislation that many european countries have , in particular is countries have, in particular is a model the conservative party was looking to copy and then be clear in the health service there will be minimum service provision. when the strikes go ahead. there will of course, this more to with the this is more to do with the railways and the sort of services have be services that have able to be more down in their entirety by these union actions. but clearly we saw that during a deal was done between david cameron and some of

it's 933 and this is the briefing with me , tom is the briefing with me, tom harwood on your tv and your. well, the prime minister, rishi sunak, is facing labour leader sir keir starmer at prime minister's questions today. this will be also be the first pmqs that snp mp stephen flynn will be asking questions as the new leader of his group. following, of course, ian blackford resignation last week and there'll be plenty to talk about too. the prime minister is being urged to expedite it and strike legislation as ambulance workers become the latest group to announce industrial action this month and backbenchers have forced two big u—turns in the landmark levelling up bill. well let's talk it all through now with the deputy political editor of the daily mirror , ben glaze. of the daily mirror, ben glaze. and ben . firstly, if you were and ben. firstly, if you were keir starmer, what would be the big question you'd ask of the prime minister today? i think we can expect sir keir starmer to raise the contrast. that's now when hindsight is starting to look a bit dodgy. some of that, i mean, we'

well, that's talk to our political correspondent tom harwood this morning, tom.o narrow . not yet, really. we narrow. not yet, really. we haven't seen much of a rishi bounce. this was the big promise of rishi sunak becoming prime minister turning around those dire poll positions that the tories found themselves in under liz truss. yet a whilst certainly there have been some benefits in terms of what the market reaction has been . market reaction has been. there's been some stabilisation. there's been some stabilisation. the value of the pound has has risen a bit, although to be to be fair, the value of the dollar has fallen. so that may well have played into that. more so in terms of where public opinion is . 21% for in terms of where public opinion is. 21% for the in terms of where public opinion is . 21% for the conservatives is is. 21% for the conservatives is about where they were getting under the former prime minister. and so conservative mps will be looking at this result and thinking , looking at this result and thinking, gosh, looking at this result and

and joining me now is political correspondent tom harwood tom.oday about the strikes as this pressure builds builds ? as this pressure builds builds? well, there's certainly huge amount of pressure building, building, asking the government to do really what it said it would be doing for the last, gosh, seven years for the first time, it was in 2015 manifesto that the conservative party promised to bring in. what's called minimum service requirements on essential services such as the railways. now these rules would mean that a minimum of service would have to be delivered, no matter whether or not a strike was voted out for that would be a legal requirement. this is legislation that is in place in several european countries that lower level of strike disruption than we see in the uk and yet has been reported the last few days that david cameron did a grubby deal with some of the unions to not implement this promise legislation back in 2016 in return for these unions support saying the remain campaign some supporting a vote for the uk to remain wit

bethany, thank you very much indeed to raising the tone by trying to forget all about tom harwood jumper and tie a few today. and if you were hoping to travel to see family or planning to head into town for a shopping spree, well, you may think again , having may want to think again, having seen news bulletin. yes, seen that news bulletin. yes, we seem for more travel seem set for yet more travel chaos. seem set for yet more travel chaos . members of the rmt, of chaos. members of the rmt, of course, walking out once again in continuing dispute over in their continuing dispute over pay in their continuing dispute over pay conditions. and it's pay and conditions. and it's brought of britain's brought all of britain's railways stand still today. railways to a stand still today. even special airports services such as heathrow, gatwick and stansted express trains, they're not running well. it's all having an impact, not running well. it's all having an impact , rather, not running well. it's all having an impact, rather, on our roads. the air warning that more than 15 million cars are expecte

another load of tom harwood all over. another load of tom harwood all over .hat's the over. but that that's that's the way free speech kind of work what's coming to it. there are two aspects that come into it . two aspects that come into it. misogyny has become the word of the moment. okay and i absolutely take take against . i absolutely take take against. i do not believe that my column is misogynist . they do write about misogynist. they do write about it. oh i got to welcome bill along would write about about men i mean it it is preposterous but it's a kind of it's a kind liberal thought process and i think it's very tough for columnist to write in in you can write what you like on on social media i mean if the tableau that i get poured on me honestly by kelvin going to put some shirts up but i mean it because i need to go over to sam. all right. thank you very much. stuff some some look i got the i got the i get this is playing meghan and harry's hands okay should the anger if there is any be directed at the commissioning editor of the sun for writing thi

let's get more with our political correspondent tom harwood at westminster. sh chambers of commerce sort of waving a bit of a red flag over this ? it certainly is this is a this? it certainly is this is a gripe that many businesses have. well, just over of those surveyed by the british chambers of commerce have with what's called the uk eu two. trade and cooperation agreement. now was the agreement that was struck after the withdrawal agreement . after the withdrawal agreement. it guarantees zero tariffs, zero quotas for eu trade. but not the only part of trade . you can only part of trade. you can easily of exchange goods or indeed services with the eu without them being taxed. but will have to fill in some form forms. it's the regulatory barriers that these companies or , at least some of these companies, are struggling with. and it is the case that, for example if you want to export food to the european union, you need that signed off by vet because the eu recognise the safety of the food in the united kingdom it's the most circumstance that british chamber

tom. so a harwood. hello there, tom.get too excited . things are sure to get excited. things are sure to get much worse. yeah, there are a lot of complicated factors here in the last three months, of course, it's been an unusual time for the country, not least a slowdown in economic activity. in september driven by the consequences of the death of a monarch. of course , that bank monarch. of course, that bank houday monarch. of course, that bank holiday that we saw in september is estimated to have reduced economic activity by 0.3. half of the reduction across the entire month. and of course we're looking at this three month period in the round the united kingdom reducing its economic output by 0.3. this looks like we are on course for getting on for two quarters of negative economic growth. so over the next three months it's expected we'll see a similar contract and that will officially put this country into recession . of course, there are recession. of course, there are other countries around the world who have alread

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with us now is political correspondent tom harwood tom, just explain to us how the legislation's changedne or not? very complicated , yes. this is about complicated, yes. this is about who gets to decide whether someone is legally recognised as transitioning from one gender to the other. up until now, this was a medical process , a process was a medical process, a process with several stages and quite a lengthy and indeed costly process for people . now, these process for people. now, these reforms that have taken place in scotland have been voted on, not yet received royal assent, and we'll get to that later. but these that have been voted on in scotland, now make that a more streamlined process . take the streamlined process. take the medical issue out of it and say that the person who ultimately gets to sort of make the decision in terms of who they are is the person concerned? this is the law in ireland as it stands. it's the law in belgium as it stands. but there are lots of countries, of course, where it isn't. indeed, the conservative government was pursuing this sort of reform in

our political correspondent tom harwood on the political aspect with rishi sunak .ld stage and in particular with an issue boris johnson did so well on. of course, terms of support for ukraine. yes, it's interesting because rishi sunak has always been a very domestic policy focussed politician. all of his previous portfolios in government have been focussed on the domestic economy . he, of the domestic economy. he, of course, was chief secretary to the treasury and then chancellor. he's someone who has lived abroad, who an international outlook but hasn't really been tested in terms of foreign affairs. it was one of the sort of weaker points of his dunng the sort of weaker points of his during the leadership election over the summer where of course liz truss the serving foreign secretary had a big play on on china and on ukraine, on russia and all of these points which sunak tried to sort of develop a bit of foreign policy over that , but it never really and so he has now been on a couple of foreign trips of he's visited kyiv, he's met zelenskyy in he's been, of cou

well, let's talk to our political correspondent, tom harwood, who's here. morning to you, tom.t? it's certainly not, no. it's a very different from the historical context we've seen with strikes . now, if we with other strikes. now, if we think back to some of the seismic strikes that happened under margaret thatcher's premiership example 1984, premiership for example in 1984, the miners strike was only supported by 33% of the population , many more people on population, many more people on the side of the government in that dispute. well, it's entirely reversed this time around when it comes to those walking out at the moment in our poll, we can see 33% on the side of the government, rather than those going on strike. so it's a really difficult situation, really difficult situation, really for everyone to find themselves in. i think everyone is feeling the cost of living pressures that we're seeing right now and the issue is that if you look at it through one side of the ledger, clearly people feel like everything's going up. people need to have these pay rises . so just to st

this is breakfast of tv news this morning with tom harwood and meat rosie wright.e barclay, will meet with today a last meet with unions today in a last ditch attempt to avert walkouts with paramedics and ambulance staff . the nhs bosses have staff. the nhs bosses have warned that strikes will mean patients who've suffered strokes or heart attacks could be denied. ambulance as health minister will quince told us, all of the strikes, they are unjust, unjustifiable and as i said, the government accepted the independent pay review body recommendations in full. it comes as around 10,000 nurses begin their second 48 hour strike in less than a week. the prime minister used a trip to the baltic region to urge european allies to maintain or boost military support for ukraine. rishi sunak also met with british troops in estonia. he praised them for their selfless dedication and bravery and the first bank notes featuring the face of king charles have been revealed by the bank of england . the the bank of england. the portrait will appear on the five, ten, 20 an d £50 notes a

see both here and up next, the tom harwood with the briefing . next, the tom harwood with the week, ir shift unless you include the drive, the travel, the drive to the gig . you've got to drive to the gig. you've got to drive back from . newcastle the other back from. newcastle the other day, treacherous anyway a tiny one day and out the news the other and we can all have the fill us in initially before we have a broader discussion on what the living heck is going on with the labour party. okay so dominic back. this councillor has been selected as the next candidate for the labour party in the river valley seat for next general election. it's currently owned by a tory mp next general election. it's change. but you can't i think it's ridiculous of ordinary people like me to say to him, do this, get rid of him, because it's not our job. you know, he's it's not ourjob. you know, he's a king. he's also the father to harry. so he's only sorry. is anyone. harry. so he's only sorry. is anyone . so basically, and a 4% pay rise in 2023. mp oliver dowden says all strike should be called off. i

tom harwood, the political correspondent at ten downing street.abour mp stephen pound and also kezia dugdale former conservative mp . good former conservative mp. good morning edwina. can i just read this to you to start with, they and andy prendergast , who is the and andy prendergast, who is the gmb national secretary, has said that health workers have had enough of public school boys who run the government and simply don't care about their pay demands . this to some extent, demands. this to some extent, a class war going on. no, it isn't bad. good morning. it's a conspiracy . and i you know. and conspiracy. and i you know. and stephen, i. i'm not normally a conspiracy theorist , but a conspiracy theorist, but a number of very people in the trade union, some very, very old fashioned with some marxist or communist sympathies , use one or communist sympathies, use one or two of them , people who also, of two of them, people who also, of course, are funding the labour party and have always done so. these people have put their heads together and sai

and welcome again to today with tom harwood and olivia utley.gram. rishi sunak has been warned by ex prime minister theresa may not to water down, modernise slavery laws to make it harder to claim asylum in the uk. but with the number of cross—channel migrants hitting nearly 46,000. should the pm stick to his plan ? the pm stick to his plan? meanwhile, the met office has issued stark weather warnings for the month ahead with predictions that it could be the snowiest january for 12 years. this all, of course comes as at least 57 people have died in the states after a huge snowstorm has plunged the country into chaos. has plunged the country into chaos . award winning chef and chaos. award winning chef and restaurant chas elders and he will be cooking up a storm in the studio show him what you can do with all those christmas leftovers. and, of

and isabel webster tom harwood. i could on. we've got a dream, line—up. what about ?estly, i know everyone i've got like, you know, i've got a fan fan club at home. listen, trying pull the gb news talent lots more to get through my mark guest is next and don't forget the at 1030 sharp don't go anywhere . well there's some tough love coming on email for the royal couple for harry and meghan who have released promo the trailer for their documentary which is a called harry and meghan. this from trevor meghan has a mentality geared to wrecking people's lives just like her own life. harry will catch on in the future to this wrecker. very, very strong words there . dear very strong words there. dear mark carole , numbskull harry mark carole, numbskull harry needs to grow up and leave his horrible wife. blood is thicker than water shame on him at what cost? you know, i like. i want to balance things out . it wasn't to balance things out. it wasn't meghan markle's decision to create this whole situation i mean might be that she drove it . it all happened on prince harry's wat

and isabel webster tom harwood. i could on. we've got a dream, line—up. what about ?ua honestly, i know everyone i've got like, you know, i've got a fan fan club at home. listen, trying pull the gb news talent lots more to get through my mark guest is next and don't forget the at 1030 sharp don't go anywhere . well there's some tough love coming on email for the royal couple for harry and meghan who have released promo the trailer for their documentary which is a called harry and meghan. this from trevor meghan has a mentality geared to wrecking people's lives just like her own life. harry will catch on in the future to this wrecker. very, very strong words there . dear very strong words there. dear mark carole , numbskull harry mark carole, numbskull harry needs to grow up and leave his horrible wife. blood is thicker than water shame on him at what cost? you know, i like. i want to balance things out . it wasn't to balance things out. it wasn't meghan markle's decision to create this whole situation i mean might be that she drove it . it all happened on prince harry

tom harwood briefing in harwood here the briefing in just go good morning. just a moment.and a frosty start to your friday morning. a shot in places scrape at the ready because we've got snow and to contend with over the next few days you can see the next few days you can see the blues across the map indicating that we've got very cold air in place . the winds cold air in place. the winds coming down from the arctic, so several degrees where we should be for this time of year. now we've got ice warnings in across parts of wales, the south—west of england and many eastern counties of england and scotland. through this morning also got a snow and ice warning across scotland. we see across scotland. we could see 2 to 5 centimetres at lower levels , more over the higher ground. but the sun gets to but once the sun soon gets to work that, we see plenty of work on that, we see plenty of it through the day. and those ice warnings tending to fade away through day with away through the day with further in to further showers feeding in to these western coasts exposed to these wester

coming up though it's tom harwood with the briefing good morning. alex briefing good morning.et office. a bit a foggy start office. a bit of a foggy start in places, staying fairly damp, misty and across the misty and murky across the south. today we're further north. we should see some brighter low pressure is brighter skies, low pressure is moving away from the north, hence why it will be drier than but further south. we've got a whole host of weather fronts just gradually in bringing outbreaks , rain and drizzle outbreaks of, rain and drizzle across a good part . england and across a good part. england and wales eastern areas starting dry. but it is, as i say, quite misty and murky, some fog around, on some around, especially on some higher, brightest guys for scotland northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. but northerly winds setting in bringing more showers across the far north of scotland, falling as at times across the as snow at times across the northern isles. no chance of that. further south it'll be rain and drizzle because it is really . 1112 degrees real

but coming up next, tom harwood with the briefing. a great weekend .also

and up next, it's tom harwood.t's from mark white, the boat that's capsized channel good capsized in the channel a good day. good morning. i'm alex deakin this your latest deakin and this is your latest weather from the met weather update from the met office. of you waking up to office. some of you waking up to a of snow places a covering of snow in places it's frosty start again and it's frosty icy start again and we have met office warnings we do have met office warnings in place. here's the big picture. low pressure to the north and the southwest. this one is trying to introduce milder air, but it's not really succeeding. we stay in the cold air for at least the next couple of days. a couple of weather fronts enhancing snow fronts enhancing the snow showers. northern scotland down across parts of eastern england. so some weather overnight so some wet weather overnight across southwest a bit across the southwest a bit of snow in places here and quite icy. first thing this morning, ice is a risk wherever we've had

and up next tom harwood with the briefing . got to be paid for. rise. and i think my goodness, why should somebody get 16, 17% in the health service? ten, 11? i think for the for the railway workers. i think in my goodness, you know, we're like i say three or 4. and they're becoming hyper racist because they're told to focus on their race. so we've got bureaucrat bureaucracies internationally making money off it, and then we've got another generation coming up who are going to be able to behave normally in society . check out normally in society. check out alex marshall's brilliant article in the spectator. alex, we'll see you in a week's time. coming up, all high energy pnces coming up, all high energy prices here to stay. and why are so many people dying at the moment ? they shouldn't be. and moment? they shouldn't be. and why don't the media care more moment? they shouldn't be. and record. then we could compare what harry and meghan have to say with what their staff have to say. that just seems fair to me. dan it would be absolutely fascinating

but coming up next, it's tom harwood in libya at the in the bev turner. the north. let's take a look at the details. a mixture , sunshine and showers across the south—west of england. these showers blustery and heavy at times, feeling a little colder than recent days with temperatures closer to average across the southeast. it's dry and bright with plenty of prolonged sunshine while breezy on the coast. blustery showers will move eastwards across wales. these occasional lead turning wintry over high ground with brighter spells at times a generally dry day for most the midlands, but plenty of prolonged sunshine, some blustery showers may affect western and northern areas for staying dry for across north—east england with plenty sunshine although at risk of a few wintry showers over high ground temperatures struggling to reach about four or five celsius. wintry showers will continue to move eastwards across most scotland with snow falling over any high ground. breezy particularly on the coast . those in ireland will see a day of sunshine and showers. these