thank you very much indeed , tom harwood. very much indeed, tom harwood.l be back with you a little later in the show. there you go. you never know who's going to p0p up you never know who's going to pop up behind you when it's live television. anyway, we've got lots more coming up on today's show. you're watching. good afternoon britain. israel has launched a ground invasion into southern lebanon. we'll bring okay. welcome back to good afternoon britain. it is now 1224. and in what marks another major escalation in the conflict in the middle east, idf forces have entered lebanon and launched what israel describes as limited, targeted ground raids against the terrorist group hezbollah. both sides are also continuing to exchange intense artillery fire. air raid sirens ringing out across israel israel has also accused hezbollah of using lebanese civilians as human shields. meanwhile, uk foreign secretary david lammy is urging any british nationals still in lebanon to leave before it's too late, with more evacuation flights planned . well, for the flights pla

but let's turn to birmingham where tom harwood, my partner in crime is tom. whilst we wait for kemi badenoch to take to the stage. what did you make of that performance? it seemed quite assured . assured. >> absolutely fascinating . >> absolutely fascinating. robert jenrick is trying to rebrand the conservative party here. we've heard for the first time repeatedly this phrase, the new conservative party, new conservatives, the new conservatives, the new conservative party. this is what robert jenrick has been saying for the first time here. what does that remind you of ? well, does that remind you of? well, tony blair's new labour party . tony blair's new labour party. tony blair's new labour party. tony blair's new labour party. tony blair knew the labour party's brand was broken in the 19805 party's brand was broken in the 1980s and early 1990s. in order to make that brand winnable, he had to change that brand , almost had to change that brand, almost change the name of the party as well as the substance of the party. bring it back to the centre ground to w

presenter tom harwood live in birmingham. tom harwood.he was there, dancing with priti patel, getting mobbed by the selfie brigade . this year the selfie brigade. this year he's not even there but they can't stop talking about nigel farage. tell us more . farage. tell us more. >> nigel farage has been the figure, the spectre that has haunted this party well since around 2013. really, if we're going to look at those by—election results when he led ukip, many people would say it was the threat of nigel farage and his various political parties that has moulded the policy position of the conservative party in power now out of power. still, the ghost of farage looms large over this conference and it is a big, big question. many people who voted for reform uk are former conservative voters. that's 4 million votes that people in this hall feel like could vote for the conservative party if it has the right offering . but has the right offering. but clearly, clearly, no leadership contender is minded to take nigel farage into the party. they don't

i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. thisjust october. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood.d. this just in the m15 have foiled more than 20 deadly iranian terror plots on the uk in just the last two years. they're now warning of an increased terrorist due to conflict in the middle east and soft touch britain. >> an albanian burglar who sneaked back into britain after being deported, has now won the right to stay in the uk, all because he had a baby with his lithuanian girlfriend, now wife. deporting him would apparently breach his right to a family life. we're asking has the echr become a charter for criminals? >> and it's a knockout for will become three today as conservative mps dump another leadership contender this afternoon . afternoon. >> free prescriptions on the chopping block. rachel reeves is facing mounting pressure to scrap free prescription prescriptions for those aged 60 to 65. this could save the treasury millions. would you back such a move ? back such a move? >> do you know lots of people getting in touch about the free prescriptions? lots of people pointing

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. britain is open for business. yes, the prime minister is pledging to get rid of regulations that are holding back investment in britain . but back investment in britain. but can we believe him.7 >> can we believe him? >> and more historic reparations. a group of 15 canbbean reparations. a group of 15 caribbean nations will ask the king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations , reparations. now, reparations, reparations. now, the foreign secretary has spoken very much in support of such a move in the past. will the government cave in this time and bnng government cave in this time and bring back british wood? >> yes. the restoration of lord nelson's warship hms victory has sparked outrage due to its use of french oak. critics are upset that the foreign timber is being used on a symbol of britain's naval power . naval power. >> could we be getting a little bit closer , tom, to actually bit closer, tom, to actually paying bit closer, tom, to actually paying these reparations? other canbbean pa

i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. migrant hotel farce . another u—turn from farce.nother u—turn from a government elected on a promise to shut down migrant hotels. but now it's revealed the home office is actively looking to requisition more hotels at taxpayers expense. what on earth is going on.7 >> keir's cronies, the prime minister has stacked the impartial civil service with more than 200 allies and cronies, according to official government data, all sidestepping the usual recruitment process. is this yet more cronyism from the man in charge and the plot thickens. >> it turns out not only did keir starmer and his family attend the taylor swift concert for free after she received a vip blue light escort for free, they even met the pop star and her mum backstage, and harry redknapp has hit out at the decision to appoint german thomas tuchel as the next england manager. >> he says a foreign boss is the wrong approach . we'll bring you wrong approach. we'll bring you the fa press conference live . the fa press conference live. >> well, we've got a lot on the menu fo

. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver broken promises today it's revealed that the government is not only continuing to use hotels to house illegal migrants, but they're looking for more hotel owners to house even more at taxpayers expense. >> this despite the government's pledge in opposition to put an end to the use of taxpayer funded hotels. >> okay, so what's changed? and a halloween spooky budget on the way. chancellor rachel reeves is now reportedly drawing up plans for up to £40 billion worth of tax rises and spending cuts, all to avoid a return to austerity , to avoid a return to austerity, apparently. but do the numbers stack up? >> and the plot thickens. it turns out not only did keir starmer and his family attend the taylor swift concert after she received a vip blue light escort, but they even met the pop escort, but they even met the pop star and her mum backstage . pop star and her mum backstage. >> and we're going to be live outside, downing street because a petition pushing for the reinstatement of the winter fuel allowance. well, it's trying to get to starmer to

i'm tom harwood and i'm miriam cates. an imminent israeli response. how could it look? and when could it happen? we're taking a closer look at benjamin netanyahu's options following that, iranian missile attack on tuesday . attack on tuesday. >> i knew you were trouble. a red faced prime minister repays more than six grand in gifts covering covering the cost of six taylor swift tickets, amongst other things. lord alli is now being probed by a house of lords watchdog over an alleged non—registration of interests. we'll have the latest. >> and britain just got smaller. the new government has decided to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands in the indian ocean to china. allied mauritius is the sun now setting on british global influence . british global influence. now, such a lot to cover on the program today. i didn't expect to be talking about a smaller britain in the face of this, this barmy decision. >> yes, it's honestly just a few months after the election and when parliament isn't even sitting . huge decision. sounds sitting. huge decision. sounds like it's been ne

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver decarbonisation or deindustrialisation?s he pledges eco zealots. this as he pledges a whopping £22 billion for green tech, is carbon capture enough to keep british industry alive? >> and are the falklands next? renewed fears today over the future of the falklands and gibraltar too, after the government's decision to surrender control of the chagos islands. we're speaking to a falklands war veteran with strong views raging ayatollah iran's warmongering supreme leader calls on muslim nations to prepare against their common enemy, labelling the recent ballistic missile onslaught on israel the minimum punishment for what he calls its bloodthirsty vampiric regime . bloodthirsty vampiric regime. yes, i do. i do wonder whether can you see a scenario in which the government decide that actually we should cede the falklands? can you imagine that scenario? i mean, it does seem that things are moving in that direction. >> do you know, i, i think it's so hard to imagine a counterfactual where there was never a falklands war. if there w

we've got tom harwood there. we've got tom harwood there. we've got tom harwood there.rning from the leaders of the wannabe leaders of the conservative party, who are all setting out their stall during our show this morning. they're going to be on stage in birmingham. they've all put together a little two minute video saying who they all are, and then we're going to hear from them. so it's going to be a morning to get your tea and your toast and assess what you think. the potential leaders. >> it's difficult because, you know, you listen to one and you think, yes, very, very good. i don't like him or don't like her. and then you listen to them and you think, actually, that makes a lot of sense. so it would be it's very, very hard to differentiate. >> differentiate i think is the word eamonn because i'm interested to see what the points of difference will be between them. where do they stand on immigration? are they going to be clear about that? what is kemi badenoch going to say about maternity leave with her? her gaffe earlier in the week, you might say, you know, jenr

. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. >> more on pensioners rachel reevesis >> more on pensionersh tax raid on pensions. this as it's revealed more than 80% of pensioners in poverty are set to lose out on the winter fuel payment. >> a race against time. millions of people across florida are rushing to evacuate before what's been dubbed the storm of the century smashes into tampa tonight. the city's mayor warns that those who refuse to leave will likely die and head to head. >> less than half an hour now until the final tory mp leadership ballot, as conservative mps decide which final two contenders will fight it out to become leader of his majesty's most loyal opposition. we'll be slap bang in the middle of the action. >> and what a fascinating prime minister's questions it was. did you see the prime minister slightly flounder on those two important and specific questions put

i'm going to go for our deputy political editor , tom deputy political editor, tom harwood. ow's it going? that's all right. >> any excuse for a party, tom? so, how are you finding this? oh, it's a dog. okay. all right, well, let's just apologise for the language there and come on back round here. so we're live on gb news. this man is an actor and a tory candidate. >> and he's alex clarkson. >> and he's alex clarkson. >> and he's rather glamorous and rather interesting. >> who are you ? who are you backing? >> do you know what it was? priti patel to begin with? cleverlys amazing. jenrick's got the stuff on echr. >> jeremy's got the stuff. it's back to you in the studio . back to you in the studio. >> brilliant stuff. it's a party atmosphere. can i apologise to anybody that might have been offended by the strong language you've heard of course we are, post—watershed. but you know, it's a family show, so apologies if you were upset by the language there, but it is the gb news party up at party conference. the wine and the beeris conference. the wine and the beer is flowing. pat

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver a race against time.s florida are rushing to evacuate before what's been dubbed the storm of the century smashes into tampa tonight. now, the city's mayor, who warns those who refuse to leave, will likely die. we're going to be on the ground. there are live pictures here of the winds beginning to pick up. >> yes, indeed. and closer to home, is there a war on pensioners? rachel reeves is now considering a fresh tax raid on pensions. this, as it's also revealed today, that more than 80% of pensioners currently in poverty could be set to lose the winter fuel payment head to head. >> the voting has now commenced. conservative members of parliament decide which final two contenders will fight it out to become leader of his majesty's most loyal opposition. we'll be slap bang in the middle of the action in westminster. >> we will indeed. and on another note, is britain full official figures show immigration fuelled the biggest rise in the population of england and wales for at least three quarters of a century.

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. soft touch britain.right to stay in the uk. all because he had a baby with his lithuanian girlfriend, now wife. deporting him would apparently breach his rights to a family life. we're asking, has the echr become a charter for criminals? >> and it's a knockout for will become three today as conservative mps dump another leadership contender this afternoon, we'll bring you the very latest free prescriptions on the chopping block. >> rachel reeves is facing mounting pressure to scrap free prescriptions for those aged 60 to 65 years old to save the treasury. billions. would you back such a move and would it actually save billions? >> and the great british millionaire exodus fear ahead of the budget , millionaire exodus fear ahead of the budget, high taxes and changes to non—dom rules are driving away wealthy brits. the problem is apparently getting so bad that some economists are now

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver decarbonisation or deindustrialisation? to eco zealots. this as he pledges a whopping £22 billion for green technologies . is carbon capture technologies. is carbon capture enough to keep british industry alive? >> and could the falklands be next? renewed fears today over the future of the falklands and gibraltar after the government's decision to surrender control of the chagos islands. this as bons the chagos islands. this as boris johnson slams the move as crazy , raging ayatollah , iran's crazy, raging ayatollah, iran's warmongering supreme leader, calls on muslim nations to prepare against their common enemy, labelling the

. >> and i'm tom harwood loud from a very noisy conservative party conference. >> very noisy indeed. troops have launched a ground invasion into southern lebanon. in what the israeli military is calling a limited, localised and targeted ground operation against hezbollah. this just days after the assassination of the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, and manhunt underway, police are searching for an assailant after two schoolchildren and a member of staff were hospitalised following a suspected acid attack at a school in west london will be on the scene and shut for good. britain's only remaining coal power plant at ratcliffe on soar in nottinghamshire, has closed down after powering the united kingdom for 57 years, the end of an era. but how will this impact the area, and have we simply outsourced our carbon footprint ? outsourced our carbon footprint? to well , tom, outsourced our carbon footprint? to well, tom, another busy day ahead at the conservative party conference there in birmingham . conference there in birmingham. >> that's right. a very busy day here in birmingham . here

i'm tom harwood and i'm miriam cates. an imminent israeli response. how could it look?tack on tuesday. >> i knew you were trouble. a red faced prime minister repays more than six grand in gifts covering covering the cost of six taylor swift tickets, amongst other things. lord alli is now being probed by a house of lords watchdog over an alleged non—registration of interests. we'll have the latest. >> and britain just got smaller. the new government has decided to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands in the indian

i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood decision time . i'm tom harwood decision time. tonight's the night. the final two tory leadership contenders battle it out to become the next leader of the conservative party, who will come out on top. >> the police have released a distressing 911 call requesting urgent assistance before one direction star liam payne fell 45ft to his death from a hotel balcony in buenos aires. tributes are now flooding in and mass amnesty. >> more than 60,000 migrants will be granted asylum in the uk in the next year. that's according to new analysis by the refugee council charity. is this an amnesty in all but name? >> and king charles and queen camilla are jetting off to australia today for their first tour since the king's cancer diagnosis . tour since the king's cancer diagnosis. but tour since the king's cancer diagnosis . but what kind of diagnosis. but what kind of welcome can they expect >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on thursday the 17th of october. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood decision time . i'm tom harwood decision time.

that is our deputy political edhon that is our deputy political editor, tom harwood, who's been grafting away in the spin room. tom, what's going on? where you are . are. >> oh, it's been a fascinating evening, patrick. it's been electric here, where we've had, of course, hundreds of conservative party members. we've had the teams of each of the two candidates and their spinners as well. we're going to be hearing a little bit later in this programme from david davis, who i've just been speaking to, but my goodness me, what an electric atmosphere this has been. and you really felt the passion and the hunger from these two candidates. i think we really felt was two different approaches . really felt was two different approaches. kemi really felt was two different approaches . kemi badenoch not approaches. kemi badenoch not going for the soundbite, but trying to win people over with a general approach. robert jenrick trying to be hard and heavy on policy, trying to get people to remember those two key planks of his campaign , to leave the echr his campaign, to leave the echr and to put a ca

. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carverjabs >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver jabs for jobs. >> new plans to inject out of work couch potatoes with fat jabs are being considered by the health secretary. all to get britain back to work. it's the way to get people off the sofa and back to the grind. the fat jab and a terrorist blind spot. >> it seems two police officers have been caught out, refusing to accept hezbollah is a terrorist organisation, calling the law a matter of opinion. why aren't the police enforcing the law on our streets? and do they even understand the law? >> the eu has made an offer to lammy. yes, the foreign secretary has returned from his brussels trip with an offer that the uk signs up to eu controlled military peacekeeping missions. all in return for better relations. is that a good deal for britain? >> and it's been revealed that taylor swift's mum negotiated her vip security directly with starmer's former chief of staff, sue gray. and according to reports, even the attorney general was brought in to persuade the police to breach their usual protocols.

i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. jabs forjobs. i'm tom harwood. jabs for jobs. new plans to inject out of work couch potatoes with fat jabs are being considered by the health secretary. all to get britain back to work. is this the way to get people off the sofa and back to the grind? >> terrorist blind spot. two police officers have been caught out refusing to accept hezbollah is a terrorist organisation, calling the law a matter of opinion. but aren't the police enforcing the law on our streets? >> and the us presidential race continues to take rather a lot of bizarre twists, as kamala harris has become embroiled in a plagiarism scandal. this follows an even stranger move from donald trump, who decided to play donald trump, who decided to play ave maria during a medical emergency at his rally. we'll speak about both . speak about both. 0. hello? we're over here. we're over here. we spoke about that. >> i was going to move to the other chair and say, you know , other chair and say, you know, we decided to, you know, pack it in. >> had enough? had enough? here we

presenter tom harwood tom. it was the first labour budget in 14 years.e chancellor delivering a budget, and we got the biggest tax rises in history, £40 billion worth of tax hikes. tom, tell us more . tax hikes. tom, tell us more. >> yeah it's stunning isn't it. we were told about a £22 billion black hole. but in the end taxes rose by almost double that number. if we look back over tax raising budgets throughout history, gordon brown's in 2010 and histor

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. britain open for business. the pm is pledging to get rid of regulations that are holding back investment in britain . but holding back investment in britain. but will he holding back investment in britain . but will he really? britain. but will he really? >> will he really? and proud to be british. a new report reveals the vast majority of people believe children should be taught to be proud of british history in school. should they be? >> more historic reparations a group of 15 caribbean nations will ask the king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations. the foreign secretary has spoken about this in support for those payments in the past. will the government now cave in and is britain ready for more floods? >> the met office and the environment agency say we haven't learnt our lesson and we aren't prepared for more floods despite recent torrential weather. what is going wrong ? weather. what is going wrong? >> it's a busy show today with many different guests and big interviews, not lea

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver decision time. tonight's the night for the final two tory leadership contenders to battle it out to become the next leader of the conservative party. here on gb news. >> and the police have released a distressing nine 911 call requesting urgent assistance before one direction star liam payne fell 45ft to his death from a hotel balcony in buenos aires. tributes are flooding in mass amnesty. >> more than 60,000 migrants will be granted asylum in the uk in the next year. that's according to new analysis by the refugee council charity. isn't is this an amnesty in all but name and king charles and queen camilla are jetting off to australia today for their first tour since the king's cancer diagnosis. >> what kind of welcome can they expect .7 expect? >> 60,000 approvals. that's 60,000 people who travelled to the uk illegally. yes. not irregularly. illegally. under the terms of the nationality and borders act, will likely now be granted asylum in the next 12 months. i mean , it's a pretty months. i mean,

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver and i am here on keir hardie avenue in stanley in county durham to find out what people here make of the budget . people here make of the budget. and the health secretary, wes streeting, will join us live here on good afternoon britain to answer your questions on the budget tax and what it all means for the nhs. plus, at least 95 people have been killed after flash flooding swept large areas of spain with a major rescue effort underway to find the large numbers of people still missing. we're on the scene live . missing. we're on the scene live. now. it's been some time since the budget was announced around this time yesterday. i've got it here in front of me. it's a hefty red book, but emily, you're talking to people in county durham about what it means for people on the ground . means for people on the ground. >> yes, i absolutely am. and i've got a bit of a news update for you now. we spoke to billy pounden for you now. we spoke to billy pounder, who's a pensioner living here in county durham in stanley, and he's concerned about losing the winte

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver decision time. tonight's the night. the final two tory leadership contenders battle it out to become the next leader of the conservative party. right here on gb news. >> yes , indeed. and in other >> yes, indeed. and in other news, liam payne's family say they are devastated and heartbroken following his tragic death. celebrities and fans from across the globe have been posting tributes throughout the day as they mourn his loss. we'll have very. we'll have more on this very shortly. >> mass amnesty. more than 60,000 migrants will be granted asylum in the uk in the next yeah asylum in the uk in the next year. that's according to new analysis from the refugee council charity. is this an amnesty in all but name .7 amnesty in all but name? >> and king charles and queen camilla are jetting off as we speak to australia for their first tour since the king's cancer diagnosis. but what kind of welcome can they expect down under ? under? yes, well, everyone's gearing up our political team are gearing up for this evening. it's goi

. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood . harwood. >> trump rages at labour the trump campaign accuses the far left labour party of interfering in the us election, but keir starmer insists he still has a good relationship with donald trump. >> this despite the former president filing an extraordinary legal complaint against the british governing party. >> it comes as lord waheed alli, the very generous labour party donon the very generous labour party donor, has been forced to apologise after he was found to have breached house of lords rules on four separate occasions. how will keir starmer react and sergeant martyn blake has been forced into hiding with a £10,000 bounty on his head. >> he was cleared of murder and gangster chris kaba on monday, the bbc reports. >> black communities in south london have been left traumatised by the incident , london have been left traumatised by the incident, and which english council is forcing all cabbies, including native engush all cabbies, including native english speakers, to take engu

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. reparation demands. rebellious caribbean leaders are set to force slavery reparations on the commonwealth summit agenda. the bahamas foreign minister expects starmer and david lammy to u—turn thanks to what they've said in the past, and we're going to put that reparations question to none other than nigel farage. >> plus his new push to steal counsellors away from the conservative party. will it work? >> plus, should jeremy corbyn, diane abbott and sadiq khan apologise for their public sympathy towards the violent gang leader chris kaba after the firearms officer , martyn blake firearms officer, martyn blake was found not guilty of his killing and up in smoke disposable vapes will be banned from june next year. >> is this a necessary move or could this push more people back to smoking? >> and this year's royal british legion poppy appeal has officially launched. today we're wearing our poppies. but does everyone know the importance of this appeal? we're asking whether the young still take pride in wearin

i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver breaking news a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby have died after a crash involving an unmarked police car in london. we'll bnng police car in london. we'll bring you the very latest updates on this developing story throughout the programme. >> and last night was the night badenoch and jenrick appeared for the first time together on national television here on gb news , as tory members begin to news, as tory members begin to vote for their new leader. will it be the gb news event? what won it ? won it? >> the king down under? king charles and queen camilla have now touched down in sydney, not pictured here. meanwhile, prince harry has been showing off his impressive surfing skills. >> pictured here. very good. hamas decapitation new drone footage reveals the last moments of 7th of october mastermind yahya sinwar life , before he was yahya sinwar life, before he was blown to bits by an israel defence force shell . defence force shell. >> labour's war on families inheritance tax school tax, stamp duty, national insurance and even more tax o

. >> i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. >> well, britain is open for business. the prime minister, he's pledging to get rid of regulations that are holding back investments in britain. what exactly does he mean? >> more historic reparations. a group of 15 caribbean nations will ask the king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations. the foreign secretary has spoken very much in support of such payments in the past. but will the government now cave in? >> and a new report has revealed that chinese heritage pupils on free school meals are outperforming performing white british pupils from far better off backgrounds. now, critics say it shows the traditional belief that life chances are determined by a binary has been overturned. okay, white. >> well good afternoon, britain. much to come on today's programme, not least the government's vibe shift. we're calling this . they've been calling this. they've been talking attempted, attempted reset, a reset for the government. just 100 days in. keir starmer has gone from a sort of eeyore like figure