fri day pretty body friday pretty body with many on gb news all the way through until 6 pm. as we pick through the charred remains of britain's economy. isn't this just socialist budget leading britain health into decline? got tory labour decline? i've got tory labour mp, the lib dem is reacting mp, the lib dem mp is reacting to it. another big for us to it. another big one for us today well is that thousands today as well is that thousands of asylum seekers could be

dumped rural areas. so it's not exactly news people put exactly a news day people put back my view. jeremy back with it in my view. jeremy hunt, statement will hunt, autumn statement will bnng hunt, autumn statement will bring to a glass bring a tear to a glass i massive increase is spending cuts billions of pounds. cuts worth billions of pounds. 55% potentially worse 55% of people potentially worse as a hunt say said it as a result. hunt say said it will set us on a path to. but who the big winners people on benefits on elderly. here are the big losers everybody. and what's to blame for this is keen to pin it on putin i think it's lockdowns and our response to the pandemic. you may be shocked to learn some areas to learn that some areas taxpayer money has been wasted in including vegan cream in uruguay to welcome back to uruguay cake to welcome back to the office a luxury villa naples and even an amusement park in sydney. could not make it sydney. you could not make it up.and sydney. you could not make it up. and that's before we got stuck in to is your money. stuck in to two. is your money. are you going to well spent? i want to hear from you. give use our don't you? your our gb news don't you? your reaction this awesome reaction to this awesome nightmare but other nightmare statement. but other news seekers will sent to news asylum seekers will sent to rural areas this the kind of levelling up that we had planned is what will they do all day? what are the locals think? i'll

speak living those speak to people living those communities they communities to hear what they make all. make of it all. i'm a conservative mp for stoke on trent. he believes it's only fair, actually, as hotels in his constituency are being dumped on, all us get stuck into on, all of us get stuck into folk now as he does . good folk now as he does. good afternoon. it's 3:03. i'm ron and jones in the gb newsroom the chancellor's delivered his to get the economy back on track as he acknowledges the uk's already in recession . as part of his in recession. as part of his autumn statement jeremy hunt has reduced the threshold for the higher rate of income tax £150,000 to just over 125,000. the state pension benefits and tax will rise in line inflation by more than 10. millions of household will pay more in energy bills . april the typical energy bills. april the typical bill rising from two and a half thousand pounds to thousand as the government reduces the level

of support and energy firms will be hit with an expanded windfall tax of 35, up from 25. chancellor vowed to protect the poorest and believes his plan will help rebuild the economy . will help rebuild the economy. our priorities are stability growth and public services . growth and public services. april we'll continue the energy price guarantee for a further 12 months at a higher level of £3,000 per year for average household, with prices forecast to remain elevated throughout next year. this will an average of next year. this will an average 0 f £500 next year. this will an average of £500 support for every household in the country . i can household in the country. i can also announce that we will fulfil all our pledge to the country to protect the pensions triple lock while following the statement shadow chancellor rachel reeves accused conservatives of failing to learn from decisions made over the past decade , this government the past decade, this government has forced our economy into a

doom where low growth leads to higher taxes , lower investment higher taxes, lower investment and squeezed wages with a running of public services , all running of public services, all of which puts economic growth again and instead of learning from the mistakes the last decade, the simply repeating them, we need break free from this vicious of stagnation with choices and a proper plan for economic growth . what economics economic growth. what economics and business editor liam halligan outlines for us how the proposal savings will be made . proposal savings will be made. consolidation, if you like. the combination tax rises and spending is combination tax rises and spending i s £54 billion in round spending is £54 billion in round numbers of that spending is £54 billion in round numbers of tha t £54 billion numbers of that £54 billion mark. and again will be outlining this over the coming hours people don't need to get out that £54 billion, 24 billion of that is tax rises largely taken by. windfall taxes, by the way, 14 billion of the 24

billion is windfall tax. and then billion is windfall tax. and the n £30 billion of spending then £30 billion of spending cuts. but crucially , final point cuts. but crucially, final point is those cuts weren't really it was all about slowing the rate of increase of spending rather than pointing at particular departments and saying you're going to get less money money . going to get less money money. in other news to ukraine, an agreement has been reached to extend the black sea green deal by around four months. the deal initially reached in july eases russian on ukraine's ports which had been preventing the export of food and fertilisers. plays an important role global food suppues an important role global food supplies previously up to 6 million tonnes a month. un secretary—general antonio guterres has the decision and in the us republic cans are projected to have won a narrow majority in the house representatives. while the parties margin is slim, it may be enough to stall president joe agenda for the next two years. it follows last week's mid—term elections. many predicted to be

a so—called wave that failed to, materialise and democrats will retain control of . the back here retain control of. the back here royal mail asked the government if it can cut its letters service to five days a week, putting an end deliveries on saturdays . it's after the saturdays. it's after the business unveiled hefty losses in the first half of the year. strike weighing heavily on the firm with walkouts expected in the coming weeks. parcel services which to run on all of the week . a 51 year old man has the week. a 51 year old man has been jailed for life for the murder of his ex—girlfriend, katie . andrew birchfield will katie. andrew birchfield will serve a minimum of 32 years. he claimed accidentally killed the 33 year old when throwing an axe a bet with her. the mother of two's body was found in a forest in lancashire. she suffered multiple head injuries and security minister tugendhat has been banned driving for six months after he was caught using

his phone at the wheel . former his phone at the wheel. former conservative party leadership hopeful was stopped by police in april in wandsworth in south west london. at westminster magistrate court this morning, he was given a £1,000 fine and six points on his licence. already had six points from other offences which led to the ban . this is gb news. we'll ban. this is gb news. we'll bnng ban. this is gb news. we'll bring you as it happens now though, it's back. that trick . though, it's back. that trick. hello, everybody . britain is in hello, everybody. britain is in decline. a socialist budget delivered by the conservative party to pay off lockdowns that arguably never have happened and arguably never have happened and a timid acceptance of recession that will leave 55% of people worse off. massive tax hikes coupled with spending cuts. you'd be forgiven for thinking this was a party budget wealth

tax , stealth tax, windfall tax. tax, stealth tax, windfall tax. no fracking benefits increases. it's shocker winners. well on benefits and the elderly losers . everybody else. tory mp, labour mp and lib mpps react saying first let's go now to gb news. these correspondent tom harwood who's in downing street for us . tom, it's a bit of a for us. tom, it's a bit of a shocker, isn't it ? certainly shocker, isn't it? certainly this was a bitter pill for many to swallow sitting there off in the press gallery watching this statement unfold , all those statement unfold, all those looking at the faces of mp is pretty sullen as they were the benches full of people to former prime ministers sitting there as looking not best pleased through it all. fact one of the only moment really that a cheer was when the chancellor announced that that lock on pensions was staying at the cost of £11 billion. now overall, this

budget is something that raises taxes on just about everyone and indeed to cut spending into the future as although one slight intrigue about it is that the bulk of the spending cuts not scheduled to come about until after 2024. why would that be? well a cynic might say that the next election is in 2024 or so. we believe. and the biggest spending cuts may therefore , spending cuts may therefore, after that election, the treasury themselves say that's due to the situation. the fact that the now says the united kingdom most likely in recession that it would be wrong to deliver so much tightening at this stage and the recovery needs to be waited before those big spending come about. but certainly a tightening of budgets just about everywhere, apart from the health department

and the education department, which are seeing larger than real terms, increase in spending. but everywhere else are seeing belts tightened , are seeing belts tightened, particularly 55% of households, as you mentioned , will see the as you mentioned, will see the distributional impact of this negatively affects . that means negatively affects. that means they'll get less in terms of state services. yeah pay more in terms of tax . tom, i'm going to terms of tax. tom, i'm going to speak very shortly anyway. so our economics and business edhon our economics and business editor, liam gallagher, he's going to be running us through some facts and figures on some of the facts and figures on this. contrasting to this. and also contrasting it to this. and also contrasting it to this go growth. but i'm this big go for growth. but i'm keen you to get the politics keen for you to get the politics reaction because you were in there. the cut there. you've got the cut and thrust political to this. thrust of the political to this. my thrust of the political to this. my interpretation that of my interpretation that a lot of tory mps are opposed to this tory mps who are opposed to this don't want to on the record don't want to go on the record yet that they just yet and that they are just because there's been so much chaos in the tory party. but there the there is disquiet on the backbenches because frankly this isn't conservative visit . i isn't conservative visit. i think got the nail on the head there . the mood in westminster there. the mood in westminster is frankly sullen . i've been

is frankly sullen. i've been moving mixing with mps for the last few hours in the wake of this statement . and i'll tell this statement. and i'll tell you what, not of them look best pleased many of them look particularly happy a lot of them look very glum but that's not say that they're ready to try and launch some sort of rebellion against this many of them will glumly walk through those voting lobbies passing all of these measures that they are not best pleased . why because not best pleased. why because the country been through so much political turmoil over the last two and a half years , they just two and a half years, they just don't think that it would be right to deliver yet more. and so we're stuck in this sort of stagnant cycle whereby people will pass what this budget says and we will end up with these measures being implemented. and it is that the standout measure of , this budget, perhaps after

of, this budget, perhaps after of, this budget, perhaps after of the individual measures long forgotten, perhaps after all of the particular that have been mentioned or perhaps rehashed reheated re—announced, have long since faded. the one thing that may well be remembered is that this is a conservative government that is delivering the united kingdom's highest tax burden in recorded history by 2020 324, the tax burden of the united kingdom, the share of the economy eaten up by will be the highest ever recorded. and that is a shocking sound. bites tom harwood thank you very much our political correspondent just on the steps downing street right now. i've got loads your way on this because we want to speak to real. we are going to speak to real. we are going to speak to real people small business owners, rural, the owners, people in rural, the elderly, young. we want to owners, people in rural, the eldehow young. we want to owners, people in rural, the eldehow it'syoung. we want to owners, people in rural, the eldehow it's affectinga want to owners, people in rural, the eldehow it's affecting you nt to see how it's affecting you individually. big individually. i asking the big questions actually what's to blame for this? they want to pin it putin and the war in it on putin and the war in ukraine. how is that as an impasse it actually

impasse is it actually about lockdowns often lockdowns pain that often a catastrophic response to the covid who the big covid crisis? who the big winners are the big losers winners who are the big losers and are and the lib dems and are labour and the lib dems in bit sticky wicket because in a bit a sticky wicket because frankly point of frankly once that point of difference playing difference now are they playing and roulette and indeed political roulette with people's lives. but let's get the lowdown on this right now with an expert economics and business liam halligan on business editor liam halligan on the money . liam, business editor liam halligan on the money. liam, a business editor liam halligan on the money . liam, a lot of people the money. liam, a lot of people scratching their heads today feeling poor already . they are feeling poor already. they are indeed the they these really substantial tax rises , albeit substantial tax rises, albeit jeremy hunt has hidden them behind stealth taxations freeze in tax thresholds. the threshold at which you start paying income at which you start paying income at 20, about 12 and a half grand. that will be frozen until 2028, the threshold at which start paying the higher rate tax around 50 grand. you start you 40. then that will be frozen until 2028. the very top threshold, 150 grand lowered to 125 grand. all kinds of

thresholds, frozen inheritance , thresholds, frozen inheritance, capital gains tax, dividend tax , the threshold at which over you don't get any child benefit even if you have kids. lots lots and lots of stealth taxes that add to the £24 billion of tax rises overall part of a broader £54 billion of fiscal consolidation . and that's £54 billion of fiscal consolidation. and that' s £30 consolidation. and that's £30 billion of spending cuts. but we don't know where those spending cuts are to fall, which cuts are going to fall, which departments don't even know departments we don't even know when they're going to kick in because jeremy hunt because again, jeremy hunt hasn't want you, hasn't told us. want to ask you, before i throw over to mp before i throw over to dem mp actually did , we need to do actually liam did, we need to do this . well i think we're over this. well i think we're over the extent to which all fiscal of our public finances weak. yes, of course they need to be consulted dated and yes, of course we need to be very careful with our spending decisions. but i'll say what i said in the last, patrick, because i think it's important the uk government's costs were significantly lower this morning than they were even before the

mini budget which was supposed to have done so much damage, much lower than in the us. and there is a danger here that i think we're over state the extent of the fiscal , which extent of the fiscal, which means we're then overstating the tax rises. we need , the spending tax rises. we need, the spending cuts we need no other major country in the world is lowering spending and raising taxes. country in the world is lowering spending and raising taxes . the spending and raising taxes. the extent that we are into the teeth of a recession, which we now know cuts of the of the office for budget responsibility is upon us. liam halligan thank you very much. economics and business editor. we'll be going to him throughout the show as, much as we can to get the insights, frankly, as well. maybe alternative maybe a slightly alternative take that you take on proceedings that you will well. let's just see will get as well. let's just see . liberal democrat mp for richmond park. . liberal democrat mp for richmond park . sarah . liberal democrat mp for richmond park. sarah only has made of jemmy. his statement looks like very much great to have you on the show okay so an uplift in benefit and the wealthy pay more tax uplift in benefit and the wealthy pay more ta x £6 billion wealthy pay more tax £6 billion on insulation and no growth no fracking windfall taxes . he must fracking windfall taxes. he must be pretty happy with this . hi

be pretty happy with this. hi there. no mean really what we've seen and the obama has proved is that we are going to every person in this country is going to be paying more taxes . and to be paying more taxes. and that's at a time when already seeing record of living increases on things like food and fuel and that people are paying and fuel and that people are paying higher interest rates on their mortgage and the obama have confirmed in their analysis is that we are going to see a 7% fall in living and that's that's a record we've never seen anything like that before. so i don't think there's anything at all to be happy about, well, where would you make a point of difference in all of this, then? where would the money where would you find the money on you cut spending on what areas you cut spending on? well, we've been saying for over year that we need to be living a proper windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. so they've been paying, making record profits while we've seeing wholesale gas go sky high. as a result of putin's illegal evasion of ukraine. and we've been saying for over a

year that those needed to taxed and we would have raised 60 billion by our figures over three years with a with windfall tax and that would have obviously gone a long way to, you know, to helping us pay pubuc you know, to helping us pay public services. but i think it's worth pointing out that actually a lot of the problems we're seeing today as a direct result of the conservative atrocious mismanagement of the budget the resolution foundation yesterday . estimated that 30 yesterday. estimated that 30 billion of the fiscal battle is a direct result of the sector mini budget. okay, all well, look, just on that, a couple of things just continue with the windfall tax elements whilst we're on that. suppose really we're on that. i suppose really because people would argue because some people would argue that people such as yourself the liberal against liberal have been against britain trying to be britain really trying to be self—sufficient when comes to self—sufficient when it comes to energy we're having to energy and so we're having to import from elsewhere import things from elsewhere anyway surely we could have done things fracking nuclear things like fracking nuclear which again. so now which you're again. so now costing us money hasn't it. which you're again. so now costing us money hasn't it . and costing us money hasn't it. and no party has done to promote renewables in this country the liberal democrats it was when it

davey was secretary of state for energy and climate change that we've really accelerated increase of renewable energy in this and we've seen it this country and we've seen it grow and grow. we're a market leader in the world, leader now in the world, renewable energy. and there is so possibility to that so much more possibility to that wind and solar tidal. and we have always always pushed for more, more from renewable sources . you are playing sources. you are playing politics by blaming absolutely everything, pretty much liz truss in that fateful going for growth budget . the reality is growth budget. the reality is our response to the pound . our response to the pound. demick on the lockdowns had a huge amount to do with where we are right now and, less how much i do think. what do you know of lockdown for? harder, faster and longer? did you really oppose much of what the government was doing that that really the big sort black hole it ? well, sort of black hole is it? well, it's no doubt we're still a lot of debt due to some of the spending decisions we needed to make during pandemic. but i think it's very clear to that an awful lot has been wasted fraud. you know just looking at the at

the furlough scheme and the bounce back loans, i think i sit on the public accounts committee and we found, i think in our investigation , £18 billion worth investigation, £18 billion worth of fraud just from the bounce loan and that's due to loan scheme. and that's due to the putting in the government not putting in proper , proper checks when they proper, proper checks when they were the money, they were handing the money, they were handing the money, they were shovelling out the were just shovelling it out the door and they weren't even checking for example with companies companies companies house that companies were registered were properly registered before giving so there's an giving it to them. so there's an awful been squandered, awful lot been squandered, i would just the last just would say just the last just year. would say just the last just year . just very, very lastly, year. just very, very lastly, very last thing. sorry are pressed time on this. i pressed for time on this. i understand that you're is that you're saying you would have raised 60 quid from raised 60 billion quid from windfall taxes and we wouldn't necessarily anyway necessarily in your view anyway be are now. but they be where we are now. but as they say in management, we are say in middle management, we are where we are given this current budget right what bits of budget right now, what bits of this you done differently this you have done differently for you? i think we would we would definitely be looking at, you know, these tax hikes . we you know, these tax hikes. we would be increasing personal in line with inflation just to make

sure that what seeing is 5 million people being pulled into tax bands than they otherwise have been is huge amount of tax now being paid by by lower income families, by middle families all at a time when they're facing increasing inflation in their food. and you would have borrow more to do that, wouldn't you? would have you would have to borrow more to do that what do you know . i do that what do you know. i think i've already said that we think i've already said that we think tax plans for windfall think our tax plans for windfall tax also taxes on banks, tax and also taxes on banks, i think that wouldn't be necessary. okay all right. well, it's part of the captain hindsight, but i appreciate it. ithank hindsight, but i appreciate it. i thank you very much. so great to have you on. always enjoy it, sir. only the amp. the lib dem mp for richmond park. right. okay, but i to hear from you, ladies and gentlemen , have got ladies and gentlemen, have got a whole host coming your whole host of amps coming your way. a whole of way. we've got a whole host of experts, people that experts, but it's people that make go round make the world go round and frankly, normal people. 55% frankly, it's normal people. 55% of who are potentially going of us who are potentially going to be worse as a result of this awesome statement we're going to

be plenty you be hearing from plenty of you throughout show. throughout the show. there was a little for businesses earlier. you kind of average man and woman to a pound note woman wants to make a pound note many think that many business may think that jeremy hunt hasn't done enough to as . they face high to help them as. they face high energy bills, especially the winter on national ellie winter and on national ellie costello is in jeremy hunt's constituency for us in south—west surrey. leafy talking to local business owners there. what's the reaction where you are, ali? i imagine . not well, are, ali? i imagine. not well, good afternoon to you, patrick. hazel bay in south—west surrey. now this is jeremy hunt. it has been since 2005. he does seem to been since 2005. he does seem to be quite popular here with the local residents, but it's been a place to watch the reaction to that autumn statement. i mean, it's fair to say it has been mixed . some reaction now . ollie mixed. some reaction now. ollie leach, who is the owner of oliver's cafe, which is a very popular local cafe that was stood now. so, ollie, what is

gut reaction to, the autumn statement? well we woke up this morning and kind of hopeful that the money tree would continue to give . but after the statement is give. but after the statement is dropped and we know we've got a tough 6 to 12 months in front of us , and for you, one of the us, and for you, one of the biggest things is the national living wage is up $0.92 now to £10, 42 an hour. so what difference is that to make to your small business ? well, no your small business? well, no one can argue that these people don't deserve to have a wage because of the inflation up 11, etc. however, as a small business , that is a massive business, that is a massive impact that that that puts just someone on the national living wage who works 40 hours that puts them on nearly wage who works 40 hours that puts them on nearl y £22,000 puts them on nearly £22,000 a year as a salary which they deserve it of course they do with everything else going up. but as a small as a small business feel that we're helping

our staff. but is there any help for us? and a big thing you were talking about this morning, ollie, was energy bills, that's something that you worry about. now. we know that for residential properties from next april going to be capped at april that going to be capped at £3,000. what do we know businesses. yeah what supports coming your we're not it's not clear so far as far as i've read that's kind of no decisive answer . yeah that's kind of no decisive answer. yeah it is very difficult. and just very, very briefly how do you think the next six months are going to go, not only for you but for your other other colleagues other small businesses on this high street? think next six street? i think the next six months going to be really months are going to be really difficult however, do in a difficult. however, we do in a village an amazing village with an amazing community spirit, they've always local, independent . so you okay? local, independent. so you okay? we haven't had an awful lot of help. the government this time around , but the local community around, but the local community will us, so we will be fine brilliant. you there, ollie? i'm really good to have you with us. thank you so, patrick, it has

been really fascinating to be here today . people like ollie here today. people like ollie saying it doesn't go far enough. other people are saying it's been best possible statement been the best possible statement considering the circumstances were mixed here in jeremy were real mixed here in jeremy hunt seats. but one thing is quite clear and that is that the living standards forecast is absolutely brutal we've been living better year on for the past seven years but the forecast for this is actually going to go into it's going to reverse down 7% for all of us. so one thing is clear, that is it going to be a very challenging next months for all of us ellie costello. thank you much. that's talking to real people out and about in jeremy hunt. seat no less emails are flooding in gbv user gbnews.uk a lot of criticism from people saying actually hang on a minute is a conservative party but is not a conservative party but . i have a chap called mr. . i have had a chap called mr. saying patrick just the triple lock has been secured doesn't mean that pensioners are the winners working people are much more than just take on chin. more than just take on the chin. i understand some saying

i understand that some saying that have been that pensioners have been clobbered. they clobbered. i don't think they should in fact, i'm should have been. in fact, i'm speaking in the hour to speaking in the next hour to a 90 year old chap who can tell me all about he feels about this particular budget. so don't worry, not the old worry, i'm not bashing the old silver voters. no, i would never do that. but let's move now on to our east midlands. reporter he's in natural he's in he's natural environment. will in environment. is will hollis in the wild he's in a pub that the wild and he's in a pub that we go stuff. well, it's the we go good stuff. well, it's the horse pub stapleford horse and jockey pub stapleford i i won't ask if i won't ask i won't ask if you're regular worry, you're a regular don't worry, but tell what's going on but tell me what's going on there. what's the. because pubs have they have been clobbered. they had lockdowns everything have been clobbered. they had lockdownwith everything have been clobbered. they had lockdownwith the everything have been clobbered. they had lockdownwith the pandemic ng going on with the pandemic seating now they've got seating areas. now they've got energy and they've got energy bills and they've got this. what's going on? yes well, very my natural environment very much my natural environment and course your natural environment, too tell you, environment, too i tell you, when chancellor was going on when the chancellor was going on for about we did need a for about an hour, we did need a couple buyers us through, couple buyers to get us through, but plenty of those but there are plenty of those here, and jockey there here, the horse and jockey there was massive list things he was a massive list of things he was a massive list of things he was about, but we picked was talking about, but we picked out the things that were so important for damien mcgrath, who's also got who's the owner here, also got another away. another pub not too far away. those that we picked out

those things that we picked out were of course the national living wage. going to be living wage. it's going to be about quid, which about an extra quid, which most people inflation you people would say inflation you need rise for most people. need a pay rise for most people. well, does that well, but what does that actually mean a business? actually mean for a business? somebody has people somebody that has to pay people at the day ? we do agree at the of the day? we do agree with you know, with it. and we, you know, people should pay more, more for what a business. you what they do as a business. you have look the overheads and have to look the overheads and unfortunately, wages. one of our biggest overheads, going biggest overheads, it's going hit. it's quite hard when you talk sorts of talk about those sorts of numbers actually affect numbers how it actually affect you extra a pound an hour you an extra a pound for an hour for most of your staff. yeah it doesn't like as you'd go doesn't sound like as you'd go for one member of staff for one hou r £1 when he had it together hour £1 when he had it together as we're probably looking as a we're probably looking in the extra as a we're probably looking in the tune of an extr a £40,000 the tune of an extra £40,000 a year onto our bill year added onto our wage bill and that a time there's and that at a time there's inflation when prices for beer is up for the food you is going up for the food you might is going up. where might serve is going up. where do back? is it do get that money back? is it simply by your customers? more for pint yes, but never that for a pint yes, but never that simple. you can you can go to a certain level that people agreeable after that start

walking and choosing not to come to you so you have to find very fine line between what you charge a pint what you charge for food, and whether people find that we are at this moment in time trying to keep our pnces in time trying to keep our prices the same but it's coming out of the top line which isn't there it's not existent now but we'll going with that and hopefully there'll be changes to our overheads that they may come down a bit in the future. we've christmas coming up we've got the world cup there are some the world cup so there are some good but clearly good things but it's clearly going difficult year for going be a difficult year for you course, for all the you and of course, for all the owners up down the country. owners up and down the country. patrick , look. well, thank patrick yeah, look. well, thank you very much. well, great stuff that and about that will help us out and about there in the horse and jockey pub in stapleford speaking to people just like home. people just like you at home. people this people want to know how this budget you. we've budget is affecting you. we've got complete range of ease got a complete range of mp ease and expert so on, but is and expert so on, but it is people you the world go people you make the world go round. speaking to a 90 years round. we speaking to a 90 years old actually a bit later on so far he fails the triple lock has been protected. going to been protected. we are going to been protected. we are going to be big debate as well. be doing a big debate as well. young old, young

young versus old, the young getting it right? getting clobbered. is it right? they've time. earn it back. they've got time. earn it back. who's to blame for this? is it russia? is it putin? it our russia? is it putin? is it our lockdown crisis or was it trustees you will trustees budget? you will me patrick on news and patrick christys on gb news and coming the government got a coming up the government got a load wasted billion load of this is wasted billion pounds tax money including pounds of tax money including nearly grand a luxury nearly seven grand on a luxury policy in naples almost. seven grand on that? yes that's right. also some vegan ice cream in uruguay and some other obviously shockers as you won't believe it, actually, for some of that to get trained by access card but feels that we've got trained doctors in now gbviews@gbnews.uk be back in a moment.

welcome back. it's 332 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom and the chancellor's delivered his plans to get the economy back on track as he

acknowledges the uk's already in recession as part of his autumn statement , recession as part of his autumn statement, hunt's announced a reduction in the 45 page tax rate. the state benefit some tax credits will rise in line with inflation by more than 10% and an average household will pay up t 0 £3,000. and energy bills from to £3,000. and energy bills from april as the level of government's support is reduced. but the chancellor has vowed to protect poorest and believes his plan will help rebuild economy families pensioners , businesses, families pensioners, businesses, teachers nurses and many others are worried about the future . so are worried about the future. so today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis and reap our economy and. our priorities are stability, growth and public services services . and public services services. the royal college of nursing says. the royal college of nursing says . it will announce strike says. it will announce strike dates for to assemble if the government fails open up detailed negotiating actions on

pay detailed negotiating actions on pay last members voted to strike at the majority of nhs employers , the uk, the rcn is campaigning for a pay rise of 5% above the rate of inflation and mail has asked the government if it can cut its letter service five days a week, putting an end deliveries on saturdays . it's deliveries on saturdays. it's after the business unveiled a hefty in the first half of the year strike action weighing heavily on the firm, with further expected in the coming weeks , parcel services would weeks, parcel services would continue to run on all days of the week tv on a, b plus radio. this gb news patrick. up . this gb news patrick. up. next selling, what, 55% of what's going to be worse off strike, left, right and centre is enough

to make me want to walk into the sea. anyway, as you've been hearing, chancellor sets hearing, the chancellor sets out a around £30 billion a package of around £30 billion of cuts , £24 billion in of spending cuts, £24 billion in tax over the next five tax rises over the next five years well. as jeremy years as well. but as jeremy hunt to close , many of the hunt looks to close, many of the pubuc hunt looks to close, many of the public finances , an public finances, an investigation by the telegraph and he might find is interesting, given the fact that we're be covered by the we're about to be covered by the tax has found the tax man has found that the government wasted tax man has found that the government has waste tax man has found that the government h could.te tax man has found that the government h could have billion, which could have covered billions of pounds worth the budget shortfall. we sitting down okay because let's have a quick look at some of the things that money has been spent . on that money has been spent. on £6,836 on a luxury party villa naples. yep. there we go. £6,836 on a luxury party villa naples. yep. there we go . £837 naples. yep. there we go. £837 on vegan ice cream uruguay. i know it's only 800 quid compared to the billions, but still it all adds up £5,393 to fund store italian training by a narrow sea ecologist. there's a lot wrong with that . a lot wrong with with that. a lot wrong with that. firstly, there's someone called a narrative ecologist doing rounds , £779 in

doing the rounds, £779 in a supermarket , cakes to doing the rounds, £779 in a supermarket, cakes to welcome staff back to the office. unbelievable and last but definitely not least . according definitely not least. according to the national audit office, the government handed out nearly £10 billion piggy. this one to likely fraudsters in covid support schemes after it took inadequate steps to protect taxpayers . the government has taxpayers. the government has invested millions in clawing back these payments. it was actually costing you the taxpayer try get some of this money back. believe it or not. and experts apparently are trying at least, at trying to recover at least, at least at least trying to recover at least, at least at least £1.1 billion of those fraudulent claims by april 24. good luck with that . i 24. good luck with that. i imagine of it is of the imagine most of it is out of the country now, so why it look country by now, so why it look like hard working people will be footing the for ? bill all of footing the for? bill all of this given the facts as well. benefits are on the rise and all of this stuff and i'm not having a p0p of this stuff and i'm not having a pop of the pensioners at all. i it's a good thing the i think it's a good thing the triple is protected, but triple lock is protected, but your squishy in your average squishy person in the there going to be the middle there is going to be clobbered when they're clobbered as well when they're wasting it all. journalist and

broadcaster mike joins me broadcaster mike parry joins me right , presumably from right now, presumably from the parry good stuff parry bennett house. good stuff . you on the show . great to have you on the show . vegan ice cream in . i mean, vegan ice cream in uruguay, there's a lot wrong there . patrick to be honest. there. patrick to be honest. that's just trivia . it's all that's just trivia. it's all trivia. what we're about here are huge figures. do you know how the chancellor could have made his name and become a legend in responsibility if he'd stood up today and pulled that rabbit out of the hat and we're going to cancel nhs too. okay. i speak to nobody wants it. it means one day in about ten years time might get from london to . time might get from london to. birmingham 14 minutes quicker than you do now . going to than you do now. going to eventually cost about 120 billion quid. he's into place to make measures to recover 54 billion quid. he could have done it at a stroke by stopping that ridiculous vanity project which was set up by david cameron and.

there've been conservative prime ever since david cameron have all supported it and said it's great. he mentioned today that his fiscal statement was all about the country back on line. he the word growth there is no growth in that whatsoever no growth in that whatsoever no growth whatsoever where's the growth whatsoever where's the growth coming from. well by way gordon . well i'll just just just gordon. well i'll just just just on the just just on that just on that because before we get back into some of the numbers on this, you mentioned that there's no growth i see there no growth and what i see there is a devastating lack of belief in britain a timid , a tepid in britain a timid, a tepid acceptance of britain in decline and really angers me . yeah no i and really angers me. yeah no i totally agree we look we got of europe the brexit vote got us out of europe so we could manage own economy manage our own borders , which obviously is borders, which obviously is a huge challenge to us moment. but managing own economy meant that we didn't to be stuck with red

and taxes don't need to be imposed upon those who want stride forward in life , who want stride forward in life, who want to make their own way, who want to make their own way, who want to create something and create prosperous italy and make us an independent nation of getters. because we all getters in this country, we have been ever since the industrial revolution, revolution . but we're being held revolution. but we're being held back by new onerous taxes. the national health service is biggest bugbear we have in this country. it's almost a religion, but it needs up. so the chancellor was given 3.3 billion this year, 3.3 billion next, that's 6.6 billion. he's not he actually he wasn't chancellor when this decision was put through 7 billion extra has gone to health service in the last year. to health service in the last year . well, get the health year. well, get the health service needs is somebody to come in give a root and branch

investigation into the cost of it because massively wasteful, massively wasteful. and back on that what i call the tory patching was in things that he's done today is to more heavily taxpayer people earning £125,000. there are thousands of people who are called middlemen judges who work in the national service, who earn judges who work in the national service, who ear n £150,000 a service, who earn £150,000 a yeah service, who earn £150,000 a year. they shouldn't be there because they don't do anything. it's very wasteful . yeah, well it's very wasteful. yeah, well hundreds and just back on to this waste look, some of the smaller ones and given the context what we're talking . context what we're talking. yeah, all right. it's small fry . it is in fact, quite amusing. but the fact that we're all about get clobbered, it's about to get clobbered, it's worth raisin a south worth raising £1,534 on a south african spa , 779 quid on african spa, 779 quid on sainsbury's cakes. right. six grand on an amusement park in sydney. 837 on that. i mean bizarre i'm keen to drill down on vegan ice cream in uruguay for goodness sake. but some of the bigger ones, and these are

more the ministry of justice spent 98 million on an spent 98 million quid on an electronic tagging program that was off after part of was written off after part of the program was abandoned for. 18 billion big ones of waste identified by the telegraph and apparently as well. a lot of thatis apparently as well. a lot of that is to do with the fact that we had to pay to dispose of ppe that didn't even work. and when you look it like that now is a hard pill to swallow for someone who's in that squishy middle ground, aren't but ground, people who aren't but aren't . and we're now going aren't poor. and we're now going to see more money coming out their with trust , their account with no trust, really, that money is going really, but that money is going to yeah. no to be spent well, yeah. no that's still my new tool, if you don't mind me saying, pasha, you're right raise it because you're right to raise it because when you add it all up, you're obviously right comes large obviously right comes to a large sum. what need is to sum. but what we need is to change mindset the mindset change the mindset the mindset is about does money grow on trees because that used to be the view with socialist and labour governments but it's now become the view of tory chancellors . tory chancellor's chancellors. tory chancellor's now saying think that look don't

worry 54 million today 30 million made up of cuts in pubuc million made up of cuts in public spending, 24 million made up of taking it from the middle classes of you. you've quite rightly said patrick people like me , i consider myself to be me, i consider myself to be working class. i consider myself to be a man who gets out of bed at half past five every morning. i'm probably won't finish work till 6:00 at night, so i can earn my own . did you know there earn my own. did you know there are 5.5 million people in this country who draw benefits from the government? the state in this country is so massively bloated and massively, you just i'm so massively. bloated and massively, you just i'm so massively . £8.8 billion a i'm so massively. £8.8 billion a yearis i'm so massively. £8.8 billion a year is taken in fraudulent payments. why didn't the chancellor today hey, look, we're going to cut spending, but we're going to cut spending, but we're going to do it by hitting

waste. not those people who go out to work. it might look you very, very much because i listen to you all day my poverty that really came straight to the heart frankly, of a lot of the issues and i did say to a lot of our viewers are as well get into it because i to hear from you gbviews@gbnews.uk there is so much content this autumn much content in this autumn budget a lot of it budget not a lot of it particularly . but one that particularly. but one thing that mike on and i'm keen mike barry hit on and i'm keen to at home is do to get your views at home is do you feel like if your normal you feel now like if your normal hard person just is not middle ground , know, not rich, not poor ground, know, not rich, not poor , but you get yourself out of bed the morning, you live bed in the morning, you live your right way. you've your life the right way. you've squirrelled over squirrelled a bit of away over the now is you getting the years and now is you getting it. you see benefits going up as well. in line with that, how do you all of that you about all of that gbviews@gbnews.uk uk you gbviews@gbnews.uk uk do you think are punishing think is that we are punishing your working and your ordinary hard working and woman has to very, woman who has to graft very, very pound? no. and very to make a pound? no. and that frankly i think that right frankly i don't think conservative moving conservative but we're moving away this just in the next away from this just in the next segment and to another massive issue, issue that's to issue, an issue that's going to affect of whether or

affect a lot of you, whether or not. like it because seekers not. you like it because seekers will be sent to rural areas, will now be sent to rural areas, thousands of them. apparently this isn't the kind of levelling that we have planned. huge issues around this where do you put them while hotels one would imagine a lot of rural areas rely on tourism. so those hotels some are to be some of them are going to be stocked asylum seekers what stocked full asylum seekers what do is the issue do they do all day is the issue is well there's for them is well there's nowhere for them to nothing to do with to go is nothing to do with provide a strain on that local area will happen when comes area will happen when it comes to local rural safety as well. i won't be speaking to a councillor skegness who councillor in skegness who believes he's only fair though as area overwhelmed and i can as area is overwhelmed and i can understand , can understand understand, i can understand that have already taken that people have already taken that people have already taken that share the point should that fair share the point should be that we to be be surely that we need to be cutting down the overall cutting down on the overall numbers of that and much numbers all of that and much much way very much more coming your way very shortly. move .

welcome back . yes, it is this welcome back. yes, it is this awesome statement special later on that we are going to be about the fact that asylum seekers are some people's words going to be dumped. thousands them in rural areas lost . talk about that. but areas lost. talk about that. but let's just return to the big one of because the chances of the day because the chances ultimate will have ultimate statement will have consequences in consequences for the pound in everyone's . 5% of people everyone's pocket. 5% of people apparently are going be worse apparently are going to be worse off. are you feeling poorer already? do you think it's fair? amongst other measures, it was confirmed state pension confirmed that the state pension would with would rise in line with inflation local authorities, will able to raise will now be able to raise council tax 5% without council tax by 5% without holding referenda . and there holding referenda. and there would a reduction . the would be a reduction. the threshold which the top of threshold at which the top of tax paid benefits course are tax is paid benefits course are also going up. so the winners, it could be argued, are people benefits and the elderly what do you make of that? but he's opened up an interesting debate for us and one that's been raging, know our raging, one that i know our viewers all listeners care viewers and all listeners care a lot, which is the actually who's getting clobbered it getting clobbered and is it right? the younger people right? is it the younger people or the older people? do

or is it the older people? do the generation oh, the the younger generation oh, the older a debt of older people. a debt of gratitude we look after gratitude should we look after people or people in their dotage or actually, know, all the actually, you know, all the older sitting on a older generations sitting on a little wealth maybe little bit of wealth and maybe should back i know that's should be back i know that's wrong this this don't wrong me this on to this don't shoot the messenger. joining me now is conservative councillor and commentator and political commentator with young akali no young voices uk is no akali no know very, very much. know thank you very, very much. great to have on the show. great to have you on the show. oh young just bit oh young just being a bit selfish here. you know these pensioners that get, you know, triple lock and are getting all the money, you know, go out start spending money on post on martinis new martinis and the brand new iphone and down a bit iphone and go down a bit of cash. what you think? well, cash. what do you think? well, there's always the old adage about people telling young people to, just cancel their netflix. realistically, as netflix. but realistically, as country are going country we are, we are going through a to be fair, through as a world, to be fair, we're going this this pretty horrific . and as has happened horrific. and as has happened over and over again throughout history . it comes time to help history. it comes time to help somebody, governments immediately go to the people who aren't because aren't earning an because that's the way put cash in the easiest way put cash in people's pockets but . it's quite people's pockets but. it's quite hard do that young people hard to do that for young people if aren't to some kind

if you aren't to start some kind of of living furlough of cost of living furlough scheme, would essentially scheme, which would essentially evolves a version ubi . evolves into a version of ubi. so essentially so the government essentially taking easiest way to put cash into pockets, is into people's pockets, which is protecting the lock and giving that money to pensioners young people to feel people are all going to feel like they've been passed over . i like they've been passed over. i would say a bit of nuance here. there of long term there is lots of long term investment into things that 20 or years down the time will or 30 years down the time will money, generations, lives, hopefully a lot more productive and wealthier in the and make us wealthier in the long now. a of younger long term now. okay a of younger people well elderly people think well the elderly assisting properties assisting on their properties and younger people and for younger people struggling to get on the property that mean property ladder that might mean they are rich they think the elderly are rich . there's lot of elderly . but there's a lot of elderly poverty, of poverty, there's a lot of elderly people worked all elderly people who've worked all their the tax system, their lives into the tax system, all their. maybe they all of their. yes, maybe they own own home. but the own their own home. but the reason for clinging onto reason for their clinging onto is because they probably want to pass money down pass that money down a generation. their generation. and that's their right isn't that they right to do that isn't that they shouldn't stuffed with higher shouldn't be stuffed with higher taxes, absolutely. taxes, cuts, etc. absolutely. i think was something that would have been quite nice to see and might be nice to see moving

forward when we're beyond the current situation and this current situation and this current political climate is a the way inheritance tax the way that inheritance tax works. we're going to be works. and if we're going to be making sure older our older making sure that older our older generations really generations are really comfortable we've got comfortable now and we've got that intergenerational, which is really not in our really important, not in our political involvement, but also our communities, we enable our communities, that we enable them as much as they can them give as much as they can down to their children and their grandkids and make sure that there's that flow of equity between generation . because i between generation. because i think fundamental what should we should all be looking to do is making sure that you are better for those that we leave behind when we pass away. so again, that young are going to that young people are going to be all ones be supporting our all the ones i need to make sure that can need to make sure that they can the same well, i that and the same back. well, i that and i just to kind the same back. well, i that and ijust to kind of put the same back. well, i that and i just to kind of put the i just want to kind of put the other of this across because there are a lot of young who work incredibly incredibly hard and trying to get on right and are trying to get on right and are trying to get on right and trying to get into and they're trying to get into the struggling the property ladder, struggling even, frankly, to pay rent. these days, especially down south, especially london, not south, especially in london, not to london centric about this. but i mean it is mad the rents

in london and property prices in general and you need to dangle a carrot you need to dangle a carrot you need to dangle a carrot for young people. and the idea that they've just idea now that maybe they've just got a decent got themselves onto a decent wage 50, 60 grand, nice not to be sniffed , but now they're be sniffed, but now they're going to get clobbered a bit in the tax. still can't afford to buy a house. they still can't afford where's the afford rent. where's the incentive of bed in incentive to get out of bed in the for young people? the morning for young people? i know absolutely i do absolutely see which is —-— fact that double down on the fact that we've change in the we've seen that change in the top tax rate as which means that lots of those young people have worked hard really worked incredibly hard to really rapidly ladder of rapidly rise off that ladder of wages are now going well . i've wages are now going well. i've got less motivation to get up in the morning, but again, i'd say i really hope these are short term measures in the long term as these bright signs of investment in education and in infrastructure. all right . infrastructure. all right. something like just two in the next 20 years can really be beneficial for. well well, it could. i've got i've got to deep concern that is going have concern that is going to have the opposite that it was concern that is going to have the margins that it was

concern that is going to have the margins of that it was concern that is going to have the margins of andthat it was concern that is going to have the margins of and itat it was concern that is going to have the margins of and it was was concern that is going to have the margins of and it was going to go the other way and jettison more down south 40 minutes quicker. no thank very. quicker. but no thank you very. now conservative now kigali that conservative councillor commentator now kigali that conservative coun young commentator now kigali that conservative counyoung voices commentator now kigali that conservative coun young voices uk.nmentator now kigali that conservative coun young voices uk. allentator now kigali that conservative coun young voices uk. all you or with young voices uk. all you old you very young. get in old oh, you very young. get in touch, vaiews@gbnews.uk. how do you about the that this you feel about the that this budget you moving budget affects you but moving away from the autumn statement and something that very and this is something that very close your heart, especially close to your heart, especially if you live in rural areas, frankly, your place , your town, frankly, your place, your town, your your hamlet might your village your hamlet might be about change in reverse simply because the home office is set to send asylum seekers , is set to send asylum seekers, potentially thousands of them. well, it will be thousands went out to rural areas in a bid to evenly distribute margaret's across the country. but it's up criticism levelled at the government. migrants have been disproportionately housed in towns cities. one area towns and cities. one area that's feeling the full force of the government's new policy is the government's new policy is the town of skegness in the see town of skegness in lincolnshire as many as five hotels in the area are currently housing seekers, despite some residents expressing concerns. joining me now is councillor danny brooks from skegness town

council. thank you very much . council. thank you very much. just before we talk about the distribution in, some more rural areas, to you about areas, i to talk to you about how the impact your area how the impact has in your area in skegness . what's it been like in skegness. what's it been like some hotels full with some of these hotels full with asylum . well yeah we've asylum seekers. well yeah we've got asylum seekers in our hotels at these hotels be for tourists and we started off with three but now it's now five and there's another one and maybe two or three more coming online . so i mean these are we can't deal with these sort people because we haven't got the infrastructure and we haven't got the doctors surgeries we haven't got the dentist everything that the interpreters cost cost us a lot of money. and we just afford it. don dunning, what do they do all day, just out of interest, what the asylum seekers do all day in hotels, do they wander around? what's situation there? how do they stay entertained? well, they wander around in or the sun outside , their hotels. it's

outside, their hotels. it's intimidating in the season . it's intimidating in the season. it's not so noticeable because we do get quite a few tourists when start getting to the end of the season like we now. and you nofice season like we now. and you notice groups of six, seven, eight, nine, ten men. so young males have come to our town . no males have come to our town. no families. it's a family resource . but yeah, i think it's a disgrace . okay, now, dani, just disgrace. okay, now, dani, just magnify this. i completely 100% of the places like skegness sounds like you've taken your fair share more , your fair fair share more, your fair share. and we are as long as we continue to not a grip of what's going on in the channel as long as we to accept thousands and thousands of thousands of these people single week we are going to have to put them and eventually rural, isolated communities are going to have to take of these people. but take some of these people. but i've got loads of concerns about this in more rural areas, especially up in frankly the lake i lake district, cumbria, where i spent of time working spent a bit of time working there. these places rely there. and these places rely almost on tourism almost singularly on tourism i mean, so if your biggest hotel goes of asylum seekers, your

little or village might not any of the income that it would have done from tourism before. how do you think it's going to impact rural communities some of which only have a population of about two or 300 themselves anyway ? two or 300 themselves anyway? well, think it's going to well, i think it's going to devastate them. i livelihoods, business jobs will all be lost due to the fact that the government can't get a grip of its immigration policy. government can't get a grip of its immigration policy . you know its immigration policy. you know that was voted in with will let's get brexit done and control borders yeah they're letting of people in every day that the country can't deal with and the cost that and the security concerns we're going to come on to a story later on in the show in final hour about an asylum seeker who is allegedly allegedly accused of a very, very, very serious crime, a sexual crime has gone missing, apparently . and the security apparently. and the security concerns of people, not just in the sense of whether or not we

know who they are or, where they've come from. but when we do know somebody is accused of committing absolutely do know somebody is accused of committiabhorrentolutely do know somebody is accused of committiabhorrent crimer do know somebody is accused of committiabhorrent crime , and heinous, abhorrent crime, and they just vanish off into britain, it's not happens in a rural town or community. i mean, that could be even more devastating . you couldn't . i devastating. you couldn't. i think it's devastating wherever it happens, but certainly in a rural area and, you know, i think the government have got to they've got to get a grip of i just think they're they're walking blindfold them got a close. well i say you know there is security risks we've we've asked you know these people have been vetted that we've got in skegness the answer is no nobody knows who they are or , what knows who they are or, what they've done. so you know all in they've done. so you know all in the same boat but it's sinking fast. the same boat but it's sinking fast . yeah indeed. and when it fast. yeah indeed. and when it comes local reaction , i comes local reaction, i understand skegness is going to be of a slightly bigger population than gracemere in cumbria or like that, but in some of these places, the number

of asylum could well outnumber the number of locals. that's 20. not the case in skegness, but i imagine that has been quite a significant demographic change, isn't it . yeah, there's i mean isn't it. yeah, there's i mean we've got a population of 22,000, i'm think they've increased the population , the increased the population, the asylum seekers by 3% or thereabouts with allegedly to come because of hotels are being asked if they will rent out their hotels for a couple of years to serco and you know it's you can see you can see particularly at this time of the year 22,000 people isn't a lot of people, so the town's not overly busy. you see gangs walking about and it's intimidating. yeah all right, look, danny, thank you very much. thank you for coming on. i want to talk to you again soon because this, unfortunately, is going go away any time soon. going to go away any time soon. danny from skegness town danny brooks from skegness town council winning council represents the winning thought had loads thought ward and he's had loads of telling him that they're worried about the asylum seeker hotel and those areas.

hotel situation and those areas. the is today that the home the news is today that the home office is going to their big solution to this is to try to disperse them into rural. if you live or a village, live in a town or a village, frankly, with hundred frankly, with a few hundred people your population, people as your population, expect that population be to double population to, double for that population to, maybe of maybe be killed by a lot of people in potentially the only tourism your or tourism hotel in your town or village feel about village how do you feel about that? vaiews@gbnews.uk uk knows more all reaction to more to come. all reaction to the awesome statement as well. we're speaking to man in we're to be speaking to a man in his about how feels his nineties about how he feels about lock being about the triple lock being secured. how do you feel the money in your pocket or of it? who do you blame? do you blame? our response to lockdown. do you blame? you brexit blame? do you blame brexit vaiews@gbnews.uk rocket attack .

welcome back. it's 4:00. this is on gb news and we are picking apart the autumn statements . how apart the autumn statements. how has this affected you? we're asking how you feel about the huge amounts going on that because jeremy hunt has claimed the had to make the government has had to make difficult decisions now difficult decisions is it now substantial tax spending cuts worth billions of pounds as 55% of people's that to be poorer are off windfall taxes benefit rise is obviously the triple lock for the pensioners protected as you'd be forgiven for thinking this wasn't a particularly budget frankly. but that we go the big questions today who the winners and losers. i why oh why have we ended up in this situation some . people quick to blame brexit. some people quick to blame liz truss daring go for growth. i can't help but feel as though we're still paying our we're still paying off our ridiculous the ridiculous response to the coronavirus pandemic on all of those lockdowns . but i want to those lockdowns. but i want to hear from you gb news and gbnews.uk the growing sense in my so is your ordinary my inbox so far is your ordinary man woman the street just man and woman on the street just there to earn a pound?

there trying to earn a pound? no, doing right things . no, doing the right things. they're being they're the ones being clobbered. cannot be clobbered. and that cannot be right. other news, right. surely in other news, could who've crossed could migrants who've crossed the of the uk soon? the channels of the uk soon? shipped off to our countryside . shipped off to our countryside. reports this afternoon is that the office is looking the home office is looking to secure fair register of secure a fair register of migrants around the country that the small towns and small some of them potentially you would imagine is one hotel imagine which is one hotel predominately designed for tourism now at the tourism, will now be at the coalface this migrant crisis. oh, and if that wasn't enough, a particular individual who's been accused of a very, very very serious crime is now on the run. an asylum accused of a serious on the run, just gone . yeah. on the run, just gone. yeah. there we go. security left, right and centre. all about coming your way. the nation . coming your way. the nation. good afternoon. it's 4:10. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. the chancellor's delivered his plans to the economy back on track . he economy back on track. he acknowledges the uk's already in recession . as part of his autumn

recession. as part of his autumn statement, jeremy has reduced the threshold for the higher rate of income tax from £150,000 to just over 125,000. our priority is our stability , priority is our stability, growth and public services. from april continue the energy price guarantee a further 12 months at a higher level of guarantee a further 12 months at a higher level 0 f £3,000 per a higher level of £3,000 per year for the average household , year for the average household, with prices forecast to remain elevated throughout next year, this will mean an average elevated throughout next year, this will mean an average £500 support for every in the country . i can also announce that will fulfil our pledge to the country to protect the pensions triple lock . while the statement shadow lock. while the statement shadow chancellor rachel reeves accused the conservative of failing to learn from decisions made over the past decade . this government the past decade. this government has our economy into a doom where low growth leads to higher

taxes , lower investment and taxes, lower investment and wages with a running down of pubuc wages with a running down of public services , all of which public services, all of which puts economic growth again and instead of learning from the mistakes of the last. they're simply repeating . we need to simply repeating. we need to break free from this vicious cycle of stagnation and with fairer choices and proper plan for economic growth . office for for economic growth. office for budget responsibility has revealed that household disposable incomes are heading for their biggest on record as the tax burden hit its highest levels since the second world war. and a fresh set of forecasts, the obr , once rising forecasts, the obr, once rising pnces forecasts, the obr, once rising prices are into account, people's incomes would drop by 7% in the next two fiscal years . the government's forecast also says living standards won't recover to year's levels for another years . the royal college another years. the royal college nursing says it will announce a strike date for december if

government fails to open up detailed negotiations on. last week, members to strike at the majority of nhs employers across the uk . the and campaigning the uk. the and campaigning a pay the uk. the and campaigning a pay rise of 5% above the rate of inflation . royal mail has asked inflation. royal mail has asked the government if it can its letter service to five days a week putting an end to deliveries on saturdays. it's after the business unveiled a hefty in the first half of the year with strike action weighing heavily on the firm , with heavily on the firm, with further walkouts expected in coming weeks, parcel service would continue to run every day of the week . a dutch court has of the week. a dutch court has convicted three men for the murder of 298 people when shooting down a passenger flight over ukraine in 2014. the convicted are two russian former intelligence and ukraine separatist leader. they will life in prison in addition to this, they have to pay at least

£14 million in compensation for their in the downing of malaysia airlines mh 17. their in the downing of malaysia airlines mh 17 . security airlines mh 17. security minister tom tugendhat been banned from driving for six months after he was caught using phone whilst at the wheel . the phone whilst at the wheel. the former conservative party leadership hopeful was stopped by police in april in wandsworth in south—west london at westminster court this morning he was given a £1,000 fine and six points on his driving licence . he already had six licence. he already had six points from other offences which led to the ban . this is gb news. led to the ban. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now though, straight back to . back to. well it does look rather like britain in decline and these aren't timid acceptance of that. the chancellor has been accused

of pushing more people into poverty , even onto the streets poverty, even onto the streets this afternoon , founder of the this afternoon, founder of the big issue magazine, lord bird said was to expand said the austerity was to expand it for the country, warning that balancing the books in the short term means passing on to future generations. earlier, generations. but earlier, jeremy hunt tax rises , hunt revealed tax rises, spending cuts billions of spending cuts worth billions of pounds to his autumn statement, he claimed is to mend the nation's financial . i think nation's financial. i think frankly little bit of frankly it's little bit of a shocker 55% of people set to be a bit off, more than a bit worse off in many of those cases. we've also , of course, got an we've also, of course, got an uplift benefits payments . the uplift in benefits payments. the wealthy paying more, 6 billion quid insulating britain's quid on, insulating britain's homes. we go. a lack of homes. there we go. a lack of growth, no fracking and windfall taxes.isit growth, no fracking and windfall taxes. is it really a conservative budget? shortly we're going to be breaking all down these numbers crunching the numbers with liam halligan our economics and business editor with there's been with is video wall. there's been a tax , stealth a wealth tax, stealth tax, a windfall tax, fracking windfall tax, no fracking increase frankly is a bit increase is not frankly is a bit of a shocker. winners the winners are people on benefits. now the losers, frankly, are everybody else. but let's start

by speaking labour mp james by speaking to labour mp james murray, shadow murray, who is the shadow financial secretary the financial secretary for the treasury. james great, to have you on. you very much. you on. thank you very much. what business do you actually disagree with? because it starts to bit like a to look a little bit like a rather budget. mean, uplift rather budget. i mean, an uplift in benefits pay more in benefits wealthy pay more 6 billion got an insulation and no fracking digging rob he fracking tax is digging rob he self public we into this autumn statement went to two tests number one is it going to see the make fairer choices about taxation in this country and number two how are we going to see a plan for growth and actually on both of those counts he failed. firstly in terms fairer choices he introduced stealth tax rises of working people talked about an increase council tax and so on, but had nothing to say about some of the plans we've been for weeks or months about fairer taxes, like scrapping no double into scrapping no double down into those. yeah, really those. yeah, i like really strengthening the strengthening some of the loopholes me can loopholes you see me if i can just just quickly just quickly james, know if gave james, i don't know if you gave me idiot behind that me over that idiot behind that with blaring music, but just with the blaring music, but just just tell the nation where

exactly you would make more cuts , because 55% of people apparently are going be worse apparently are going to be worse off. seeing a lot of off. we're seeing a lot of people paying tax. so where people paying more tax. so where would fairer from? would you get fairer taxes from? is it just tax the rich more ? is it just tax the rich more? well, we've been setting out our plan, so a fairer tax for free for many months . so i'd give you for many months. so i'd give you one example, an example of scrapping the fact that private schools get vat relief their schools get vat relief on their fees paid. now you scrapped that relief. would rais e £1.7 relief. i would raise £1.7 billion. and, you know, it's actually quite astonishing that the decided to defend the chancellor decided to defend the chancellor decided to defend the relief , vat relief to the tax relief, vat relief to private school in the chamber today. so that's one example. another example i non—dom tax loophole that was talked about a lot in relation to the current prime minister's family so on that's an obvious info which can be shut down because it's only used. people who live here it should be paid fair share. but how much sorry, sorry just kidding. billion kidding. but that billion pounds. how much pounds. so it not got how much and that's poin t £2 billion, and that's point £2 billion, which is the non—dom tax code.

so i'll you some examples here. but the point is there are choices to be taken by the government and the government is taking choices which are raising taxes on working people through that stealth and that that stealth taxes and that council and they're that stealth taxes and that cou taking and they're that stealth taxes and that cou taking the and they're that stealth taxes and that cou taking the choices hey're that stealth taxes and that cou taking the choices that �*e that stealth taxes and that cou taking the choices that we not taking the choices that we say should we make. say they should we should make. fairer system . but so okay fairer tax system. but so okay so not making private schools essentially i suppose avoid vat a non—dom that brings you in 3 billion but that's small change given the rest of it as well as so. so what other areas are you you be raising this money from really? because i don't quite understand how you would not end up what bits of do up cutting what bits of this do you officially disagree with? yeah well, look, i think it's worth taking a step back and thinking about how all thinking about how this all lives actually the lives out and actually the missing part in. is missing part in. all this is a plan for growth . you know, plan for growth. you know, as we've time time , we're we've said time and time, we're in a kind of doom loop. you know, to quote the former chancellor, cycle of chancellor, vicious cycle of stagnation is what the uk economy is facing. and this is a result of poor growth. and that's not just the result of

the last few. and what let's trust it. this is the result of the last 12 years of the conservative, where our growth has been lower than the has been third lower than the oecd . and you bring us oecd average. and you bring us forward the current day. forward to the current day. we are only g7 which is still are the only g7 which is still smaller than . it was pre—covid. smaller than. it was pre—covid. and if you forward over the and if you look forward over the next two years, our growth is at the lowest of g7 and oecd countries. so there is real record of failure to grow the economy. that and we've already had business groups and so we're kind today saying just quit kind out today saying just quit saying chancellor saying that what the chancellor said about said to reassure them about growth no plans growth and there's no plans growth. without growth, growth. and without that growth, we're get, you we're not going to get, you know, footing being about know, stable footing being about here because jeremy corbyn is big package is big financial package is basically dished out a load of taxpayers cash absolutely taxpayers cash to absolutely everybody. think everybody. i don't really think would to too much would have led to too much growth presumably you growth whatever presumably you backed time when we backed out at the time when we set out our very clear fiscal rules of how we would approach the economy if we were in government eventually with the chancellor we would make sure that day day spending that all day to day spending paid receipts, paid for through tax receipts, borrowing would be allowed borrowing would only be allowed to we get to invest and we would get

falling proportion of gdp. falling as a proportion of gdp. now, fiscal rules have now, those fiscal rules have been rachel reeves, a been with rachel reeves, a policy throughout , her policy agenda throughout, her time, shadow chancellor. time, a shadow chancellor. that's do. we are in that's what we do. if we are in government, we earning people's trust that we make a trust by showing that we make a promise whenever we make a pledge. it's fully funded and fully alongside fully and crucially alongside sound management of the public finances and financial stability, we have plan for growth and that will get the economy growing get us out economy growing and get us out of vicious of of this vicious cycle of stagnation been stuck stagnation that we've been stuck in for so long. what do you really is growing because really is growing there because it stunned just on it is trusted stunned just on the benches before she was the other benches before she was saying, you know, it was all about growth and quite as concern about growth. concern was all about growth. but guys completely poohed concern was all about growth. but and uys completely poohed concern was all about growth. but and now:ompletely poohed concern was all about growth. but and now a�*npletely poohed concern was all about growth. but and now a�*nplofely poohed concern was all about growth. but and now a�*nplof people ed that. and now a lot of people will well, 6 billion on will be, well, 6 billion quid on insulation, fracking of like insulation, no fracking of like i've wealthy more i've said, the wealthy pay more tax , a generous uplift in tax, a generous uplift in benefits payments as well . no, a benefits payments as well. no, a huge points of difference . huge points of difference. labour and the tories on all of this and i can't help but wonder whether or not the public maybe just sees you what you're doing. are you just politics with people's money now? really

really ? well, when truss really? well, when liz truss sets out supposed plan for growth i think is the seventh plan for growth, the conservatives have put out in the last 12 years. it was it widely rubbish it crushed the economy and we've had to reverse almost all the measures when the new prime minister and chancellor took over. so the conservatives have no plan for growth and today the chancellor had an opportunity to out a had an opportunity to set out a commitment and he commitment to growth and he failed front too. you failed on that front too. you know, we've been setting our plan for several months how we would green prosperity would invest in green prosperity plan, investment plan, which would see investment in zero carbon electricity sources, insulate 18, 19 million homes across the country, making sure we're investing the new technologies and new jobs that we for the future in all we need for the future in all that would see the economy growing and all that would growing and all of that would get a better economic get us in a better economic flourishing the flourishing as we go into the future we saw none of that from the chancellor and fair the chancellor so right and fair choices with no plan for growth, they have nothing offer. just they have nothing to offer. just very, you very, very quickly, you presumably would want to see less fewer cuts to , public less cuts, fewer cuts to, public

services and in order to do that, you would have to tax more, wouldn't you? so people now 55% of people are going to be worse there will be more be worse off. there will be more people off under labour. people worse off under labour. wouldn't that what we set in the short term to invest money in pubuc short term to invest money in public waste and every pledge that we've made when we're spending money on public services day to day, we set out where we get that money from. so every pledge we make is fully costed, fully costed and fully funded. what also funded. now, what we're also saying, we need plan saying, though, is we need plan for growth because is the only way long to fund way in the long to fund public services, the economy services, grow the economy sustainably. okay. thank you very murray there. very much. james murray there. that course, labour mp , that is, of course, labour mp, very shadow financial secretary to . yes, he just to the treasury. yes, he just about managed over the about managed to shout over the idiot shall not be named idiot who shall not be named with a megaphone, a company out today. that was anyway. there we go. right, let's just take a deeper look at what this means for let's to our business for let's cross to our business and editor liam and economics editor liam halligan the money . halligan with on the money. stability and public services .

stability and public services. these were the themes of this year's autumn statement delivered of course by chancellor jeremy hunt's with the support of prime minister rishi sunak. the chancellor acknowledged there are substantial tax in this package , albeit there's been no increase in the headline rates of tax. all set against what the chancellor called tough global headwinds , a pretty difficult headwinds, a pretty difficult economic backdrop. and here is that difficult economic backdrop laid out by the office budget responsibility, the uk is now in recession , says britain's fiscal recession, says britain's fiscal watchdog gdp growth this year. will be 4.2, but that overwhelmingly reflects the post—covid bounce back we saw in the first six months of 2022 compared of course, to the first half of 2021. but we were still in lockdown. but economic contraction is happening this autumn and why it will continue into next year with gdp contracting 1.4% in 2023, says

the obe . that's roughly similar the obe. that's roughly similar to. the downturn that we saw back in 1991 , and it's about back in 1991, and it's about a third of the downturn we saw after the global financial crisis in 2008 cost of living . crisis in 2008 cost of living. that will continue, says the price rises will be ongoing. we're going to see inflation in dunng we're going to see inflation in during 2022 averaging 9.1% for the year as a whole . it will the year as a whole. it will slow to 7.2% next year. that's still historic , pretty high with still historic, pretty high with the prices of goods and services that we rely on increasing into year as well the big economic picture here as a result of this autumn statement there'll be a fiscal consolidation of autumn statement there'll be a fiscal consolidation 0 f £54 fiscal consolidation of £54 billion over five years that splits billion over five years that split s £24 billion of tax rises splits £24 billion of tax rises and £30 billion of spending cuts. the tax rises, though they're largely what the government's opponents would

call stealth . what we're seeing call stealth. what we're seeing is tax thresholds being frozen until 2028. the personal allowance after which you start paying allowance after which you start paying at 20. that's going to be frozen until 2028 at £12,570. the higher rates will be frozen a t £50,270. the top rates will at £50,270. the top rates will be lowered. so you start 45% after be lowered. so you start 45% afte r £125,000 of earnings, just after £125,000 of earnings, just over rather tha n £150,000. i've over rather than £150,000. i've done my sums. it strikes me that if you earned £33,000, the average wage , you'll be paying average wage, you'll be paying an extra two and a half grand in income tax by 2028. and if you earn over £50,000, you'll be paying earn over £50,000, you'll be paying an extra six and a half thousand pounds in tax by that same year . thousand pounds in tax by that same year. but the big increase in taxes is it's not on income , in taxes is it's not on income, it's on the energy companies , it's on the energy companies, so—called windfall taxes , on

so—called windfall taxes, on energy providers operating in the north sea and elsewhere. their will be taxed not at 25, but 5. in addition to rates of corporation tax and energy generated profits , the energy generated profits, the energy companies that provide the energy to us, they'll face a windfall tax of 45% on their profits until 2028. that raises billion pounds of overall tax rises that we saw that spending. in addition that some other measures electric vehicles they'll pay road tax from 2025 by which time the chancellor says around half the cars and vans on our roads will be evs and also the residential stamp cuts introduced by. former former chancellor kwasi kwarteng in his mini budget back in september. they only now last until 2025, brought former prime minister liz truss and kwasi kwarteng . they raised the kwarteng. they raised the threshold up until which you pay no stamp duty . from 125 to

no stamp duty. from 125 to £250000. they introduced generous stamp duty thresholds for , first time buyers. those for, first time buyers. those concessions now will only last . concessions now will only last. 2025 and also the spending cuts . and if the chancellor was vague about , . and if the chancellor was vague about, where his tax rises are coming in terms of not raising headline rates , he was raising headline rates, he was even more vague in terms of the spending cuts . even more vague in terms of the spending cuts. spending will rise, he says, in real . that's rise, he says, in real. that's after inflation. every for five years. but a lower than we previously thought . we don't previously thought. we don't know when those spending rises will come in. we don't know what departments they will apply to, but we do know that the chancellor has earmarked an extra chancellor has earmarked an extr a £23 billion per year for extra £23 billion per year for the next two years for education. that's 4% rise in the education. that's 4% rise in the education budget and, an extra £3.3 education budget and, an extra £33 billion every year for the £3.3 billion every year for the next two years for the nhs , next two years for the nhs, that's a 2% rise. the good for lower income households is , the lower income households is, the benefits will be uprated by

10.1% a year. that was the rates inflation in september that will kick in from next april and also to cheers across tory backbenchers shooting labour's fox. the tories will implement their manifesto promised the triple lock increase the basic state pension again by 10.1. the bafic state pension again by 10.1. the basic state pension going up by £870 a year . anyone who says £870 a year. anyone who says there are easy answers, they're not being with the british people said hunt. but is he being straight, relying on stealth taxes and also spending cuts that he won't outline? there's much more in this autumn statement to get our teeth into the energy cap that becomes less generous from next april. the cap going up from two and a half t 0 £3,000, and that's to be to £3,000, and that's to be a clampdown on the economically inactive benefits. the numbers of whom who've stalled have soared . but the big picture is soared. but the big picture is one of tax rises and spending cuts into the teeth of a recession that's a policy that's

to provide stability , but it to provide stability, but it poses big risks , too. yes, it poses big risks, too. yes, it does. liam halligan there are economics and business editor, thank you very much for that a good, concise breakdown , really good, concise breakdown, really crunching the numbers for us on this statement. but i don't know about you people when i think of brexit, i think of lots of things, but i think of entrepreneurs, think of small businesses, i think of people with a bit of up and go with a bit of get up and go about the clever people, people who the box the who think outside the box the way cracking the way through from cracking the enigma coming with enigma code to coming up with great beating music. and enigma code to coming up with gr

one needs to say small businesses were ordered to shut down and locked when we had the coronavirus pandemic, they were dished a fair of dished out maybe a fair bit of money came to overall. money when it came to overall. got pay that back haven't we got to pay that back haven't we the lockdown to protect already just we're all paying all just we're still all paying all of off and are they getting of this off and are they getting clobbered again i'm joined now by mckenzie, the by tina mckenzie, who's the policy federation policy chair of the federation of business, and paul of small business, and paul monaghan, director, monaghan, who's the director, the foundation . tina, the fair tax foundation. tina, i'll with you. thank you i'll start with you. thank you very much. a small business is being clobbered unfairly here . being clobbered unfairly here. yes isn't much here at all. not good news at all for small businesses across the country. you know we've seen that that other groups have been recognised and inflation has meant increases spain which in most cases is perfectly understandable but there's no recognition here for the extra costs for small businesses . it's costs for small businesses. it's a list of things that are going to become tougher for them, become more expensive, a lack of investment , the board and a lack investment, the board and a lack of support , i think, from the of support, i think, from the government. there are a few things we welcome in the

statement from the chancellor, but overall it's not great for the small business community and not them . economic growth not great them. economic growth is just quickly. sorry, just before i throw it to our other guests where all you actually find the small bits are specifically being paying more tax . give us specifically being paying more tax. give us some specifically being paying more tax . give us some specific tax. give us some specific numbers on this really to down into so mean there's a list into it. so mean there's a list of things so we know that vat thresholds have held at £85 which with inflation we know that's more pressure on small businesses, less likely to invest and then actually insurance thresholds been frozen. also the r&d has been gutted and that's really for the bringing in innovation and a problem because that's where we get most of our individual support and hence big business but also fuel duties. going up next there hasn't been much with that hidden in the context that was hidden in the context and slashing of the tax and also the slashing of the tax dividend in terms of the allowances and not really that small businesses a list of things a small business is on this now paul i'll bring you in

paul monahan, who is the director of the fair tax foundation. now, unless i'm wrong, last time i heard you almost just days ago, almost here just a few days ago, almost here just a few days ago, a of days ago, the a couple of days ago, the impression left last time impression i left for last time we is that you thought we spoke is that you thought that potentially small that potentially some small businesses happy businesses will be quite happy to more tax given where to pay bit more tax given where we are. that's not really true, is it? it is true. we have many, many small businesses to offer tax credits it outwardly and assertively, one to talk about how proud they are to pay the tax. is that a fair share? i would make two points against your previous speaker said. the first one is that we are in the assembly credit scheme needed to be completely reviewed is of control for all taking place got small businesses claiming r&d credits for doing a new cocktail or a new pizza that's innovation. so even with these very measured changes which will save a billion a year, we've got a budget that was heading towards 9 billion a year. it needs a overhaul. secondly and this keeps getting missed , the this keeps getting missed, the first to ten 50,000 of profits

are not subject . the increase in are not subject. the increase in corporation tax rates stays at 19, which is the lowest the g20 economies and even 5% is the lowest in the g7 economies. this is a tough and times package for business , but the majority of business, but the majority of business, but the majority of business recognise this given the support they had through to covid that this a measured response and welcome to say know i'll bring you back into the mackenzie policy the federation of small businesses. you loads of small businesses. you loads of during the of support during the coronavirus and maybe you should welcome your the welcome this do your bit the words pretty i'm words pretty much i'm paraphrasing i tell you what paraphrasing oh i tell you what i you is right about i tell you paul is right about small businesses. actually the way they pay their tax, they don't go offshore . they don't don't go offshore. they don't use sophisticated when you're getting clobbered. when we're making profit, we're very happy to pay the tax. but if there's no profit and taxes go up and the supports that are there in this time when we've got increased increases until increases on inflation increase its on labour costs and the list

goes on there comes a point where you think, okay, where is the growth going to come from? no small businesses have always the wind this country and the wind in this country and actually fact, if you look at the coming out of, the the growth coming out of, the 2008 recession, 80% of the employment growth came from small businesses. people in, their communities are very happy to small because they to small businesses because they do pay their way. but at the same time , we've lost by 2000 same time, we've lost by 2000 small and medium businesses in last couple of years. how many more you want to close down more do you want to close down so there won't be the tax page? and sir paul, throw it back to you, because small businesses, frankly, know, bit of frankly, you know, a bit of entrepreneurial spirit. i understand but if understand all of that. but if they massively out of they are massively out of pocket, your pocket, they shut down your corporations amazon, corporations like your amazon, who absolutely who basically absolutely naff old anyway they're the big old tax. anyway they're the big winners in, all of this. and that's what's going to happen. paul that's what's going to happen. paul, isn't exactly i mean, we are massively pro small business and work with of and we work with lots of wonderful businesses. many wonderful small businesses. many of the most of them are the one most wonderful you ever wonderful people you would ever meet. there are also not good small businesses. i don't want to all small

to fall into this. all small businesses got big businesses have got big businesses have got big businesses because is businesses about because that is just good is embodies just not this good is embodies on sides . yes the global on both sides. yes the global minimum that's been brought minimum tax that's been brought in that will raise 2 billion a yeah in that will raise 2 billion a year. that's brilliant that will hit etc. it's hit your amazons, etc. it's still the case that if, for example, i would say to the speaken example, i would say to the speaker, if she if it's all about well, whether you make the profits or not, then dividend and the capital gains taxes even come into play. so i believe in small business. believe small small business. we believe small business. work with small business. we work with small business. we work with small business. let's not try business. please, let's not try and make that everybody's claim , particularly around the r&d credits scheme. there is rampant fraud taking place in that right now . tina, you look fraud taking place in that right now. tina, you look a bit confused . oh, i don't . it's confused. oh, i don't. it's a matter of talking about people , matter of talking about people, small business people or any people about who's clean and who's not at the end , the day who's not at the end, the day you do mark legislation, based on some people taking advantage , loopholes or whatever you clear loopholes and you deal with the people breaking it, you don't all don't take away all the advantages thing altogether. advantages the thing altogether. okay, will say is going

okay, what i will say is going to be very quick small to be very quick saying small businesses are 17 million people in this country. they are businesses are 17 million people in this country . they are the in this country. they are the people that if we close these small businesses die by not giving them some support , then giving them some support, then where do we go from there? we've got to encourage them, protect them, just like we did. we call them, just like we did. we call the support them. we can pay for better services, the people across country. but really across this country. but really need going to i'm to need that. i'm going to i'm to have go. look, am aware have to go. look, i am aware that i gave you both the first on word. so i'm sorry. on the last word. so i'm sorry. unfortunately, we're very pressed time, we'll have pressed for time, but we'll have you back on. and i'm sure, your case will come across loud and clear i say to mackenzie clear and i say to mackenzie that federation of that a policy a federation of small i'm paul my small business. i'm paul my hands a fair foundation hands as a fair tax foundation good thought let's good discussion i thought let's just make of it i want just what do make of it i want to hear from you throughout the show the impact of this show the impact even of this autumn statements on you but there's a lot discussion there's been a lot of discussion about or not the elderly about whether or not the elderly are too are getting a good deal, too good a deal, whether not the young getting of young are getting too much of a bad deal. let's bring in now one of our viewers and is year of our viewers and is 81 year old george george, old george wallace. george, thank you very much. to great

you the show. so how is this you on the show. so how is this autumn impacted you? autumn statement impacted you? the i'm assuming you the triple lock i'm assuming you must about how do must be quite happy about how do you about oh i'm i'm you feel about it? oh i'm i'm very pleased with the triple lock, of course , inevitably, lock, of course, inevitably, with these , as with all with these, as with all government handouts with one hand and take most of it back with the other. but we seem to have done reasonably well this pensioners prices will be going my fuel bill go up i have to have a car because where i am council tax be going up no doubt and so it's not quite good as it looks . 10.1% increase our looks. 10.1% increase our heating our energy costs have gone by a lot more and food gone up gone by a lot more and food gone ”p by gone by a lot more and food gone up by a lot more than that as well. can i just ask george , how well. can i just ask george, how do you feel for pensioners so as to cut costs? george just a bit pressed. tom how do you feel, george, when some of the younger generation say, well, i can't afford my own and a lot of afford my own house and a lot of

elderly may be sitting on elderly people may be sitting on property, maybe they're it on property, maybe they're on it on some savings there. and some of the younger people are going to be the taxes. does be paying the taxes. how does that feel ? you hear that make you feel? you hear that make you feel? you hear that ? it that make you feel? you hear that? it makes me feel relief, frankly, but about what's going on. it's very nice to see you. they've put the minimum wage and then, of course, the government doesn't have to pay for that. the people employers have got to find that money and they're having more taken away from them as well . so there massive as well. so there massive savings to be made, but don't appear from my point of view and it is own point of view. they don't appear making them in the most obvious places. okay, why would you do it very, very, very quickly, george. making you i'm making you chancellor for the 30 seconds, george. just tell me where tell me where you'd make the money the. sorry. i've the money. the. oh, sorry. i've you, patrick. so i was just say make you chancellor for the next 30 seconds. george, you said they could be making their money elsewhere spending better. elsewhere or spending it better.

give quickly, give me some examples quickly, george. what that. oh, so george. sorry. what that. oh, so don't get. i want to let you got go. i'm sorry george. all right. you know george , you very much. you know george, you very much. i see what you are, george, is there a tv news viewer? we're going go to george on conveys going to go to george on conveys had all the answers, but alas, we weren't to it. so there we weren't to get it. so there we weren't to get it. so there we go . right. well, do you we go. right. well, what do you make that, and make of that, ladies and gentlemen? lot gentlemen? certainly a lot of people box anyway, say people, the in box anyway, say that do very few like it. that they do very few like it. so i massive negative out all in fact far it the debentures triple lock has been secured . i triple lock has been secured. i think elderly people pay into pension pots and pay their taxes all the way through their life. they should maybe be able to enjoy their retirement. however, there pushback some there is some pushback from some younger saying, well, there is some pushback from some youn still saying, well, there is some pushback from some youn still foraying, well, there is some pushback from some youn still for it's g, well, there is some pushback from some youn still for it's got 'ell, let's still call for it's got property they're property ladder and. they're finding of a sticky finding a little bit of a sticky wicket out there at the moment. this is patrick christys on gb news up. i'm going to be news coming up. i'm going to be talking about how investing in the government as wasted billions yes, the billions of pounds. yes, the government wasted billions of pounds spending. example, pounds in spending. example, £5,393. funds training by a

£5,393. the funds training by a narrative ecologist , but it gets narrative ecologist, but it gets worse totalling narrative ecologist, but it gets worse totallin g £14 billion in worse totalling £14 billion in wasted expenditure on a day where 55% of us the suspect most people definitely most people watching this or listening to it are going to be feeling the pinch from jeremy his rather pinch from jeremy and his rather doom mongering also misstatement. how does that make you feel 14 billion big you feel that 14 billion big loans just flushed down the loans were just flushed down the drain? racking about .

hello. welcome back. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom with the headlines at 430 for the chancellor's delivered plans to get the economy back on as he acknowledges the uk's already in recession . as part of his autumn recession. as part of his autumn statement , hunt's announced statement, hunt's announced a reduction in the $0.45 tax rate, the state pension benefits and tax credits will rise in line

with by more than 10% and an average household pay up to £3,000 in energy bills from . £3,000 in energy bills from. april as a level of government support is reduced, but chancellor has vowed to protect poorest and believes his plan will help rebuild the economy. families pensioners , businesses, families pensioners, businesses, teachers , nurses and many others teachers, nurses and many others are worried about the future . so are worried about the future. so today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis and repay build our economy and. our priorities are stability growth and public services services . the royal college of services. the royal college of nursing . it services. the royal college of nursing. it will services. the royal college of nursing . it will announce strike nursing. it will announce strike dates for december if the government fails to open up detailed negotiation on pay. last week members voted to strike at the majority of nhs employers across the uk. the rcn campaigning for a pay rise of

percent above the rate inflation . the office for budget responsibility has revealed that household disposable incomes are heading for their biggest on record as the tax hit its highest levels since the second world war and a fresh set forecasts are, says once rising pnces forecasts are, says once rising prices are taken into account, people's incomes drop by 7% in the next fiscal years. the government's forecasts are also says living standards won't to last year's levels for another six years . tv online a debate six years. tv online a debate plus radio. this is gb news now back to . back to. patrick okay, sit down. pour yourself a strong because i'm about to tell you that government could have

wasted you that government could have waste d £14 billion worth of your wasted £14 billion worth of your money this according to an investigation by the telegraph which suggests it could have covered billions of pounds of this black . but now this so—called black. but now the taxpayer having pay in the taxpayer is having to pay in the taxpayer is having to pay in the i'm very keen to not the budget. i'm very keen to not come across. know, we're come across. you know, we're always idea , always tory bashing this idea, far and it's also far from it. and it's also saying that this is a budget that one would assume that the labour party and the dems labour party and the lib dems are pretty happy with fact. are also pretty happy with fact. they to they are because he spoke to them already, i think them already, which i think tells everything to tells you everything you need to know this budget. but it know about this budget. but it is pill to swallow, isn't is a bit pill to swallow, isn't it, when we're about have £30 billion of spending billion worth of spending cuts, £24 billion in rises, 55% of £24 billion in tax rises, 55% of people said to be worse off. i think you realise that the government that it was to government that it was going to spend vegan ice cream spend things on vegan ice cream in stuff that. in uruguay, stuff like that. hey, pick through , very hey, it's a pick through, a very hot for us is tom harwood hot mess for us is tom harwood oh political reporter who i believe joins us now. tell that oh tom is not that okay we'll go to very shortly. i believe so tom harwood is that . there we tom harwood is that. there we go. okay. all right government

waste, fraud and centre we wasted you for a second. go on. yes. no, it an extraordinary number more than £10 billion that the telegraph has uncovered it now there's lots of different components of . it of course, components of. it of course, there's a lot of well publicised components. we've heard , of components. we've heard, of course about the amount of ppe that couldn't be used at the height of the pandemic, but beyond that, and the covid that is also contained within that number, there's lots of other areas that are particularly of course, there's the headline grabbing course, there's the headline grabbin g £6,000 spent on a villa grabbing £6,000 spent on a villa being rented in italy. that's a cunous being rented in italy. that's a curious use of taxpayer money for the benefit of the civil service. but more than that, of course there's all sorts of people that have been in to do away. they days for the civil service storytelling that sort of stuff but then we get the larger bits of money that people may not have heard about

larger bits of money that people may not have heard abou t £100 may not have heard about £100 million wasted by the justice on ankle tagging programme that was scrapped , and indeed ankle tagging programme that was scrapped, and indee d £100 scrapped, and indeed £100 million wasted by the department for on plans for an hs2 station at euston, then had to be redesigned because . they went redesigned because. they went down from 11 platforms to ten platforms. it's mistakes this that if it's the taxpayer very, very dearly and frankly it looks like managers has been sloppy. yeah now some say that because i'm just going run people through a graphic now which shows some of the areas wastage so get this shows some of the areas wastage so get thi s £6,836 on a luxury so get this £6,836 on a luxury policy villa in naples. so almost seven grand on that. now it's over. it is world famous vegan uruguayan ice cream, £837. i know this is change, but let's be honest, it does all add up eventually. be honest, it does all add up eventually . £5,393. the fun eventually. £5,393. the fun story telling training by a narrative ecologist , i mean

narrative ecologist, i mean i would have the narrative ecologist was already stealing living, let alone that ecologist was already stealing living, let alone tha t £779 in living, let alone that £779 in a supermarket buying cakes to welcome back to the office which given the fact that only 38% of some sections in the civil service are actually back in the office as honest has even office as honest has an even worse. tom, back worse. but tom, you're back again him back on tom again now. bring him back on tom harwood poser. harwood. oh, political poser. yes okay, that was small change. unless, course there are unless, of course there are certain elements that certain comical elements to that . really that . it does indicate really that when the taxpayer is now being asked full and cough up asked to full cow and cough up the same people on benefits , the same people on benefits, they're are going up in line with inflation. i see the elderly with triple lock . elderly with the triple lock. all know that's all right. i know that's actually popular with actually quite popular with lot of viewers, don't me of our viewers, don't get me wrong. would like to wrong. but you would like to think that will spent think that that will be spent quite once . can i ask you quite once. can i just ask you a question when it comes to intervene? labour mp commentary lib dem mps this and i'm lib dem mps on this and i'm really to identify which really trying to identify which bits that particularly bits of this that particularly disappointed out i really disappointed out. i can't really find of saying they'd find too many of saying they'd like go back time like to go back in time introduce a windfall tax. yeah years ago but this is quite a socialist budget isn't it. a

socialist budget isn't it. a social democrat socialist democrat budget that it's just accepting precedent decline . i a accepting precedent decline. i a social democrat budget is a reasonable description of what we are seeing. of course we're seeing one of the highest rates tax well the highest tax burden that this country has ever. but more than that, if look at where the tax is , more people dragged the tax is, more people dragged into higher tax brackets than before . thousand people who used before. thousand people who used to be paying no tax now paying top in the pound in income tax additional hundreds of thousands of people drag out into the £40 rates. but more than that out of all the advanced economies in the world, only italy levels it highest it's top rate of tax on a lower amount of income . we a lower amount of income. we will do with the reduction of the 45 ppi rate levelled now £125,000 rather tha n £150,000. £125,000 rather than £150,000. frankly there was a briefing

with a figure a little bit earlier where questions were were levied . one of the were levied. one of the responses that came from this government figure was, oh , government figure was, oh, italy. italy has a higher rate of tax in this particular. and the whole room simply laughed because the economy of is not exactly the most shining of where a stunning in terms of economic management. where a stunning in terms of economic management . and if the economic management. and if the united kingdom is really looking like we're sort of travelling down that path that sort of leads up stagnation. that's a big worry. absolutely. but just just quickly, tom, and finally with you , if people now are with you, if people now are thinking, well, what party i vote for, what's the point of difference? we've got, you know, high taxes we've got nothing high taxes. we've got nothing going when it comes to illegal immigration, not particularly looking like we're get looking like we're going to get legal down . they all legal immigration down. they all seem to be full, square behind a big green agenda i he's which is voting for the version of the

same person it's slightly different suit and also i was going to you just voted for a personality but none of them have gotten it either of that . have gotten it either of that. do you know what it is remarkable looking sunak remarkable looking rishi sunak and starmer standing across and keir starmer standing across the dispatch box from one another, both of them backing taxes, both of them pushing much of the same managerial sort of speak when it comes to the economy , you might say , of economy, you might say, of centrist figures within their parties. yes think it is a fair assessment to say that? there is not much difference between the major parties right now. now, of course, the crisis from the conservatives lobbed at is how much of what they're saying they believe sir keir starmer might say that he believes in in growth an enterprise economy. but of course, he's got a lot of socialists on his backbenches that might disagree with him. but i suppose on the other hand, while swishy sunak might say he is implementing these windfall tax and raising taxes here and clobbering the rich , there are a clobbering the rich, there are a

lot of people on his backbenches that disagree with that too. so to some extent a complete to some extent it's a complete mirror that now seeing in mirror image that now seeing in the house of commons, i can only imagine that get to elect imagine that the we get to elect to an election which course to an election which of course let's forget is still two let's not forget is still two years away there may well some more points of difference that grow growth may well be sort of touchstone issues of course one of them that became more more clear in the last two weeks is that the labour party wants to back onshore wind farm building, whereas party moved to whereas the tory party moved to ban despite mean moving ban that despite i mean moving to it. i mean it's to equalise it. i mean it's a very mixed picture . yeah. with very mixed picture. yeah. with politics as sexy as onshore wind , it's hard to see how people are really going to get themselves out of bed in the morning, isn't it? tom harwood. thank very much because of the rising energy costs is good job. you grown that fabulous beard because you to put the because now you have to put the heating somehow. heating on somehow. our political turn political correspondent turn street. of street. what's the point of voting either main voting for either of the main political because they political parties? because they both a version of the both seem to be a version of the same thing. here's another same thing. and here's another topic. a lot you care

topic. i know a lot of you care deeply, deeply about. do you live in a rural area? well migrants and asylum seekers could soon shipped off to could soon be shipped off to other of countryside. other parts of the countryside. reports that the reports this afternoon that the home looking secure home office is looking to secure what distribution what they a fairer distribution of the i will of migrants the country. i will ask president of the country ask the president of the country london business association what he about this. and get he thinks about this. and get a load as well. an asylum load this as well. an asylum seeker accused of seeker has been accused of raping teenage is now missing raping a teenage is now missing . there we go. i know security concerns left, right and centre not going to want to miss this. i'll be back very, very. and we're also going to be talking to the mp for ipswich. tom hunt, as i put your questions to him over over, tax rises, over concerns over, tax rises, pubuc over concerns over, tax rises, public not public spending cuts. it's not very conservative is. it gbviews@gbnews.uk uk we're all skint .

welcome back. the chancellor's awesome statement was something of a sobering affair.

awesome statement was something of a sobering affair . the of a sobering affair. the threshold of the top rate of tax being lowered, energy price guarantees also being made less generous , targeted help for the generous, targeted help for the most vulnerable imo. it's a complete break from lizz truss his low tax, high growth vision for the economy and this country . so i want to ask if, we ought to be carrying on with what she's. joining me now is the head of public at the iea. she's the economic matthew lash and robert palmer is the executive director tax uk, a group calling for a fairer tax system. martha start with you. matthew lash . start with you. matthew lash. bnng start with you. matthew lash. bring back trust is forgiven . bring back trust is forgiven. look this really is a big spending, high taxing , low spending, high taxing, low growth budget. there isn't so much a plan for prosperity as there is for managed decline . there is for managed decline. it's an extremely disappointing set affairs overseeing, spending, going , taxing, going spending, going, taxing, going up. we're seeing a allegedly conservative government i'm slapping down increasing taxes on workers, increasing targets, taxes on corporations , really

taxes on corporations, really undermining our prosperity. taxes on corporations, really undermining our prosperity . and undermining our prosperity. and even when we do hear something about growth, all very top down growth, isn't it? it's the government the new nuclear government funds the new nuclear power station. it's the government spend . it's government an r&d spend. it's that vision we used to hear about supply side reform , about about supply side reform, about removing planning restrictions , removing planning restrictions, about dealing with retained eu red tape within 100 days. is rishi sunak originally promised all that vision seems be gone andifs all that vision seems be gone and it's extremely disappointing . okay robert. robert palmer is executive director at tax justice uk. more benefits for people the wealthy . more tax. justice uk. more benefits for people the wealthy. more tax . £6 people the wealthy. more tax. £6 billion on insulate you should know fracking . windfall taxes . i know fracking. windfall taxes. i mean it's almost like the party could deliver this themselves , could deliver this themselves, isn't it? i mean, where i'd agree with matthew is that where facing real problems in this country you know, we've got crumbling infrastructure. we've got low growth, we've got people really cuts their real term

income. this is this is a good place to be . but i think what we place to be. but i think what we need to, remember, is that this budget is just delivered has delivered spending cuts in, the future. you know, this is this is this is like spending cuts and more taxes. the worst of both worlds. and i think what we need to see a more prosperous economy is investment in our crumbling clearing the covid backlog so that people can trust not just just on the just on not just on the that means borrowing doesn't say. but of course, under they want it to go for growth and would have borrowed to that was bad but now what we need according to is more borrowing . well i mean i also borrowing. well i mean i also think you could look at taxing the super rich. you know, we did analysis showed that you could raise analysis showed that you could rais e £37 billion a year from raise £37 billion a year from increasing taxes , wealth. and increasing taxes, wealth. and what we've seen today is most of the money is coming from goodwin hill taxes, oil and gas giants and also freezing thresholds on

the rest of us. so there's lots of ways in which the government could bring in money to invest in making an economy that works for all of us rather than just being in the top . all right, being in the top. all right, matthew, last from the iea come back on that because . this is back on that because. this is one the things now that a lot one of the things now that a lot of are saying well, of people are saying is, well, we could just really tax. rich, your views . well, the fact is your views. well, the fact is that we already do . the rich that we already do. the rich a lot, the top 1% of taxpayers are paying lot, the top 1% of taxpayers are paying something like 30% of all tax revenue. there's only so much you can squeeze the rich without losing the prosperity, create . so you think about stuff create. so you think about stuff like wealth, taxes. that's quickest to send people who quickest way to send people who are to create jobs and are going to create jobs and create prosperity. offshore. create prosperity. i'm offshore. i we're already taxing is pretty much it at our limits and we're taxing the most we are in british history even historically. i mentioned that the feudal lord took less of the of the crop of the peasant than the government is taking from us today. it's can't ultimately finance way to prosperity. we

need an ontario innovative economy need the government to get rid of the all the strictures on prosper and matthew. okay robert i'll just give you quite quickly. i'm sorry. the final word on this, robert palmer, of course, is the executive director tax justice, uk. you could fit a wrestler really at the moment between labour and, the tories when it comes to this budget. if you'll be honest with me. well, do you just really not care about whilst generation? are you happy to the rich? because you to tax the rich? because you don't really anyone be don't really want anyone to be rich. mean, i think need rich. i mean, i think we need wealth can benefit all of wealth that can benefit all of us that we can all benefit. us so that we can all benefit. having healthy economy , that having a healthy economy, that we're all connected into . and we're all connected into. and the status quo isn't . we've had the status quo isn't. we've had 12 years of conservative led governments is leading to people being worse in their pocket is broken. we need to fix. being worse in their pocket is broken. we need to fix . all broken. we need to fix. all right, look, both of you, thank you very much fascinating stuff that will is, of course, matthew lash, head of public policy at the iea, and robert palmer, executive director at tax justice, uk right. and moving on

now another story that, now to another story that, frankly , it's coming to a beauty frankly, it's coming to a beauty spot near. let me tell you, the home office is planning to send asylum seekers to rural areas in order spread them out order to spread them out more fairly country, not fairly around country, not really we really levelling up as we thought be as its thought it would be as its employees have complaining that places the west midlands places like the west midlands have put with have had to put up with a disparate number of migrants in, local and are local hotels and things are completely understand but completely understand that. but is send them to is the solution to send them to rural areas where frankly there might just be a few hundred might only just be a few hundred people, particular village or people, a particular village or town be town now going to be outnumbered, would outnumbered, one would imagine, by seekers. in by asylum seekers. one hotel in the area design of the tourism industry used by seekers. joining right now the joining me right now is the president's the country london business asia mark business associate asia mark tufnell mark is coming very shortly is that very it's good to see him. all right. shortly is that very it's good to see him. all right . okay. so to see him. all right. okay. so asylum seekers thousands of them coming to a village near you . coming to a village near you. well you for asking me on i think we have look at it in the round because as we all have to

appreciate are great density of people coming to the urban areas there is of course a lot of space in rural countryside space that's owned and managed by members of our association . and members of our association. and if the arrangements can be done in a controlled and sensible way , then there may well be a way forward for the home office . we forward for the home office. we don't want to see large numbers of people as some mps have complained about, put in certain cities as stoke on trent . if it cities as stoke on trent. if it could be spread out . dom as could be spread out. dom as i say, in a controlled , then we say, in a controlled, then we could see areas where these migrants can be used help the local rural economy so one of the issues is that they're not really allowed to work across there. applications have been processed, so it's difficult to see could impact the see how could maybe impact the local other in local economy. other than in some draining . i know some cases draining. i know i spent a lot of time living in

rural areas and i'm scratching my head trying to find parts of the lake district, example, the lake district, for example, where that where these could go that wouldn't actively damage the local economy and, threaten local economy and, threaten local as well. it's a local security as well. it's a tough one, isn't it? local security as well. it's a tough one, isn't it ? well, of tough one, isn't it? well, of course, it's a tough one, but it's something that we have to deal with as , a country we need deal with as, a country we need to think about the security of people who live in the area. we think needs to think about the transport that staff, the housing available. and of course, there are many people who need affordable housing in the area anyway but if we can come to arrangement where some of these people are able to work in the countryside in a controlled way , there are controlled way, there are shortages of workers in the agricultural and that's a really good that's a really good point, mark. that's a really, really point. and i think a lot of people might say this is a bit of a trade—off because i do report regularly here about the fact that we need people in

rural economies more. maybe we're struggling to fill jobs. it's stereotypical it's your old stereotypical fruit whatever. fruit pickers or whatever. maybe that's could do it that's area that we could do it because kills two birds with because it kills two birds with one the most of one stone. one of the most of issues that we've got at the moment in various different places is what asylum places is what these asylum seekers day and if you've seekers do. day and if you've got nothing and they're got nothing to do and they're allowed freely wonder about, allowed to freely wonder about, well, that's issue well, frankly, that's an issue for either the for lot of people. either the maybe for them to commit crime , maybe for them to commit crime, for them to go missing or for them to just around the local area do goodness what area and do goodness what you area and do goodness what you are put them work . well, are saying, put them work. well, i think what i'm saying, are saying, put them work. well, i think what i'm saying , these i think what i'm saying, these migrants who come, many of for very good sound once they're process has been gone through by the home office and provided they are accepted this country there should no reason as to why they shouldn't be allowed to work for a period of time. they have come here for very good reasons, not that we need to assess and then they can

hopefully provide some for the rural economy. but mark whenever we talk, we talked quite a bit there, the local economy. but what about just the local area and the feel of the place? there are many villages and hamlets where there might only be a few hundred people living there. and then you a large hotel with then you feel a large hotel with two or people in the area two or 300 people in the area changes massively. and let's be honest, house go as honest, the house go down as well . yes, but i think those well. yes, but i think those places that you think of wouldn't have very large hotel next door to . so the large next door to. so the large hotels tend to be situated areas where the next a town i would come from peterborough this afternoon the large hotel is next door to the peterborough show right because that's where the level of is and the plenty people who would no doubt be able to work there that's not taking away the housing anyone else. so i think it needs to be thought of in a structure good

way, a constructive way to help these people , also to help our these people, also to help our own economy . and i'm sure robert own economy. and i'm sure robert jenrick with the and the team behind him can come forward with a suitable plan . well there we a suitable plan. well there we go mark tufnell . thank you very go mark tufnell. thank you very much. who is the president of the country land business association just reacting to that story that's come out today. times and very bad today. good times and very bad news safe here the home news safe here in the home office, is the thousands office, which is the thousands of seekers could well be of asylum seekers could well be now dispersed across british countryside. you live in countryside. do you live in a rural area? what you make of rural area? what do you make of that? comes is the news that that? and comes is the news that shock horror and asylum seekers been accused a teenage been accused of raping a teenage boy now on the run. security boy is now on the run. security that arise thanks to patrick christys here on gb news. lots more to come in the next hour. i speak to a conservative mp and your questions and concerns over the old of statement increases in taxes reduction public spending to him directly. i'll be back in a tick.

well done for making it through the 5 pm. people as part three christie's here on gb news and we all break down today's autumn statement to make that you understand it means for you understand what it means for you here's coming way. here's what's coming your way. the top rate of income the for the top rate of income is down nearly £25,000. a stripped back energy price guarantee. the option for authorities to raise council tax by 5% without a referendum to honest with you, all of that is absolute guff because the reality is that 55% of us are now apparently going to be worse . and you could get a paper between conservatives and the labour when it comes to labour party when it comes to what has been, let's honest, what has been, let's be honest, a democratic budget that a social democratic budget that hurtles into prison in hurtles headlong into prison in decline those in the richest do not camp have suggested these unnecessary evils to get the pubuc unnecessary evils to get the public finances back level

public finances back on level pegging- going public finances back on level pegging. going to pegging. i'm going to speak to conservative mp shortly, conservative mp very shortly, but i'll i feel like something and want to be blamed for and some want to be blamed for this that they're putting it on putin they're saying that this is a recession made in russia. i personally can't help but feel is a recession made in russia. i peithough can't help but feel is a recession made in russia. i peithough our't help but feel is a recession made in russia. i peithough our response it feel is a recession made in russia. i peithough our response the el as though our response the pandemic thing or two pandemic has got a thing or two to for. but i want to ask to answer for. but i want to ask you it could be something to you if it could be something to do with the fact really that we're locked down for eight in most want lockdown now do most if you want lockdown now do you though you shouldn't you feel as though you shouldn't be to have pay for be the one to have to pay for it? in other news, it's not it? but in other news, it's not all doom gloom about the all doom and gloom about the budget. that's right. budget. no, that's right. it's doom when it comes to doom and gloom when it comes to seekers well, because you seekers as well, because if you in a rural area, strap yourselves. the home office is looking to secure what they regard fairer distribute of regard as a fairer distribute of migrants the country by migrants around the country by shipping off the shipping them off to the countryside. do think countryside. so do you think that's a lot of rural that's fair? a lot of rural communities few communities maybe only got a few hundred people them as it is. hundred people in them as it is. maybe only one hotel. would maybe only got one hotel. would it the face of area it change the face of that area for very long time to for a very, very long time to come? vaiews@gbnews.uk all of that much more coming your that and much more coming your way in the hour with all your

headunes way in the hour with all your headlines headlines. i hello. good afternoon. it's 5:10. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom, the chancellor's delivered his plans to get the economy back on track as he acknowledges the uk's already in recession . as part of his autumn recession. as part of his autumn statement , jeremy hunt has statement, jeremy hunt has reduced the for the higher rate of income from reduced the for the higher rate of income fro m £150,000 to just of income from £150,000 to just over 125,000. the state pension benefits and tax credits will rise in line with inflation by more than 10. millions of households will pay more in energy bills from . april the energy bills from. april the typical bill from two and a half thousand pounds 3000 as the government reduces the level of support and energy firms will be with an expanded windfall tax of 35, up 25. the chancellor vowed

to protect poorest and believes his plan will help rebuild the economy . our priorities are economy. our priorities are stability growth and public services from april we'll continue the energy price guarantee for a further months at a higher level of guarantee for a further months at a higher level 0 f £3,000 per at a higher level of £3,000 per year for average household with pnces year for average household with prices forecast to remain elevated throughout next year. this will an average of £500 support for every household in the country . i can also announce the country. i can also announce we will fulfil our pledge the country to protect the pensions triple lock . following the triple lock. following the statement shadow chancellor rachel reeves accused the conservative office of failing to learn from decisions made over the past decade , this over the past decade, this government has forced our economy into a doom loop where low growth leads to higher taxes , lower investment and wages with a running of public

services , all of which puts services, all of which puts economic again and in stead of learning from the mistakes of the last decade. the simply repeating them. we need to break free from this vicious cycle of stagnation with choices and a proper plan . economic growth . proper plan. economic growth. the office for budget responsibility . household responsibility. household disposable incomes are heading for their biggest fall on record as the tax burden hit its highest level since the second world war and a fresh of forecasts, the cbo that once rising prices are taken into account people's would drop by 7% in the next two fiscal years. the forecaster also says standards won't recover to last year's levels for another six years . the royal college of years. the royal college of nursing , it will years. the royal college of nursing, it will announce years. the royal college of nursing , it will announce strike nursing, it will announce strike dates december if the government to open up detailed negotiation on pay . last week, members voted

on pay. last week, members voted to strike the majority of nhs employers across the uk. the aca and campaigning for a pay rise of 5% above the rate of inflation . meanwhile, ground inflation. meanwhile, ground handlers at london's heathrow airport will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay. the unite union said the strike action is by workers at aviation services firm menzies . it'll affect firm menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights from terminal . two number of flights from terminal. two mail has asked the government if it can cut its letter service five days a week, putting an end to deliveries on saturdays . it's to deliveries on saturdays. it's after the business unveiled hefty losses in the first half of the year with strike action weighing heavily on the firm with . further walkouts expected with. further walkouts expected in the coming weeks. parcel would continue , however, to run would continue, however, to run every day of week . a dutch court every day of week. a dutch court has convicted men for the murder

of 298 people when shooting down a passenger flight over ukraine. 2014. the convicted are two russian former intelligence and a ukrainian leader. they'll serve in prison. in addition this, they have to pay at least £14 million in compensation for their in the downing of airlines flight mh 17 . security minister flight mh 17. security minister tom has been banned from driving six months after he was caught using his phone whilst at the wheel. the former conservative party leadership hopeful was stopped by police in april in wandsworth in south london. appearing in court , he was given appearing in court, he was given a £1,000 fine and six points on his driving licence . you already his driving licence. you already had six points from other offences which led to the ban . offences which led to the ban. this is gb news. we're bringing more news as it happens, of course. now that to patrick .

patrick och the justice settling on jeremy hunt's autumn statement. it's the reduction in the threshold for the top rate of income tax confirmation that, state pension, disability on working age benefits will rise in line with so benefits up and of course tax is up as well. we've seen that excuse me , 55. we've seen that excuse me, 55. no and any chokes on it as 55% of households are going to be worse off in the directive for the institute for fiscal studies, johnson called the announcements a sombre affair. it a catastrophic removal from quality quality. and unless trust is big growth agenda. i'm now by another hunt. it's tom, who's the conservative mp for tom. thank you very much. i you you are a conservative. but

unfortunately right now . we've unfortunately right now. we've got an uplift in benefits . we've got an uplift in benefits. we've got an uplift in benefits. we've got the wealthy paying more tax . got a windfall tax. we've got £6 billion being spent on insulation . we've got no insulation. we've got no fracking. the big green agenda is one. we've got no . you all is one. we've got no. you all now essentially in the labour party, are you know, simply the case.i party, are you know, simply the case. i think, david, for the times it was quite clear today that the great threat we face is inflation . and i don't think we inflation. and i don't think we will be had missed a statement to tackle inflation. none of us want to increase taxes. it's not something i came into politics today, which doesn't sit comfortably. we are going to increase best increase taxes. it's best advice. his advice. before he showed his best the burden, best and the biggest burden, which is what we've seen. and please, a triple lock was please, if a triple lock was being protected and actually put putting benefits up in the line of inflation, we are heading into difficult into an incredibly difficult phase providing phase and i think providing financial assistance to those who are lowest , i think financial assistance to those who are lowest, i think is a good thing and a concern to think. i think being

compassionate aconservative compassionate is a conservative quality . some people saying, quality. some people are saying, what's in voting tory? what's the point in voting tory? because talk to the living because you talk to the living voters know, voters and, you know, controlling either controlling immigration, either 7 controlling immigration, either ? well, you know how strongly i feel on immigration. i mean, i couldn't have been any clearer week with the government on the need to tackle that. i i have been assured time and time again by prime minister, the home secretary that they are urgently working on, a plan to deal with it. and i really hope they're successful. but ultimately, look, us left the house look, none of us left the house of commons chamber today with a spnng of commons chamber today with a spring in us step mean. it's all about you know about the global situation is . the war in ukraine situation is. the war in ukraine not showing any signs of ending any time seeing the challenges are going to be here us for a long time. but at the same when we look at the government's response to that grim international i think it was fair reasonable right arun fair and reasonable right arun just before i get onto a couple of our viewers questions, because viewers have been sending some of that already, this gbviews@gbnews.uk this budget gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. well, you coming out and

attacking labour and the lib dems a little bit more. they want it. you hold a tie a faster the labour party last time they went a general election jeremy corbyn was their money wasn't exactly big growth was that exactly the big growth was that he spend spend spend. and he was spend spend spend. and the is that they were the reality is that they were happy the reality is that they were happy for corbyn to have done that they stood behind him that and they stood behind him that and they stood behind him that wouldn't have caused growth and would have thought and they would have thought he spent pandemic, spent more during the pandemic, which paying off now spent more during the pandemic, whilockdowns paying off now spent more during the pandemic, whilockdowns . paying off now spent more during the pandemic, whilockdowns . where'syff now spent more during the pandemic, whilockdowns . where's the ow for lockdowns. where's the where's impetus, where's the impetus, jeremy hunt? he's just so dull hunt? i mean, he's just so dull and he's just accepting british decline . he's miserable . i mean, decline. he's miserable. i mean, i think in terms of, you know, attacking the labour party, that first thing i'd say is fundamentally we're in, we've got and we've got to tackle the problems. but i mean, he's. fair enough. i mean, today had, you know, a huge amount criticism from the party. kept from the labour party. they kept talking the need talking about the need to have a plan that they haven't even got anything resembles anything that remotely resembles , a plan for how they how they have growth and how have they promote growth and how they inflation. i they deal with inflation. i think any any of anything they

suggested might be suggested would might be inflation and when inflation even worse. and when it comes to other challenges, such as immigration, know such as immigration, we know even worse for the labour party, but ultimately we're in government. we've got to tackle issues that the country . issues that face the country. okay. been . thank you okay. barry's been. thank you very much, barry. i'm going to put to you now. put this question to you now. tom barry says that he's worked all his life, paid his taxes all his life and squirrelled a bit of money away and now he's getting clobbered while people on benefits are getting rises in line how does line with inflation. how does that work ? well, i think this that work? well, i think this there's a number of things we've done. think addition to done. think in addition to increase in universal credit, a lot of inflation , we've also lot of inflation, we've also seen a national living wage is going as well. but look , i going go up as well. but look, i get i get it. you know, get it. i get it. you know, there's lot people who are , there's a lot people who are, you know, not on benefits , but you know, not on benefits, but i'll work incredibly hard . i i'll work incredibly hard. i know i would never describe themselves being wealthy, but work hard get up in the morning and work hard and it's going to be difficult for them. it's going to be difficult for tens of millions of all around

of millions of people all around the but you've got the country. but when you've got the country. but when you've got the got in ukraine and the war we've got in ukraine and you reference it by huge you paid reference to it by huge financial of the pandemic financial outlay of the pandemic which ultimately at some point has be back. so, you has to be paid back. so, you know, is going be know, it is going to be a challenging time, but i think a mistake in today did have mistake in today we did have compassion i think fairness compassion and i think fairness at his heart but think at his heart but i think priority in dealing with inflation i think is a reasonable thing to do but i want to get to a point as soon as possible where we can start saying tax is going down. you know, that's what that's what i want to say but but ultimately we've got to with inflation we've got to with inflation we've an by the you know , we've had an by the you know, the biggest economic global economic . but we've seen economic. but we've seen a slightly different approach from the previous administration . the previous administration. this is a different this is a new approach and i think with rishi and jerry, we rishi sunak and jerry, we i think you've we've got the think you've got we've got the most people technology most credible people technology for just a final one time. and i speak to you a lot on this programme and always appreciate you and fronting to you coming on and fronting to know what's been going on in the house and we really house of and we do really appreciate that, got to

appreciate that, but i've got to put you. it looks a little put it to you. it looks a little bit weak from the tories now. i think a lot of people are getting touch and say now it getting in touch and say now it looks like you just give it into the left. frankly, you know, it comes like big green comes to like the big green agenda. it to doing agenda. it comes to doing absolutely all on absolutely nothing. all on immigration both legal and illegal. we can't illegal. and now we can't possibly for growth. we've possibly go for growth. we've got to tax people right got to tax people left, right and the and centre it's looking like the left wing winning, you know, and you've tories let them do it you've the tories let them do it . i mean this is . yeah. i mean i mean this is not an easy time to be in government but i think we've seen over the last year how quickly things and politics can change they can very quickly and we still got about two years until the next general and i can definitely see a pathway in which we really start delivering on.and which we really start delivering on. and also getting inflation under control and then really very looking to promote growth and cut people's taxes. right now it's difficult, but ultimately the prime minister is a conservative and so and so is the chancellor but they're having to do things abatement

which don't come don't easily to them. but i think they've got no choice but to that. and i think the alternative from the labour party would be disastrous for this country on so different fronts. but you know how much i about conservative values , you about conservative values, you know how much i care about strong borders and i will always be in dialogue the government about that but but ultimately you know we've got a really difficult election starts is here unprecedented and if you look at other countries look at their inflation look of higher interest rates you know we're all going through this . this is all going through this. this is not to this country. you not unique to this country. you know. tom, thank you know. now, look, tom, thank you very , tom, that, of very much, tom, on that, of course, conservative mp. and i will say you know, as will say that, you know, as always, come on in front up. and it's important to say that even if, know, tough times if, you know, it's tough times for taxpayer watching. this for the taxpayer watching. this right you disagree with right now, if you disagree with what conservatives done what the conservatives done in this at least this autumn statement, at least what's on fronted up to what's going on fronted up to that's announce is political that's to announce is political correspondent another tom he's a downing us tom downing street for us now tom thank you very very much. now that was hunt very that was tom hunt very conservative mp . i don't want to

conservative mp. i don't want to do me disservice by saying do me a disservice by saying he's a backbench think he's a backbench mp. i think sometimes sound a bit sometimes that can sound a bit insulting, can't it? but am heanng insulting, can't it? but am hearing growing although hearing of growing although muted disquiet amongst conservative backbench mps who think this budget is it not conservative and the only reason they not speaking out about it is they think the tory party has been through too much chaos, but the british taxpayers paying the price for that they you know what, patrick, i think you've put your on something there. i've been in and out of the house of commons all day i've been speaking to members of parliaments, engaging the mood in palace of westminster and in the palace of westminster and ihave in the palace of westminster and i have to say not a single person i've spoken to has been a particularly happy bunny when it comes to how this budget has gone down. i was sitting up there, the press gallery as it was being delivered by the chancellor and the glum faces on the conservative benches were quite a sight to behold. normally when a conservative chancellor stands and delivers a

barnstorming budget, it's chancellor stands and delivers a barnstorming budget , it's the barnstorming budget, it's the opposition benches that sad and glum and upset. it was quite the opposite this time round . really opposite this time round. really the magnitude of the occasion was plain to see the faces of those who were sitting it, and particularly on the faces of former prime ministers who there almost side by divided by an aisle but next to one another. theresa may, boris johnson sitting there , sullen, faced sitting there, sullen, faced through all to it, really not seem that there was much hope. there were moments that jeremy hunt tried to spin as rabbit out of the hats whether it was investment in a new nuclear power station sizewell. c well, that wasn't particularly amazing announcement given the government had all but announced its two weeks ago. there was nothing new or exciting for growth or development or building when it came to this budget. and i think that that's something that most people a are thinking about now. just the

scale of difference between where the country was under the trump administration to where we are now, under rishi. it's like it's two completely diametrically opposed political parties. it's to think that these different prime ministers existed in the same party in, the same cabinets for years and upon years, given their diametrically opposed economic agendas. it is thank you very much. that sum somehow with that political correspondent at downing street and i suspect a lot of people right now might be shouting tv, shouting shouting at the tv, shouting that says whatever that radio says whatever they're doing, thinking, did doing, thinking, well, we did have plan for growth. but yeah, big globalist they told us big the globalist they told us that couldn't possibly do that we couldn't possibly do that we couldn't possibly do that back from it that and so rode back from it and we've got very man in and now we've got a very man in and now we've got a very man in a in the shape of hunt is a suit in the shape of hunt is standing taxing too high standing there taxing too high having back former having him back anyway former secretary justine greening has said the in the detail said the devil is in the detail with statement and here with us to unpick of this detail is independent economist julian jessop . julian, could public be jessop. julian, could public be forgiven for thinking the big

bankers out there gave us a bit of a slap on the wrist for, danng of a slap on the wrist for, daring to go for growth. and instead we just have to swallow the fact that we've all to be skint. because i don't like that. well, i think might be something that think it's something in that i think it's hard who this budget is hard to say who this budget is supposed to appeal to. it's certainly not the general public because see because all going to see tomorrow headlines about tax tomorrow headlines about big tax increase and the tax burden rising to a more than 70 year high. there were few good things in the budget. i it was important to provide a bit more support the most vulnerable households over and over the winter . and it's also worth winter. and it's also worth noting the about the detail which is that of the tax increases won't actually bite for several years in the short term the budget would actually provide a bit more support for the economy. but what it's really the right way to go i still think the pendulum has swung too far from the pro—growth of across and kwarteng that i think with the right policies but badly done back to the old treasury

orthodoxy of austerity and tax increases and worrying about the pennies and not bigger picture for the economy which is that we need growth to fix the hole the pubuc need growth to fix the hole the public finances. need growth to fix the hole the public finances . thank you very public finances. thank you very much. jess olaf scholz . sweet much. jess olaf scholz. sweet but self value on the last independent economist julian jessop. but i think our political correspondent tom harwood saying when you look around there and you see the that the labour party, the lib dems aren't particularly disagreeing much of disagreeing with too much of what's been there the what's been said there in the tories behind jeremy hunt and rishi rather rishi sunak all rather miserable. bleak miserable. it's a bit of a bleak state affairs. it makes you state of affairs. it makes you wonder earth should flip wonder on earth you should flip a but we got the a vote for. but we got the intention of lockdown. there we go to save as many lives as possible noble one. so possible was a noble one. so furlough of this stuff. now furlough all of this stuff. now i understand that was i understand that that was probably the best probably done with the best intentions heart is that intentions at heart but is that actually the main reason while we are where we are today this morning in the house of commons , hunt acknowledged that furlough and other measures that were brought during the pandemic do have be paid for. let's have a quick listen to what he said .

a quick listen to what he said. the office for budget responsible confirms global factors are the primary cause of current inflation . most current inflation. most countries are still dealing the fallout from a once in a century pandemic the furlough scheme , pandemic the furlough scheme, the vaccine rollout and the response the nhs did. our country proud , but they all have country proud, but they all have to be paid for. yes indeed. well, the shadow rachel reeves came back this saying that the pandemic had indeed created a negative economic but economic by the tories began. well 2020. so to what extent is our response to the pandemic blame for the government having to tighten its purse strings right now. we're going head to , head now. we're going head to, head on because joining in on this because joining me in the miller. he's the studio is alan miller. he's the studio is alan miller. he's the co—founder of together and matthew stadlen , who's a matthew stadlen, who's a

political commentator . alan, i political commentator. alan, i will start with you. some people are saying, well, you can trace this right back to our response our and that's our lockdowns, etc, and that's what paying off our response what paying off in our response to coronavirus pandemic. to the coronavirus pandemic. it's case that it's absolutely the case that the shutting down the economy restrictions and impositions over a prolonged period has really consolidated very difficult problem. it's actually responsive all for precipitating this . it has responsive all for precipitating this. it has to be said that sluggishness in productivity has been a legacy of the last 12 years and also the predecessor, because we've had technocratic rulers for the last couple of decades , the whole blair cameron decades, the whole blair cameron moment where it hasn't been addressed , wealth creation , all addressed, wealth creation, all they've been technocrats. but what happened with imposing unprecedented lockdowns, which had been damaging across the board in health and, education, but particularly the economy with no risk assessment , was with no risk assessment, was absolutely devastating . and the absolutely devastating. and the damaging impacts are being felt everywhere . quantitative easing everywhere. quantitative easing had happened before and was a

problem that got put on. so the combination of all those were a disaster. alright, matthew seven, i'll bring you in now. i reckon there's quite a few people out there at the moment. what we know now looking at this autumn statement. now, if they have time would have have that time again would have been opposed to lockdowns been more opposed to lockdowns than they were at the time. i think you're think it's obvious, you're right, look the right, that we look at the policies we've brought out dunng policies we've brought out during pandemic. during this pandemic. remember that once in a century that it was a once in a century catastrophe and therefore and i'm a tory and it was tories i'm not a tory and it was tories in charge, but government was acting on the hoof. tens of thousands of people were dying. so something needed to be done. the for discussing i the time for discussing that, i think public inquiry so think is a public inquiry so that god forbid , i think that if, god forbid, i think it's likely we have another pandemic . we better prepared pandemic. we are better prepared . and if lockdowns are not the answer though we don't go down that route. no one wants lockdowns. i didn't want not lockdowns. i didn't want not lockdowns. my job is to be in the media. my job was being an lbc presenter, being on stage. i'm sociable. i loved live sport going to sports the week long going to sports on the week long walks in the rain, pina coladas,

all of stuff. i'm all that sort of stuff. i'm not sure, about coladas. sure, about the pina coladas. and so hated lockdowns. but at the supported them because the time supported them because that's to that's what policy seemed to suggest was the best idea in terms of we're in the fix we are in now. we should be absolutely clear. yes partly because we're coming of the global coming out of the global pandemic, office pandemic, the obe o the office of responsibility. i of budget responsibility. i think suggested it think last year suggested it would our productivity by would affect our productivity by 2. we also to talk about the elephant in the room and that's brexit. the obe has said very clearly that long term, not just short term, but long, our productivity will be reduced by 4% compared to what it would have been had we stayed in the european. i voted to remain, but voted to remain with my head, not my heart. i've got all sorts of problems with the eu. so it's certainly partly to do with budget, with brexit, but also to do with putin's evil and the war in ukraine. we are paying in ukraine. and we are paying price unfortunately have price and unfortunately we have pay price and unfortunately we have pay that price because we have to to bully of to stand up to the bully of putin or i'll bring you back in now. just kind of sticking to our main theme, which about our main theme, which was about the of things.

the lockdown side of things. i'll in left, right i'll get emails in left, right and from saying, and centre from people saying, well, know that was well, look, you know that was furlough, we should all business down know the knock on down and you know the knock on effects you've spoken as effects that you've spoken as well again it's a lot well that and again it's a lot of people now people of these people now those people in squishy middle small in the squishy middle be small business paying business owners who are paying it . absolutely we got a it. absolutely we got a situation that during the lockdown and it wasn't the as a consequence of covid the consequence of covid or the pandemic jettisoned the pandemic which we jettisoned the pandemic which we jettisoned the pandemic it happens pandemic strategy. as it happens for a never tested before imposition which was utterly wrong many people argued wrong and many people argued against time but 15,000 against at the time but 15,000 hospitality. let's take hospitality. let's take hospitality settings on board 15,000 hospitality business went under during period many more suffering . now we've got a suffering. now we've got a situation where. the technocrats are now taken revenge in power are now taken revenge in power are actually to squeeze everyone. so if you're a small owner, for instance, now on top of all the costs, it's going be almost impossible to make money to exist. so we've seen a situation where the people who are responsible, which is both the government and the so—called opposition , called longer, opposition, called for longer, harder lockdowns and impositions. people response

impositions. the people response are now going to make everyone suffer all over again. and i think it's actually unacceptable. that's it unacceptable. that's why it together we say now's the time for the public , get involved for the public, get involved and have voices heard. so put have their voices heard. so put that pressure on elected to that put pressure on elected to and for saying and actually stand up for saying that we're not going to keep getting punished and have impositions us all. impositions made on us all. yeah. no, i don't agree that sounds a bit like there's a conspiracy the top these conspiracy at the top these technocrats trying technocrats who are trying to kill the that's not the kill the country. that's not the case. do support this government? no after 12 years of tory rule, first of all, with the dems partly to blame the lib dems partly to blame where strongly where we are. i strongly believe. yes is liz truss is disastrous month in number ten party response but did she creates massive black hole. yes she did. was trust a nomics fancy economics? yes it is. do we need to find a out of we need to find a way out of this? are we in a massive mess? yes, we are. who should pay that? i think people with that? i think the people with the shoulders as your the broadest shoulders as your mp say with the same mp hunt or say with the same surname mp hunt or say with the same slvery1e mp hunt or say with the same slvery good interview. you are a very good interview. you are worried now what the point of voting is as someone who voting tory is as someone who broadly supports labour

broadly speaking supports labour and not a fan of keir and i'm not a fan of keir starmer i think one of the big problems with jeremy corbyn is he had funds but i broadly speak behind and behind this behind him and behind this current this labour current labour, this labour shadow problem for shadow. what is the problem for them ? the problem them is them? the problem for them is them? the problem for them is the are adopting lot the tories are adopting a lot their policies and means their policies and that means well you could argue well that means you could argue what's point of voting if what's the point of voting if well, a system would well, this is a system it would look on in that respect i agree with you there does appear to be almost no major point difference between they between the two parties. they kind renders our political choices bit obsolete. choices a little bit obsolete. but going on a say this as well about long times people to shake any responsibility have done sort puny calpers trying to sort of puny calpers trying to draw away from their responsibility many argued at the time in fact the barrington declaration made the point as well about shielding. but we had a pandemic prepared strategy. it was jettisoned we had a situation where u—turns were done because some people very shrill. there's a lack of principle of the people who are running society want to see things through. seen that things through. we've seen that we saw that with liz truss

because she didn't the argument to the in all of to some people the in all of this cannot part this the public cannot that part of discussion that's why we of the discussion that's why we need to them at the heart of need to put them at the heart of it very very quickly so i'm going shouted out some going to get shouted out some people well, hang on people are saying, well, hang on a all right. let's trust a minute. all right. let's trust maybe too much, maybe was too fast, too much, all of that stuff. she she did believe in britain. she that we could grow. this is a return to overt quo some think, oh, overt status quo some think, oh, we should have left the we should never have left the european that was just european union. that was just a of british and an of british power and an opportunity why are opportunity isn't it. why are you could have for you so we could have gone for growth. we are a great country and. in growth . and. we i believe in growth. doesn't believe in growth. if you something opposite of you say something opposite of which opposite which which is the opposite of which is it's an absurd is absurd. it's an absurd statement. all aim for statement. course we all aim for growth. how you get growth. the question how you get that you cannot borrow less. not like country, you your like this country, you and your individual me my individual household. me my individual, of us. can't individual, all of us. we can't just borrow, borrow, borrow, borrow. otherwise we up borrow. otherwise we end up bankrupt. we have to be . i have bankrupt. we have to be. i have got a lot of problems with rishi sunak's government not the toxicity on immigration, but i felt today, at least the grown ups were back in the room. all

that we got. all right, both of you, thank you very much. i'll all i can say, he's he's frothing at the mouth over here. let me go levels that lieutenant. all right. we could we this all we could. we could this on all day. we do all of this day. but we do all of this obviously. good to both of you. thank you very much. always a pleasure. co—founder pleasure. miller, co—founder of together. dublin together. i'm not. he's dublin as well, political commentator as well, a political commentator what make that what do you make of that gbviews@gbnews.uk what do you make of that gbvie\comingews.uk what do you make of that gbvie\coming in;.uk what do you make of that gbvie\coming in but coming an views coming in but coming an investigation by telegraph investigation by the telegraph has government has found that the government has found that the government has quid has reportedly 14 billion quid of items as of taxpayers on items such as vegan ice cream from uruguay expensive crockery sets and a party villa in naples. there we go. but to fair, that was a cracking weekend on the cracking weekend on a the chancellor increases taxes . chancellor increases our taxes. is that we're footing is it fair that we're footing the bill a government block the bill for a government block hole? i'll be back in a sec.

hello. welcome back. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom with the headlines at 531. the chancellor's delivered his plans to the economy back on track as he acknowledges the uk's already recession as part his autumn statement. jeremy hunt announced a reduction in the 45% tax rate , the state pension benefits and tax credits will rise line with inflation by more than percent and average household will pay up to £3,000 in energy bills from april as a level of government support reduced. but the chancellor has vowed to protect the poorest and believes his plan will help rebuild the economy . families pensioners , economy. families pensioners, businesses, teachers nurses and many others are worried about the future so today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost living crisis and rebuild our economy and our priorities . stability,

and our priorities. stability, growth and public services . the growth and public services. the royal college of nursing says it will announce strike dates for december if the government fails to open up detailed negotiations on pay . last week, members voted on pay. last week, members voted strike at the majority of nhs employers across the options campaigning for a pay rise of 5% above the rate of inflation and the office for budget responsive energy has revealed that household dispose will incomes are heading for their biggest on record as tax burden hit its highest levels since the second world war and a fresh set of forecasts, the obama says that once rising prices are into account, people's incomes drop by 7% in the next two fiscal years. the government's also says living standards won't recover to last year's levels for another six years . ground for another six years. ground handlers at london's heathrow

will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay . tomorrow in a dispute over pay. the unite union said the strike is by workers at aviation firm menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights terminals two, three and four. royal has asked the government if it can its letter service to five days a week, putting an end to deliveries on saturdays . it's after the saturdays. it's after the business unveiled losses in the first half of the year and. strike action weighing heavily on the firm with further walkouts expected in the coming weeks . tv online and dab+ radio weeks. tv online and dab+ radio this is good news. back now , this is good news. back now, patrick . patrick. yes back, everybody. patrick christys here . now we are going

christys here. now we are going to be very shortly talking about whitehall waste on a day that 55% of people you may everyone frankly is going to be a bit worse off as a result of jeremy hunfs worse off as a result of jeremy hunt's rather doomed autumn statement . people on benefits statement. people on benefits won't be now, of course , i also won't be now, of course, i also want just tease out something want to just tease out something i'm going be talking about i'm going to be talking about a little later, which is to little bit later, which is to wapping great stories in wapping great big stories in relation to seekers in this country. emerged today good country. it's emerged today good days, very, very bad news for the home office that . they're the home office that. they're going start dumping thousands going to start dumping thousands of in rural areas . how do of asylum in rural areas. how do you feel about that? you live you feel about that? if you live in rural communities also in a rural communities also emerged asylum seeker who emerged as the asylum seeker who allegedly right a teenage boy in one of the hotels has gone missing . so there we are, those missing. so there we are, those two stories, some would argue, go hand in, hand there. we'll be talking about that very, very. but before that i am going but just before that i am going to be talking believe now to christine cow is of quito for example chris he's going to be talking to me a little bit about why whole waste see so that we go christine i believe you are

very it's coming very shortly. yes christine cow gate thank you very much christine. about the never on our and that course never on our and that of course daniel's so the government daniel's rise so the government on the we've been announced on the day we've been announced that been splashing on the day we've been announced thatcash been splashing on the day we've been announced thatcash as been splashing on the day we've been announced thatcash as it been splashing on the day we've been announced thatcash as it were n splashing on the day we've been announced thatcash as it were taxpayersg the cash as it were taxpayers have it as though they've have anyway it as though they've been splashing the council even more it . well this is more doesn't it. well this is just completely across whitehall, london. it's a it's a combination of work, waste and waste time. i mean, we've been running stories on this sort of stuff for years. i mean, i'll about two years ago, the department for work pensions was advertising a course where you could do a q and a with a, which , you know, there's been all sorts of work courses. and the insulting part actually isn't fact that they're doing this nonsense . if workers want to do nonsense. if workers want to do these ridiculous things, then fine . most of them are happening fine. most of them are happening dunng fine. most of them are happening during work . you know, they're during work. you know, they're having sport away day seldom work, you know, for whole day.

they're just heading off to, you know, corner of london and playing sports with each other . playing sports with each other. you know, we've this it's trading , it's wasting money on trading, it's wasting money on on on training. trading, it's wasting money on on on training . this is also on on training. this is also completely absurd . i think it completely absurd. i think it was revealed early this that what seems department now has a target for bme employees of 6% which is roughly twice that represents in the wider population and it all begs the question why is does it all to this you've also rightly raised the idea that now there's these positive affirmation at it's where we've got to have a certain a double the amount of black people in the treasury than all represented as a percentage in the country for some reason which i can't get my head but there we go. but when it comes to, actual wastage it's not just a few on jacquard on a random uruguayan vegan ice cream

company, is not massive company, which is not so massive session naples in take place at a policy villa but you've also session naples in take place at a p

for money which the government it has to give in to at the same time, basically no , within any time, basically no, within any of these institutions is ultimately responsible . you ultimately responsible. you know, for me to get to hard time trying to hold civil servants to account because it's seen as not fair . so if they're not fair. so if they're not accountable , they've got huge accountable, they've got huge budget, then you end up with is this exact sort of waste. we also have a problem structurally in the civil service where even though it's a tory government and they might mouth off about this sort of waste , they really this sort of waste, they really don't . the powers yeah . to put don't. the powers yeah. to put a stop to it because the people who make these decisions are senior civil servants and their areas of competency absolutely yes control . over well yeah yes control. over well yeah exactly civil servants you kind of dip themselves a bucket, a rainbow paint and always the left, right and centre all this stuff . but just very quickly, stuff. but just very quickly, christine, i'm going to be talking about this coming up, which is some people are saying the that we need.

the voting tory that we need. we've all of we've got high taxes, all of this. crucially, they this. and crucially, they haven't sorted out immigration ehheh haven't sorted out immigration either. fact, the office's either. in fact, the office's announced today it's going to start asylum start thousands of asylum seekers hotels in rural areas seekers in hotels in rural areas which could have a massive impact both demographically and for the security the same day it's the asylum is it's emerged that the asylum is wanted for the rape of a teenage boy is currently on the run rather predictably. i mean rather too predictably. i mean the essentially the tories have now essentially released democrats released a social democrats budget got a pretty budget and i've got a pretty well i would say liberals some would dangerous immigration system as well having that well the problem first country at the moment is that almost nothing seems to be working and not just do things seem to be failing but not a cash issue. i mean, we're shovelling into in many subsidies at levels and yet nothing seems to be working ask me that question at the next right. there's two years and i think i think many tory mps would fail to justify voting tory at the what they will say

is there's great love for the labour party . there is neither labour party. there is neither is there much enthusiasm . the is there much enthusiasm. the conservative party. yes, they are praying that things from the economy . to housing to, taxes economy. to housing to, taxes are able to be improved over the next two years. but it is a very narrow path in which things result themselves before the next election. but turnout the next election. but turnout the next election. but turnout the next election as it currently stands. i may well end up being quite low. christine cowie thank you very much. senior reporter the website guido fawkes an issue reacting the budget but also as we're also looking ahead as so we're going be talking about which also looking ahead as so we're gccatastrophic.king about which also looking ahead as so we're gccatastrophic issuesbout which also looking ahead as so we're gccatastrophic issues whenihich also looking ahead as so we're gccatastrophic issues when it ch is catastrophic issues when it comes asylum system. if comes to our asylum system. if you in a rural area, that you live in a rural area, that might change rather quickly because percentage. because as your percentage. you've of asylum you've got thousands of asylum seekers particular seekers into your particular parts certainly secure parts that certainly secure quite . certainly quite literally. certainly security issues as . well, when security issues as. well, when it comes to that, because we have seen that the asylum seeker who alleged have raped who is alleged to have raped a teenage boy is currently on the run too predictably. run rather too predictably. there was a bit of breaking news

on your there earlier. on your screen there earlier. we'll back up, we'll bring that back up, because now tell that because i can now tell you that news is that nancy pelosi will not re—election. speaker of not seek re—election. speaker of the representatives. the us house representatives. it's narrowly it's up to republicans narrowly won the house in the won back the house in the midterms a nation right? you're with me patrick christys gb news. next up, immigration . news. next up, immigration. robert jenrick has suggested that small towns in the countryside may be asked to house more seekers . huge issues house more seekers. huge issues with this. what are the asylum seekers do all day? a lot of those small towns in rural areas rely on one single house. how maybe to bring a lot of rural tourism that has gone up the wool conservative mp is placing margaret in that constituencies it's not going go down too if it's not going to go down too if you ask me. a huge security you ask me. i'm a huge security issue. i've said as well, issue. as i've said as well, people left, right. people absconding left, right. some including an alleged some say, including an alleged rapist. would have thought rapist. hey, would have thought that. a moment.

yes. well, get a load of this people, because there's reports emerging that the office is planning on sending asylum seekers to rural parts of the uk . it's all part of a drive to fairly distribute migrants across the country not exactly the levelling up that we had in mind is it. but that's after criticism levelled at the home office towns cities have office. towns and cities have borne the brunt of the housing these migrants in hotels which of they but of course they have. but yesterday in the commons the mp for stoke trent north, jonathan gillies, called on immigration minister robert jenrick to destroy migrants around destroy these migrants around the fairly . and i'm the country more fairly. and i'm pleased say that joins me pleased to say that he joins me now. very much. now. thank you very much. absolutely doubt whatsoever that clearly bigger towns and cities have borne the brunt of this ridiculous migrant crisis that we've got going on at moment. but is it less damaging to that than it will be in a rural i can think of parts the lake district, may be district, for example, may be towns villages . i've got towns or villages. i've only got a hundred in them. we a few hundred people in them. we double population that by double the population of that by plonking of these people plonking a load of these people in hotel locally. it could be

in a hotel locally. it could be catastrophic . but patrick i do catastrophic. but patrick i do have sympathy for areas to a certain extent that haven't faced what we are in stoke trent, which is hotels being used . the ratio is now one in 30 used. the ratio is now one in 30 residents are asylum seekers. in some in our great city this just got completely out of control andifs got completely out of control and it's now in such a poor secure this. sorry, i don't think we have a choice but to distribute that however i'm sure you agree with me patrick. there's plenty of virtue signalling labour mps and particularly scottish national members parliamentwhere particularly scottish national members parliament where only members to parliament where only one authority voluntarily one local authority voluntarily entered the dispersal entered the asylum dispersal scheme. so perhaps they could be the to volunteer, the first ones to volunteer, whether be the houses , in whether it be in the houses, in the and then, you know of the hotels and then, you know of us trying to fighting us who are trying to fighting this could can keep this but you could self can keep making a case why we need to do more to get these illegal migrants our country migrants out our country quicker. yeah shocking so warning apparently in warning 30 people apparently in your but our asylum your area now but our asylum seekers and then that would go up as as some in some cases up as high as some in some cases in rural communities to 5050 which absolutely bonkers . you which is absolutely bonkers. you just something to me that

just said something to me that which is fascinating which i think is fascinating what well, only only what was also. well, only only area voluntarily is this area was voluntarily is this asylum dispersal scheme, which saw me through that i go home so yes so glasgow as far as i'm aware, was the only local authority in the whole of scotland that volunteer entered the asylum dispersal. so despite having all these is snp government, all these snp councils virtue signalling galore , if you're not in galore, if you're not in glasgow, apparently everyone else should have asylum seekers, but you and i just think it's completely reprehensible when they try and stand up and virtually signal the of virtually signal the house of commons. like commons. yet expect cities like stoke trent to carry the stoke on trent to carry the burden nation it's not burden for the nation it's not right. they seem to the refugee of the lobbies that make everyone is a victim ignoring . everyone is a victim ignoring. the fact that 70% of these off men between and 40 we only now lower 12,000 albanians coming out and 2% of the adult population . so why don't those population. so why don't those employees put their hand up and say yes, please? or is it the boys? the stoke on trent school , the area that gets dumped on?

well, talk to a bit well, just talk to me a bit about, what meant to be, in about, what it's meant to be, in your what has it done your words. so what has it done to you or area ? well, you've got to you or area? well, you've got hotels now that are being completely blocked up to the stafford hotel as having to see homeless people from our city being kicked out to make room because britannia the hotel i have done a deal with the home office a grubby deal despite fact they're voted the worst hotel in the uk to guarantee bookings for a long period of time . a hotel that's directly time. a hotel that's directly opposite on trent station that sees around six and that uses that. yeah. so the gateway to our great city is also a huge strain on public services. you can imagine the strain is putting on hospitals schools gp's and other type of services that people are already to get access to. so it's just people have just had enough in and then add on top. patrick you've got islamic extremism in your city. let's forget that very sadly let's not forget that very sadly in case, the fishmonger in my case, the fishmonger a scumbag came from my area . scumbag came from my area. you've also got the far right

operating in stoke on trent as well is a tinderbox in the city. and if we're not careful, you know, one group is going to do something to another it's going to ignite. i agree . you. no, to ignite. i agree. you. no, i agree with you. i think we're sitting on a powder keg. and very shortly going to be talking about security about some of the security concerns on this, given that a chap, asylum seeker, chap, an asylum seeker, is allegedly boy allegedly raped, a teenage boy is now rather predictably on the run. i mean you couldn't make this but just in terms this stuff up, but just in terms of your area what do these of in your area what do these asylum seekers what do they asylum seekers do? what do they all my concern all day? because my concern about plonking them in rural areas is less for them to areas is even less for them to do day than there is in in do all day than there is in in cities and towns i wanted to just around shops . just hang around the shops. well, i have no idea to be perfectly honest with but perfectly honest with you. but one do know in our great one thing i do know in our great city that we do have side of the county line guns that operate within people will within our city and people will be to try and recruit be seen as an to try and recruit get these people will be albanians smuggled in gangs into our country to take full advantage and you bang on about the security concerns the fact

that someone's been able to walk off i've been banging on about this if we're using hotels then people should be locked in their room they should held in room they should be held in detention they here detention because they here illegally broken law illegally they've broken the law more handcuffs slapped on more. okay. handcuffs slapped on them when they first arrive in this country rather than having a being checked, they a safe well being checked, they first arrived. complete abomination. what abomination. you know, what would patrick? something would you do, patrick? something very this country, this parliament back in 2012, whatever it was , ignore the echr whatever it was, ignore the echr when i said we had to give prisoners the right to vote, why would we ignore? why are we not ignonng would we ignore? why are we not ignoring the flights ignoring them about the flights to we simply have to rwanda? don't we simply have a in parliament say that a vote in parliament to say that we sovereign? will we are sovereign? we will do what we we have brexit what we to do. we have brexit for a reason and we're going to send plane off and no send the plane off and no commercial airline was to work with us. we simply use the money from one week's of hotels from one week's worth of hotels to their flights. can to pay for their flights. we can get rwanda as quickly get enough to rwanda as quickly as well. there's man as possible well. there's a man with some solutions. jonathan gillis, much. gillis, thank you very much. jonathan gullis mp. i think that resonate lot of people. resonate with a lot of people. of course he's the mp for stoke on trent and i want get on trent north and i want to get his impressions of been going on

because his area is hard. he said hundreds if not said there are hundreds if not thousands these asylum thousands of these asylum seekers that's seekers dumped that area that's coming rural coming to frankly a rural village or a town near by village or a town near you by sounds things, another aspect sounds of things, another aspect of a depressingly of this, a depressingly important aspect of this is the fact that people can abscond. there serious security issues when it comes migrant hotels just a little bit don't love it and say i was on the train in from may not into the studios yesterday jumps opposite that was an asylum seeker from hotel the holiday inn in magnet which we've covered a lot here on this particular show. i know there's train operator that comes down the train checking tickets . it the train checking tickets. it didn't have it on him. it was refusing to give. his address eventually up fact eventually coughed up the fact that this did not that was at this hotel did not have his immigration id card on him. there's way of him. so there's no way of proving was. he was off proving how he was. he was off as said to the ticket as he openly said to the ticket inspector, he was offered to central london to go and see a friend we would absolutely friend we would have absolutely no why that no way trucking why that particular went he particular chap went where he would we go but would end up so that we go but check this out because this is

frankly case in point mp and councillors have raised an alarm over eight calls wholly unacceptable blunder that has allowed a 39 year old to sign a secret accused raping a teenage boy in a hotel in to go missing . we don't know where he is now likely to raise further questions over the use these hotels for at least 40,000 asylum seekers as we know it currently costs him roughly about 6 million quid a day by the way. so how should we keep tabs on, these people to stop them going, hey, well, i think best to talk about the former scotland peter flexi. scotland detective, peter flexi. thank i believe thank you. look, i can't believe why? think i'm talking about why? i think i'm talking about this of stuff. this kind of stuff. realistically, the public i'm sorry, public is in massive dangeh sorry, public is in massive danger. don't a lot of danger. we don't have a lot of these people are and we're these people are and if we're allowing a chap he's accused of raping teenage go away raping a teenage boy to go away well goodness knows well i mean, goodness knows what else on well. this else is going on well. this whole issue course is whole migrant issue course is creating for myself creating deep. and for myself from a enforcement from a law enforcement background , when i saw those background, when i saw those images so long of people images not so long of people tossing mobile phones into the

engush tossing mobile phones into the english channel as they approached the shores of , approached the shores of, england, you think to yourself, why on earth is anybody doing ? why on earth is anybody doing? well, course we can see air well, of course we can see air and gases to watch it, but i would imagine that it's for nefarious purposes . then, of nefarious purposes. then, of course, we fast forward to this story of today where a man who has been arrested and investigated for an allegation of rape is then police bail to another hotel a different premises from where the allegation was made . and of allegation was made. and of course he then he does not live that hotel now , this, of course, that hotel now, this, of course, is concerning a number of levels. who that person, of course, his dna and his fingerprints and, his photograph will have been taken when . he will have been taken when. he was arrested as a matter of course. so those details will be somewhere within the police database . yeah, but but of database. yeah, but but of course. do they actually know who he is . course. do they actually know who he is. he's course. do they actually know who he is . he's absconded where who he is. he's absconded where he gone. and what is he doing now? all these questions need to

be answered rapidly. well, and also it's one thing, allowance for these people became then it's the thing the taxpayer for their accommodation. it's another thing that arresting when of raping a when they're accused of raping a teenager thing, teenager at a sort of thing, bailing them and then not even securing them. yeah. what we securing them. yeah. what can we do? should we in your view, as a law enforcement expert, should do? should we in your view, as a lav1 be |forcement expert, should do? should we in your view, as a lav1 be tucking nt expert, should do? should we in your view, as a lav1 be tucking these ert, should do? should we in your view, as a lav1 be tucking these peopleiuld do? should we in your view, as a lav1 be tucking these people ?.d we be tucking these people? well, it's really in and well, i think it's really in and i don't think that it's any breach of somebody's human rights , that every person on rights, that every person on shores. we be able to. actually, i who they are and should be taken the checks be made because in the past, of course we have known that some of these migrants have actually been wanted in other countries and some have been returned there after they've served the prison or prison sentence here for example it is not and is not the capabilities one would like to think of the state to be able to say you've arrived at our shores , you will be treated humanely

respectfully, but we have . respectfully, but we have. absolutely 100% confirm who you are before you go anywhere and just quickly and finally, peter , local rural policing , very , local rural policing, very stretched, often large geographic areas to cover now a thousand of asylum seekers are put in rural hotels that will be a must have headache for local law enforcement when know huge geographical areas and i see on a daily basis officers complaining on social that there simply isn't of them now i know our police are far from far from perfect and they are often beleaguered. but you know what this merely adding to the burden that they have to carry . that they have to carry. unbelievable. oh, peter, thank you very much. very important that depressingly, i don't think of the time we end up of the last time we end up talking this of talking about this piece of black say of course the black say that of course the former scotland yard detective i have statement the home have a statement from the home office we go home a in office here we go home of a in relation the fact that of relation to the fact that of course they a particular individual an asylum who individual an asylum seeker who is raped

is alleged to have raped a teenage boy has missing if someone claim his office if someone claim his home office if claiming commits claiming asylum commits a criminal then their bail criminal offence then their bail condition set the condition would be set by the police. way their police. the usual way their subsequent will dependent on subsequent will be dependent on the condition set on that abiding and them abiding by them. the home office not have powers detain individuals . powers to detain individuals. police bail an seeker police bail if an seeker absconds before a decision is made on their asylum claim, or if they failed to comply with our processes. we have a dedicated absconder tracing team , track them down and bring them back contact with the home office on. that claim may maybe withdraw on good grief and may full security checks are carried out . anyone enters the asylum out. anyone enters the asylum system. well, make of that. what will i think some people will be scratching hands as to whether or not all that is entirely true given the fact that we currently have, no matter which way, dress it up. an alleged asylum seeker rapist on the somewhere in rapist on the run somewhere in the country because they were given they've given bail after they've arrested take arrested with that i take offence have been offence. okay. you have been watching patrick christys watching me. patrick christys here news. a major. you here on gb news. a major. you stay with us because next it is

jobs in co michelle dewberry be with you very, very shortly. but before i actually like this before that i actually like this weather. i'll back tomorrow . weather. i'll be back tomorrow. £7 go day. is that i started £7 go a day. is that i started on a face tomorrow. who alex deakin with your latest deakin here with your latest weather. very wet weather. it's been a very wet thursday so far. weather. it's been a very wet thursday so far . there's more thursday so far. there's more heavy rain to come the next day or so. particularly cause parts of eastern scotland. there are warnings place. this area of low pressure is response possible? it moved in and now gone. it is moving back and ambling up the east and around . the winds east coast and around. the winds are just feeding in moist here and a fairly chilly feel from the north sea. so pretty soggy out there through night because much of northern england and a good part of scotland, that rain particularly in the east and it's here we have an amber warning place which continues warning in place which continues through of friday for the through much of friday for the south with the rain start to ease across parts of the midlands and northern england by dawn. we'll see some patchy rain heading northern heading into northern temperatures, staying the temperatures, mostly staying the high single figures certainly in towns and cities, but a bit

chillier the far south chillier across the far south here. sunny spells on here. some sunny spells on friday, few showers in the southwest and day. southwest for and a drier day. generally wales and northern england, but still rain in northwest england . but the northwest england. but the heaviest rain will be in eastern scotland where it persists for most day. amber warning, most of day. the amber warning, meaning there could seriously be some flooding and some disruption. certainly lot of spray surface water the spray surface water on the roads, fast, rivers , roads, fast, dangerous rivers, that kind of thing. feeling cold, obviously, with a strong winds the north, winds continuing in the north, further south with a bit of sunshine , might just sunshine, might just see temperatures into teens during friday evening. that rain will continue to ease across scotland. but staying overcast and fairly dank clearer skies further west as we head into weekend means a hint of blue the chart and it will be a frost particular for northern ireland. parts of wales on saturday morning generally a draw and a bright day in the west. further east, still some cloud and a few outbreaks of rain which will start move back into parts of north—west the midlands and south—east too. perhaps brighter skies in the extreme east , more

skies in the extreme east, more rain coming in to the west, then later on temperatures again for most figures, maybe most single figures, maybe double across southwest double digits across southwest by .