tom, can harwood is with the people's panyhear away. he people's panyhear me? away. tom, can harwood is with the people's panyhear me? how y. tom, can harwood is with the people's panyhear me? how y. t> camilla again? yes, i can indeed hear you. and we've been talking you've had given us so much to talk about, not least michael portillo's comment just then about too many people like him in government. too many people who studied ppe at oxford or cambridge and errol, you seem to quite agree with that comment. >> well, you know, michael is a most wonderful fellow and i'm sure there are many like him highly educated. but my approach is from the business side is to look at an organisation to say what is the output that we require? a zero based require? adopt a zero based budget approach and say this is what we require . these are there what we require. these are there for the funds. not to say, oh, last year we had x amount, let's add 10. that's bake in add on 10. t

let's speak to tom harwood , our political to tom harwood, our political reporter.etail? hello, tom. can you give us a little bit of detail? what does this mean ? does this mean? >> well, this is a proposal because, of course, we know that the united kingdom has signed up to net zero by 2050. and indeed , we know that councils across the country have been trying to meet individual obligation zones, as well as reducing the sort of other toxins that are in the air at the moment. sort of other toxins that are in the air at the moment . we've the air at the moment. we've seen ulez schemes rolled out not just in london but proposed in manchester and cambridge in many cities across the country. and one of the ideas that is floating now is to tie those sorts of schemes and they're deployment with the approval of new housing. of course , this is new housing. of course, this is a fairly controversial we've seen how groups, particularly in london, have sprung up opposing these sorts of schemes. we've also seen an electoral result recently in cambridge, which saw a seat actual

with me tom harwood and today, emily carver. welcome to the show. >> emily i'm very happy to be here with you. >> tom it's going to be it's going to be a great show. >> i don't believe we've ever hosted together. >> we have never this is the first time on news we've first time on gb news and we've got much to talk about today. got so much to talk about today. some really big stories, but also question. some really big stories, but als> we've got a question for you at should we ban mobile at home. should we ban mobile phones i'm asking phones in pubs? i'm asking because one pub where because there's one pub where harry grew up cheshire harry styles grew up in cheshire that's called the strictest that's been called the strictest pub in england. now they're banning mobile phones along with other things . but mobile phones other things. but mobile phones is what thinking about is what i'm thinking about because friend here, because tom, my friend here, i m

my name is tom harwood and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. hang on to one of the seats in the by—election he would eat his hat because he thought there was absolutely no chance that the tories would win . there we go. voting over now. i will eat an item of clothing on air if the tories hold a single seat. and guess what, tom? >> what happened? the tories held a single seat. do you know what the really annoying thing is? a number of is? i've spoken to a number of tories , senior tories who've tories, senior tories who've been phone and knocking been on the phone and knocking on doors the week before, and they you know what, they were going, you know what, uxbndge? they were going, you know what, uxbridge? think we uxbridge? i think, i think we might i think we might. might do it. i think we might. and this is the worst expectations in the expectations management in the world. wrong world. there's something wrong with it. these people are just world. there's something wrong with it. knocking ople are just world. there's something wrong with it.

you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom harwood and ellie costello .ly to turn into a successful ivf pregnancy compared to if you do it in the autumn. >> well, joining us now to explain this is ellie daniel barnes . really good to see you barnes. really good to see you this morning. so tell us more. what is this connection with the summer and fertilise eggs when you're going through ivf ? yeah you're going through ivf? yeah thanks for having me. >> i think some things to take into consideration is the vitamin d levels . when we are vitamin d levels. when we are spending more time in the sun, having longer days , we're more having longer days, we're more likely to have have sufficient vitamin d levels , which is vitamin d levels, which is really important in sperm and 999 really important in sperm and egg production as well as sperm and egg quality. the other thing thatis and egg quality. the other thing that is super important is improved mood . again, we're improved mood. again, we're seeing more sun increased vitamin d, we may have more holidays and

let's get more with our deputy political editor tom harwood and tom, this was dramatic until the veryits this particular bill. >> it certainly was. >> it certainly was. >> it certainly was. >> it was getting towards the early hours of the morning when the lords finally withdrew through their opposition to this bill. >> of course, we'd seen several rounds of what's known as parliamentary ping pong, where the bill goes from the commons to the lords, the commons to the lords course it has to pass lords of course it has to pass both houses in order to then receive royal assent and become an act of parliament. but what we saw last night was the individuals in the lords who had been putting up sustained and opposition time and time again, passing lots of different amendments, some of which last week were accepted by the house of commons. five of an original 20 set of amendments were accepted in part or in whole by the government and the government really hoped that that sort of as a last offer to the lords would be that line in the lords would be that line in the sand to allow this bill to

gb news with me, tom harwood on gb news with me, tom harwood and ellie costello coming up this morning, natwest and ellie costello coming up this morning , natwest profits this morning, natwest profits have soared . by nearly £1 have soared. by nearly £1 billion, but it's not all good news for the bank. >> the board are continuing to face scrutiny following the downfall of its ceo. earlier this week . this week. >> and energy companies have reported record profits . but reported record profits. but while we face the squeeze , is it while we face the squeeze, is it time they pay up more .7 lawler is britain. >> the co—op teases the idea of no go areas following huge surge in shoplifting in its stores across the nation. we'll be heanng across the nation. we'll be hearing from the co—op campaigns and public affairs director. but that's not all. >> we're also talking about the high streets today as new figures show that britain has lost 6000 shopfronts across the country over the last five years. it's an extraordinary number. >> yeah, it really, really is. we're asking you today, how has y

. >> gb news deputy political editor tom harwood been editor tom harwood has been looking back at the institution's colourful history i >> -- >> i've been asked to tell you just a little about this new plan better health. our plan plan for better health. our plan is a service which will provide the best medical advice and treatment for everyone. every man, woman and child in this country . country. >> these were the words of conservative health minister henry willink speaking in 1944, announcing his plans for what would become the nhs , his 1944 would become the nhs, his 1944 white paper was the blueprint for the national health service i >> -- >> mr lam >> mr aneurin bevan but it was an iron bevan the labour minister for health who brought the nhs into existence in july 1948 under bevan. >> the reach of the state stretched further than the original conservative plans . original conservative plans. care was not only to be paid for by the taxpayer, but hospitals themselves were nationalised too. health care professionals became government employees. the nhs quickly became a cherished n

tom harwood gb news. thank you, tom. >> and that gets us all thinking about if you how much you want, how much you need, how different your life would be without the nhs. what are you prepared nhs. but what are you prepared to pay for it and your own experiences of it and of course the experiences of the doctors. >> absolutely in all >> absolutely key in all of this. that this month is this. we know that this month is going record strikes from going to see record strikes from consultants for the first time as days, i think, as well. seven days, i think, this and one the big this month. and one of the big challenge, for the challenge, of course, for the nhs leaving the nhs is doctors leaving the health service, many whom are health service, many of whom are heading australia. heading to australia. >> with a fascinating >> well, with a fascinating story bring now , case story to bring you now, case study, as it were. dr. natalie mcbride, a gp in australia mcbride, who's a gp in australia and is here to talk

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eni— political editor, tom harwood eni ion,— political editor, tom harwood and tom, clearly— politicaln committee is— absolute obe, the liaison committee is a- absolute obe, the liaison committee is a six monthly occurrence for— committee is a six monthly occurrence for the prime minister — occurrence for the prime minister. he's- occurrence for the prime minister. : occurrence for the prime minister. it; : e occurrence for the prime- minister. he's only done it once before. back last december. so this is the first time he'll be in front of various heads of committees. crucially with those five pledges that he announced at the start of the year six months ago, he will no doubt be asked about those five pledges. and crucially in the liaison committee, unlike in prime minister's questions, there's a back and forth. he'll be sitting down in a committee room and there will be a back and forth between those heads of committees and the prime minister. and so he won't be able to wriggle out of questions in the way that prime ministers often at prime minister's often do at prime minister's que

well. >> deputy political editor tom harwood joins us now at the country's oldest hospital. us in on where that is. lots of people celebrating today , but it also celebrating today, but it also comes with today some some dire warnings that the nhs won't make 100 years old. so how much really should we be celebrating ? yes some big questions as to the future of the nhs. >> first, i should say i'm at st bart's in the city of london. it was founded in 1123 as a hospital here on this site. but of course it was nationalised alongside all of the other hospitals in the land 75 years ago today . day. but the place in ago today. day. but the place in which the nhs finds itself is a complicated one. the united kingdom has an ageing population. the cost of delivering care to that population is growing and the demand is for ever more money being spent on the nhs. get louder each and every year. that's despite, in real terms , that's despite, in real terms, 50% extra funding going into the nhs since 2008. 2009. this is a service when it was envisaged by nye bevan back in 1948 that was mea

that's tom harwood , our political correspondent. e delighted to have in the studio with us piers pottinger, who, like me, didn't go to university and very famous university and your very famous illustrious business partner, tom bell. lord bell, you ran bell pottinger, one of the most successful public affairs companies in the world. you didn't university either? didn't go to university either? >> neither of us did. >> no, neither of us did. i actually had a place to read classics at bristol university, but i decided to go to rome and try and work in the film business instead , which was business instead, which was perhaps rather silly . and in perhaps rather silly. and in retrospect, it was great fun. teenage dream, all it was really. yes. but i think one of the problems today is the quality of education offered by universities , and particularly universities, and particularly since the pandemic, a lot of them have got lazy and are doing a lot of it online. someone described one course as the most expensive streaming service in the w

harwood joins me now, our deputy political editor . tom, political editor.ealistically, why are we doing this? >> the government believes that there are labour shortages , there are labour shortages, particularly in the areas of construction . you listed some of construction. you listed some of those jobs that are having that are being put onto these skills shortage lists. its shortage occupation lists. its interesting bricklayers, masons and roofers, roof tilers, slaters, carpet enters joiners, plasterers, it's all construction. it's all to do with building things. and the government believes that there aren't enough people current trained in the united kingdom to fill what may well be the demand . of course, we're not building the number of homes that the government wants to build every yeah government wants to build every year. building year. we're not building infrastructure fast enough, ostensibly that's the ostensibly that that's the reason why they want to lower that that threshold, bring those jobs into the shortage occupation list. but what they say

well, let's get more from tom harwood, our deputy political editor. good afternoon , tom. wasn't so afternoon, tom. it wasn't so long ago that yvette cooper shadow home secretary stood in the house of commons, i think it was back in march when these migrant this migrant barge idea was was first leaked or suggested that she accused the tories of chasing flimflam headunes tories of chasing flimflam headlines and now she appears to be suggesting that labour would also use them . also use them. >> yes, it's interesting. it seems that perhaps the labour party has looked at polling on this issue which suggests that the british public is actually fairly in favour of using barges in the abstract , but if not so in the abstract, but if not so much in the specific . and why do much in the specific. and why do i say that? well, the areas where the government has highlighted that they may well be hosting a barge for asylum seekers for adult male migrants who are seeking asylum in the united kingdom . um, well, the united kingdom. um, well, the places that are earmarked to host them ar

. lovely editor, tom harwood.y. we're going to start with emily. >> story front of the >> shocking story front of the express sex predators is on police premises. >> yes , we know the cases of >> yes, we know the cases of wayne cousins david carrick that were not on the premises. wayne cousins david carrick that were not on the premises . these were not on the premises. these are actually rapes and assaults that have taken place in police stations, which is quite incredible. more than 170 people have been allegedly assaulted, but but the problem is well, one of the problems is, is that they have not been charged at that rate. so it seems to me that there is a failure in taking these kind of attacks and allegations seriously, perhaps a failure of the justice system, perhaps caroline nokes, who's the chair of the women and equalities committee, has called this truly shocking. she says the number of sexual assaults should be zero on police premises , which i don't think premises, which i don't think anyone could disa

>> let's speak to our deputy political editor, tom harwood. good morning to you, tom.t he? he's seen by many in the tory party as the grown up in the room . he grown up in the room. he certainly is. >> and he's a very popular figure within the conservative party as well. month on, month on month, he comes near the top or at the top of those conservative home rankings of cabinet ministers. indeed, he was seen by some as a potential future leader of the conservative party, although for the last few months there have been rumours that ben wallace was thinking that this is time to move on, particularly around this bid to become the next secretary—general of nato . the secretary—general of nato. the uk was really pushing ben wallace and his candidacy for that, although that seemed to have been slapped down. not just by the americans, but also by those who think that the role should go to a former head of state or to a woman. so ben wallace is not having that future nato path open to him. clearly is thinking that other things should be on the horizon. it's also worth noting

let's speak immediately to our deputy political editor tom harwood , political editor tom harwood, whoutside st bart's in london, which is the uk's oldest hospital. tom join me in a chorus of happy birthday to begin with. of course, it's only it's only fitting. but yes, the nhs is 75 today and our politicians decided to pray for it . it. >> they did indeed. it feels rather apt actually. here outside st bart's bart's a hospital that's almost a thousand odd years old since its foundation 1123 ad was the year that st bart's came to be as a hospital, albeit it was only nationalised covid 75 years ago. along with all the other hospitals in the land and the inception of the nhs . but it inception of the nhs. but it does feel apt here because whilst st bart's is behind me, i'm in the shadow of saint paups i'm in the shadow of saint paul's cathedral , which is i'm in the shadow of saint paul's cathedral, which is just down the road over there . so down the road over there. so perhaps religious service perhaps this religious service is more than one might is more apt than one might think, but i

plans to implement a new urban quarter in cambridge, gb news is very own deputy political editor tom harwood little bit carried away using artificial intelligence to generate what it could like and this is could look like and this is hugely encouraging and thank you, this work. the you, tom, for this work. the late conservative philosopher and co—chairman of the building better building, beautiful commission roger scruton, said beauty matters. it's not just a subjective thing, but a universal need of human beings. if we ignore this need, we find ourselves in a spiritual desert. for long we have been in a for too long we have been in a spiritual desert in britain. if these plans are realised, we will ourselves in a will find ourselves in a spiritual oasis which could solve the housing crisis. but of course vox populi vox day. we asked the great people of margate if they thought architecture had become too ugly in britain and the people have spoken. >> i think i prefer older architecture because i really don't like the new builds that they're putting up everywhere . i they're putting up everyw

the deputy political editor tom harwood now switched on or switched off. the one policy position that we can be sure that the government is relatively clear on is this general sense that we will get to net zero by 2050, where the perhaps less clear policy areas are is exactly how we will get there. and of course, 2050 does seem to be quite a way away and there's a great deal of confusion about the specifics of getting there. this morning, we heard michael gove be clear that the ban on new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, he is staying in place. that's after there was some scepticism raised by the international development minister. the day before. however, there are other big questions. what will happen to the proposed ban on new gas boilers ? what will happen to boilers? what will happen to other sorts of levies that are being thought up in whitehall? of course we've heard the government come out pretty fervently against ultra low emission zones. it's become a point of policy campaigning by the conservative party and sources in government tell me that there

ainsty because i was having debate earlier with having this debate earlier with tom i was of the tom harwood is absolutely far too young. but reem, you are 20 years old, you've achieved quite a lot by that age. you are here on my panel, which must be the career highlight. so, so far. on my panel, which must be the career highlight. so, so far . so career highlight. so, so far. so what do you think? 25 too young. >> oh, i don't think it is. and again, maybe i am just being biased here, but i think that as a 25 year old who has studied at oxford, i believe he did study at oxford, he you know, he's very well educated. clearly very well educated. he clearly understands, sort of understands, you know, sort of how to win an election. he's done very well for himself. and now despite him, i think my only sort of accusation against him would be that he's a would probably be that he's a labour mp rather than anything else. i think else. but no, i think i think his age is perfectly fine and there are many 40 year olds that probably him probably know less than him well, you say, oh, he's very well, is y

tom harwood. e there was still quite an end of term feel about it all. >> there was and indeed a jibe at the prime minister for having missed the last two sessions of prime minister's questions there was a moment where the prime minister was asking the leader of the opposition on whether or not he would accept the independent pay review bodies recommendation for public sector pay- recommendation for public sector pay. now of course sir keir starmer didn't answer that question , but instead retorted question, but instead retorted it seems that the prime minister has been away for rather too long. he's forgotten who's supposed to be asking the questions that that that that elicited a bit of laughter in the chamber. but of course the prime minister was away last week for the nato summit in vilnius , in lithuania, and the vilnius, in lithuania, and the weekend and the week before that, sorry, at st just just across the road at westminster abbey, alongside sir keir starmer at a birthday party for the nh

. >> let's get more from our deputy political editor , tom deputy political editor, tom harwood. o you, tom. you're outside the inquiry now. rishi sunak has already called the blood scandal, now. rishi sunak has already called the blood scandal , the called the blood scandal, the contaminated blood scandal, a tragic injustice. and he promised to provide certainty to survivors . as yet, he still survivors. as yet, he still hasn't done that , has he ? he hasn't. >> and if there's one word that the protesters here today are asking for are urging the government for its 30 auntie, it's compensation for them. >> it's a race against time because the thousands of people who were wrongly infected with poison products from the nhs over that 20 year period from 1970 through actually up to 1991, those victims of this scandal are running out of time in many cases , and some have in many cases, and some have died in recent weeks. >> before this hearing today. and the victims here are urging the government to act far faster than the current timetable. the government is saying at the moment it wi

. >> we're joined in the studio by our deputy political editor, tom harwood , to talk about deputy harwood talk about deputy pmqs. of course, rishi sunak is in lithuania . how lively do you in lithuania. how lively do you think it will get today between angela rayner and oliver? >> dowden well, it did get a little bit spicy last week, didn't it, when the same two characters were appearing across these despatch boxes . these despatch boxes. >> and this is the first time since these the prime minister's questions have been televised that we have back to back. deputy prime minister's questions. no doubt that will be referenced in the opening stages. rishi sunak missing two in a row. he's been he's becoming known as someone who perhaps doesn't enjoy standing behind that despatch box as much as maybe some of his predecessors did . predecessors did. >> 80% attendance rating. i think compared to other prime ministers. indeed, a good slipping, perhaps . slipping, perhaps. >> perhaps. it was interesting actually last week to look at the make up of the chamber behind rishi sunak. fewer and fewer con

well, let's get more with our deputy political editor tom harwood, who was at this morning's announcementnt. even joining us in the studio . clearly, michael the studio. clearly, michael gove thinks it's not quite nonsense. no this is clearly a big almost legacy project for this government if we're to believe the opinion polls. >> this may well be a government on its way looking to create on its way out looking to create genuine legacy projects and things that can move the country forward. and clearly, housing has become a more salient political issue in the last few months. coming up time and time again at prime minister's questions, much more salient, not just for renters who have been struggling for some time, but now with homeowners, too, because of the mortgage crisis. all the all linked to the big inflationary we saw in inflationary spiral we saw in home costs and therefore mortgage costs to the government is trying to take this head on. but perhaps with a more piecemeal approach than the labour party is proposing. the labour party is proposing. the labour party is proposing sweepin

really good to see you this morning, tom harwood.ck to get other countries to further support ukraine. that's quite remarkable, isn't it? only 1 in 3 nato leaders actually match that 2% 2% spend of their gdp on . defence >> they do. and this has been a long term criticism of both the united kingdom and the united states . two of those countries states. two of those countries that have always met that 2% ambition. but one of the points of discussion today in vilnius, in lithuania is to get that 2% and mission to be set as a legal minimum rather than something thatis minimum rather than something that is seen as more aspirational for many countries . of course, over the last couple of years, we have seen some european countries in particular step up their defence spending in response to the illegal invasion of ukraine in particularly germany, a long term laggard in defence spending, has agreed now to meet that commitment. so this is very much on the cards to move that 2% target from an ambitious on to a legal minimum . one of the to a

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i believe we're having a few problems connecting to tom harwood.p with andrew and bevcan to hear us through >> can you to hear us through and then we'll come back to tom if we can. and think it's to if we can. and i think it's to do with political persuasion. >> think liverpool, >> i think these liverpool, edinburgh it's labour edinburgh, it's labour don't want barges . they're want these barges. they're trying disrupt the trying to disrupt the government's contentious immigration policy. >> the conservative mp down in portland not happy about it. >> no, he's not either. that's true. nobody really wants them, but they've got to go somewhere. so i think there is a bit of politics going on here. >> it's a really news >> it's been a really busy news morning for us. presumably that's to carry on for that's going to carry on for you. what you got in store you. what have you got in store for us? we're to talk big for us? we're going to talk big about nigel farage. >> yeah, you were right to give that minister a hard time that shadow minister a hard time

let's find out more from our deputy political editor, tom harwood there's no tory harwood tom.se of lords and of mps you speak and the number of mps you speak to i speak to are just absolutely fed up to the back teeth of them . teeth of them. >> they are indeed the conservatives hold about a third of the seats in the house of lords. two thirds being held by laboun lords. two thirds being held by labour, lib dem and what's known as crossbench peers as well. now they passed 20 different amendments to the illegal migration bill when it was in the house of lords. not so long ago, and it has now pinged back to the house of commons being voted on today. but there seems to have been some horse trading going on between the government andindeed going on between the government and indeed the house of lords because term parliamentary term ends next week, they will wrap up and go on holiday for the summer. the government is desperate to get this bill to off buckingham palace by the end off buckingham palace by the end of next week so it can receive royal assent and so its measures can star

|ents joins me in harwood was at this morning's ann studio. tom tom, it's joins me in the studio. tom, it's interesting what michael gove is doing here because the conservative party has been on the on the issue of the back foot on the issue of housing. >> there are fewer houses being built than the 300,000 a year target. even this target. right? and even this headune target. right? and even this headline figure of a million in this parliament is still below the 300,000 a year every year target that the prime minister had originally set himself. so this is a very interesting set of proposals by michael gove to try and turn things around to try and turn things around to try and turn things around to try and deliver more homes , but try and deliver more homes, but not in the sort of sweeping across the board way that the labour party is proposing with general planning reform. what michael gove is doing is very specific and some might say piecemeal elements of planning reform. so new housing specifically in east london, in leeds , in barrow and this

so tom harwood this does feel a little bit like meghan is trying to distance herself from spare becausebut what are you heanng? >> well, i'm hearing is that they're facing yet another crisis and the crisis now is really quite profound. they have a crisis of identity, a crisis of purpose and a creeping crisis of purpose and a creeping crisis of fear that they won't have enough cash . i think the real enough cash. i think the real problem for the sussexes is that they really have no idea what they're going to do next. and so what they're really facing is a terrible problem of what work should they do ? what mission should they do? what mission have they got in life, which they always had ? and of course, they always had? and of course, they've had the terrible disappointment about netflix. i mean, because what was really interesting last week was while you away that the times you were away that the times reported that they were to reported that they were going to get nomination an emmy get a nomination, an emmy nomination for their series. but of didn't. i of course, they didn't. as i pre

. >> well, let's get more on this by speaking to gb news deputy political editor tom harwood. hey wanted to get this illegal migration bill through before the summer recess, but now downing street seems to not be wanting to name a deadline for the passage of this bill. well it's only ever been speculation that the government has been desperate to get this piece of legislation done in the next 2—2 weeks. >> of course , the government >> of course, the government itself has never said that. that has been a formal deadline on. but behind the scenes, that has been the expectation the been the expectation that the government is rushing to get this passed by the end of next week and receive royal assent before parliament breaks up for the summer recess . and that is the summer recess. and that is potentially why we've seen a great deal of horse trading over the last couple of days. last night new amendments being published by the government that in effect accepts five of the 20 amendments made by the lords, rejecting 15 of them outright and in part or in whole accepting five of them.

so tom harwood this does feel a little bit like meghan is trying to distance herself from spare because what are you heanng? >> well, i'm hearing is that they're facing yet another crisis and the crisis now is really quite profound. they have a crisis of identity, a crisis of purpose and a creeping crisis of purpose and a creeping crisis of fear that they won't have enough cash . i think the real enough cash. i think the real problem for the sussexes is that they really have no idea what they're going to do next. and so what they're really facing is a terrible problem of what work should they do ? what mission should they do? what mission have they got in life, which they always had ? and of course, they always had? and of course, they've had the terrible disappointment about netflix. i mean, because what was really interesting last week was while you away that the times you were away that the times reported that they were to reported that they were going to get nomination , an emmy get a nomination, an emmy nomination for their series. but of didn't. as of course, they didn't. as i pre

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let's get the latest from our deputy political edhon latest from our deputy political editor, tom harwoodgive us an update? >> yes, nana it's not been an easy day for the prime minister inside the inquiry today. he's been saying that the government will not produce its full plan on compensate for the many thousands of victims of this scandal and indeed their families. until the inquiry concludes , its entire investor concludes, its entire investor litigation. and that might not be until late autumn. the concern that the families have is that it's expected dozens more more will die in that time . um, without receiving the compensate action that many would argue they are entitled to after treatment that was provided to them by the nhs ended up infecting them with disease is like hiv and hepatitis c, it was interesting to see the prime minister did not get a particularly easy ride from the many victims who were in the audience today who perceived the prime minister to be avoiding many of the questions. let's have a listen . questions. let's have a listen. >> over three years, as an and still

harwood, joining us. it seems it was a just stop starmer moment. tom >> it was indeed. plans to make sure that all schools have these oratory skills and all the rest of it. he wants to put more money into primary schools , state primaries primary schools, state primaries and tax the private schools as well. but all of that got rather overshadowed by two individuals who broke free from the throng of young people. the labour leader had surrounded himself with for this speech to unfurl a banner that said starmer, stop making u—turns and demanded he commit to a green new deal. it was referencing the ambiguity over labour's pledge to borrow £28 billion a year to invest in the green economy, something that very recently the shadow chancellor , rachel reeves, has chancellor, rachel reeves, has said she wouldn't do from day one.the said she wouldn't do from day one. the first few years of a labour administration would not borrow that full £28 billion a yean borrow that full £28 billion a year, although that hasn't stopped the conservative party attacking the labour party for sa

last tom harwood is there, of course, who is the director of data the speech union data at the free speech question for you. is it time for britannia once again rule britannia to once again rule the waves? it's more than 25 waves? yes, it's more than 25 years the royal yacht years since the royal yacht britannia decommissioned. britannia was decommissioned. it's permanently based in it's now permanently based in edinburgh and it has almost 400,000 visitors a year . when he 400,000 visitors a year. when he was prime minister boris johnson is getting a lot of shout outs today, said that we should have a new national flagship. but that plan has since been ditched. however levelling up minister michael gove says having a new royal yacht is a good idea. once we can afford it. joining us now is royal correspondent michael cole. michael, thank you very much. should we just crack on and get a new royal yacht ? a new royal yacht? >> good idea. >> good idea. >> by gove . no waiting around. >> by gove. no waiting around. >> by gove. no waiting around. >> get on with it. >> get on with it. >> build it

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tom harwood has been following this story and joins us from westminster.ferent approaches to planning reform that we're now seeing from the two major parties. the conservative party really didn't have anything to say on building houses for the best part of this year up until yesterday, where michael gove unveiled this very particular and targeted strategy, both of urban intensification , but also of intensification, but also of development corporations and the ability to, for example, pick an area whether it be leeds barrow , east london or perhaps most headune , east london or perhaps most headline grabbing cambridge to have a really quite strong park big building programme . um, the big building programme. um, the interesting thing is that many of these areas that the conservatives are proposing for quite a lot of housebuilding really are areas that are controlled by the labour party or the liberal democrats. on the other hand, on the other side of the aisle, the labour party is proposing sweeping planning reform to change the entire system and allow dif

and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood and ellie costello coming up thisbillion, but it's not all good news for the bank. >> the board are continuing to face scrutiny following the downfall of its ceo. earlier this week . this week. >> and energy companies have reported record profits . but reported record profits. but while we face the squeeze , is it while we face the squeeze, is it time they pay up more ? lawler is britain. >> the co—op teases the idea of no go areas following huge surge in shoplifting in its stores across the nation. we'll be heanng across the nation. we'll be hearing from the co—op campaigns and public affairs director. but that's not all. >> we're also talking about the high streets today as new figures show that britain has lost 6000 shopfronts across the country over

with me, tom harwood and ellie costello coming up for you today i >> -- >> andy murray continues hisd of wimbledon. he's looking good at the moment . paul coyte good at the moment. paul coyte will be here with the update and rishi sunak could face an upcoming fifth by—election after the mp chris pincher was recommended to be suspended for eight weeks from the commons. gb news launched are don't kill cash campaign on monday. nearly 160,000 of you have signed up to support this. we're going to be joined by charlie mullins . joined by charlie mullins. and you'll like this as well. the us pop star meghan trainor has called her baby barry . so is has called her baby barry. so is it time to bring back barry? should we be bringing back these old fashioned names? >> well , some old fashioned names? >> well, some people might not think of them as old fashioned names, to people like names, perhaps to people like the trainor. the pop star meghan trainor. they're height of modernity. they're the height of modernity. but in touch . gb views at but do get in touch. gb views at gb news dot com. wha

and deputy political editor tom harwood has more . more on this harwood has more. eamonn, you describe it there as a housing crisis, perhaps a more apt word would be a housing shortage in the united kingdom. >> is 4 million homes short, according to the centre for cities. in terms of where we would need to be to even reach the european average in terms of houses per population . and so houses per population. and so the government today is finally perhaps getting on the front foot on this issue. if we've heard what rishi sunak has said over the last year or so on the issue of housing, the first thing that comes to mind might be the abolition of those mandatory targets for councils to build houses to get to 300,000 a year. it might be the government's plans to stop construction on land designated as green belt land, despite the fact that 11% of brownfield sites actually are classified. peculiar as green belt land . but peculiar as green belt land. but today we're hearing a pro building policies from the government, although very limited and specific in where they wil

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