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. the woke takeover of whitehall. the report revealed everything from gender neutral language to 30 days of pride calendars , and 30 days of pride calendars, and unfortunately it's an all too familiar story. this wokery has been designed to stop democracy working. state of the nation starts now . starts now. i'll also be joined by high wattage panel this evening . gb wattage panel this evening. gb news is very own dazzling ray of sunshine. doctor david starkey and the former editor of the sunday mirror, paul connew. as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. you know, the format. email me. mail mog at gbnews.com. but now it's time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> jacob, thank you. and good evening to you. well, the top story tonight is that the metropolitan police has launched an investigation after receiving an investigation after receiving a number of sex offence allegations against the comedian russell brand. the force saying the cases are not rec

says it says that whitehall, which is. which is the thing, gone whitehall, which is. thewoke thing, gone whitehall, which is. which is thewoke and thing, gone whitehall, which is. which is thewoke and they ing, gone whitehall, which is. which is thewoke and they can't gone whitehall, which is. which is thewoke and they can't do gone all woke and they can't do anything everything is anything because everything is lgbtq+ and gender ideology specifically , is this the gender specifically, is this the gender issue? >> and it's treated as if it's as if it's proven fact, hard fact. there's been a you know, it's not some sort of contested contests . radical theory. contests. radical theory. >> yeah. you're not allowed an opinion. and if you do, you're, you're treated as as suboptimal i guess. >> yeah. and anybody that does question it is then ostracised sized and there's clearly a disjoint with the majority of voters who don't believe in gender ideology. >> and no wonder we don't know that for a fact. >> no, we do know that for a fact, because surveys have shown that most pe

i'm asking is whitehall being held hostage by woke mobsters? and do please get in touch on all of those topics. send us your thoughts on gbviews@gbnews.com. send us a message on our socials. we're at gb news is scrapping inherent tax inheritance tax the way to go? but before we get started, here is your news with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good afternoon to you. it is a minute past one. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. rishi sunaks considering a cut to inheritance tax in an attempt to inheritance tax in an attempt to entice voters ahead of the general election. the sunday times claims the prime minister plans reduce current rate plans to reduce the current rate in in march, with in the budget in march, with a view to phasing it out altogether in future years. inheritance tax is charged at 40, but the vast majority of estates fall below the threshold. so married couples can pass on £1 million to their kids being taxed at less kids without being taxed at less than of people the uk pay than 4% of people in the uk pay death duties and p

we don't seek fights with whitehall , but we fights with whitehall, but we know how to answer them backcept way down and accept the way whitehall treated. whitehall is always treated. the north of england, we are fighting back, we're getting organised. we're not going to take so take things lying down. so they'll from us. they'll be hearing from us. >> andy burnham talking >> that's andy burnham talking to christopher hope, our political editor up in manchester, and course, manchester, and of course, following comments following those comments from both osborne and lord both george osborne and lord heseltine saying scrapping the manchester would an manchester route would be an act of gross vandalism. so is it going to be a one and a half? let's speak to our economics and business editor, editor for liam halligan with on the money . halligan with on the money. because it is about figures, big figures as well, and suggestions from rishi sunak that a lot of the figures behind the scenes are even more eye—watering than what's out in public at the moment. >> they are, i must say. i mean, thi

whitehall sources newspaper.was looking at measures similar to those brought in by new zealand , which brought in by new zealand, which involved steadily increasing the legal smoking age . so tobacco legal smoking age. so tobacco would end up never being sold to anyone born after 2009. so is this the nanny state in overdrive ? let's ask tonight's overdrive? let's ask tonight's newsmaker , former coronation newsmaker, former coronation street star, top actor and fearless voice of common sense, charlie lawson. charlie banning smoking, is this the way forward ? >> and 7- >> and are 7_ >> and are you 7 >> and are you doing, mark, you know, you've dragged me away from the rugby, so god bless you, sir. i'm not in favour of banning things and i'm certainly not in favour of governments doing stuff like this. i mean , doing stuff like this. i mean, you know , education. we know we you know, education. we know we know how cigarettes are bad for us and i gave up for 12 years and unfortunate. finally i started again about a

whitehall sources newspaper.was looking at measures similar to those brought in by new zealand , which brought in by new zealand, which involved steadily increasing the legal smoking age . so tobacco legal smoking age. so tobacco would end up never being sold to anyone born after 2009. so is this the nanny state in overdrive ? let's ask tonight's overdrive? let's ask tonight's newsmaker , former coronation newsmaker, former coronation street star, top actor and fearless voice of common sense, charlie lawson. charlie banning smoking, is this the way forward ? >> and 7- >> and are 7_ >> and are you 7 >> and are you doing, mark, you know, you've dragged me away from the rugby, so god bless you, sir. i'm not in favour of banning things and i'm certainly not in favour of governments doing stuff like this. i mean , doing stuff like this. i mean, you know , education. we know we you know, education. we know we know how cigarettes are bad for us and i gave up for 12 years and unfortunate. finally i started again about a

always the whitehall has always treated the nonh whitehall has always treated the north of england. getting organised. we're to organised. we're not going to take things lying down. so they'll be hearing from us. >> almost though inference >> it almost as though inference there burnham, the there from andy burnham, the mayor manchester, mayor of greater manchester, of course, that he might even actually to suing the actually resort to suing the government. but but the idea that go from a suburb that that you go from a suburb that most people haven't heard of , of most people haven't heard of, of london southern suburb of london to a southern suburb of birmingham no one's heard birmingham that no one's heard of. stop. mean, it of. and then stop. i mean, it would take longer. would actually take longer. rather going from euston to rather than going from euston to central birmingham and avoid the mist . the really important bit mist. the really important bit from birmingham to manchester. andy burnham to talk about well that would be project failed and the option that other people favo

always the whitehall has always treated the nonh whitehall has always treated the north of england. getting organised. we're to organised. we're not going to take things lying down. so they'll be hearing from us. >> almost though inference >> it almost as though inference there burnham, the there from andy burnham, the mayor manchester, mayor of greater manchester, of course, that he might even actually to suing the actually resort to suing the government. but but the idea that go from a suburb that that you go from a suburb that most people haven't heard of , of most people haven't heard of, of london southern suburb of london to a southern suburb of birmingham no one's heard birmingham that no one's heard of. stop. mean, it of. and then stop. i mean, it would take longer. would actually take longer. rather going from euston to rather than going from euston to central birmingham and avoid the mist . the really important bit mist. the really important bit from birmingham to manchester. andy burnham to talk about well that would be project failed and the option that other people favo

classic whitehall. okay. classic whitehall. okay. classic whitehall is an issue that has been bubbling under the surface for years and years and years that they've just that just bureaucrats inertia has let develop . and then suddenly, of develop. and then suddenly, of course it explodes one day and it lands in the lap of whichever politician happens to be in the building at the time. and, you know, you could well imagine it was a scenario where, yes, she was a scenario where, yes, she was on holiday and no, she should not be criticised for going on holiday. i agree with you on that one. and suddenly she gets a phone call saying, well, actually, we're going to have to close these schools now. and she said, hang on, and then she said, hang on, what, what? >> but that report came at >> but that report came in at the beginning august. you the beginning of august. so you could whether not could question whether or not somebody should on somebody should be going on houday somebody should be going on holiday with schools coming back at of

or bodies or companies. corporations or bodies or conwhether it's whitehall, but >> whether it's whitehall things like benefits, you know, benefits, immigration, you know, i for example, we've i mean, take for example, we've had a crisis recently with a prisoner had prisoner escaping. we've had cnses prisoner escaping. we've had crises like crises in places like afghanistan, and we've afghanistan, and what we've found or in the education department and what we've found when those when we look at some of those departments are going and you're thinking really|nd you're thinking really need»u're thinking really need»u'rdial nking really need »u'r dial up ng you really need to dial up productivity and sure it's productivity and make sure it's all it really all hands on deck, is it really appropriate of that appropriate that half of that very expensive office that taxpayers paying is taxpayers are paying for is empty ? empty? >> yeah. and also, you know, you have to be kept abreast of things often that just comes things and often that just comes through day conversation through day to day conve

or bodies or companies. corporations or bodies or conwhether it's whitehall, but >> whether it's whitehall things like benefits, you know, benefits, immigration, you know, i for example, we've i mean, take for example, we've had a crisis recently with a prisoner had prisoner escaping. we've had cnses prisoner escaping. we've had crises like crises in places like afghanistan, and we've afghanistan, and what we've found or in the education department and what we've found when those when we look at some of those departments are going departments that are going through we're through these crises, we're finding to of staff finding that 40 to 50% of staff are during the weeks that are in during the weeks that these are happening. yes. these crises are happening. yes. and wonder, you know, and you do wonder, you know, when in an emergency when you're in an emergency situation and you're thinking when you're in an emergency situireally|nd you're thinking when you're in an emergency situireally need»u're thinking when you're in an emergency situireally need»u'rdial nking when you're in an emergency

protesters gathered in whitehall, saying the approval was disastrous. 0thers in whitehall, saying thes. others said they despaired that this has happened in the middle of a cost of living and climate crisis. we the middle of a cost of living and climate crisis.— the middle of a cost of living and climate crisis. we need to be clear that this is — climate crisis. we need to be clear that this is a _ climate crisis. we need to be clear that this is a huge _ climate crisis. we need to be clear that this is a huge mistake - climate crisis. we need to be clear that this is a huge mistake on - that this is a huge mistake on economic grounds, on energy security grounds and on climate grounds, and that the uk public do not stand to benefit from this field. the that the uk public do not stand to benefit from this field.— benefit from this field. the uk government _ benefit from this field. the uk government welcome - benefit from this field. the uk government welcome the - benefit from this field. the uk - government welcome the regulator's decision. rishi sunak was in scotland this summer, wh

nana the same as there are in whitehall. but it's a question of how big you make this.mpact on legislation and wrote legislation and wrote legislation that can be extremely sensitive . but i think extremely sensitive. but i think the genesis of this problem is actually the social media explosion, which seems to have schooled everybody to shout at one another and have no tolerance, whatever for of what anything anyone else has to say. and i would just finally make the point that in shakespeare's day it was considered perfectly normal for blokes to play the part of women quite often playing the pretending to be men. so if it's good enough for audiences at the globe , i'd say audiences at the globe, i'd say it's good enough for us. >> yeah, but peter, they knew they pretending. they were pretending. some people actually think they are. reem ibrahim yeah, i mean, this, this ideology is this type of ideology is incredibly pervasive. >> authoritarian and it's >> it's authoritarian and it's effectively entered our universities , our most respected universities, our most respec

that's centre whitehall that's broadly centre left .ot liz truss's left. naturally not liz truss's home turf on any by any definition. and she was very, very assertive. she said the reason my policies failed is because even though i was elected off the back of them by the tory faithful, there was massive pushback from the blob from over powerful administrators , from leftie administrators, from leftie bureaucrats, as she put it. i mean, she looks at the economic side of the bbc in the eye and said, you are part of the problem, feisal, because you are asking me questions like that. endless questions will you apologise? will you apologise? but when it comes to the bank of england, example, she has a england, for example, she has a point liam halligan she does. and her about and and i asked her about this and she was a little bit reticent maybe to go there because this is really deep waters. is these are really deep waters. did bank england did the bank of england effectively oust her by doing things gilts things that undermined the gilts

that's centre whitehall that's broadly centre left .not liz truss's left. naturally not liz truss's home turf on any by any definition. and she was very, very assertive. she said the reason my policies failed is because even though i was elected off the back of them by the tory faithful, there was massive pushback from the blob from over powerful administrators , from leftie administrators, from leftie bureaucrats, as she put it. i mean, she looks at the economic side of the bbc in the eye and said, you are part of the problem, feisal, because you are asking me questions like that. endless questions will you apologise? will you apologise? but when it comes to the bank of england, example, she has a england, for example, she has a point liam halligan she does. england, for example, she has a poini liam halligan she does. england, for example, she has a poini askedialligan she does. england, for example, she has a poini asked hergan she does. england, for example, she has a poini asked her aboutre does. england, for example, she has a poi

always the whitehall has always treated the nonh whitehall has always treated the north of england. getting organised. we're to organised. we're not going to take things lying down. so they'll be hearing from us. >> almost though inference >> it almost as though inference there burnham, the there from andy burnham, the mayor manchester, mayor of greater manchester, of course, that he might even actually to suing the actually resort to suing the government. but but the idea that go from a suburb that that you go from a suburb that most people haven't heard of , of most people haven't heard of, of london southern suburb of london to a southern suburb of birmingham no one's heard birmingham that no one's heard of. stop. mean, it of. and then stop. i mean, it would take longer. would actually take longer. rather going from euston to rather than going from euston to central birmingham and avoid the mist . the really important bit mist. the really important bit from birmingham to manchester. andy burnham to talk about well that would be project failed and the option that other people favo

protesters gathered in whitehall, saying the approval was disastrous. others said they despaired thatn the middle of a cost of living and climate crisis. i think we need to be clear that this is a huge mistake on economic grounds, on energy security grounds and on climate grounds, and that the uk public do not stand to benefit from this field. the uk government welcome the regulator's decision. rishi sunak was in scotland this summer, where he defended the decision to grant 100 new north sea oil and gas licenses. he was also asked about rosebank. what i would say is that it's entirely consistent with transitioning to net—zero that we use the energy we have got here at home, because we are going to need it for decades. so far betterfor our economy, forjobs and for climate emissions that we get it from here other than shipping it halfway around the world. scotland's first minister humza yousaf said he was disappointed. well, this is the wrong decision to be made. i have expressed my concern about rosebank going ahead for some time now. i think most reasonable people are in our position.

the week and i think they will be hoping, over the road from where i am now in downing street and whitehallw a bit of a line under it, but i wouldn't be so sure because in government they do admit still that there may be some schools affected that they don't yet know are affected, and that's just schools. there are all sorts of other public buildings that were built using this material from the 19505 to the 19905 — courts, prisons and so on. people in government say that those will probably be ok because they have more constant maintenance than schools, but if that turns out not to be the case, then you could end up with large parts of britain's public infrastructure having to be, at the very least, mitigated, but perhaps even closed down, and that could just be very damaging for lots of people's lives, way beyond schoolchildren and their families. staying in the uk and birmingham city council has effectively declared bankruptcy. the local authority, which is the uk's biggest, has issued what's known as a section 114 notice to the government. that means it feels it cannot meet its financial

. the woke takeover of whitehall.days of pride calendars , and 30 days of pride calendars, and unfortunately it's an all too familiar story. this wokery has been designed to stop democracy working. state of the nation starts now . starts now. i'll also be joined by high wattage panel this evening . gb wattage panel this evening. gb news is very own dazzling ray of sunshine. doctor david starkey and the former editor of the sunday mirror, paul connew. as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. you know, the format. email me. mail mog at

weather that 80% of our three of our biggest departments , it's in biggest departments, it's in whitehallrking from home during the sunshine. and we're paying for all of this now. this is significant. this is what the farage moment eric adams is a democrat mayor in new york. this was him speaking last night about illegal migrants coming into new york. have a listen to this . listen to this. >> we're getting no support on this national crisis and we're receiving no support. and let me tell you something, new york is neverin tell you something, new york is never in my life have i had a problem that i did not see an ending to . i don't see an ending ending to. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this this issue will destroy new york city, destroy troy, new york city. >> did you hear that ? illegal >> did you hear that? illegal migrants turning up in new york city in large numbers. will, according to the democrat mayor, destroy new york city. he also said this problem is coming to a neighbourhood near you . now,

weather that 80% of our three of our biggest departments , it's in biggest departments, it's in whitehalling from home during the sunshine. and we're paying for all of this now. this is significant. this is what the farage moment eric adams is a democrat mayor in new york. this was him speaking last night about illegal migrants coming into new york. have a listen to this . listen to this. >> we're getting no support on this national crisis and we're receiving no support. and let me tell you something, new york is neverin tell you something, new york is never in my life have i had a problem that i did not see an ending to . i don't see an ending ending to. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this this issue will destroy new york city, destroy troy, new york city. >> did you hear that ? illegal >> did you hear that? illegal migrants turning up in new york city in large numbers. will, according to the democrat mayor, destroy new york city. he also said this problem is coming to a neighbourhood near you . now, i

but our understanding is there are conversations going on in whitehall suggesting hang on a minute, thatand that actually the 8.5% number is driven by a one—off bonus payments to public sector workers that maybe shouldn't count. they have artificially inflated the number. if you take it out and you can save 500, £600 million. there were separate conversations happening where this policy has been hard—wired into politics for ten to 15 years now. people are questioning it and staying raqqa saying things like it is not sustainable, the labour party is saying they cannot necessarily commit to it ahead of the next election. this against the backdrop of unemployment going up, growth numbers are troubling, inflation may go back up next weekend interest rates going up and the government's official forecast is saying that because rates have gone up, the of government interest rate payments will have to go up, wiping out their room for manoeuvre and creating tensions over their spending plans. chris, politically how likely is it that this pension guarantee will be junked? it goes back to the coali

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they keep talking about phasing, which is sort of whitehall language for delay. so let's see. one is the european convention on human rights. i'm not saying... we know what the policy is at the moment, it is to stay within it, and if a party in government was to advocate withdrawal or an attempted withdrawal, it would be mighty controversial. brexit mark ii, as somebody described it to me. it is written into all sorts of bits of legislation, not least the good friday agreement in northern ireland. but there are some conservatives who would love to see that happen. so, those two things i'll throw out there. who knows, by the way... i think the hs2 question they're going to have to answer, and it looks like they are on the move on that one. echr is more of a question mark. so they are just two of a few of the things that would have, ithink, depending on exactly how far you went as a party, the same capacity to cause one of these rows as we have seen this week, that discombobulates and forces labour to work out where it's going to be and grabs the agenda and grabs those headlines

i was immersed in whitehall and i immersed in whitehall and westminster and politics in that period andnson and some of his political team and the civil servants, his official team. what we have been told and the civil servants who spoke to laura kuenssberg have done so off the record because of the sensitivity of this but there were very high level discussions about using the queen too, in quotes, remind borisjohnson of the constitution. using the queen for anything political, certainly some kind of internal row, is incredibly unusual and shows quite how sensitive this became. i suspect it borisjohnson or one of his team was here they would say it was a public health emergency, they had to be firm with their team. this is yet another reminder ofjust how chaotic and tense that period in british politics was. for and tense that period in british politics was-— and tense that period in british politics was. for now, thank you very much _ politics was. for now, thank you very much indeed. _ in libya, specialist teams are continuing the difficult and dangerous work of recovering the bodies

meanwhile, hundreds of activists marched to whitehall in london today , calling on the government todayling on the government today, calling on the government to u—turn on brexit and return to u—turn on brexit and return to the bloc clusters of metropolitan police officers monitored that demonstration as protesters in blue and yellow handed out their flyers. the uk voted to leave the european union in a referendum in 2016 called by the then prime minister david cameron . this is minister david cameron. this is gb news across the uk on tv. in your car on digital radio and on your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying a play your smart speaker by saying a play gb news now it's time for headliners . headliners. hello and welcome to headliners, the nation's favourite comedy news show. >> i'm nick dixon, of course , >> i'm nick dixon, of course, and i'm joined by the notorious veggie phobic lewis schaffer. there he is, just hating vegetables as and of course, his abused son, jonathan kogan. there he is looking slightly abused by lewis already. >> how are you doing, lads? >

and both have said that the problem is that whitehall doesn't have the whitehall just doesn't have theup with issue. so what you end up with is a few china hawks in the conservative party, perhaps in duncan smith, as the most influential of them, banging the drum and over again. but drum over and over again. but they really have the they don't really have the machinery of whitehall behind them to keep a properly close eye on this threat . eye on this threat. >> and how concerned do you think we should be? let's be crewed on a scale of 1 to 10, is this something that that threatens mine, our threatens to undo mine, our democracy now we're aware of democracy or now we're aware of it ? can simply it democracy or now we're aware of it? can simply it in democracy or now we're aware of it ? can simply it in the it? can we simply nip it in the bud just find other bud or will they just find other ways to infiltrate? >> well, this specific case, i mean, all of the mean, we don't know all of the details , on whole details yet, but on the whole parliamentary researchers, as i say, wouldn't have a

establishing a minister men, establishing a minister for men, another a huge another subset of a huge whitehally that goes with it, do we think it'll really make any difference? i i think it will difference . will make a difference. >> your trust in government is charming in many ways. >> i no look, i have no >> i have no look, i have no trust in government. i have no trust in government. i have no trust in government. what i trust in government. what i trust in government. what i trust in is people are there sort of a bit led by the nose if they see the government as saying this is important, they'll start believing it. you know, when the government said, you know, women are important, they believe that think they believe that people i think people actually only people it will actually only enable to take this issue enable people to take this issue really seriously. if there is a minister for men. i i think it's i think it is an important thing and i think it could really achieve massive things. and i and i just think it's so important that it isn't seen as a divisive issue that we do work tog

and i just think at centre in just think we at the centre in whitehall, i think there whitehall, i thinku have sue gray. so this is sue gray. simon casey's deputy, again, a member of civil service. we're of the civil service. we're told, impartially, even though she was witch hunter in she was the witch hunter in chief against boris johnson . she chief against boris johnson. she has joined the labour party has now joined the labour party . he's the chief of staff day one kwasi day one, she goes and address the labour staff members and referring to her and she says, referring to her time the cabinet office, you time in the cabinet office, you had my back, she says . i'll had my back, she says. i'll always have yours. >> i mean, was she ever impartial? >> this woman said, look, i mean, i found it extraordinary that of all the things that's happened with regard to the civil service, the fact that this lady and she's very professional, well thought of within the civil service, who she was , or the fact that she she was, or the fact that she did the boris you know, the inquiry, the grey repor

establishing a minister men, establishing a minister for men, another a huge another subset of a huge whitehallacy that goes with it, do we think it'll really make any difference? i i think it will difference . will make a difference. >> your trust in government is charming in many ways. >> i no look, i have no >> i have no look, i have no trust in government. i have no trust in government. i have no trust in government. what i trust in government. what i trust in government. what i trust in is people are there sort of a bit led by the nose if they see the government as saying this is important, they'll start believing it. you know, when the government said, you know, women are important, they believe that think they believe that people i think people actually only people it will actually only enable to take this issue enable people to take this issue really seriously. if there is a minister for men. i i think it's i think it is an important thing and i think it could really achieve massive things. and i and i just think it's so important that it isn't seen as a divisive issue that we do work t

except the way whitehall's always treated the north of england. we are fighting back. we're getting organised. we're not going to take things lying down. so they'll be hearing from us. >> this is ever so slightly in contrast to what labour leader sir keir starmer said in 2015. though. sir keir starmer said in 2015. though . hs2, hs2 on cost and on though. hs2, hs2 on cost and on merit , it will not achieve its merit, it will not achieve its stated objectives . and trump is stated objectives. and trump is he liable for fraud and new york judge says the former president repeatedly misrepresented his wealth to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars to banks and insurers. >> and i've got to say, i'm terribly excited. say jeffrey archer is coming into the studio this morning. he's going to tell us how you steal the crown jewels . jewels. >> he is indeed. let us know all of thoughts on our talking of your thoughts on our talking points ever. points this morning, as ever. email us, gbviews@gbnews.uk . com email us, gbviews@gbnews.uk. com we'll get stuck into all of those

but also the mayor of london today who is with us to back to westminster and whitehall and it's thislug on the north of england. stop. think that you can treat people here like second class citizens when it comes to transport the message that we're sending to the government today is invest in the north and give us the certainty and the commitment that we rely on, that our that we can rely on, that our businesses can on that businesses can rely on and that our need about the our communities need about the investment in infrastructure and hs2 in particular, that we can then develop so we can then develop our economies, our communities and get that economic into the north. economic growth into the north. you're right about the connections south yorkshire connections to south yorkshire and onto west yorkshire, and then onto west yorkshire, because this isn't just about connecting places up north with london. is also about london. this is also about connecting the great cities connecting up the great cities of sheffield and of the north. sheffield and leeds, west yorkshire and south yorks

and it's this don't whitehall. and it's this don't pull the plug on the north of england.treat people here like second class citizens when it comes to . transport second class citizens . citizens. >> that's what he says . the >> that's what he says. the northerners are being treated like the 16 million people in the north of england , and many the north of england, and many of them are frankly tired of heanng of them are frankly tired of hearing pledges and promises on what may happen with transport in the north. and then nothing being delivered. but sadiq khan at the other end down in london also had plenty to say. let's have a look at him, please have been invited by the cross—party transport for north to their board meeting on this morning. >> we may be mayors from different regions, but we speak with one voice and when we say we don't want cuts to high speed two, we see the benefits of high speed. two in relation to economic growth, in relation to increasing capacity, increase in connectivity, increase in speed, and it means we can have the same sort of transport links

sector , still many, i think 40% sector, still many, i think 40% of all public sector staff from whitehall still working from home. and actually the data shows that productivity is substantially lower and that's ons data. >> yeah , and i think that's the >> yeah, and i think that's the risk . so it depends on how risk. so it depends on how closely they're managed, what the relationship is like with their manager, what the culture of the employer is like, and i think where you've got lots of people working from home, you do have to work harder to keep those relationships going and therefore the productivity up. >> absolutely right, because stanford university, they actually even more than actually are even more more than the office for national statistics, which says about 8.5% less productive of i think it's at least that stanford university says it's between 10 and 20% less productive. i mean, that's the difference between profit and loss for many firms. >> i see that that can be an >> i can see that that can be an issue in some employers . from my issue in some employers. from my own per

sector , still many, i think 40% sector, still many, i think 40% of all public sector staff from whitehall still working from home. and actually the data shows that productivity is substantially lower and that's ons data. >> yeah , and i think that's the >> yeah, and i think that's the risk . so it depends on how risk. so it depends on how closely they're managed, what the relationship is like with their manager, what the culture of the employer is like, and i think where you've got lots of people working from home, you do have to work harder to keep those relationships going and therefore the productivity up. >> absolutely right, because stanford university, they actually even more than actually are even more more than the office for national statistics, which says about 8.5% less productive of i think it's at least that stanford university says it's between 10 and 20% less productive. i mean, that's the difference between profit and loss for many firms. >> i see that that can be an >> i can see that that can be an issue in some employers . from my issue in some employers. from my own per

and i just think at centre in just think we at the centre in whitehall, i think there whitehall, i thinkhave sue gray. so this is sue gray. simon casey's deputy, again, a member of civil service. we're of the civil service. we're told, impartially, even though she was witch hunter in she was the witch hunter in chief against boris johnson . she chief against boris johnson. she has joined the labour party has now joined the labour party . he's the chief of staff day one kwasi day one, she goes and address the labour staff members and referring to her and she says, referring to her time the cabinet office, you time in the cabinet office, you had my back, she says . i'll had my back, she says. i'll always have yours. >> i mean, was she ever impartial? >> this woman said, look, i mean, i found it extraordinary that of all the things that's happened with regard to the civil service, the fact that this lady and she's very professional, well thought of within the civil service, who she was , or the fact that she she was, or the fact that she did the boris you know, the inquiry, the grey report

whitehall taken over by woke zealots.oke takeover of whitehall that risks improperly influencing government policy. simon case was told in a letter signed by 42 staff from 16 departments that ideology on gender promoted by trans activists has become embedded in the civil service in a significant breach of impartiality. it says the concept that everyone has a gender identity, which is more important than their sex is treated now in the civil service as undisputed fact . a new weight as undisputed fact. a new weight loss jab proves twice as good as rivals. a new weight loss jab is twice as effective as other medication in helping some dieters shed the pounds. scientists found that the treatment that's called tirzepatide currently licenced for diabetes, could yield better results than the latest injections offered on the nhs . injections offered on the nhs. the i newspaper interest rates have now hit peak predict economists there you go. some good news for the weekend . bank good news for the weekend. bank of england holds r

whitehall taken over by woke zealots.e takeover of whitehall that risks improperly influencing government policy. simon case was told in a letter signed by 42 staff from 16 departments that ideology on gender promoted by trans activists has become embedded in the civil service in a significant breach of impartiality. it says the concept that everyone has a gender identity, which is more important than their sex is treated now in the civil service as undisputed fact . a new weight as undisputed fact. a new weight loss jab proves twice as good as rivals. a new weight loss jab is twice as effective as other medication in helping some dieters shed the pounds. scientists found that the treatment that's called tirzepatide currently licenced for diabetes, could yield better results than the latest injections offered on the nhs . injections offered on the nhs. the i newspaper interest rates have now hit peak predict economists there you go. some good news for the weekend . bank good news for the weekend. bank of england holds rat

meanwhile, hundreds of activists marched to whitehall in london earlier today , calling on the earliery, calling on the government to u—turn on brexit and return to the bloc . clusters and return to the bloc. clusters of metropolitan police officers monitored that demonstration as protesters in blue and yellow handed out flyers. the uk voted to leave the european union in a referendum in 2016 called by the then prime minister david cameron , and finally, nearly cameron, and finally, nearly a third of patients have suffered long term organ damage as a result of covid 19. that is according to findings of a new study , which also found study, which also found abnormalities in the lungs were almost 14 times higher in those who'd had the virus. abnormal findings involving the brain and kidneys were three and two times higher, respectively . the extent higher, respectively. the extent of the damage was often influenced by the severity of their infection. their age and other diseases in the body . this other diseases in the body. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital ra

civil service dragged their heels to thwart or thwart brexit because remainer ism is rampant across whitehallre too busy wiping away their tears to get on with administering the government. then look at sue gray, once hailed as infallible and impartial former permanent secretary who investigated the partygate scandal and now is of course working for the leader of the opposition and had secret conversations with him before swapping sides. look at our counter terrorism and extremism. infrastruc picture as the shawcross review earlier this year revealed, the prevent programme was overrun by comical political correctness , allowing political correctness, allowing itself to become distract by phantoms at the expense of pursuing genuine threats. phantoms at the expense of pursuing genuine threats . the pursuing genuine threats. the fact that legitimate conservative commentator was such as douglas murray and melanie phillips or even i would consider red flags for counter extremism , tells you how extremism, tells you how laughable the established moment has become. and now it's alleged this went as

a military or whitehall background , you know, and some background, you know, and some people say tongueeo palace, tongue in cheek at background, you know, and some peo palace, thejue in cheek at background, you know, and some peo palace, the palace heek at background, you know, and some peo palace, the palace still at the palace, the palace still operates using windows . 1066. operates using windows. 1066. >> and whoever this person is, this man or this woman , they're this man or this woman, they're going to be have to be one tough cookie because they'll be going to be coming in at a level of a ceo above the private secretary. and they're going to be running it like a company, a corporation. this is william and catherine setting out their stall. you know, for the future, for when they take over the reins of the royal family. >> one thing they did say, the person who went for the job had to have a small ego. yeah >> yeah, but you'll need to steal him a big suit. >> charles rea, thank you very much indeed forjoining us this much indeed for joining us this morning. we very much appreciate

hundreds of activists marched to whitehall in london earlier today, calling on the government to u—turnxit and return to the bloc. clusters of metropolitan police officers monitored the demonstration as protesters in blue and yellow handed out flyers . the uk voted handed out flyers. the uk voted to leave the european union in a referendum in 2016 called by the then prime minister david cameron. peter core leader and co—founder of the national rejoin march, says it felt like everyone had given up on the cause. >> half the speakers are under 35 years old and we've we had a bit of trouble getting people from universities here like we're trying because it's freshers week, so they're all doing different university events. this weekend. but everywhere we universities , everywhere we go, universities, eurovision, young people flock to us, take flags, take the flyers, our very enthusiastic as if you stick around for your speeches , you'll hear from young speeches, you'll hear from young speakers on stage. >> and finally , nearly a third >> and finally, nearly a third of patients have suffered