we are live in whitehaven. why we ain't go .7 they love it, we love it. go.7 they love it, we love it. we're here go? they love it, we love it. we're here and we're here till, well, till 8:00, actually, because farage is after me too. we're here for one reason. we want to get into the budget with you. there is so much to discuss. we'll get it all. discuss. we'll get into it all. but before we do, let's cross live to polly middlehurst for tonight's headlines. tonight's latest news headlines. >> michelle, thank you and good evening to you . well, let's line evening to you. well, let's line up for you then. the spring budget and what it means to you. the chancellor says it will let people keep as much of their own money as possible. jeremy hunt said the government's fiscal performance means the economy is also expected to grow this year by 0.8, giving the government enough headroom to cut national insurance contributions from april the 6th. >> employee, national insurance will be cut by another toopi from 10% to 8

whitehaven in cumbria. andrew in whitehaven in cumbria. andrew is in westminster. >> budget day is here in the chancellor. jeremy hunt is expected to announce, but i think he is going to announce a2p cut to national insurance. our business and economics edhon our business and economics editor. liam halligan. he's got the latest . the latest. >> it is budget day. the chancellor will be up on his hind legs at the commons despatch box at 1230. we know some tax cuts are coming. will they be enough? and can the chancellor pull a rabbit out of his budget hat? or is the rabbit dead ? dead? >> big wins for donald trump and joe biden in their super tuesday election contest. it looks almost certain that the pair will go head to head again in november. let's hear it from that man, trump. >> the poll numbers are so much higher than joe biden's. he's the worst president in the history of our country. there's never been anything like what's happening to our country. >> goldsmith guns for meghan, the princess of wales uncle, tells big brother housemates

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this is the reaction for people here in whitehaven . come on, here in whitehaven. do you think that this budget was meant to be a sweetener for the electorate in election year? >> yes, i do actually. and i thought, you know, as i said earlier, 19 parliamentary constituencies were mentioned. 0h, constituencies were mentioned. oh, there's money for this and money for that. i've listened to this member and that member, and i think it was designed perhaps this member and that member, and i tgive it was designed perhaps this member and that member, and i tgive them designed perhaps this member and that member, and i tgive them an signed perhaps this member and that member, and i tgive them an option perhaps this member and that member, and i tgive them an option asrhaps this member and that member, and i tgive them an option as toips to give them an option as to whether might go on the whether they might go on may the second. so they're hoping for a big from the budget big uplift from the budget because they're cutting taxes. but, you know, we sat here with mark littlew

. tomorrow night in whitehaven.e i'm not just going for the drinks, am doing the show drinks, i am doing the show from there tomorrow. qr code there tomorrow. scan the qr code on now and you could on the screen. now and you could join whitehaven join us all in whitehaven tomorrow and get on the tomorrow evening and get on the show and get your your thoughts about the budget out to the nation. now now still to come. should we scrap rule britannia from the proms? a top labour mp says the patriotic anthem is alienating . does she have a alienating. does she have a point? is it woke? nonsense don't miss that. >> but first, joining us now in the studio is the former adviser to boris johnson and the tory peer ranger, lord ranger peer covid ranger, lord ranger kulveer big in the lords kulveer big moment in the lords last night. five different defeats on the rwanda bill, the archbishop of canterbury abandoning his flock again in the house of lords in the thick of the political battle. is that the right place for the archbis

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i'm off to whitehaven. i'm off to whitehaven afternoon. well whitehaven.hitehaven. i'm off to whi going to be there tomorrow i'm going to be there tomorrow for the day. where is for the budget day. where is whitehaven? north. for the budget day. where is whiteiwest|? north. for the budget day. where is whiteiwest of north. for the budget day. where is whiteiwest of penrith north. for the budget day. where is whiteiwest of penrith on north. for the budget day. where is whiteiwest of penrith on the rth. coast. >> from the latest, we're finding the most northerly part of england can send her to. of england we can send her to. yeah andrew said. >> just her about >> can you just send her about 5 or hours away. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and have a good one. >> and have a good one. >> it's a return ticket though sadly. thank you. >> i'm looking forward to the break. >> you too. >> you too. >> thank you andrew. thank you very much indeed. british very much indeed. great british giveaway competition. it's absolutely you're not absolutely superb. if you're not in, you ca

they're setting up their this evening their shows for this evening here whitehaven. it's here in whitehavene uk. actually some that you'll some chains that you'll recognise. doing fine, recognise. all still doing fine, but buildings and shops are but many buildings and shops are boarded up, the !8 to 24 year olds often get a hard time, don't they? in this country and the government, this government wants to get back to work. wants to get them back to work. that's we've been hearing that's what we've been hearing about. well, met amazing about. well, i met an amazing young girl morning. do young girl this morning. so do come you to come in here. i'd love you to meet is abby and abby meet her. this is abby and abby is the owner abby's cafe, is the owner of abby's cafe, which abby, you started when you were !9 years old. how easy has it been in the last two years to get this business up and running? >> it was. i had a lot of support from my family. and jenny, who's with tegretol, but there was quite a lot of obviously the top end of king street. a lot of empty street. there was a lot of empty

join me from whitehaven live at 7:00 tomorrow. wonder the tomorrow.weather like? weather going to be like? >> looks like things are heating up boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news showers today, but they are fading away and most will have a dry night. a little bit of fog and frost likely in the southwest. low pressure is out in the atlantic. it tries to move in, but it's getting blocked and stopped by a big area of high pressure that is the dominant feature and it is the dominant feature and it is allowing bit more to is allowing a bit more cloud to drift east. seen drift into the east. we've seen some heavy across the some heavy showers across the southeast. they drifting southeast. they are drifting away. few scattered away. still a few scattered showers here there through showers here and there through the lot in the night. a lot of cloud in eastern england and eastern scotland. clearer skies further eastern england and eastern sc

simply special in whitehaven.could join them to take part that show. them to take part in that show. now let us know what are your thoughts talking points thoughts on our talking points today? email us please gbviews@gbnews.com. and there is that that , that um qr code scan that that, that um qr code scan that that, that um qr code scan that and you can join the audience with jubes or nigel farage. but first here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower tax economy , but will only do so in economy, but will only do so in a responsible way. jeremy hunt made the comments while visiting a plant in wiltshire , where he a plant in wiltshire, where he also announced a £360 million funding boost for manufacturing income tax has reached a historic high while promising some cuts, though the chancellor has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget and newly elected rochdale mp george galloway h

yesterday up there in whitehaven with some commonwealth war graves, to say equality and death actuallyle established 100 years by who years ago by men who were cleverer and better and more principled than today. but christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, asked jeremy hunt about it today. here's what he had to say. >> good proposal . i also, by the >> good proposal. i also, by the way, remembered, the sufferings and worries of people of the jewish faith in my autumn statement . so a very good statement. so a very good proposal was made to me by sajid javid. yes. who is a colleague and a friend. and i decided i'd have merit . have merit. >> and the way you framed it, you framed the by saying you framed the answer by saying we extremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. extremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. afterremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. afterremiloss|nd heal divisions. after the loss of life in israel and gaza. will that memorial do that ? that memorial do that? >> i believe it wil

. a budget special in whitehaven.hitehaven during the day on wednesday as well. if you want to apply go to gbnews.com or you can scan the code on the screen . can scan the code on the screen. now then. um first of all though, here is your news with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much and good morning. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the chancellor is under growing pressure to lower tax his with the former home secretary priti patel saying voters need their money back. income tax has reached an historic high while promising some cuts. jeremy hunt has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget . today, he's wednesday's budget. today, he's announced £360 million worth of funding for manufacturing to help boost the economy . dame help boost the economy. dame pretty told gb news the government can't keep borrowing and it needs to be more cautious when it comes to spending . when it comes to spending. >> we have over 500,000 civil servants now even to shave a degree off

we will be live out and about in whitehaven. i've told you this by now.ything contained within the chancellor's budget. chancellor's spring budget. we'll live audience. um, we'll have a live audience. um, so i'll be able to get your feedback as it happens, myself and nigel will be there. um, i've mentioned already how to get the tickets. you can scan that qr code that's on the screen, or you can go to gbnews.com, which leads me nicely then, doesn't it? to the budget. there's been budget. indeed there's been loads speculation what loads of speculation about what should in it. should and should not be in it. let's cut to the chase. what should be in it, lord moylan? >> well, i would like to see a cut tax, and i would cut in income tax, and i would like see a in stamp duty like to see a cut in stamp duty on property, because i think that up the housing that would free up the housing market, it easier for market, make it easier for people move out of large people to move out of large properties. older people move out large properties to out of large propertie

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it'll be a live show from 6 to 8 pm. we'll be in the seaside p.m. we'll be in the seaside town of whitehavenn cumbria. we've got a few tickets left if you want to come along because it's budget day and i want to go to cumbria and ask when you've heard hunt's budget, heard jeremy hunt's budget, whether better off or whether you feel better off or worse off the of it, if worse off at the end of it, if you to come for that two you want to come for that two hour special michelle dewberry and be in the audience, and myself, be in the audience, ask questions, take part . all ask questions, take part. all you is go to you need to do is go to gbnews.com. and we always , gbnews.com. and we always, always have a full house at these events. so if you want to come, you had better hurry . these events. so if you want to come, you had better hurry. now the church of england had made a decision already that it was going to put about £100 million into a fund for reparations for slavery. the reason is that if you go back 250 years, in fact, nearly 300, actually, the church of england were investors in the so

. >> i had a i had a lovely time in whitehaven this thank in whitehaven this week.ank you to the people of you so much to the people of cumbria who had news up there cumbria who had gb news up there and gave us an amazing welcome. now, is finally going now, the nhs is finally is going to it's going to to save your life. it's going to do by monitoring phone activity. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what could go wrong. >> what could go wrong. >> so this is the idea you all have heard in the budget. jeremy hunt talks about this amazing like is to save like technology is going to save the app can the nhs. so this app you can download your phone. download it onto your phone. it's monitor your step it's going to monitor your step counts. it's part of a government plan to tackle unhealthy lifestyles get unhealthy lifestyles and get people back work. people back to work. >> my only concern about this >> so my only concern about this is 20 years when is what happens in 20 years when we another pandemic and the we have another pandemic and the government wants everyone vaccinated. >> t

it is this wednesday in whitehaven . you won't to whitehaven.s think it's miss it. actually i think it's going to be a pretty good one. but should we get your latest headlines. >> emily. thank you. it's 1233. >> emily. thank you. it's1233. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy , but will a lower taxed economy, but will only do so in a response way. jeremy hunt made the comments while visiting a plant in wiltshire, where he also announced a £360 million funding boost for manufacture . hiring boost for manufacture. hiring income tax has reached an historic high and while promising some cuts, the chancellor has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget. we do want to move to a lower tax economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsible and recognises that that there are things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing . borrowing. >> we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services, m

i think whitehaven think that's whitehaven in cumbria.of the audience as michelle dewberry nigel farage dewberry and nigel farage broadcast . the raf has broadcast live. the raf has sparked fury after announcing it's going to retire 30 quick reaction alert jets used to protect british skies from potential attacks . potential attacks. >> the jets will be grounded despite completing only just 40% of their predicted flying hours, in a move that has been likened to quotes scrapping spitfires before the battle of britain , before the battle of britain, military historian and defence analyst chris newton joins us now . um, analyst chris newton joins us now. um, chris, analyst chris newton joins us now . um, chris, there are, now. um, chris, there are, i think, many people who will make that parallel about scrapping spitfires before the battle of britain. what on earth is going on at a time when we're talking about heightened tension? the need to defend the country? we have some highly capable aircraft , but they are quite old aircraft, but they

for wednesday in whitehaven for their special budget day coverage. code displayed throughout today's show welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news. lord norman lamont joins me in the studio now. he was chancellor of the exchequer from 1990 until 1993. lovely to see you this morning. um, i put a question there to jeremy hunt. i know you just watched the interview about the obr. can you clear this up for us? because on one hand we can understand why the obr was set up under gordon brown. it was to ensure that chancellors budgets had checks and balances, but now it seems as if the obr is informing what should go in the budget. is that right? >> no, i don't think so. i think what obr providing what the obr is providing is information about whether what the government is planning to do in the future is consistent with responsibility and with the fiscal rules that the government itself has set down. it's not compelling , but it would be compelling, but it would be possible for the obr to say something. and the government to ignore it. >> but the

now until the budget, and we'll be doing two special shows live from whitehaven tomorrow to find outand the nigel farage show . to get your tickets farage show. to get your tickets go to gbnews.com now to a warning from the uk's most senior police officer for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley has said combating violence against women and girls will need the same level of funding as the fight against terrorism or organised crime. sir mark told the london policing board today that there are hundreds of thousands of men in britain who are a threat to women and girls, and he's added that the scale of the problem means it has to be treated as a threat to national security. when he was speaking a few hours before the bbc airs a documentary into the murder of sarah everard by a serving metropolitan police officer, well , joining me now to discuss well, joining me now to discuss this is the former met police officer, peter kirkham. peter, welcome to the show . so the welcome to the show. so the conversation of late , of course, conversation of late, of course, has been on

>> in whitehaven, >> sandra, who is in whitehaven, a very dear to my a place that is very dear to myhe television. it's fabulous. they're and sandra they're up in cumbria and sandra says i will not vote for the conservative even if they conservative party. even if they brought boris back. interestingly, evening interestingly, in the evening recording of recording in whitehaven of michelle dewberry shows and nigel shows that night when michelle asked the room who will vote for reform? nearly every handin vote for reform? nearly every hand in that room went up. it's a very interesting demographic of people who feel that neither labour nor conservatives labour nor the conservatives represent their interests. >> there was a letter the >> there was a letter in the daily telegraph today the daily telegraph today saying the tories official spokes responses. for responses. if you vote for reform , you're going to get a reform, you're going to get a keir starmer labour government. and they said, why are and they said, well, why are people reform? people voting for reform? because tories haven

>> tell you, i was >> well, let me tell you, i was up last night in whitehaven in cumbria.wberry and i were doing a live show, a were there doing a live show, a good sized audience of very local people, so local that every time we mention the name whitehaven, they all cheered, you know , and good for them, you know, and good for them, because they feel very ignored up there, that constituency had been labour since 1931, since the ramsay mac election of that yeah the ramsay mac election of that year. and it was, you know, one of the biggest red wall wins really was that seat i detected in the room . real anger over in the room. real anger over this particular issue, but more deeply, it was difficult to find anyone in the room who intended to vote conservative. and they've lost it. they've lost it. they've got no sense of priorities, no, no courage, no principles. and ultimately, you know what i came away with last night? a sense of being let down, but also a sense on economics and the budget that labour would have done almost nothing different . nothing different. >> yeah. a

whitehaven have you never been to you been? i've never been to the lake. isn't that terrible? yeah, it's really nice. it looks absolutely stunning. >> yeah, it's really nice. it loo had bsolutely stunning. >> yeah, it's really nice. it loo had someely stunning. >> yeah, it's really nice. it loo had some verytunning. >> yeah, it's really nice. it loo had some very interesting we had some very interesting guests. and so this is the day after budget often after the budget and often maloney of the budget maloney the detail of the budget begins unravel within begins to unravel within 24 hours. it's already hours. and it's already unravelling because people can see is cutting see that while he is cutting national are national insurance, people are still paying more tax. >> you know, when you when you when tear apart that when you tear apart that that national insurance for national insurance rise. for most people that means about 37, £38 a month extra their £38 a month extra in their pay packets. mean, not packets. i mean, that's not a supermarket shop. no. so it's not to make that

well, i'm live here in whitehaven in cumbria. >> it's budget day.ence. do they feel better off? you know the local mp on the show with me. and of course, most important of all, questions and responses from members of the audience. >> but before all of that, let's get the news back in london from polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you and good evening to you. well, the chancellor has cut national insurance in today's pre—election budget , but pre—election budget, but opposition leaders say living standards are still squeezed and millions of people face being dragged into higher tax bands. jeremy hunt said today the government's fiscal performance means the economy is expected, though, to grow this year by 0.8, giving, he says, the government enough headroom to make the cut to national insurance contributions from april the 6th in employee national insurance will be cut by another £0.02 from 10% to 8, and self—employed national insurance will be cut from 8% to 6. >> it means an additional £450 a year for the average employee, or £350 for someone self—

well, it's lovely whitehaven. >> yeah. yes, it is, isn't it.useum , i mean it's the, it's museum, i mean it's the, it's the plaque next to the punch and judy puppets that says over the years the evil character in this seaside puppet show has shifted from the devil to unpopular pubuc from the devil to unpopular public figures, including adolf hitler , margaret thatcher and hitler, margaret thatcher and osama bin laden. i think that margaret thatcher would be deeply wounded at being put in the same bracket as adolf hitler and osama bin laden , and to call and osama bin laden, and to call them merely unpopular public figures. yeah, really, i think that's the difference. >> i mean, she was she was a punch and judy puppet, and she was unpopular. yeah. amongst a lot of the country. >> was an unpopular public >> she was an unpopular public figure as well as being popular. but to put hitler , i know but to put adolf hitler, i know osama bin laden as unpopular pubuc . osama bin laden as unpopular public . they were an public figures. they were an awful

whitehaven the important whitehaven important aspects of whitehaven go that, you know, go on is that, for the 2019 apparently for, for the 2019 general election. that was you know, when they said if we can appeal to white haven, man then we'll win. they did appeal to whitehaven man. and they and we'll win. they did appeal to whiliberal1 man. and they and we'll win. they did appeal to whiliberal democrats they and we'll win. they did appeal to whiliberal democrats arey and we'll win. they did appeal to whiliberal democrats are trying and the liberal democrats are trying to go after the waitrose woman. oh sounds threatening. oh that sounds threatening. >> not doing well >> they're not doing very well though. threatening. you >> sounds threatening. you shouldn't like that to shouldn't do things like that to a disgusting a woman dressed disgusting for the democrats again . the liberal democrats yet again. still this is, of still to come. uh this is, of course, gb news breakfast. and we've got a lot coming your way, so make sure that you stay tuned. should we should we be having gender neu