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Trace on people not performing properly. So the tories fought. So the tories fought. So the tories fought. Robert apparently the fact that the biggest local authority in europe run by labour has gone bust tories fault. I mean, this is the problem. Fault. I is ean, this is the problem. Fault. I is whatthis is the problem. Fault. I is what youis the problem. Fault. I is what you always roblem. Fault. I is what you always getem. Fault. I is what you always get when this is what you always get when you in local you get labour in local government. You get government. Its what you get when labour and national when you get labour and National Government when you get labour and national goveyou ent when you get labour and national goveyou have to your that you have to manage your budget have to budget properly. You have to competently run the organisation that youre running, that that youre running, be that government or be that local government. We government. Thats what we signally to every time signally fail to see. Every time you labour in power. You ever get labour in power. The why he talks about the reason why he talks about tory but the reason why tory cuts, but the reason why the tories to spend the tories have had to spend within means in 2010 within their means in 2010 onwards because labour , onwards is because the labour, in words, mine, spent in their words, not mine, spent all the money, so there was no money left in the two. It was a birmingham mp it was a birmingham labour mp said it. It was a birmingham. Your byrne, your your mate liam byrne, your neighbour the the but also the money the central able to do Central Government is able to do is amounts of is borrow a huge amounts of money of money, money and prints a lot of money, prints local prints lots of money. The local councils arent to do that councils arent able to do that and to provide and theyve got to provide services the restrictions services under the restrictions that government that the National Government imposes them. Imposes on them. No answer, and thats this is no answer, and thats what from labour what we always see from labour and see it right, youve and you can see it right, youve got got got conservative, youve got conservative cant balance their budgets, their budgets, they cant run their councils, they cant balance their councils, they cant balance the come on. Come on. come on. Let me answer from labour. Let me answer from labour. Government is local, local government is not economic as a huge not as an economic as a huge issue even conservative issue because even conservative councils are under and councils are under stress and therell those coming therell be some of those coming through therell be some of those coming thr |t;h therell be some of those coming thr it is bad time for you. The it is bad time for you. The first Prime Ministers questions. This is going to come up in private questions. Obviously, were going to be talking about concrete and the problems is problems there, but this is going issue for labour. Going to be an issue for labour. Of course its a real issue andifs of course its a real issue and its come at at and its come at a at a particular which is we particular time now, which is we have deal with it. We just have to deal with it. We just have to deal with it. We just have deal the crisis is have to deal with the crisis is and wish that the government have to deal with the crisis is and move| that the government have to deal with the crisis is and move forward; government have to deal with the crisis is and move forward. Wevenment have to deal with the crisis is and move forward. Wevenmeat can move forward. Weve got a meeting michael meeting tomorrow with michael gove and discuss this in gove to try and discuss this in a sensible forward. And i a sensible way forward. And i think a crisis. The think there is a crisis. The largest local in largest local authority in europe and i think what weve got to as michael decided to got to do as michael decided to move sit down move forward with is sit down with the birmingham mps , see a with the birmingham mps, see a way and try and deal way forward and try and deal with it. And thats what were going to do now. Whats it to going to do now. Whats it to going mean the people of birmingham . Council bill . Higher Council Tax Bill . Higher Council Tax Bill . Said well, the leaders said theres higher tax theres no higher Council Tax Bills be bills at the moment. Theyll be cut strategy, strategy bills at the moment. Theyll be cut on strategy, strategy bills at the moment. Theyll be cut on strateg in strategy bills at the moment. Theyll be cut on strategin new� gy bills at the moment. Theyll be cut on strateg in new york. Services on holiday in new york. Come back this who hasnt come back this john cotton. Its john cotton. Yeah. Its john cotton. Yeah. He come i mean, is he going to come back holiday . I mean, is he going to come bacwell, holiday . I mean, is he going to come bacwell, he holiday . I mean, is he going to come bacwell, he should ay . I mean, is he going to come bacwell, he should be coming i mean, is he going to come bacw� as he should be coming i mean, is he going to come bacw� as far should be coming i mean, is he going to come bacw� as far as ould be coming i mean, is he going to come bacw� as far as iuld be coming i mean, is he going to come bacw� as far as i understand. Lg back, as far as i understand. But hasnt back yet . No. But he hasnt come back yet . No. Why know. Why not . Well, i dont know. I mean, what mean, i dont know what circumstances. I think he will come back. But isnt he come back. Yes, but why isnt he back already . Well, councils gone he. He wasnt gone backwards. He. He wasnt informed gone backwards. He. He wasnt infoleader. Gone backwards. He. He wasnt info leader. Officers took the leader. The officers took a decision even informing decision without even informing him. The key things him. So one of the key things weve to look at what weve got to look at is what happens officers and happens with the officers and how they deal with the. It is the leader of the council didnt know going bankrupt in labours own words, council didnt know going baniis|pt in labours own words, council didnt know going baniis a in labours own words, council didnt know going baniis a crisis bours own words, council didnt know going baniis a crisis and s own words, council didnt know going baniis a crisis and the rim words, council didnt know going baniis a crisis and the leaderis, this is a crisis and the leader isnt dealing with the isnt there dealing with the crisis so was going bankrupt. Do you believe that . Do you believe that . This is the trouble well, this is the trouble is that did they that did they know . Did they not . Theres no good not . I mean, theres no good answer that because it should answer to that because it should bankrupt not the bankrupt accounts are not the leader political input. Leader without political input. But officers took this decision. Good political oversight. And this the this is the point is the councillors be councillors should be politically the office. But blaming the office decision. No, no, its not blaming them. No, no, its not blaming the the is this is the fact the fact is this is the fact they knowing they took a decision knowing full with full well the leaders away with that, consulting him and therefore now hes trying therefore now hes hes trying to as soon as he gets to get back as soon as he gets back, he will. But what is he going sort now . Theyve going to sort out now . Theyve taken a decision to put us in this i think there this issue. And i think there would much better would have been much better coordination by the officers, is that officers that if i think the officers need responsibility need to take responsibility for this, the leader smacks of this, the leader that smacks of poor control poor political control and thats and he was thats precisely what and he was excellent. You. And excellent. I agree with you. And i were going do i think what were going to do is the officers lot better. He replaced. He was replaced. He was replaced. Hes the new leader. Hes the one had summer. One you had in the summer. Had to he no good. To go because he was no good. Well, this ones either. Well, this ones no good either. I john is well, no, i think john is doing best he can at the doing the best he can at the moment. The moment. Unfortunately, the timing has been good. Timing has not been good. I think should have think the officers should have contacted him and he would. Im sure, arrangements. Contacted him and he would. Im sure, veryarrangements. Contacted him and he would. Im sure, veryarranifzments. Contacted him and he would. Im sure, veryarranif thats;. Its very bad if thats the best could isnt best he could do, isnt it, robert . No doubt in pmqs today, robert . No doubt in pmqs today, which in about five which is coming up in about five minutes, everybody, is minutes, everybody, this is were having a foretaste of whats going to come in pmqs today. Is an easy win today. And this is an easy win for actually, this for sunak, actually, this situation birmingham. But situation in birmingham. But youve win for youve also got an easy win for keir which is, of keir starmer today, which is, of course, schools. Which course, crumbling schools. Which do that laying firmly do you see that as laying firmly at the conservatives at the feet of the conservatives after 13 years . At the feet of the conservatives afteso3 years . At the feet of the conservatives afteso iyears . At the feet of the conservatives afteso i dont at the feet of the conservatives afteso i dont see laying it so i dont see it laying it firmly at the feet of conservatives, but im not saying an issue. Saying there isnt an issue. Its tackled. There its got to be tackled. There really that its got to be tackled. There reallygot that its got to be tackled. There reallygot to that its got to be tackled. There reallygot to be that its got to be tackled. There reallygot to be tackled that its got to be tackled. There reallygot to be tackled are at have got to be tackled are really two things only matter here. This problem . Really two things only matter here. Find this problem . Really two things only matter here. Find out. Is problem . Really two things only matter here. Find out. First� blem . Really two things only matter here. Find out. First ofzm . Lets find that out. First of all. Whats the all. And secondly, whats the plan it . And its got to plan to fix it . And its got to be fixed. Those are the be fixed. And those are the issues. Concrete issues. I mean, this concrete its been about years, its been known about for years, its been known about for years, its been known about for years, its been since 50s, its been used since the 50s, 60s governments its been used since the 50s, 60s local governments its been used since the 50s, 60s local authorities overnments its been used since the 50s, 60s local authorities oveallnents and local authorities of all political colours. So theres no blame to be attached the blame to be attached there. The potential with have potential issues with it have been known since the 90s. The only now know about only reason we now know about it is government is because this government has got programme ensuring that got a programme of ensuring that we it is and we understand where it is and replaced was replaced when rishi sunak was chancellor he chancellor and he was told he needed to look schools needed to look at 200 schools and a budget for and he then gave a budget for only 50. So it does actually very much land on his desk only two years ago. It comes back to the point i made not that long ago, of course, about its made not that long ago, of couvery about its made not that long ago, of couvery well about its made not that long ago, of couvery well saying about its made not that long ago, of couvery well saying thatt its made not that long ago, of couvery well saying that we s all very well saying that we want more money, fact is want more money, but the fact is that to spend within want more money, but the fact is that that spend within want more money, but the fact is that that youend within want more money, but the fact is that that you have. Thin want more money, but the fact is that that you have. And the the means that you have. And the reason weve to take reason why weve had to take those decisions, this those difficult decisions, this is children. Is about safety of children. I dont this is about safety. I dont disagree labour disagree with you at the labour party when he left office, it will fixed and the will have to be fixed and the government it will. The labour party when he left Office Schools Programme Office had a Schools Programme and came and and the conservatives came and cut rishi cut it even cut it and rishi cut it even further. Thats what the further. And thats what the problem is. Weve got £13 billion thats been School Upgrades been put into School Upgrades and modifications 2015. And modifications since 2015. I think so there is a £13 billion there. The labour party, youve cut the programme down and all the spending thats done in education is good because we need our children to have the best facility to best possible facility to do that. This is a real issue that. But this is a real issue which rishi knew about and didnt about it, and didnt do anything about it, and thats sleeping at wheel and thats sleeping at the wheel and why is that . Were just looking at the labour money. Labour spent all the money. Sorry to interrupt you, gentlemen, but were looking at the start of pmqs here and were learning of learning that the list of schools at risk of schools which are at risk of crumbling going to crumbling is finally going to be published. Does this taken too long, it taking too long, robert . Is it taking too long, robert . Is it taking too long to get this list together . It shouldnt they have known thiswell , theres been long, well, theres been a long, long its quite Long Programme and its quite because youve got 20,000 or so schools to go schools and so youve got to go round all of them. And its quite business. And quite a detailed business. And that it be as that clearly i want it to be as quick as possible. As you quite rightly its issue rightly said, its an issue of school rightly said, its an issue of sch will be some rightly said, its an issue of schwill be some kids will there be some kids whove gone back to school today whove gone back to school today who the at the who will get the message at the end from the school end of the day from the school to you cant come back to say, you cant come back tomorrow, on, name tomorrow, youre on, your name is not is on the list, youre not coming its difficult for me coming in. Its difficult for me to the list. To say without seeing the list. Clearly of course, but clearly theyll look. Theyll have to look. There is a any schools. There is a possibility. So. Well the list isnt complete. So id be hostage to fortune if until ive seen the if i said until ive seen the whole if i said until ive seen the wh kelly, do you of kelly, do you know of any schools . I dont know at the moment. Hopefully out soon. I dont know at the moment. Hopluckily out soon. I dont know at the moment. Hopluckily weve out soon. I dont know at the moment. Hopluckily weve had soon. I dont know at the moment. Hopluckily weve had some. But luckily weve had some. When the we had but luckily weve had some. When the real we had but luckily weve had some. When the real schools we had but luckily weve had some. When the real schools built,ad but luckily weve had some. When the real schools built, so some real good schools built, so hopefully escape hopefully well escape that. Politics away, these but the politics away, these two, going two, arent they . Were going to be over the very be handing you over to the very capable at the live capable hands now at the live desk longhurst and pip tomson. Hi both. Hi both. Hello. Well, it is going to be busy over the next be incredibly busy over the next three hours. In the last few minutes, that list of schools has finally been published. It has finally been published. It is, of course, going to dominate pmqs, but theres plenty of other things to talk about as well. And you might well be satisfied, wont you, mark . Especially if you like the rolling or bears. Rolling stones or polar bears. Thats they call i think thats what they call a tease. Yeah, i like that. Yeah, i like that. Polar bears. We have i like polar bears. We have got a polar bear watch going on. Yeah. Today. Yeah, yeah. In this country. Whos to going win, gentlemen . You know, youre going to say sunak will win. Youre going say keir youre going to say sir keir starmer of course starmer hands down of course itll be sunak detailed , cool, itll be sunak detailed, cool, calm, professional. Whats it like coming back after the summer recess for mps today . Is it do you all feel do today . Is it do you all feel do you back to school you have that back to School Feeling that you all coming out swinging you got swinging and you ready . You got your case . Your new pencil case . Yes. E literally i dont literally have a new pencil metaphorically, i dont literally have a new pencilthats metaphorically, i dont literally have a new pencilthats exactlytaphorically, i dont literally have a new pencilthats exactlytapho its. Ly, yeah, thats exactly what its like. Patch, like. You go back to the patch, you spend time with the family. Ive young kids, time ive got young kids, spend time with come with them, and then you come back, you know, re energized and refreshed back, you know, re energized and refre youre a coiled spring. Kelly absolutely ready to go. Kelly absolutely ready to go. They going to find and are they going to find any dodgy in any of those dodgy concrete in the parliament . The houses of parliament . Not, because well, i hope not, because thats building site already, thats a building site already, isnt its longer yeah, but its much longer unless portcullis house. The rest of its much but the rest of its much older and so therefore much safer. Older and so therefore much saf and theres a leak in portcullis house, one of the newest parliamentary buildings, one of the windows broke a couple broke couple of the windows broke actually end of july actually just at the end of july term, they managed term, and they managed to fix them, work in the parliament but work in the Parliament Takes of time, takes a huge amount of time, actually written in to the serjeant arms. Weve got serjeant at arms. Weve got these the gates these scanners under the gates coming through and thats going to year to put two to take a year to put two scanners in for the cars. And its absolutely ridiculous the time taking. So. Time its taking. So. Right. Now, we just all right. Now, we just so you know, list of you know, the full list of schools affected by schools that are affected by this concrete going be this. Uk concrete is going to be published gb news dot published on gb news dot com. Com. So get there. We hope its kids schools, but com. Com. So get there. We hope it it kids schools, but com. Com. So get there. We hope it it is, kids schools, but com. Com. So get there. We hope it it is, hopefully schools, but com. Com. So get there. We hope it it is, hopefully theyre, but com. Com. So get there. We hope it it is, hopefully theyre on jt if it is, hopefully theyre on the case. Yeah right. Were done for this week. No were thinking its were not. I keep thinking its thursday. Were tomorrow. Got the live event but weve got the live event and of course its prime question time. Is about to kick off first one the new off the first one of the new parliament and weve Parliament Programme and weve got Mark Longhurst and pip tomson. Tomson refereeing. Thats right. See you tomorrow. Mr speaker. The honourable gentleman has presented me with information about which i was not beforehand, certainly not aware beforehand, certainly happy to look at whats been said. Said. But what i would say to him is that the Prime Minister, my right the right honourable friend, the prime the deal Prime Minister, did the deal which done. Which no one said could be done. That the that has transformed the relationship european relationship with the European Union confident union and i am confident therefore will be able therefore that we will be able to on veterinary to deliver a deal on veterinary medicines. To deliver a deal on veterinary medicines. But as we sometimes say, recognise the say, i dont recognise the information presented. Its information hes presented. Its new to me and i shall be glad to look it. But we will look at it. But we will certainly to deliver deal Theresa Villiers the ulster farmers estimate that 1700 Farmers Union estimate that 1700 veterinary medicines could be withdrawn from the market in Northern Ireland unless the Windsor Framework is fixed. Can i urge the minister to do that certainly , mr that . Well, certainly, mr speaken that . Well, certainly, mr speaker, my right honourable friend makes her point with great clarity. Of course, making it an of course, making it on an occasion this. It has occasion such as this. It has been heard by by a wide been widely heard by by a wide range of ministers and i am confident we will able to confident we will be able to redouble to deliver what redouble efforts to deliver what we on veterinary medicines i i lam i welcome everybody back to Prime Ministers questions louis french question number one, please. Please. Mr speaker. Mr speaker. Mr speaker , id like to start mr speaker, id like to start by congratulating Sarina Wiegman and the lionesses for their fantastic performance at the world cup. We are all incredibly proud of them. Mr speaker, i also know the whole house will want to join me in sending condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sergeant Graham saville. It is a testament to his bravery that he died in the line of duty and a terrible reminder of the work that police do every day to keep us safe. Mr speaken do every day to keep us safe. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. I addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings today. Meetings later today. Louis french thank you, mr speaker. Louis french thank you, mr speaker. Labour used speaker. The labour party used to claim that it represents working people , but working class people, but labours ulez expansion to Greater London will now hammer millions of working people with bills of £12. 50 per day, or 4500 pounds per year. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that its unacceptable for londoners and those in surrounding counties to face this regressive and unacceptable tax and will he do everything that he can to help working people. Working people. Well, mr mr speaker, i agree with my honourable friend. It is disappointing that last week the labour leader allowed the labour mayor to introduce ulez charging hard working people £12. 50 every time they start their car, adding to their burden of the cost of living all i can say, mr speaken cost of living all i can say, mr speaker, is while we focus on helping hard working families , helping hard working families, all he does is punish them. We all he does is punish them. We know. We know. Know. We know. Come to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. Opposition, keir starmer. Thank you, mr speaker. Can i join the Prime Minister and congratulate the lionesses and his comments about Sergeant Saville . I think we all speak for the whole house when we speak on that subject. Id also speak on that subject. Id also like to extend the warmest welcome to our new labour member for selby and ainsty. For selby and ainsty. Hes already made history for the labour party by overturning the labour party by overturning the largest tory majority ever in a by election and id also welcome the honourable members for uxbridge and South Ruislip somerton and frome. Somerton and frome. Mr speaker, the roof of Singlewell Primary School in gravesend collapsed in may 2018. Thank awfully. It happened at the weekend and no children were injured. The concrete ceiling was deemed dangerous and liable to collapse and everyone knew the problem existed in other schools. Yet the Prime Minister decided to halve the budget for School Maintenance just a couple of years later. Does he School Maintenance just a couple of years later. Does he agree with his education secretary that he should be thanked for doing a good. Job responsibility . Mr speaker, i know how concerned parents, children and teachers are and i want to start by assuring them that the government is doing everything it can to fix this quickly and minimise the disruption to childrens education. Can we make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information and let me provide the house with an update on where we are. Of the 22,000 schools in england, the vast, vast majority wont be affected in fact, in two thirds of inspections of suspected schools rack is not actually present and to tackle the 1 of schools that have been affected so far, the 1, we are assigning each of those schools a dedicated caseworker and providing extra funding to fix the problem in the majority of cases, children will attend school as normal and the mitigation ones take typically just days or weeks to complete. We will do everything we can to help parents support teachers and get children back to Normal School life as quickly as possible. As possible. Keir starmer well, mr speaker wood, Green Academy in sandwell was on labours building list in 2010. They scrapped it and now children, there are in a crumbling school. Crumbling school. The head of the National Audit office accuses him of taking a sticking plaster approach. The nao report says he approach. The nao report says he cut. £869 million. The person cut. £869 million. The person who ran the department for education says he is personally responsible. On monday, he leapt responsible. On monday, he leapt to his own defence, saying its utterly wrong to blame him. So why does literally everyone else say its his fault. Say its his fault. Mr speaker , mr speaker , the mr speaker, mr speaker, the professional advice from the technical experts on rack who has evolved over time and indeed it is something that successive governments have dealt with, dating back to 1994. Mr speaker, now, as new advice has come forward, the government has rightly, decisively and swiftly acted in the face of that advice. But he talked about School Budgets and talked about what i had done. But let me just what i had done. But let me just walk him through the facts of actually what that Spending Review did, because he brought it up. Well, no, hes brought it it up. Well, no, hes brought it up. So presumably would up. So presumably he would like to facts. Funding for to hear the facts. Funding for School Maintenance and rebuilding. Will average £2. 6 rebuilding. Will average £2. 6 billion a year over this parliament as a result of that Spending Review, which represents a 20 increase on the years before. Indeed , indeed, mr speaker, indeed, indeed, mr speaker, far from cutting budgets, as he alleges , is the amount spent alleges, is the amount spent last year was the highest in a decade. That Spending Review to that Spending Review maintained mr speaken mr speaker, that Spending Review maintained the School Rebuilding programme, delivering a 500 schools over a decade at a pace completely consistent with what had happened previously. What had happened previously. And, mr speaker, it is worth pointing out that during the parliamentary on that parliamentary debates on that Spending Review , the labour Spending Review, the labour party and him did not raise the issue of one single time. So issue of one single time. So before he jumps on the next political bandwagon , he should political bandwagon, he should get his facts straight. Keir get his facts straight. Keir starmer. Mr get his facts straight. Keir starmer. Mr speaker, Carmel College in darling town was on the labours building list in 2010. They scrapped it and now children there are in a crumbling school. And on the one crumbling school. And on the one hand we have him saying its nothing to do with him. On the nothing to do with him. On the other side we have the facts and theres a simple way to clear this up. Why doesnt he commit to publish the requests from the department of education for the School Rebuilding programme and what risks . He was warned of before he turned them down . Mr speaker, the honourable gentleman has now brought up twice the labour, the labour School Rebuilding programme. Hes now brought it up twice. So lets just look at that and look at facts surrounding at the facts surrounding that because we do know the truth about that programme, mr speaken about that programme, mr speaker, because the now as hes called reviewed called on, actually reviewed that what that programme later on, what did define . And they found did they define . And they found that labours School Rebuilding programme excluded. 80 programme actually excluded. 80 of schools. Next, what did they of schools. Next, what did they find . What did they find . That find . What did they find . That it was a third more expensive than it needed to be needlessly wasting resources that have gone to schools. And mr speaker and mr speaker, this is the worst bit. The worst bit is that that bit. The worst bit is that that programme, because now hes talking about the physical condition of schools that programme only allocated funds solely on the basis of ideology with no regard. What so ever to the physical condition of schools. Mr speaker, thats why the indian st james review described that programme as time consuming and expensive. Just like the labour party. Well we like the labour party. Well we dont want to start off with somebody leaving so early because thats whats going to happen. Keir starmer well, mr speaken keir starmer well, mr speaker, they want more, so let me continue Ferryhill School in County Durham was on labours building list in 2010. They scrapped it and now children there are in a crumbling school. Crumbling school. The truth is , this crisis is the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners and botched jobs. Sticking plaster politics. Its the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders saying that everyone else is wrong. Everyone else is to blame. Everyone else is to blame. Protesting that theyve done an good job even as the ceiling falls in the difference. Mr speaken falls in the difference. Mr speaker, is that in this case the cowboys are running the country. Isnt he ashamed that country. Isnt he ashamed that after 13 years of tory government , children are government, children are cowering under steel support . Stop in their classroom, roof falling. In no more. Falling. In no more. Just seriously , i will calm just seriously, i will calm down. First session. I understand people are excited to be back at school. Will we be back at school. Will we expect better behaviour . But i minister well mr speaker, this is exactly the kind of political opportunism that weve come. Opportunism that weve come. Exactly the kind of opportunism that weve come to expect from captain hindsight over here before, before today , over here before, before today, day before today. Hes never once raised this issue with me across this dispatch box. It wasnt even worthy of a single. Its the same for this side as well. Can i just say were as well. Can i just say were going to have a calmer question time Going Forward . I wont tell you the question. I want to hear the answers just like your constituents. Prime minister. Constituents. Prime minister. , before today, he mr speaker, before today, he never once raised this issue with me in parliament. It wasnt even worthy of a single mention in his so called landmark speech on education this summer. And if wed listened to him, our kids would have been off school and locked down for longer. Its as simple as that. He talks about simple as that. He talks about 13 years. Well, lets see what happened when we when we came into office, two thirds of school were good and out standing. Now its 90. Mr speaker , after we introduced the speaker, after we introduced the pupil premium to get more funding to the most disadvantaged pupils, mr speaken disadvantaged pupils, mr speaker, today they are 75 more likely to go to university and as a result of our reforms, we now have the best readers in the western world. Mr speaker, thats what 13 years of education reform gets you, all of which opposed by the party opposite. But it claims to be opposite. But it claims to be a man of detail. There are 100 parliamentary questions from this side on this issue and an opposition day motion. But mr speaker, let us motion. But mr speaker, let us continue. Holy family catholic continue. Holy family Catholic School in bradford was on the labour building list in 2010. They scrapped it and now children there to are in a crumbling school. Crumbling school. And mr holden, i think ive heard enough. No. Then this is the last time you make your mind up. You either go now or youre quiet for the rest of this. And mr speaker, if you can believe it , and mr speaker, if you can believe it, in april this year , believe it, in april this year, the education secretary signed a contract for refurbished of her offices. Its got a personal offices. Its got a personal stamp of approval on it. It cost and i cant quite believe. This, and i cant quite believe. This, £34 million, can he explain to parents whose children arent at school this week why he thinks a blank cheque for his tory Ministers Office is better use of taxpayers money than stopping schools collapsing . Well, mr schools collapsing . Well, mr speaken schools collapsing . Well, mr speaker, what id say to parents is in the receipt of new information , we have acted information, we have acted decisively to ensure the safety of children and minimise disruption to education. As we have laid out and communicated extensively. That communicated extensively. That is the right thing to do. And i would also gently point out to him, mr speaker, whilst the department for education started this process 18 months ago in spnng this process 18 months ago in spring last year, as far as spring of last year, as far as i can tell , in labour run wales, can tell, in labour run wales, they still dont know which schools are affected. Mr speaker. Mr speaker. But again, he brought up this issue of funding, mr speaker. But again, lets look back to what happened in that Spending Review, because that Spending Review, because in that Spending Review, because in that Spending Review increased review i increased the department Educations Department for educations Capital Budget by 25 to a record £7 billion. Mr speaker, it tripled the amount that we spend on children with special Education Needs and disabilities. It improved the condition of the overlooked estate, and it set the course for per pupil funding to be the highest ever. But it also, mr speaker, crucially invested £5 billion to help our pupils recover the lost learning from covid £5 billion. Mr speaker. And he might remember that because we wanted pupils learning. He wanted pupils learning. He wanted longer lockdowns. Keir starmer longer lockdowns. Keir starmer you said. I think he just doesnt get how this its all fine out there. Its so odds with the lived experience of millions of working people across this country. Country. And mr speaker, lets go on. This is a long list, at least at least six schools in essex on labours building list in 2010, they scrapped them and now children there are in crumbling schools. What he wont admit is schools. What he wont admit is that the reason he cut these budgets, ignored the warnings, is quite simple. Just like he thought his tax rises were for other families to pay, he thinks his school cuts are for other families to endure. Families to endure. Doesnt it tell you everything you need to know that he is happy to spend billions of taxpayers money sprucing up tory offices by billions to ensure there is no vat on tory school fees. But he will not lift a finger when it comes to protecting other peoples schools. Other peoples safety, other peoples children. Children. Mr speaker, i know he comes here with his prepared scripts , here with his prepared scripts, but he hasnt listened to a single fact, a single fact, a six questions about the record amounts of funding going in to schools, about the incredible reforms to education impacting the most disadvantaged children in our society, a record that we are rightly proud of. And yes, of course he can. Of course we can name the schools. Thats because we are reacting to information and publishing that information. Mr speaker , so we information. Mr speaker, so we know the issues are. Know where the issues are. Something that still something that were still waiting welsh waiting for by the Welsh Government wales. Waiting for by the welsh gov butnent wales. Waiting for by the welsh gov but mr|t wales. Waiting for by the welsh gov but mr speakeras. Waiting for by the welsh gov but mr speaker ,;. Waiting for by the welsh gov but mr speaker , mr speaker, but mr speaker, mr speaker, of course he wants to try and score political points of something that we are dealing with in the right and responsible do note responsible way. But i do note that mentioned that he has not mentioned a single other thing that has happened since we last met across these despatch boxes. Mr speaken across these despatch boxes. Mr speaker, about hard speaker, he talked about hard working families across britain , but whats happened . Energy bills down, mr speaker , whats bills down, mr speaker, whats happened to inflation down, down, mr speaker, whats happened to small boat crossings down, mr speaker . And when it comes , mr and when it comes, mr speaken and when it comes, mr speaker, and when it comes to Economic Growth, whats happened . Its gone up. Mr speaker. Speaken he tried. He tried time and time again to talk down the british economy, but people werent listening. Thankfully, werent listening. Thankfully, his entire economic narrative has been demolished and the conservatives are getting on delivering for britain. The nick delivering for britain. The nick gibb rich , the rich. Gibb rich, the rich. There will be more. Nicola richards improving economic news. Inflation, Falling Energy bills coming down, growth for people in the West Midlands are disappointed to see that labour in Birmingham City council has gone bankrupt as a samuel resident and a West Bromwich mp , im no stranger to labour and competence. Does the Prime Minister agree that labour have demonstrated yet again that they always out of other peoples always run out of other peoples. Money mr speaker, my honourable friend is exactly right. We started by hearing how labour in london are charging hardworking people with ulez. Now were people with ulez. Now were heanng people with ulez. Now were hearing about how labour in birmingham are failing hardworking people , losing hardworking people, losing control of taxpayers money and driving their finances into the ground. Theyve bankrupted birmingham. Mr speaker, we cant let them bankrupt britain. They let them bankrupt britain. They come to the leader of the snp, stephen flynn. Stephen flynn. Mr speaker, the public needs no reminding that today marks a year since the Prime Ministers predecessor took office and upon her speedy departure they will have thought that things were to going get better. But when we look at unemployment figures, they are higher. When we look at food prices, they are higher when we look at mortgage rates, they are higher and Economic Growth is stagnant. So can i ask the Prime Minister when is he going to get off his backside and do something about it . Yeah, well, something about it . Yeah, well, mr speaker, i think what the honourable gentleman failed to point out is that the amount of times ive sat across the despatch from him and his colleagues and heard how somehow we a laggard when it come we were a laggard when it come to growth. Mr what he didnt do mr speaker, what he didnt do is opportunity is take the opportunity to correct today. Now correct the record today. Now that the pup figures have been published, which demonstrate in fact we had the fastest recovery out any european economy out of any european economy after covid, even flynn mr speaken after covid, even flynn mr speaker, youd be forgiven for thinking that the Prime Minister thinks everything is all right. But lets look at his proposal for the winter. When it comes to a cost of living package, because when it comes to energy bills, his plan , of to energy bills, his plan, of course, is to do nothing when it comes to mortgage bills. His comes to mortgage bills. His plan is to do nothing. And when it comes to food bills , his plan it comes to food bills, his plan is to do nothing. So when the shadow well, sorry, when the secretary of state for education said earlier this week that everyone was doing nothing, she was referring to the Prime Minister wasnt she . Yes mr speaken minister wasnt she . Yes mr speaker, i think is a little bit out of practise because when it comes to energy bills, what we have done is pay for around half of a typical familys energy bill over the past year, support worth £1,500. Mr speaker, benefiting families in scotland. He asked about mortgages. Mr speaker , the about mortgages. Mr speaker, the chancellors mortgage charter covers 90 the mortgage covers 90 of the Mortgage Market and ensures that a typical holder can save typical mortgage holder can save hundreds pounds a month when hundreds of pounds a month when it comes to their mortgage refinancing. And when he talked about energy, thanks the about energy, thanks to the actions this government, we actions of this government, we are supporting the hundreds of thousands jobs in the thousands of jobs in the scottish oil and gas industry , scottish oil and gas industry, securing this countrys Energy Supply , something that he supply, something that he opposes. I will always do whats right for the people of scotland , time the , mr speaker, and its time the snp did the same. Thank you, mr speaker. I was delighted when the Prime Minister last year said that on his watch we would not lose swathes farmland to solar swathes of farmland to solar applications in ofsted rightly arguing for solar to be installed on rooftops. Yet my installed on rooftops. Yet my constituency sees a constant flow of planning applications for solar farms and Battery Storage plants on on food producing land. So can i ask my right hon. Friend when will his pledge become a reality . Quite right. Quite right, mr quite right. Quite right, mr mr speaker, my honourable friend makes an excellent point. Now, solar is one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation, so its right that we try and see of it across we try and see more of it across the but need the country, but we do need to protect most valuable protect our most valuable Agricultural Land they Agricultural Land so that they can produce food for the nation and increase our food security. And why , thanks to our and thats why, thanks to our changes, the Planning System now sets this out. Export only with a clear preference for brownfield sites. And now of course, we want to do more to encourage barn top solar, mr speaker and defra will be updating the house with further information in information on that policy in due course. Due course. Andrew bridgen thank you, mr speaker. Week prime speaker. Last week the Prime Minister stated that he was proud furlough scheme and proud of his furlough scheme and i wonder, mr speaker, if hes equally proud of the 400 billion he put on the national and he put on the National Debt and the its caused. The inflation that its caused. Was of the jobs lost, was he proud of the jobs lost, businesses closed and lives crushed to the lockdowns . Is crushed due to the lockdowns . Is he proud of the increased nhs waiting lists, premature deaths and the 1 million young people now needing Mental Health support . Finally, mr support . And finally, mr speaken he support . And finally, mr speaker, he is he is he proud speaker, is he is he is he proud of the excess deaths affecting every one of our constituencies that nobody wants to talk about . And will he give an undertaking to the British Public a solemn undertaking that they will never be inflicted upon them ever again . Well mr speaker, as the again . Well mr speaker, as the honourable gentleman knows, there is a formal inquiry regarding covid, which will examine all the decisions that were made, including including lockdown and the impacts of them. But with regard to the furlough scheme, the speaker. I am proud that at a time of extreme anxiety in the country facing an unprecedented situation that this government putits situation that this government put its arms around the british pubuc put its arms around the British Public to ensure that we protected 10 million jobs. And as the report from the ons showed last week, those actions, combined with all the other things did to support the things we did to support the economy, ensured that the economy, ensured that we had the fastest recovery through the pandemic european nation. Pandemic of any european nation. Dr. Neil hudson , thank you , dr. Neil hudson, thank you, mr speaker. As a nation of animal lovers, the conservatives, government record on Animal Welfare is a source of great pride. But sadly, too many abuses remain from pet theft. The smuggling of puppies and heavily pregnant dogs and dogs with their ears horrifically cropped to the illegal export of horses to the illegal export of horses to europe for slaughter. These to europe for slaughter. These issues are personal to me as a Veterinary Surgeon and to my constituents , especially animal constituents, especially animal theft and livestock worrying. Can the Prime Minister reassure the house that Animal Welfare is a key government priority and that he will bring forward the necessary legislation to tackle these issues as soon as possible . 7 mr 7 mr speaker , i . Mr speaker , i thank my mr speaker, i thank my honourable friend for both raising this issue, but also his work and expertise in the area. Work and expertise in the area. And im proud that thanks to the actions that previous governments have taken with regard to things like cat microchipping, the ivory ban or indeed raising the maximum sentence for animal cruelty to five years, we are now the highest ranked g7 nation when it comes to world Animal Protections Animal Protection index. But we are determined to go even further and deliver on our manifesto commitments individually during the remainder of this parliament. Rachel hopkins thank you, mr speaken the Prime Minister has said he will lead a government of honesty, accountability and integrity. So can the Prime Minister explain how he was found to have breached the code of conduct . This time for failing to declare his wifes shares in a Child Care Agency which received a monetary boost from in his budget . Wow from measures in his budget . Wow well, mr speaker, if the honourable lady reads the full transcript and the full findings, she will see a detailed explanation of what happened, which the commissioner described as minor and described as a minor and inadvertent breach. Inadvertent breach. But given that, given that at the time i was not aware of the policy that was being discussed with me and corrected later with me and corrected it later on corrected it on and could have corrected it with slightly different language, shell also know that im the only person across im not the only person across these boxes that has im not the only person across thesthe boxes that has im not the only person across thesthe same boxes that has im not the only person across thesthe same things that has im not the only person across thesthe same thing happen as im not the only person across thesthe same thing happen to had the same thing happen to them. Them. John penrose. Mr speaker, can i interest the Prime Minister in proposals from the carbon competitiveness commission, which i chair, which would deliver net cheaply would deliver net zero cheaply and without deindustrialising our economy. Our economy. It would help british manufacturers facing imports from countries with lower energy costs, make exports more costs, make our exports more competitive everywhere, and cut fuel duty here at home. We have strong backing from britains heavy industries, cross Party Support from the excellent member from aberavon who i see is also on the order paper. So would Prime Minister would the Prime Minister consider name to our consider adding his name to our list of supporters as well . List of supporters as well . Im grateful to my honourable friend and the commission for carbon competitiveness the carbon competitiveness for the report that hes worked on and highlighted. The government is highlighted. The government is absolutely to putting absolutely committed to putting in necessary policies in place the necessary policies for uk industry to decarbonise successfully. As he will be aware , government consulted on aware, government consulted on addressing carbon leakage in particular with a range of potential options. We are in the potential options. We are in the process of considering those responses and will issue a formal response in due course. Claire anderson thank you, mr speaker. Speaken every year, billions of wet wipes go out into our rivers and oceans and clog up our sewers. Ive been campaigning on this for years to ban plastic in wet wipes and the government has finally promised to ban plastic in wet wipes. But that was five months ago and theres been nothing since then. So will the Prime Minister today finally give a date when that ban will come into force and make a difference to our environment . Difference to our environment . Or is this another broken promise from his zombie government . Speaker in the government . Speaker in the comprehensive plan for water that was published by the environment secretary in april, we did confirm our intention to ban wet wipes containing plastic subject. Of course, as is legally proper subject to a Public Consultation that consultation will be launched in the coming months, in autumn of this year , months, in autumn of this year, and i know ministers will keep the house updated on progress. Mckinley id like to Craig Mckinley id like to offer some assistance on the small boats issue. Right honourable has my right honourable friend considered the incongruous ity of the fact that a uk dinghy manufacturer trying to sell into the eu market would have to apply the ce marking customs codes and the potential of being stopped and checked and similar applies perversely , when similar applies perversely, when a simple thing like gb to ni trade. But none of this applies seemingly when these huge super sized dangerous cut and shuts dinghies are taken in from turkey across the eu border into bulgaria and greece. Is he as bulgaria and greece. Is he as confused as i am by the eus double standards on this matter . 7 oh 7 oh yeah, . Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Well my honourable friend is absolutely right that we must do all we to can stop the boats and tackle illegal migration. An and we know that the export of small boats across parts of the european continent is a vital element of the smuggling tactics and smuggling gangs. Tactics and thats why specifically we are stepping up joint operations with turkey. Mr speaker, and i raise this with the president when we spoke so that we can tackle organised immigration crime and specifically disrupt the supply chain of boat parts that are used for these dangerous crossings. And i will continue keep him updated continue to keep him updated on ourluke coyte. Thank you, luke paul coyte. Thank you, mr speaker. Two years ago in plymouth we lost five people in the worst mass shooting the country has seen for a decade. The government has finally consulted on firearms reform. But after pressure from shooting groups, even these sensible measures looked like they could be watered down. So will the Prime Minister bow down to lobbyists from the shooting industry, or will he stand with the grieving families those in plymouth families and those in plymouth who see no other tragedy who want to see no other tragedy like this ever happen again . With stronger laws . With stronger gun laws . Well, mr speaker, i know how important this issue is to the honourable gentleman following the horrific shooting in his constituency. Sc and my thoughts constituency. Sc and my thoughts are with the family of all those who killed. He will know who were killed. He will know that firearms are subject to stringent controls and rightly so but controls are kept so. But those controls are kept under review. For under constant review. For example, action to example, weve taken action to improve information sharing between gps and the police to make sure that people are not given access to firearms without their medical conditions being checked. And statutory checked. And the statutory guidance for chief officers of police have been improving so that how people apply for firearms is assessed properly, including checks on social media with regard to the matter that he specifically raises, the home office is in the process of considering responses to that consultation will respond in consultation and will respond in due course. Stephen metcalf thank you, mr speaker. Speaken later today, mr speaker, im bringing forward a ten minute rule bill to include the provision of automated external defibrillator heaters in all new Housing Developments of ten dwellings more. Will my right dwellings or more. Will my right honourable friend, therefore support this provision ask support this provision and ask his relevant cabinet colleagues to engage with me to ensure these life saving pieces of equipment can become commonplace where they can have the most impact close to peoples homes . Well , mr impact close to peoples homes . Well, mr speaker, my honourable friend is right to highlight the importance of these life saving devices. And these life saving devices. And thats why the National Planning policy framework already expects planning policies and decisions to promote public safety. But to promote public safety. But its also why recently the government launched £1 million fund, which will place around a thousand new defibrillator heaters in communities across england to help improve equality of access to these life saving devices. Devices. And the mcdonnell in in in 2019, Outwood Academies riverside Free School Application in middlesbrough was approved with its first year seven intake arriving in the following year. And that has happened every year since. But there is still no new building. There is still no new building. Ive had no response to my request for a meeting with the secretary of state, but that original intake destined to original intake are destined to spend their entire secondary education in various temporary adapted premises. Mr speaker , adapted premises. Mr speaker, with pupils being shunted around old buildings, talk of levelling up and addressing the grc , up and addressing the grc, attainment gap rings hollow. So can the Prime Minister and his education secretary get off their derrieres and sort this out . Yeah well, mr mr speaker, im happy to ensure that the honourable gentleman gets an answer to the specific question he raised on the school, but more generally, im proud of what government doing in what the government is doing in teesside tees valley teesside and the tees valley to support education. In the support education. In with the recent of new sixth recent announcement of new sixth forms, also as an education forms, but also as an education improvement receiving extra improvement area receiving extra Funding Resources and thats funding and resources and thats why weve seen standards in reading and maths increase considerably and were determined to keep going there. Chipotle speaker the Prime Minister aware of how the rac minister is aware of how the rac issue has really affected schools in essex. Schools in essex. So weve got a high number of schools that have been impacted and rightly that and hes rightly said today that the doing the government is doing everything it can to get children back to school. He children back to school. Can he try commit . I know try to commit . And i know theres on today try to commit . And i know th children back into school and i would hope that he would commit to meeting the leader of Essex County Council because they are pioneering some great reforms right now where they are looking to support, maintain schools as well as Academy Trust. And i well as Academy Trust. And i think actually the government could get some good insights in terms of how we can get children back school fast. And also back to school fast. And also look funding model this. Can i can i first of all, start by thanking my right honourable friend for the engagement constructively that shes Department Engagement constructively that she indeed Department Engagement constructively that she indeed pay Department Engagement constructively that she indeed pay tribute artment engagement constructively that she indeed pay tribute to � nent engagement constructively that she indeed pay tribute to hert and indeed pay tribute to her School Leaders local School Leaders and local authority that authority for everything that they are doing. I am happy to give her the reassurance that, as already said, as a chancellor already said, new funding will be provided to schools to deal this issue. Schools to deal with this issue. But also to ensure that we can get through this quickly get through this as quickly as possible her constituents possible for her constituents and parents and indeed everyones process of everyones in the process of increasing the number of dedicated caseworkers from 50 to 80. Have 35 project directors 80. We have 35 project directors regionally on the ground to support and weve increased the number of survey firms by more than double mr speaker, so that we can rapidly , over the next we can rapidly, over the next few weeks, fully assess all the relevant schools and have a mitigation plan in place. Stephen kinnock thank you. Stephen kinnock thank you. Thank you, mr speaker. Thank you, mr speaker. Steelworkers in aberavon steelworkers in my aberavon constituency have watched in frustration governments frustration as other governments have pumped investment into decarbonisation whilst successive tory governments have sat on their hands. So when will the Prime Minister finally conclude the talks tata steel . Talks with tata steel . And can he guarantee that there will be a matching level of investment with what other european governments are doing of investment with what other eu|decarbonisationents are doing of investment with what other eu|decarbonisation . Ts are doing on decarbonisation . And will he guarantee that the conclusion will be based on serious engagement comprehensively with the steel unions . Unions . Well, mr speaker , steel is well, mr speaker, steel is absolutely vital to the uk. This is something that, of course is of interest to the honourable gentleman, but something that ive also discussed extensively with my honourable friend from scunthorpe. And thats because scunthorpe. And thats because the local jobs the industry supports local jobs and growth. Now and Economic Growth. Now conversations with specific Companies Like tata are ongoing, but they are understandably commercially sensitive. But we commercially sensitive. But we do share the ambition of securing a decarbonised , securing a decarbonised, sustainable and competitive future for the industry in this country. And in the meantime, we country. And in the meantime, we are supporting the sector. Mr speaken are supporting the sector. Mr speaker, with our Energy Industries exemption, which provides discounted energy bills and the Industrial Energy transformation fund, which supports Steel Companies with their energy bills and the transition through capital to a greener future. Greener future. While. Fletcher thank you, mr speaken two weeks ago, the government announced that the bolsover schools bid for a sixth form in my constituency has been successful. Successful. 52 of School Leavers at 16 years old across the country go on to a sixth form. But in bolsover its 23. In clowne 22 and in shirebrook its 7. So will the Prime Ministerjoin me in thanking the red hill Academy Trust . Matthew hall, the headteacher of bolsover school, and all of those who have helped to bring a sixth form to bolsover. Yeah, well , can i bolsover. Yeah, well, can i congratulate red hill and everyone involved with the successful bid for the new sixth form in bolsover . Form in bolsover . Im delighted that the bid was successful because my honourable friend, i know shares my desire to ensure a world class education for every single one of our young people across the country , because that is the the country, because that is the best provide them with best way to provide them with the opportunity for a better life and programme of life. And this new programme of sixth deliver that sixth forms will deliver that in his and many others his constituency and many others across the nation. Across the nation. Im very grateful, mr speaken im very grateful, mr speaker. Mr speaker, the north east has been underfunded in terms of transport, investment for decades. Hs2 meant to be an Economic Development and connectivity lifeline now not coming anywhere near and the a1 northumberland dualling decision delayed yet again and our Regional Rail Services Still running on outdated infrastructure and rolling stock. With all that in mind , stock. With all that in mind, will the Prime Minister commit to funding to re open the leamside line from gateshead County Durham to take pressure off the east coast main line and aid economic wellbeing movement of passengers and Freight Services in the north east of england . Or is levelling up just just a rhetoric thats too. Mr speaker, what i would say to the hon. Gentleman is it wouldnt be right for me to comment on specific projects, but to give him a sense of our commitment. What i can tell him is real terms , in real is that in real terms, in real terms, since 2010, we have spent over a third more in Central Capital investment in northern transport. Every single year since 2010 compared to labours last six years in government. Mr speaken last six years in government. Mr speaker, thats what were doing for transport nation for northern transport nation and specifically when comes and specifically when he comes to and restoring to reopening and restoring railway lines, where was the first did from ashington first one . We did from ashington to blyth . William wragg i have a to blyth . William wragg i have a cheerful question that i know my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will find impossible resist will find impossible to resist because he will be aware of the work been doing with the work ive been doing with the number 10 uk ambassador for Mental Health, dr. Alex george, to establish an early intervention. Mental health hubs across the country. Now weve got pilot which seems lost got the pilot which seems lost somewhere the treasury somewhere between the treasury and the department of health, but will sort that but i know he will sort that problem but if he problem out, but i wonder if he will to meet with dr. Will be able to meet with dr. Alex, myself to alex, george and myself to discuss further, because alex, george and myself to discushustrther, because alex, george and myself to discushubs willer, because alex, george and myself to discushubs will make ause alex, george and myself to discushubs will make au massive these hubs will make a massive difference to constituencies across , because we across the country, because we all know the problems with camhs and the perverse situation where children and young people have to progressively worse to get progressively worse before the treatment before they get the treatment they hell be very they need. I know hell be very supportive one. Mr supportive of this one. Mr speaken supportive of this one. Mr speaker. Yes. Well mr speaker, i, i know my mr speaker, i, i know my honourable friend is rightly a passionate advocate for improving Mental Health support for young people, something that i know we doing and im i know we are doing and im proud record, proud of our record, particularly the particularly increasing the number Mental Health support number of Mental Health support teams schools and teams that work with schools and expanding services. I expanding community services. I know dhs is looking at the role that early support hubs might play that early support hubs might play in this plan, but im very happy to meet my honourable friend personally to discuss how we can push this through. Very glad. Very glad. Thank you, mr speaker. Thank you, mr speaker. Weve far too much weve heard far too much lately about ministerial posterior and very little about prospect for the country. Even in these dying days of the lame duck government. Duck government. Will the Prime Minister stop prevaricating and subscribe to the Horizon Programme . Erm for the Horizon Programme . Erm for the Horizon Programme . Erm for the sake of vital british science, innovation and end Cancer Research . Cancer research . Well , mr Cancer Research . Well, mr speaker. Mr speaker, this is a government that is investing, investing record sums investing, investing record sums in british science and research and development because we believe that is critical to a brighter Economic Future and spreading opportunity. Now our priority and preference is to associate to horizon, but we do want to make sure that that is on terms that are right, both for the british taxpayer and for british science and research. I can commit to her that weve been extensively involved in discussions. To be able discussions. I hope to be able to successfully. To conclude those successfully. And , i hope shell be and when we do, i hope shell be the first stand and the first to stand up and congratulate the government. Caroline dinenage thank Dame Caroline dinenage, thank you much , mr speaker. You very much, mr speaker. Is Childhood Cancer september is Childhood Cancer awareness month, it also awareness month, but it also marks two years since the death of constituent, sophie of my constituent, sophie farrell. She was only ten years old. Every day in the uk. Mr speaken old. Every day in the uk. Mr speaker, ten young people will be diagnosed with cancer and two of those will not survive. Those that do face a lifetime of side effects from treatments that are just. And for small just not designed. And for small bodies, will the prime bodies, when will the Prime Minister publish a Childhood Cancer action plan . Cancer action plan . Well , mr cancer action plan . Well, mr speaker, can i thank my honourable friend for raising this issue and extend my sympathies to her constituent and his family as she raised. Shes right to continue campaigning in this important area. I hope shell understand that i cant pre empt the content specifically of the strategy , but i can tell her strategy, but i can tell her that it will draw on previous work, including submissions from Childhood Cancer charities and stakeholders to our recent calls for evidence. Of course, we want to hear from them too. Highlight and get a sense of the issues that she specifically raised. But im sure ill ensure that we write to her to give her a sense of timing. This lol. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, mr speaken every year the snp Scottish Government mitigates against the cruellest of westminster policies by spending £84 million supporting hard working families against the brutal bedroom tax and over £62 million covering the two child benefit cap. The two child benefit cap. Astonishingly, mr speaker , we astonishingly, mr speaker, we have learned over the summer the leader of the opposition is an enthusiastic supporter of these tory cruel welfare policies with u turn after u turn from the labour party. So given that the labour party. So given that the tories and labour are two cheeks of the same offering no change, no vision, no hope, does the Prime Minister agree that the only way scottish voters can rid themselves of these order . Im not going to both stand up for one of us is going to give way and it wont be me. Can i just say lets think about language. Lets be more temperate make temperate and lets make sure that can that this parliament can be proud. This proud. The pride of this parliament will shine through, but not by using but certainly not by using language. Happy to change the language. Happy to change the offending word with bottom. Offending word with bottom. Given that the tories and labour are two cheeks of the same bottom offering no change, no no hope, does the no vision and no hope, does the Prime Minister that the Prime Minister agree that the only for voters to only way for scottish voters to rid themselves of these heinous policies vote snp to leave policies is to vote snp to leave westminster forever . Yeah. Yeah mr mr speaker, obviously not. But i think the i think the thrust of that question was directed at the leader of the opposition rather than me. I wouldnt want to get in the middle that. But what i can middle of that. But what i can say ensure say is we want to ensure a welfare system that is compassionate after compassionate and looks after the most vulnerable in our society while supporting those who can into work to do so, because thats also fair for everyone else and british taxpayers. I believe is taxpayers. I believe that is a system achieving. Mr system that we are achieving. Mr speaker and now speaker. And right now were providing thousands of pounds of support to with Energy Support to help with energy bills and everything to bills and Everything Else to people we will people in scotland, and we will continue so. Continue to do so. Completes that completes Prime Ministers the just ministers questions the just sit down. No, there we have the first pmqs for seven weeks. And as the speaker, sir Lindsay Hoyle reflected , Lindsay Hoyle reflected, everyone or people were excited to be back at school. To be back at school. However, we had the information just before pmqs kicked off that some schools arent back because of the 104 schools affected by the concrete crisis. 19, were being told, will have the start of term delayed for having to use fully Remote Learning. So that set the Remote Learning. So that set the scene for a pretty feisty common session. What it did our guests think. We are joined in the studio by labour mp for birmingham , by labour mp for birmingham, perry barr, Khalid Mahmood and conservative mp for witney and west oxfordshire, Robert Courts. Khalid can we just start with you . First of all, the tactic that keir starmer seemed to be using to try to show the depths of this crisis was listing , of this crisis was listing, listing the schools affected, naming them, yes. Do you think that worked . That worked . It did. And thats absolutely right, because its the people that are affected. The children that are affected. The children that are affected in those particular constituencies, in those areas. And its right to point that out. This is not point that out. This is not an abstract it actually abstract issue. It actually affects people and particularly young education in young Peoples Education in those. Yeah, it was those areas. Yeah, it was labours list of course, that he brought up. Brought up. He had earlier declined to actually reveal to reporters what labour would do to actually address the crisis in terms of spending or how they would organise it. But i just wonder about rishi sunaks response. Sunaks response. Politics of opportunism from captain hindsight. You know , the echoes of you know, the echoes of johnsonism did that really work in terms of the position to take . Yeah, i mean, i think from a keir starmer perspective, i think theres one of his less effective appearances. I dont effective appearances. I dont think that listing of six schools really took us very far. He really dull. Well, he had one point it six times. Point and he made it six times. And problem it and the problem is that it disintegrates. Soon you disintegrates. As soon as you start looking at the detail because isnt because labours position isnt as it is. As strong as he thinks it is. And position and the conservative position and this governments action is actually good. Now, rishi, actually very good. Now, rishi, you him much at his best. Just sorry just to pick you up on that. You said conservative position actually very good in how theyve handled this. So this. Why . Why are you so convinced of that . Come to in a sec, ill come to that in a sec, if but what you the if i may. But what you see the prime his best Prime Minister at his very best at starts unpacking at is when he starts unpacking detail. What you detail. And thats what you really saw there. So to answer that what in that question, what you see in terms record terms of the education record that this that youve seen under this government is an excellent record things like phonics. Record with things like phonics. So have one of the best so you have one of the best reading records in any developed country that you see here. You have seen children in good have seen more children in good or outstanding than or outstanding schools than ever before. Terms of before. You have in terms of budget have the very budget, but you have the very high levels of per pupil funding thats now the highest levels thats now the highest levels that youve seen on record. That youve seen on record. Youve heard the Prime Minister unpack this real detail of actual action that hes taken, including the including increasing the maintenance budget by all that is being overshadowed now by children at the start of the summer , the autumn term not able summer, the autumn term not able to go to school to learn. And i dont disagree at all on that. This has got to be fixed. And those are the things that really matter, which are the schools affected what being done affected and what is being done to that is where to fix it. But that is where you have strong of action have a strong record of action because as we discussed just before pmqs, this this has been around for a while. This is something was being looked around for a while. This is so inething was being looked around for a while. This is so inething in was being looked around for a while. This is so inething in fact, s being looked around for a while. This is so inething in fact, he eing looked around for a while. This is so inething in fact, he relatesyked at in well, in fact, he relates it to 1994. It back to 1994. So perhaps hes captain hindsight in terms of looking back that. But lets pick up back at that. But lets pick up on addressed this , on how starmer addressed this, that its action thats being fixed. What weve done is monitored, looked for the problem, found the problem. Come on. There may be quite lot of there may be quite a lot of parents headteacher teachers parents and headteacher teachers out thats out there wondering if thats the certainly starmer the case and certainly Starmer Starmer he you know, he starmer said he you know, he doesnt get. Its all fine out there. Its all fine out there. Its all fine out there. I mean that maybe will chime with a lot of people, but thats the he doesnt the key thing is that he doesnt understand the ordinary person who to go to work, who has who has to go to work, who has to take their children to school. And what disturbs us that would cause for those parents who are having to work and also look their children. And look at their children. And those are the real i those are the real issues, i think, in terms what hes think, in terms of what hes saying figures that saying about the figures that hes look the hes put in, if you look at the moment, highest numbers moment, the highest numbers weve ever had in terms of children not attending school, and thats a real issue as well that he needs to bring if he wants to talk about detail, lets talk about those details that children that not that children that are not attending that children that are not attendin living with no children living with no qualifications. All need children as well. So we need to look at that. Can i just ask about the timing of this list . Minutes before pmqs literally minutes before pmqs kicked off, suddenly the list was available. I mean, thats, you know, really a bit naughty, isnt it, when a lot of people were asking, please give us these names, its difficult for me comment as to why they me to comment as to why they chose timing to release it. Chose that timing to release it. Complete coincidence. Maybe been but clearly theyve been going through a process of understanding which schools are affected. And i think they would take that soon as affected. And i think they would take know, that soon as affected. And i think they would take know, they at soon as affected. And i think they would take know, they at people. S they know, they tell people. And i is right thing i think that is the right thing to and do feel about the and how do you feel about the fact 19, were being told, fact that 19, were being told, have the start of have had to delay the start of term for them fully remote term for them using fully Remote Learning . That something that term for them using fully remote leargovernmentt something that term for them using fully remote leargovernmentt somet crowthat about . Well, this about . Well, this is this well, clearly, this is this has fixed. This is has got to be fixed. This is not good. Has got to be fixed. This is not good. Its not good for parents. Good. Its not good for parents. Its for children. Im its not good for children. Im not is okay. It not pretending it is okay. It isnt. What that problem isnt. We know what that problem is. Know ones are is. We know the ones that are identified. But remedial measures place measures are being put in place. Its got be fixed. And. Its got to be fixed. And thats government said thats what the government said its says its doing. And it says the money do. Money will be there to do. Okay. Bring our okay. Lets bring in our political christopher okay. Lets bring in our politicwho christopher okay. Lets bring in our politicwho westminster. Hope, who is at westminster. Good afternoon to you, christopher. Did you make christopher. What did you make of that star of term clash then . Interestingly actually, Gillian Keegan , she wasnt next to the keegan, she wasnt next to the Prime Minister. I dont think we barely saw her. She was way down the road detention , maybe , yeah. The road detention, maybe, yeah. But normally they do. They do try and choreograph that so that the ms keegan will be next to the ms keegan will be next to the pm to show support. Certainly that happened when Suella Braverman was under some pressure late last year, but i thought that rishi sunak came out of it quite well. I thought that the lines from keir starmer, he said that cowboy starmer, he said that the cowboy builders involved in builders have been involved in these differences these schools. The differences of cowboy ministers are running the. That was good the country. That was a good hit. He talked about the hit. He also talked about the £30 million spent of our money on the dfe, the education offices. When schools havent got money to fix their roofs. But i thought the response from mr sunak was really, really strong. Actually, 1 affected. He said that the labours building schools for the future , which is now as a panacea , which is now seen as a panacea for all these issues. In fact for all of these issues. In fact , at the time the nao, the independent National Audit office, then that excluded office, said then that excluded 80 of schools a third of them were more expensive than it needs to be. And dont forget, the came in to power when the tories came in to power when theres no money so theres no money left. So i think some some context think he gave some some context , think, to the attacks on the , i think, to the attacks on the government 3 or 4 government over the past 3 or 4 days. Wonder why those days. I just wonder why those attack to attack lines that were used to good in chamber were good effect in the chamber were not to Gillian Keegan. Not given to Gillian Keegan. Certainly the attack and certainly the attack lines well with the tory lines worked well with the tory backbenchers. They were in good voice but wonder hes voice, but i wonder if hes reading room in terms of the reading the room in terms of the rest of the country when we you know, hindsight back on know, captain, hindsight back on the bridge accusing starmer of political opportunist ism you know that might not chime with a lot of mums and dads and headteachers out there trying to cope with the problem. Cope with the problem. It definitely. And you asked about timing , mark. That list about timing, mark. That list has been put out just before pmqs. They were trying to wait until they can get to all parents and all schools affected. Not all schools are back time, so some back at term time, so some parents to be contacted parents need to be contacted through emails by through phones and emails by the schools. Thats what schools themselves. Thats what happened there. Thats the timing course, theres timing and of course, theres a theres opposition day debate timing and of course, theres a therewhen pposition day debate timing and of course, theres a therewhen the sition day debate timing and of course, theres a therewhen the labouray debate timing and of course, theres a therewhen the labour partyiate timing and of course, theres a therewhen the labour party will today when the labour party will try and get a vote on whether any communication between the dfe , the department of education dfe, the department of education and the treasury about why that budget was cut two years ago when the pm was chancellor. So i think was trying to sort of think that was trying to sort of see that challenge. But see off that challenge. But i thought i think maybe thought that i think maybe labour may have the labour may have felt the government rack here. We government on the rack here. We dont need to go too hard, well trot same attack lines trot out the same attack lines as for the past as were using for the past three days. I it didnt three days. I think it didnt work actually. Yeah. Between yeah. Caught between a rock and hard a lot of the yeah. Caught between a rock and of1ard a lot of the yeah. Caught between a rock and of headline a lot of the yeah. Caught between a rock and of headline writers t of the yeah. Caught between a rock and of headline writers aref the sort of headline writers are still going with. But i mean, how much legs politically you how much legs politically do you think . Think is left in this . Theres quite a lot. I mean, mr sunak said that each school takes a few days to cover, but the nhs is saying they wont get get their self sorted out until 2030 and long term , not short 2030 and long term, not short term measures might take much longer. I think its now front and centre. I think of the political agenda for the next few months. Okay. Thank you mark okay. Chris thank you for well still in the for that. Well still in the studio have labour mp for studio we have labour mp for birmingham, perry barr. Mahmood and Khalid Mahmood and conservative witney and conservative mp for witney and west Robert Courts west oxfordshire, Robert Courts and mark mentioned there about how how many legs are left in this story, how much mileage, i guess of it, khalid, is how guess part of it, khalid, is how many other public buildings might discovered to have this might be discovered to have this dodgy concrete . I mean , houses dodgy concrete . I mean, houses of parliament being inspected . Of parliament being inspected . Ed there was a suggestion. Ed there was a suggestion. I mean , the houses of i mean, the houses of Parliament Built some quite some time so thats okay. But in time ago. So thats okay. But in terms of modern additions and modern additions be needed modern additions would be needed to look be looked at. But to look at to be looked at. But hospitals and other public buildings, local authority buildings, local authority buildings , Health Buildings buildings, Health Buildings outside of hospitals and stuff. And so those sort of buildings would certainly come into this and well have to look at this very, very seriously. Suggestions that the any suggestions that the starting gun now on general Election Campaign weve got by elections as well. Well, does elections as well. Well, does this mean the governments had to that process on the to start that process on the back to start that process on the bacwell, this is clearly a big well, this is clearly a big issue thats got to be dealt with in the beginning of term. I mean, i think a long mean, i think youve got a long way run in terms of an way to run in terms of an election weve way to run in terms of an elecgot weve way to run in terms of an elecgot hear weve way to run in terms of an elecgot hear a weve way to run in terms of an elecgot hear a dealeve still got to hear a great deal from. Think going to from. You think youre going to go short in go long rather than short in terms time, i have no terms of the time, i have no inside information on this. I would thought would. Would have thought it would. Discussions there must be discussions going above going on about, you know, above my pay going on about, you know, above my pay grade. What would you like . Like them like . Would you like them to wait comes like . Would you like them to wait a comes like . Would you like them to wait a little comes like . Would you like them to wait a little bit comes like . Would you like them to wait a little bit and comes like . Would you like them to wait a little bit and you comes like . Would you like them to wait a little bit and you cannes down a little bit and you can sell the story bit better sell the story a bit better on the . As im the doorsteps . As far as im concerned. Standing the ill be out standing on the record have locally. And record that i have locally. And so im happy face, which so im happy to face, which was david so im happy to face, which was davwe remember was it was, we remember it was it was, yes, lovely part of the world. You think the education do you think the education secretarys days are numbered in light of i mean, shes had a bit of torrid week, she . Of a torrid week, hasnt she . Shes had a difficult i mean, shes had a difficult week. Clearly week. I mean, clearly having this the this sort of story at the beginning of is to be beginning of term is going to be very challenging any very challenging for any minister. Will people minister. So what will people will for from will be looking for from the point as as point of view of mps as much as journalists, as the journalists, as much as the pubucis journalists, as much as the public is whether this is fixed. Journalists, as much as the publthatsrhether this is fixed. Journalists, as much as the publthats whats this is fixed. Journalists, as much as the publthats whats got is fixed. Journalists, as much as the publthats whats got to fixed. Journalists, as much as the publthats whats got to happen. And thats whats got to happen. This how quickly this is how quickly, how quickly its im its fixed, how effectively im talking fixed. Talking things being fixed. Question on the there was one question on the situation in birmingham. You are a birmingham mp. Situation in birmingham. You are a birmingham mp. Clearly is a birmingham mp. Clearly it is rather unfortunate for labour where theyve got this well world standing. Local authority and suddenly they say help us out, were bust. Its not a good look, is it, for labour . No, its not. And i say again, over the last ten years, £1 billion of cuts in birmingham have taken their toll and providing other services. Theyve done that clearly. Weve had the Commonwealth Games in birmingham. Well already the you know, should that should that have taken place . Was there money actually put into that that should have just been sidelined . I dont think there was going. The money came from most of the money came from from government and from the from the government and from the private sector predominantly. And including the 2000 houses that were got in in my constituency, which is part of that, which where athletes homes at the time, which is the athletes home at the time. So i think there issue there. Think there is an issue there. We terms what we gained in terms of what birmingham we need to birmingham has done. We need to now those people into now get those people into those houses birmingham, houses in birmingham, which we were we need were trying to do and so we need to move but i think the to move forward. But i think the billion that has billion pound that has been taken is now paying. In taken out is now paying. In fact, is just fact, and this is just birmingham of the birmingham is the tip of the iceberg. Of the local iceberg. Majority of the local authorities , whether theyre authorities, whether theyre conservatives, labour or anything suffering anything else, are suffering these these cost crises because of the cuts over the last 13 years by this government and services in local government. I mean , there is a worry that i mean, there is a worry that people in birmingham could see their Council Tax Bills rising by some 10 commitment at the moment by labour party moment by the labour party locally that they will not be a rise on the council tax. Rise on the council tax. But what weve got to look is how can actually work how we can actually Work Together Better Together and ensure Better Services are provided under these terms. I suspect a tory and i suspect a tory government to government wont be in a rush to bail well well as a bail them out. Well well as a governmental perspective of course, do right thing for residents. Thats what well always try and thing for, for and do the right thing for, for the people that we serve, which and do the right thing for, for the pe right that we serve, which and do the right thing for, for the pe right that we look e, which and do the right thing for, for the perightthat welook atwhich and do the right thing for, for the perightthat welook at it. Ich is the right way to look at it. But do think this is a but i do think this is a critically important point. I mean, khalid you mean, khalid saying, you know, this but the this is all about cuts, but the problem that labour never problem is that labour never grasped there grasped the fact that there is not money. Not a Bottomless Pit of money. You a budget. You have to be given a budget. You have to be given a budget. You have to be given a budget. You have manage it you have to manage it effectively, spend you have to manage it efwellely, spend you have to manage it efwellely, you spend you have to manage it efwellely, you have spend you have to manage it efwellely, you have to spend it well and you have to prioritise and they just cant do it. some . some tory run there were some tory run councils there , councils though, werent there, that councils though, werent there, tha yes, they are not just laboun nothing like in this spectacular scale. Because much i mean because its much bigger the largest bigger council and the Largest Council across europe and weve had tory. Okay. Anyway, last thought, are you excited school . Excited to be back at school . Excited be back. I very excited to be back. I think summer in the think spent all summer in the constituency, didnt go anywhere else and i think fantastic to be back up and running. Share that . Do you share that . Do you share that . Its a massive yeah, i mean, its a massive privilege to do this job and to serve people. Be back and serve people. So to be back and to issues weve picked serve people. So to be back and to over issues weve picked serve people. So to be back and to over theissues weve picked serve people. So to be back and to over the summereve picked serve people. So to be back and to over the summer and 3icked serve people. So to be back and to over the summer and to ked serve people. So to be back and to over the summer and to get to up over the summer and to get to come back raring with energy to make an make change for people is an absolute so, yeah, make change for people is an abs bit long summer holidays. Gentlemen, thank very gentlemen, thank you very much indeed for coming and gentlemen, thank you very much political or coming and gentlemen, thank you very much political reactiong and gentlemen, thank you very much political reaction coming d more political reaction coming up. On gb news. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office. With the gb news forecast widely sunny and hot once again for the rest of the day. Warm overnight , but the risk of some overnight, but the risk of some thunderstorms developing overnight as well. Weve got low pressure swirling around to the southwest and around that as well as a southerly airflow. Weve got the potential for some instability to be released across western parts of the uk. Across western parts of the uk. So some thunderstorms , some so some thunderstorms, some frequent lightning, some heavy rainfall. Much of this affecting irish sea coasts through the evening and overnight, although 1 or 2 could pop up for the West Midlands into manchester midlands into the manchester area dawn. Elsewhere, its area by dawn. Elsewhere, its largely dry with clear spells, but a warm night. Largely dry with clear spells, but a warm night. Temperatures but a warm night. Temperatures staying widely up at high teens, perhaps even the low 20s. And weve got some low cloud and some mistiness creeping into the central belt eastern parts of england and scotland by dawn, much of that retreats back to the beaches by the afternoon sun. And then its sunny skies for the vast majority. However still the vast majority. However still the potential for some thunderstorms and some frequent lightning, especially around western coasts. Temperatures higher compared with wednesday, fairly widely. Were looking at the mid to high 20s 32 celsius possible in the south east and then into friday, weve still got some of this low cloud around eastern coasts and that will tend to retreat back towards the coast by the daytime. Sunny skies for many on friday and into saturday. Temperatures rising further, 33 or even 34 celsius in places that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Very good afternoon. Its very good afternoon. Its 1 00. Youre watching the live desk here on gb news. And coming up this wednesday lunchtime , a up this wednesday lunchtime, a fiery First Exchange of the season between sunak and starmer dominated by the crumbling concrete crisis. Concrete crisis. 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First, heres your latest headlines with rhiannon. Latest headlines with rhiannon. Good afternoon. Its coming good afternoon. Its coming up to 1 02. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. The Prime Minister has defended his funding decision on schools whilst he was chancellor in the wake of the crumbling concrete crisis. He was responding to questions from the labour leader whod earlier visited one of more than 100 schools which have been ordered to fully or partially shut down during the first pmqs. After the summer recess. Sir keir starmer blamed the scale of the problem on concern of government failures. Concern of government failures. This crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners , botched jobs, sticking corners, botched jobs, sticking plaster politics. Its the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders saying that everyone else is wrong. Everyone else is to blame. Protesting. Theyve done an good job, even as the ceiling falls in the difference. Mr speaker , is that in this case mr speaker, is that in this case the cowboys are running the country. Country. Well, the Prime Minister says the government acted decisively in the face of new information. In the face of new information. Well, mr speaker , this is well, mr speaker, this is exactly the kind of political opportunism that weve come exactly the kind of opportunism that weve come to expect from captain hindsight over here before, before today , day before before, before today, day before today. Hes never once raised this issue with me across this dispatch box. Well, just before pmqs began, the government published the long awaited list of affected schools. 147 were named. The list also shows the 19 schools, which have had their start of term delayed as a result of the collapse prone concrete. The list also reveals pupil pupils at 24 schools across england will receive some Remote Learning and four will switch to full Remote Learning. And you can see the full list of schools affected on our website gbnews. Com the glitch , which gbnews. Com the glitch, which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circumstances. The National Air Traffic Services Boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were 1 in 15,000,000. Around 250,000 people were affected over the Bank Holiday Weekend, with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday. The Uk Civil Aviation Authority is launching an independent review. Now its chief executive, martin rolfe, says steps have been taken to ensure it doesnt happen again. We had a flight plan. The information that comes with a flight that was unique amongst the 15 million that weve received over the last five years, the system took that flight plan and when it realised just how unusual it was, it couldnt process it in the way that it would normally do. 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A brand New Science Facility will be expanded and upgraded after being granted a £500 million funding boost by the government. £500 million funding boost by the government. Diamond light source in harwell in oxfordshire has advanced post the Covid Vaccine as well as treatments of hiv and cancer. The upgrade will take seven years. The science secretary, Michelle Donelan, says its a worthy investment. Says its a worthy investment. Highly focussed Light Technology so that we can actually better understand the structure of proteins and molecules. And what that really molecules. And what that really means is it means that we can advance our technology in terms of production of vaccines in terms of production of cancer treatments, in terms of malaria treatment. So Drug Technology and parts of the uk are already feeling the effects of a heat wave with the effects of a heat wave with the hottest day of the year expected this week, temperatures in britain could soar as high as 30 32 c, four Degrees Higher than ibiza. The Uk Health Security Agency has upgraded its heat alert to amber. The has upgraded its heat alert to amber. The warning covers every region of england, apart from the north east, where a yellow alert is in place. There will all be in force until sunday. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now its back to mark and. Pip rhiannon. Back to mark and. Pip rhiannon. Thanks very much indeed and welcome back to the live desk. Were apparently the countries being run by cowboys, well, at least according to the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, clashing with the Prime Minister at over cost minister at pmqs over the cost concrete crumbling crisis. Rishi sunak , though, insisting the sunak, though, insisting the government had reacted swiftly in response to new evidence. In response to new evidence. This. Yeah, it was quite a lively start to the start of term. Moments before the Prime Minister his feet. The minister got to his feet. The government list of government published a list of schools affected by the schools finally affected by the crisis. It revealed that 19 had delayed the start of term for or have switched to Online Learning. 2030 are employing a mix of in school and at Home Learning , meaning a total of 43 learning, meaning a total of 43 schools across england are affected. Affected. And lets speak now to our Political Correspondent Catherine Forster, whos at westminster for us to maybe mark the homework of the head boy, catherine, because i gather theres been a point of order raised about an assertion that Prime Minister made when he said that keir starmer himars wasnt even worthy of a single mention. His so called landmark speech on education. This summer. If wed listened to him, our kids would have been off school and locked down for longer. Apparently he had in that speech i yeah , indeed he had. Yeah, indeed he had. Yeah, indeed he had. When rishi sunak said this, there were huge cheers from his backbench , but lucy powell from backbench, but lucy powell from labour pointed out that yes , labour pointed out that yes, indeed, crumbling schools had been mentioned by keir starmer dunng been mentioned by keir starmer during the speech. The evidence has been provided now the speaker has accepted that and said that the record has been corrected. But the original corrected. But the original suggestion was that, you know, the Prime Minister was found guilty of misleading the house and certainly keir starmer, you know, both of them back from their summer break, used every single one of his six questions on this concrete heat crisis in schools, because as labour believes that this is absolutely politically toxic, the fact that School Children going back , not School Children going back, not all of them are going back. All of them are going back. Weve got this list of schools now that are affected. We know that 19 havent been able to start back as they should. We know that four of them are going to have Remote Learning. But bearin to have Remote Learning. But bear in mind, theres still well over 1000 questionnaire days out standing. So that number of schools is likely to go up quite considerably. Oh, shame. We will considerably. Oh, shame. We will try and return to Catherine Forster this this line about whether sunak was what sunak said about starmer number 10 is sticking to its guns and saying that the starmer speech did not mention rock in july. Yeah. However clearly again , yeah. However clearly again, clearly the issue is , is that clearly the issue is, is that the schools were known about, to according labour. I think we can speak to catherine once more. Weve re established communications because theres Something Else in the offing , Something Else in the offing, catherine, we understand, which is parliamentary known is a parliamentary device known as address where labour as a humble address where labour may try and get the documents that rishi sunak was looking at when he made his decision on 2020, 21m terms of cutting the schools budget. Schools budget. Yes, thats right. Labour were calling for a list of the schools to be published. Thats schools to be published. Thats come out in the last hour , but come out in the last hour, but they want much more information now. Theyve got an opposition day debate. Theyre going to use what you say is a humble address to try to force the government to try to force the government to publish documents about the communications between the treasury where the current Prime Minister, then chancellor rishi sunak, was in charge and the department for education, the communications where the department for education asked for funding for 200 schools per year to be refurbished or rebuilt. And rishi sunak apparently only gave funding for 50. They want to see what warnings were given to him, what his response was. So going on in the commons this afternoon in this row is going to rumble on, i suspect its only beginning. First of all, of course, we dont know the final number of schools. Theres lots that have still not sent back the questionnaire. Theres the other countries as well. Weve got an idea that theres 33 affected schools in scotland. But of course, its not just schools , course, its not just schools, is it . Because now its been broadened out. The nhs england have written now to hospitals asking for urgent reviews. The National Audit office knows that theres 41 hospital battles with rac and thats seven throughout. That was already known. Theyre currently due to be rebuilt in the next seven or so years, but we dont know of course, that may now come forward. Also, may now come forward. Also, things like prisons , things like things like prisons, things like courts, even this place behind me, the houses of parliament itself , if they are now itself, if they are now investigating to see if this form of aerated concrete is present there as well. Finally catherine, i just wanted to ask whether you think it was significant that the education secretary, Gillian Keegan , was secretary, Gillian Keegan, was not sitting to next the Prime Minister. Her boss, during pmqs. Was she well, was she on the naughty step . You would wonder , naughty step . You would wonder, wouldnt you . Because normally if a minister is in trouble, its a way of demonstrating that youve got faith in them to put them next to the prime them right next to the Prime Minister. From where i was sitting in the gallery, sitting in the press gallery, i couldnt even see Gillian Keegan. Wondered for a moment keegan. I wondered for a moment if was even there. So read if she was even there. So read into that what you will, but certainly theres plenty of people in government. Not too happy with the department of education and with Gillian Keegan in particular, because of the way that this has been handled, this happened all very suddenly as weve seen. Its going to have monumental knock on effects. And her sort of on effects. And her sort of comments , the hot mic comments comments, the hot mic comments the other day , you know, saying the other day, you know, saying , does anybody thank me for doing a good job . I think most people would think, you know, it is the education secretarys job to be all over everything related to schools where only at the beginning of this crisis to be sort of asking for thanks would seem a bit rich. I suspect , to most people. So i suspect people are not terribly happy with Gillian Keegan at the moment. There are rumours that her position is in danger, but in some ways i think it suits rishi sunak because obviously theres lots of questions about decisions, he made. While Gillian Keegan is there to blame. In some ways thats quite convenient for rishi sunak in detention. Quite so. Catherine at westminster for the moment. Thank you for that. Thats the politics. What about the schools and the education . Lets catch up with ellie costello, our National Reporter whos at roding school in roding Valley High School in essex. Weve been essex. And as weve been reflecting earlier, of course, essex, i think probably the worst county terms worst affected county in terms of buildings. Yes of the buildings. Yes good afternoon to you both. Good afternoon to you both. Essex is the worst affected county in terms of this rack crisis. A third of the schools in the list are in this county alone. That list published in the last hour or so, 147 in that list, 913 of them had to delay the start of term. That included Buckhurst Hill community Primary School, where i spoke to you from yesterday. Four of them from yesterday. Four of them have had to move complete online teaching. All of their students onune teaching. All of their students online and the rest of them have got a mix of Online Learning and face to face learning. And one of those schools is where im stood now, which is roding Valley High School here in essex. And you might be able to make out the building just behind that sign behind me. And behind that sign behind me. And thatis behind that sign behind me. And that is a building which has maths , art and it classrooms in maths, art and it classrooms in it. That building has rack in the roof that building is now out of bounds ends, which has led to a lot of disruption here at this school. Theyre only welcoming back a year seven and 12 today. So about 300 to 400 students here. And what we which would usually be a school of 2000. So it is really heavily disrupted. And i have just had this statement from roding Valley High School, so im going to share a little bit of that with you now, which says that parents and carers were informed on friday about temporary on friday about these temporary measures to ensure that all students can access their education at start of the education at the start of the academic year. It goes on to say that critical year groups, including year seven, 11 and 13 and students with special Educational Needs will start at school as normal from next monday , the 11th of september. Monday, the 11th of september. But other year groups are operating a rota style of on site and Home Learning. And it goes on to talk about the issue of food because we touched upon that yesterday, didnt we, with the Primary School. I was at buckhurst Community Primary Buckhurst Hill community Primary School and those students in receipt of Free School Meals are going provided with packed going to be provided with packed lunch equivalents, similar to what we heard yesterday. Obviously, thats a great concern to parents and headteachers, students who headteachers, those students who are vulnerable and relying on Free School Meals. And it goes on to say that the school staff are devastated not to be able to welcome students to the welcome the students to the school the start of but school at the start of term, but they are working really hard to secure demountable facilities to temporarily replace the closed building behind us. They want every student to return to site. And i did actually speak to the headteacher a little bit earlier on, mark, and he said he was too busy to talk to us on on camera. As you can imagine, its very hectic inside. He said he found out on thursday hes new to this role himself. Found out on thursday hes new to this role himself. He described it as a massive headache. And he was told that the building was totally unsafe. Last as surveyors made last thursday as surveyors made their way in. He was very, very concerned because staff, laptops, text books, everything like that was obviously inside the building. And he was very, very concerned that if it was a switch to complete Remote Learning, they wouldnt have the tools to actually be able to carry so relief in a carry that out. So a relief in a sense that pupils have been welcomed back here. But it is that mix of in person and Remote Learning and it is going to be a lot of disruption for pupils and for teachers and what about the impact on those students, ellie . I mean, im sure there is a few who will be quite pleased to be off school and enjoying the sunshine, the majority sunshine, but the majority of them will be frustrated. They cant back in. Cant get back in. I mean , what a week to be i mean, what a week to be learning from home in this lovely , lovely weather. Im sure lovely, lovely weather. Im sure many students will be taking advantage of that and enjoying their lessons out in the garden this week. But the serious side of this is going back to school and especially starting at school in year seven is a really anxious time for so many. And ive been stood on this street since about 7 00 this morning. And we saw lots of tiny little yean and we saw lots of tiny little year, seven seconds making their way into secondary school for the first time, many holding the hands of their parents looking very , very nervous. And that very, very nervous. And that building having rack in its roof will only add to those anxieties. And i was talking to a mum at the school gate this morning who said into said shes not even going into detail the in this detail about the rack in this school with her daughter because she want to make any she doesnt want to make her any more she already more nervous than she already is. But earlier spoke to year is. But earlier i spoke to year 13 student ruby , who told me 13 student ruby, who told me that she is feeling really nervous as well. So we were told nervous as well. So we were told a couple of days ago and the parents received a letter home. Ive seen the letterjust sort explaining there sort of explaining that there was going be arrangements for was to going be arrangements for how the year groups were going to be brought back into school. Well, quite lucky well, im quite lucky because my from the my subjects are away from the building, has the concrete building, which has the concrete in it, so it doesnt affect me so much. I am nervous. So much. I am nervous. I am so much. I am nervous. I am definitely i am nervous. I am definitely nervous. I mean, year is nervous. I mean, year 13 is a nerve racking year and im already about it and how already afraid about it and how its going to go. And how much more content were going to have to learn. I mean, ive got no idea its going to idea how long its going to take. Anything idea how long its going to take. It anything idea how long its going to take. It before anything idea how long its going to take. It before all anything idea how long its going to take. It before all of|ything idea how long its going to take. It before all of|ythi|has about it before all of this has come so just hoping come out, so im just hoping that to be sorted as that its going to be sorted as soon have soon as possible and have as little on education as little impact on my education as possible. And those concerns for possible. And those concerns for Mental Health are being echoed up and down the country. Up and down the country. Mark and pip, as a headteacher here in essex, James Saunders , who spoke about his saunders, who spoke about his students who are going to have to work semi remotely for the next term. Hes very concerned about the knock on impact on their Mental Health, especially those starting secondary school in year seven. And of course, the concern now is that this issue is not just isolated to schools already hospitals, seven of those have either been partially or completely constructed using racks so far in the country. Theres concern in the country. Theres concern theres going to be many more hospitals affected and the defence minister, grant shapps, speaking this morning to eamonn and saying that his and isabel saying that his government buildings that the ministry of defence are indeed being looked rack as well being looked at for rack as well. So concerns already that this is going to be a much wider crisis thats affecting much more than just schools. Indeed, it aint over yet. Elliot, thank you very much for taking us through all that. There at roding in essex. More of course, as we get it. Now, something we dont that something we dont say that often here on gb news coming up , the Rolling Stones live from hackney. Lets rock that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office. With the gb news forecast widely sunny and hot once again for the rest of the day. For the rest of the day. Warm overnight, but the risk of some thunderstorms developing overnight as well. Weve got. Low pressure swirling around to the southwest and around that as well as a southerly airflow. Weve got the potential for some instability to be released across western parts of the uk. So some thunderstorms, some frequent lightning, some heavy rainfall. Much of this affecting irish. Sea through the evening sea coasts through the evening and overnight, although 1 or 2 could pop up for the West Midlands into the manchester area dawn. Area by dawn. Elsewhere, its largely dry , elsewhere, its largely dry, clear spells, but a warm night. Clear spells, but a warm night. Temperatures staying widely up at high teens, perhaps even the low 20s. And weve got some low cloud and some mistiness creeping into the central belt eastern parts england and eastern parts of england and scotland by dawn. Much of that retreats back to the by the afternoon. The beaches by the afternoon. And sunny skies for and then its sunny skies for the vast majority. However, still the potential for some thunderstorms and some frequent lightning, especially around western coasts. Western coasts. Temperatures higher compared with wednesday fairly widely , with wednesday fairly widely, were looking at the mid to high 20s 32 celsius possible in the south east and then into friday, weve still got some of this low cloud around eastern coasts and that will tend to retreat back towards the coast by the day time. Time. Sunny skies for many on friday and into saturday. Temperatures rising further, 33 or even 34 celsius in places that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on so join us every saturday, 10 am. Till noon on gb news, a. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. A. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. Channel are you going to say it or am i going to say it . You say it. You say it. You say it. You cant always get what you want, but you can today because. Cause were going to go live to hackney because that logo might you in the next hour might tell you in the next hour were going to see the remaining members of the Rolling Stones to announce their first state audio album in some seven years. The first original music theyve released in 18 years, would you believe. And lots of you Rolling Stones fans knew something was afoot because they took out a very innocent , urgent looking very innocent, urgent looking advert. Advert. And i think it was the local newspaper, the hackney gazette. Newspaper, the hackney gazette. So theyve been teasing it. So theyve been teasing it. Theyve had this campaign going. And what you saw was this instantly recognisable tongue logo as well, projected onto structures in new york, los angeles , london, paris and now angeles, london, paris and now in the next few minutes are the three remaining members of the Rolling Stones will be announcing their new album called well, we think its hackney , diamonds and the t said hackney, diamonds and the t said welcome to Hackney Diamonds specialist in glass repair. Dont get angry. Get it fixed. Opening Early September at mare street e8, which is where we are now. I dont know whether thats going to be the song title. Dont get angry, get it fixed. But to 30, we think itll actually kick off with i think, an interview with jemmy fallon, who is the american on us talk show host. So theyre going big, going bold. But the crowd already there in the audience. Audience. And its going to be, well, a real global moment. And we have it on Good Authority that one of the tracks on the album will feature two members of the beatles , Paul Mccartney and beatles, Paul Mccartney and ringo starr. So this is very , ringo starr. So this is very, very exciting indeed. If youre a stones fan. Yeah. Which is turning the clock back because of course , i think back because of course, i think they provided a song in 63 for they provided a song in 63 for the stones to record. But it sir Paul Mccartney certainly reflecting on the sad loss of Charlie Watts , their drummer who Charlie Watts, their drummer who wont be with them, of course, and id this is the first time that they will have gone public without charlie and i think steve jordan, whos probably going to be on drums in terms of their tour, which we suspect will follow. But a bit of rock and roll history for you coming up shortly, mark will be digging out his stones t shirt, out his Rolling Stones t shirt, which still have. Yes from which i still have. Yes from earls court 1975. That will age me now. Urgent talks taking place at Birmingham City council. The Government Union chiefs and residents all wanting to know the fallout from well, effectively the Council Going bust. The council declared itself bankrupt after being hit with a £760 million bill and confirm said that all new spending with the exception of Statutory Services , must stop immediately i well, the Council Leader is insisting Vital Services will be protected. But of course, how protected. But of course, how will the other provision and residents be affected . Lets get residents be affected . Lets get more with our West Midlands reporter jack carson joining us live from birmingham. Because the other issue , jack, when the other issue, jack, when youve reporting on this youve been reporting on this for us before, is that theyve got the debt figure , but its got the debt figure, but its still going up by the week by millions. Yeah thats right. Millions. Yeah thats right. So obviously a few months ago it was £760 million that had been found. This black hole in the finances of claims, equal pay claims, dating back to that Supreme Court ruling, back in 2012 that still had been paid. But of course, every month that goes by that that wasnt settled. It was going up by between 5 to £14 million per month. So therefore , were month. So therefore, were already we are over almost £800 million. You add on top of that the difficulties of the implementation of the new oracle Financial System that this council has tried to implement, the initial budgeted cost for that was £19 million. The current cost so far is. Just current cost so far is. Just under £100 million. So therefore the council this year have got an £87 million deficit. The money that they dont have. And so theyve had to, of course put in this section 114. No artist of course the council very quick yesterday and today with these urgent talks going on to say that those essential services will still be protected. Things like child safeguard and Adult Social Care and child social care. But of course, things like bus services, things like libraries, particularly the Opening Hours with them are things which could well be affected. There couldnt a affected. There couldnt be a commitment whether the commitment on whether the Implementation Services implementation of those services would be the same. So it would still be the same. So it could maybe be that bins are only collected every two weeks, maybe instead every week and maybe instead of every week and other ways in which other things in ways in which this will to look this council will have to look in future to save money. In the future to save money. Of course, some of those also includes raising council tax as well. We know as other councils when theyve had to put in section 114 notices that theyve had special dispensation to put a council tax increase up in some places , 10, other places some places, 10, other places 15. Now this year for this council, Birmingham City council put the council tax up by the maximum. They could do 4. 99 before it would have to go to Something Like a referendum. So there are different ways that this council can raise money, of course. But the people here on the of birmingham have the street of birmingham have given this given their reaction to this Council Going effectively bankrupt. You you know, its just a shock. Its just very surprising. Its just all down to the management, i believe. Anyway. So hear so im quite shocked to hear this, knowing amarna council tax, take amount of tax, they take amount of property they own in birmingham is one of the largest city council in europe and i dont know, its just when i heard this, im so surprised. Well, im very you know, im concerned naturally for the residents birmingham and also residents of birmingham and also people who are i mean, theyre suffering financially at the moment. And im not surprised. Moment. And im not surprised. But after the Commonwealth Games and we were promised all that money and its going to be great for the city, you know, whats happened. But i understand the reason why because of the pay demands. Demands. Its just the way it is in birmingham, isnt it . Yeah. So obviously with the reaction there and obviously the financial problems that the council find themselves in, pay and paying for things which arent necessarily deemed necessary , we are going to have necessary, we are going to have to be cut back, including, of course, funding towards course, possible funding towards the 2026 european athletics championships that were meant to be taking place here in birmingham the commonwealth birmingham at the Commonwealth Games stadium as well at the council, continuing today. Okay, jack, thanks very much indeed for that. Reaction indeed for that. And reaction from birmingham , reaction from indeed for that. And reaction froncitymingham , reaction from indeed for that. And reaction froncity councilm , reaction from indeed for that. And reaction froncity council itself action from indeed for that. And reaction froncity council itself withn from indeed for that. And reaction froncity council itself with afrom the city council itself with a spokesman saying we implemented rigorous spending controls in july and we have made a request to the local Government Association for additional Strategic Support issuing of a section 104 notice is a necessary step as we seek to get our city back on a sound financial footing. So that we can build a stronger city for our residents. Despite the challenges that we face, we will prioritise Core Services that our residents rely on in line with our values of supporting the most vulnerable. So thats the most vulnerable. So thats the most vulnerable. So thats the situation in birmingham. Whats the situation on the newsdesk . Rhiannons got the newsdesk . Rhiannons got the latest headlines for. Us mark. Thank you. Good afternoon. Its 133. Your top stories from the newsroom. The Prime Minister has defended his funding decisions on schools whilst he was chancellor in the wake of the crumbling concrete crisis as he was responding to questions from the labour leader whod earlier visited one of more than 100 schools which have been ordered to fully or partially shut down during the first pmqs after the summer recess. Sir keir starmer blamed recess. Sir keir starmer blamed the scale of the problem on conservative government failures. But rishi sunak says the government acted decisively in the face of new information on and just before pmqs began , on and just before pmqs began, the government published the long awaited list of schools that have been affected by the crumbling concrete of. The 147 crumbling concrete of. The 147 identified, 19 have had to delay the start of term. Its also been revealed that pupils at 24 schools across england will be offered some Remote Learning for and will switch to full Remote Learning. And you can see the learning. And you can see the full list on our website at gbnews. Com the glitch , which gbnews. Com the glitch, which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circumstances. The National Air Traffic Services Boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were 1 in 15,000,000, around 250,000 people were affected over the Bank Holiday Weekend with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday and septembers heatwave wave is set to peak tomorrow with met office apologies on saturday with met office saying the temperature could rise as high as 33 degrees in london. If it does, it will be the uks hottest day of the yean be the uks hottest day of the year, though further north it will be cooler. The Uk Health Security Agency has issued an amber warning for heat until sunday evening. And you can get sunday evening. And you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. 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Well, its leading Health Engineering and Environmental Research facility , making huge research facility, making huge contributions to treatments for diseases from cancer to hiv, as well as kick starting many drug developments and even vaccines for covid 19. Our economics and Business Editor was our health edhon Business Editor was our health editor. Maybe Liam Halligan with on the money. And this is just on the money. And this is just no ordinary outfit. Im just no ordinary outfit. Im just looking is it producing light 10 billion times brighter than the sun . This is amidst the gloom. This is a british good news story. This is the synchro tron facility at harwell in oxfordshire, a synchrotron is a sort of massive telescope. Its 10,000 times more powerful than a traditional microscope. You a traditional microscope. You use it to really analyse material oils and as you say, it uses light beams to work out whats going on with the materials that are 10 million times more powerful than the sun. It can be used to examine artefacts. So some of the stuff from the mary rose the wreck to date the mary rose and understand the molecular structure. How did that would structure. How did that would survive . Kind of wood it survive . What kind of wood it was that was examined was that was that was examined using synchrotron the using the synchrotron the Diamond Light source, as we call it, at harwell in oxfordshire. It can be used look at the it can be used to look at the atomic structure of certain drugs , not least the covid drugs, not least the Covid Vaccine. As you said, and what were what were talking about today is that the Government Plus the excellent Wellcome Trust, one of our leading charities in this country, that makes grants with the kind of scientific and medicinal under under those subject headings, they are investing £500 million between them in this new facility in harwell in order to upgrade it. And i had a chat upgrade it. And i had a chat with the science secretary, Michelle Donelan , earlier. Here Michelle Donelan, earlier. Here she is. She is. And what were announcing today is the government investing over half £1 billion so that they can replace this technology and take it to the next level, which will allow experiments to get broader, more illuminated actually , because illuminated actually, because the light will increase in intensity and brightness, which will mean that we can continue to produce cutting edge science and research , which ultimately and research, which ultimately will help improve the lives of everyday people do reflect we actually rolled out the Covid Vaccine really quickly. Were right on top of it. You know, we beat the world in terms of that is this sort of kit directly responsive for that . And will it help with more covid . It was certainly it was certainly part of the story. There are around 50 Diamond Light sources around the world, though. The uk, it must be says, has at the cutting of has been at the cutting edge of using this first opened in using them. This first opened in two thousand and seven and this facility , it took years to facility, it took six years to build, way , over the build, by the way, over the penod build, by the way, over the period time weve had 220 period of time weve had 220 companies from around the world have used it. Some 14,000 scientists have worked from this facility. The government says we should give them their due. And this is a cross party thing. This isnt an advert for the tory party. This is a cross party its one of those party thing. Its one of those excellent life excellent areas of public life where people actually Work Together. The government and the together. The government and the wellcome between them have Wellcome Trust between them have spent about £1. 4 billion over the years on this. This nest upgrade until 2030 and upgrade will last until 2030 and in dependent studies suggest that from that 1. 4 billion, weve had about 2. 6 billion of economic returns and the patents unked economic returns and the patents linked to this facility are worth more than £10 billion. So when we talk about productivity, when we talk about productivity, when we talk about productivity, when we talk about where does Economic Growth come from , when Economic Growth come from, when we talk about the wealth of nations, its facilities like this that really make the difference. A of light. Yeah. And of course , when yeah. And of course, when amidst the economic gloom, governments are accused of not investing so. But we have to mention while youre here, the oil price. Yeah, i did. Thank you, mark. Thats i did want to mention the oil price. And its like and look, its not like anythings specific has happened and look, its not like anythiibut specific has happened and look, its not like anythiibut oilecific has happened and look, its not like anythiibut oil isfic has happened and look, its not like anythiibut oil is nowas happened and look, its not like anythiibut oil is now knocking ed today, but oil is now knocking about around 90 a barrel, which is up from the low 70s. Back in july. And im concerned about that. I wanted to reflect that because there will be a lot of car drivers. Van drivers out there that are seeing petrol pnces there that are seeing petrol prices go up. There that are seeing petrol pri peopleip. There that are seeing petrol pri people think of getting people think of getting heating diesel heating oil for seeing diesel pnces heating oil for seeing diesel prices go up. Weve talked a lot, havent we . Winter we . Were coming into the winter now. Are back at school now. Kids are back at school this winter. The Energy Crisis this winter. The Energy Crisis could actually be pretty rough, even though most politicians are assuming it be. Assuming it wont be. Well talk about this in more detail in the next hour because as worrying as you say, worrying a lot of people. Liam for moment, people. Liam for the moment, thank indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Buckingham palace has confirmed that the king and queen will conduct their long awaited france awaited state visit to france from the 20th to the 22nd of september. Well, you may remember originally scheduled to make that back in march. But that visit back in march. But we had widespread rioting in had the widespread rioting in the country in paris and particularly down in in bordeaux to where they were due to visit, because macron pension because president macron Pension Reforms had caused all sorts of problems, which meant that germany became the First Destination on that state visit and not france. But of course , and not france. But of course, we reflect that there is a Close Association with president macron and the king bearing in mind the tributes that macron paid to the late Queen Elizabeth. So how will the visit be viewed in france . Now . Lets speak to david chazan, french based journalist who is updating us. We remember, david, from those paris during those streets of paris during those streets of paris during those riots, rather more bucolic background. Then at the moment. Background. Then at the moment. Thats right, mark. Im in the heart of burgundy , which, of the heart of burgundy, which, of course, is one of frances premium wine producing areas. Premium wine producing areas. And king charles will be visiting the other premium wine making area, bordeaux. Visiting the other premium wine making area, bordeaux. And one making area, bordeaux. And one suspects that the high point of his visit for him , given his his visit for him, given his interest in the environment, will be his visit to an organic vineyard there. One of frances first such sustainable winemaker operations i will the french be toasting it, though . Bearing in mind what we saw on the streets the last time they tried to visit . Time they tried to visit . Well, i think they will, mark, because i think what we saw in the streets last time in march had far more to do with domestic french politics, with president macrons attempt to raise the pension, the statue free retirement age than to do with the king. And although there were a few graffiti in paris saying things like charles, have you heard of the guillotine , thats really the guillotine, thats really a very minority view. I mean , the british tabloids i mean, the british tabloids made a lot out of it, but, you know, the British Royals are immensely popular in france. Immensely popular in france. And if i had a bottle of premier cru for every time ive seen the British Royal family featured on the cover of paris match or the other glossy weeklies in france , i would be weeklies in france, i would be the proud owner of a very valuable wine cellar. And i noticed this during the marriage of william and kate. It got wall to wall coverage on the french news channels. Then came the death of Queen Elizabeth and her funeral. While the french her funeral. While the french were riveted to their tvs during that, watching it with huge interest and to some extent, its a phenomenon of celebrity. The British Royals being in a sense, the ultimate international celebrities. International celebrities. But it also has a lot to do with the sense of continuity that the British Royals provide i even where i am today, in the heart of republican france and president macron, he did have very, very warm words , didnt very, very warm words, didnt he, last year after the queens passing, the royals, they are so good at this soft diplomacy. Good at this soft diplomacy. Theyre incredibly good at it. And i think that king charles will get a very warm welcome here, if only because he has a very good command of french. So we can expect him to do what he did in germany and address the french in their own language, speaking it very well. And thats something i think will touch the french very much. I touch the french very much. I mean, weve had a lot of friction in recent years, particularly when Boris Johnson was Prime Minister. There was a lot of bad blood between paris and london. President macron made no secret of his dislike for brexit. And so hopefully this royal visit will go some way towards soothing all of that i so, david, thank you for that. Well let you get back to your bottle of bone or maybe volney with an azure blue sky there in burgundy. With an azure blue sky there in burgundy. Thank you very much indeed. But we may be able to match them parts of the uk officially in heatwave temperatures, 30, 32 today, a hottest day of the year expected there on saturday, according to there on saturday, according to the met. Cannot wait to get out there. The Uk Health Security Agencys amber heat alert remains in place, though most of place, though for most of england, except in the marginal cooler north east, where a yellow alert is in place. Lets cross to gb news london. Reporter lisa hartle who joins us from hampstead heath. Its us from hampstead heath. Its looking glorious , lisa. Are looking glorious, lisa. Are there plenty of people sunning themselves and slapping on that cream . Hello cream . Hello yes, well, i dont know if you can see behind me if i step out the way you can see there are lots of people in one of the ponds where you are allowed to swim. Theres lifeguards. Theyre all getting in. Theyre cooling down as the temperatures get a little bit higher today. So of day, so at the beginning of the day, the predicted we the met office predicted we might over 32 degrees might reach 30 over 32 degrees today. Might reach 30 over 32 degrees today. But so hottest today. But so far, the hottest place is london with 27 degrees. And you said, theyre and as you said, theyre expecting that we could get the hottest the year on hottest day of the year on saturday 33 saturday with possible 33 degrees , the hottest day degrees so far, the hottest day of the year has been in june. That was 32. 2 degrees. So we need go above that get need it to go above that to get for become the hottest day for it to become the hottest day of not the of the year. Now, im not the biggest fan of this heat right now. I feel like a sweaty piece of ham and as the time is going on, im getting more and more disgusted but i have disgusted by myself. But i have spoken a lot of people here spoken to a lot of people here today who are enjoying the weather. Think we can hear today who are enjoying the weatithem think we can hear today who are enjoying the weatithem tlovinga can hear today who are enjoying the weatithem tloving the n hear from them now. Loving the weather over the week, i think. Im sweating. Ive just yeah, im sweating. Ive just come out of a sauna from the gym and im like still sweating. Living life making but were living life making the most of it. I mean , the mere fact i i mean, the mere fact i prefer this to what we for prefer this to what we get for what, the year what, nine months of the year and were not very sociable people. Well, i mean, i dont think we are. Mean, if you think we are. I mean, if you think we are. I mean, if you think of the way we behave on trains, example, and get trains, for example, and we get this each this and people smile at each other, know what mean . This and people smile at each oth i, know what mean . This and people smile at each othi love know what mean . This and people smile at each othi love it. Know what mean . This and people smile at each othi love it. Iveyw what mean . This and people smile at each othi love it. Ive been at mean . This and people smile at each othi love it. Ive been stuckiean . This and people smile at each othi love it. Ive been stuck inn . I love it. Ive been stuck in england a year. England for nearly a year. Normally travel the and normally i travel the world and im to sunshine everywhere im used to sunshine everywhere im used to sunshine everywhere i go all time. And weve had i go all the time. And weve had no its been really no sunshine and its been really disappointing. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimesting. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes ,1g. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i]. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. Lection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And on of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And thisf no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And this is the times, i think. And this is the times, i think. And this is the beginning of a of a new cycle and the warmth and is warming the soul as well as the body. And i think its very good for people and will become a little optimistic. Little more optimistic. So it will be after half three today when the met office will tweet if we have actually gone over today with the temperatures to make this the hottest day of the year. Okay. Well let you get back to the shade and the cool if youre finding it a little bit too much there, does she really say she felt like or looked like a sweaty piece of ham . Well , i was a sweaty piece of ham . Well, i was trying to gloss over that. Anyway , lets bring in but anyway, lets bring in phil now to actually phil morris now to actually reflect those figures, reflect on those figures, because as lisa was saying, that we could well beat the temperature so far this year, which is back in june. Temperature so far this year, which is back in june. But what which is back in june. But what about september records . I cant about september records . I cant remember it being 30 plus in september before. September before. Very rarely indeed. Very rarely indeed. Very rarely indeed. It often isnt very rare. This hot indeed in batus got to go back to 1906. The great heatwave. Thats right. So heatwave. Thats right. So going back more than a hundred years, we had seven days with temperatures above 30 and bawtry in South Yorkshire got 35. 6 and they had six days over 30. Now it might not get to 35 this time, but we might do seven days above 30, which will be breaking that record for september. So an absolute heat, but the number of days, it certainly has been pretty spectacular. Remember, pretty spectacular. Remember, june, we have that wonderful weather , 14 days of temperatures weather, 14 days of temperatures in the 80s in july and august. Weather, 14 days of temperatures in the 80s in july and august. A in the 80s in july and august. A big disappointment. Whats happened now, the high that were sitting over the mediterranean has moved north. The jet stream has moved north. And weve got some of that wonderful sunny and warm and hot weather for quite a few more days. Weather for quite a few more days. And you say up to 30 days. And you say up to 30 degrees. So far today. Weve got bournemouth gone up to 28 and the sun is still going to be another 2 or 3 hours yet. So we might get to 31 or 32, which will break that record. So 32 is our record close for this year. Last year we made 40, which is eight celsius higher, but that was incredible. All but it will was incredible. All but it will become more likely in the future with all these conditions. So with all these conditions. So a lot of sunshine if youre able to enjoy it. And the peak of the heat will be saturday and sunday, is going to last sunday, this is going to last another four days across most of the uk by the end of sunday. The High Pressure is going to gradually move away and cooler conditions from the conditions come in from the northwest. Conditions in the northwest. But conditions in the south east still look, if theyre going to be above average for days. So enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile for days. So enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile you days. So enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile you for days. So enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile you for caniys. So enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile you for can more enjoy theyre going to be above avwhile you for can more hotjoy it while you for can more hot days. Im sitting in the sun here in leicestershire and its fantastic. It looks it. Phil, i hope it looks it. Phil, i hope youve got your feet in a bucket of water. Listen, lets of cold water. Listen, lets having a beer by my side. Having a beer by my side. Oh great. Were on my side. Oh great. Were on my side. Oh great. Were on my side. Enjoy it. Enjoy it. We also want to show you some pictures of polar bears in in this heatwave there they are. I think theyre at lunch zoo. Hopefully theyre at lunch zoo. Hopefully they are keeping cool. There is some water there to keep them cool. Do make sure if youve got pets at home that theyve got easy access to water, dont you . If youve got yes. Especially if youve got a take care of it. A polar bear. Take care of it. More coming moment, more coming up at the moment, Rolling Stones. That warm Rolling Stones. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello, its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office. With the gb news forecast not widely sunny and hot, once again for the rest of the day , warm the rest of the day, warm overnight, but the risk of some thunderstorms developing overnight as well. Weve got low pressure swirling around to the southwest and around that as well as a southerly airflow. Weve got the potential for some instability to be released across western parts of the uk. So some thunderstorms , some so some thunderstorms, some frequent lightning, some heavy rainfall. Much of this affecting irish sea coasts through the evening and overnight, although 1 or 2 could pop up for the West Midlands into the manchester area by dawn. Elsewhere, its largely dry, clear spells , but a largely dry, clear spells, but a warm night. Temperatures staying widely up at high teens, perhaps even the low 20s. And weve got even the low 20s. And weve got some low cloud and some mistiness creeping into the central belt, eastern parts of england and scotland. By dawn , england and scotland. By dawn, much of that retreats back to the beaches by the afternoon. And sunny skies for and then its sunny skies for the vast majority. However still the vast majority. However still the potential for some thunderstorms and some frequent lightning, especially around western coasts. Temperatures higher compared with wednesday, fairly widely. Were looking at the mid to high 20s 32 celsius possible in the south east and then into friday, weve still got some of this low cloud around eastern coasts and that will tend to retreat back towards the coast by the daytime. Sunny skies for many on friday and into saturday. Temps rising further, 33 or even 34 celsius in places as that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news news coming up this wednesday afternoon on a fiery First Exchange of the season between sunak and starmer dominated by the crumbling concrete crisis. The crumbling concrete crisis. As the labour leader claims, the country is now run by cowboys is just moments before rishi sunak got to his feet. Rishi sunak got to his feet. That long awaited list of schools published 19 have had to delay the start of term. Delay the start of term. Is it bearable . On the is it bearable . On the hottest day of the year so far with a september scorcher of 32 celsius as london zoo splashes out for its coolest customers. Out for its coolest customers. And its only rock and roll. But we like it because were taking you live to hackney shortly. Yes, weve got the Rolling Stones arriving to reveal their first studio album for some seven years. The first original music for 18 years. Thats the red carpet outside. Theres a tongue sticking out inside as well. Theres a tongue sticking out inside as well. No were theres a tongue sticking out inside as well. No were not inside as well. No were not going to see that anyway. Thats thats going to be in a moment with the Hackney Diamonds lp revealed. And well have mick jagger keef and also i think an indication of ronnie wood being there. So all three with us, talk show host jemmy fallon. All that coming up shortly. First, that coming up shortly. First, lets get an update on the headunes lets get an update on the headlines with. Rihanna headlines with. Rihanna mark, thank you. Good afternoon. Its one minute past to your top stories from the newsroom. The Prime Minister has newsroom. The Prime Minister has defended his funding decisions on schools whilst he was chancellor in the wake of the crumbling concrete crisis. He crumbling concrete crisis. He was responding to questions from the labour leader whod earlier visited one of more than 100 schools which have been ordered to fully or partially shut down dunng to fully or partially shut down during the first pmqs after the summer recess. Sir keir starmer blamed the scale of the problem on conservative government failures as this crisis is the inevitable result of 30 years of cutting corners , botched jobs, cutting corners, botched jobs, sticking plaster politics. Its the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders saying that everyone else is wrong. Everyone else is to blame. Protesting. Theyve done an good job, even as the ceiling falls in the difference. Mr speaker , is that in this case speaker, is that in this case the cowboy boys are running the country. Country. Well, the Prime Minister says the government acted decisively in the face of new information. Ian. Well, mr speaker , this is well, mr speaker, this is exactly the kind of political opportunism that weve come , opportunism that weve come, exactly the kind of opportunism that weve come to expect from captain hindsight over here before, before today , day before before, before today, day before today. Hes never once raised this issue with me across this dispatch box, just before pmqs began the government published the long awaited list of schools that have been affected by the concrete of the 147 identified, 19 have had to delay the start of term. Of term. Its also been revealed that pupils at 24 schools across england will be offered some Remote Learning and four will switch to full Remote Learning. You can see the full list on our website, gbnews. Com the glitch , website, gbnews. Com the glitch, which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circum stances. The National Air Traffic Services Boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were 1 in 15,000,000, around 250,000 people were affected over the Bank Holiday Weekend , over the Bank Holiday Weekend, with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday. The uk Civil Aviation authorities launching an independent review. Nats chief independent review. Nats chief executive martin rolfe says steps have been taken to ensure it doesnt happen again. It doesnt happen again. We had a flight plan. The we had a flight plan. The information that comes with a flight out that was unique amongst the 15 million that weve received over the last five years is the system took that flight plan and when it realised just how unusual it was, it couldnt process it in the way that it would normally do so. And decided the safest opfion do so. And decided the safest option was to put itself into a fail safe mode, if you like the final words of the helicopter pilot involved in the crash in leicester, five years ago have now been published in a report every everyone on board, including the Leicester City Football Club owner, was killed when the aircraft hit the ground, bursting into flames outside the stadium as the helicopters spun out of control i eric swaffer could be heard saying, ive no idea whats going on. Investigators found the pedals became disconnected from the tail rotor, causing it to lose control. Russian to lose control. Russian mercenary group wagner is set to be declared a terrorist organisation by the uk once it passes in parliament. It means it will be illegal to be a member or support the group. A member or support the group. A draft order will also allow assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized certain prescription offences can be punishable by up to 14 years in prison. A science years in prison. A science facility which kickstarted the development of Covid Vaccines here in the uk has been given a £500 million grant. Diamond lightsource in harwell in oxfordshire is also responsible for advancing treatments for hiv and cancer. The Government Funds will be used to upgrade the facility , which will take seven facility, which will take seven years. Science secretary Michelle Donelan says its a worthy investment. Worthy investment. Highly focussed Light Technology so that we can actually better understand and the structures of proteins and molecules and what that really means is it means that we can advance our technology in terms of production of vaccines, in terms of production of cancer treatments , in terms of malaria treatments, in terms of malaria treatment. So Drug Technology and septembers heat wave is set to peak on saturday with the met office saying temperatures could rise as. High office saying temperatures could rise as. High as 33 c in london. If it does well, it will be the uks hottest day of the yean the uks hottest day of the year, though further north it will be cooler. The Uk Health Security Agency has issued an amber warning for heat until sunday evening. This is gb news sunday evening. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back over to mark and. Pip we news now its back over to mark and. Pip we brianna, thank news now its back over to mark and. Pip we brianna, thank you and. Pip we brianna, thank you very much indeed. And welcome back to the live desk. And welcome back to the live desk. So the cowboys are running desk. So the cowboys are running the country. According to labour leader sir keir starmer going in on rishi sunak as pmqs returned from a summer recess. Its the from a summer recess. Its the first for seven weeks and boy , first for seven weeks and boy, did it go in with a bang. Did it go in with a bang. The truth is , this crisis is the truth is, this crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners. A years of cutting corners. A botched jobs sticking plaster politics. Its the sort of thing you expect from cowboy builders saying that everyone else is wrong. Everyone else is to blame. Protesting. Theyve done an good job, even as the ceiling falls in the difference. Mr speaker , is that in this case speaker, is that in this case the cowboys are running the country isnt he ashamed that after 13 years of tory government , children are government, children are cowering under steel support, stopping their classroom roof falling. In falling. In but the Prime Minister came out swinging, accusing the leader of the opposition of political opportunism. Political opportunism. Well, mr speaker , this is well, mr speaker, this is exactly the kind of political opportunism that weve come exactly the kind of opportunism that weve come to expect from captain hindsight over here before , before today, before before, before today, before today. Hes never once raised this issue with me across this dispatch box. Dispatch box. Well, a point of order, actually. He questioned that. Actually. He questioned that. But then just minutes before pmqs was launched, the government finally releasing its list of those schools affected by the concrete crisis 19 having to delay the start of term because of the presence of that rack concrete. Rack concrete. Well, lets get more reaction from westminster and speak to gb news Political Editor Christopher Hope was it was it a draw, christopher , do you think . Draw, christopher, do you think . I mean, sunak did have some quite good attack lines, didnt he . Yeah, yeah. He . Yeah, yeah. I thought keir starmer did well. I mean, he basically uses six questions by naming a school affected and asking using that to jump off into a point about the governments priorities. Why on earth are they spending £30 million on the department for Education Headquarters , whether Education Headquarters, whether theyre letting children not go to school because the beams might i thought that might fall in . I thought that made a lot of sense. Made made made a lot of sense. And this cowboy and the idea that this cowboy builders is a cowboy government and this idea of not taking care over our National Infrastructure was good. But i was surprised. And think think labour was and i think i think labour was surprised by the way that richard came out Richard Rishi sunak came out fighting and he contested the point the tory Government Point that the tory government had Building Programme had axe this Building Programme back in 2010 by pointing out that the now the National Audit office questioned value for office had questioned value for money of that of that that project. He said that 80 of the of schools were excluded and of the schools were excluded and a third were more expensive than required. So i think there was a bit of a fight back here from sunak. You almost sense a frustration. We heard from Gillian Keegan when she the Gillian Keegan when she used the f earlier this week that f word earlier this week that this problem been this is a problem thats been around a long time through around for a long time through many governments, many different governments, of course, recently 13 years course, most recently 13 years of government its of tory government and its about their watch. About time is on their watch. Its happened, i think lot about time is on their watch. Itparents� ned, i think lot about time is on their watch. Itparents ati, i think lot about time is on their watch. Itparents ati, itoday lot about time is on their watch. Itparents ati, itoday will t of parents at home today will think, thats not good think, well, thats not good enough and thats thats fair enough and thats thats fair enough. Yeah. And terms of marking yeah. And in terms of marking the homework , the Prime Ministers homework, he made an assertion about sir keir not raising the issue in his speech and that had to be acknowledged then as being incorrect by the speaker later that. Thats right. He said he hadnt thats right. He said he hadnt been raised in a keynote speech by mr starmer or been raised on previous occasions until now , and the speaker had until now, and the speaker had to step in. I mean, i think its the beginning again of a kind of getting back into the rhythm of pmqs. So you might allow him that also , it was it was and also, it was it was interesting to note that the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, she was not sitting next to the Prime Minister. She was a few seats further down. Yeah. Yeah. This kind of thing really matters normally when a minister is under fire, we think back to Suella Braverman last autumn. They are sat next door to they are then sat next door to the Prime Minister. So on all those, all those cutaway clips, as we call them in television, you the and embattled you see the pm and the embattled minister side side. Well minister side by side. Well Gillian Keegan was nowhere near , Gillian Keegan was nowhere near i , Gillian Keegan was nowhere near , i think from memory it was Chris Heaton Harris and the Northern Ireland secretary. And in fact, Suella Braverman , in fact, Suella Braverman, neither of whom have been been in the crosshairs criticism in the crosshairs of criticism in the crosshairs of criticism in weeks. That in recent weeks. So that was interesting. I think that the interesting. I think that the jury interesting. I think that the jury is out on Gillian Keegan. Some think a complete faux some think its a complete faux pas, but i know that a lot of gb news particularly news viewers particularly think that she was speaking honestly from when she let off from the heart when she let off steam in that interview clip that that often that wasnt that was often interviewed, happened on monday to apologise. To apologise. Lets just address what might happen next in parliament this afternoon and the parliamentary device of a humble address. We obviously had the schools list published, but labour now trying to push for the documents that rishi sunak may have seen as chancellor before he made a decision to slash that maintenance budget. Yeah, thats right. The list of 156 schools affected by the scandal was published just moments before pmqs started, and that was the idea there is to take away the tent by labour to force the publication of that with vote publication of that with a vote of they want tory to of mps. They want tory mps to vote it. It looks vote against it. Then it looks like theyre trying to bury bad news that hasnt news or whatever that hasnt happened. So instead theyre looking way happened. So instead theyre lo and former head teacher Chris Mcgovern can talk to us all about this now. Good afternoon to you, chris. There seems to be two narrative here. One is that there were there are a number of schools that had funding withdrawn a few years back that have subsequently found to have got rack dodgy dodgy concrete. The other narrative is that actually new information has emerged and Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, what shes done the last few days, the action shes taken was actually being over cautious which which side are you on with that . You on with that . Look, theres a third narrative as well, im afraid. And that is that theres also been plenty of money. I dont think rishi sunak necessarily understood that regard to understood that with regard to the education budget. We spend more in this country per head than almost any other country on the planet. But the trouble is the planet. But the trouble is too little of it was allocated too little of it was allocated to building repairs. So what should have happened in the department should department for education should have rishi sunak and his have advised rishi sunak and his predecessors that money should have been transferred from one main School Budget into the building budget. We spend building budget. We spend a massive amount so when i hear this ding dong in the house of commons this morning between conservative and labour , i say a conservative and labour, i say a plague on both your houses. Youre both responsible. Weve youre both responsible. Weve spent more money than almost any other country on the planet on education per head. And yet were in this mess. And the romans, im historian. The romans, im historian. The romans 2000 years ago were building in concrete, which still is strong today. And we cant even get it for cant even get it right for concrete, which is going to last 30 years. So i say a plague on both their houses. I say the both their houses. I say the narrative, true narrative is narrative, the true narrative is we to look at how we spend we need to look at how we spend the money on our education system. And its absurd that the majority of staff in our schools are not teachers. We need to are not teachers. We need to look at the non teaching staff. Cut those a little bit and transfer the money into building projects. So dont go with rishi sunak and dont go with keir starmer. Theyre both to blame. All policies are to blame all Party Policies are to blame andifs all Party Policies are to blame and its interesting issue and its an interesting issue because priti patel, of course, who one of the essex mps, the who is one of the essex mps, the county worst affected, raised this issue about Capital Spending, praising Essex County Council for the way that theyd handled the issue. And, you know, we are trying to out is extra to find out where is the extra money coming from . Is it from the existing Capital Budget, which means other things may have sliced . Have to be salami sliced . Well , as i have to be salami sliced . Well, as i say, have to be salami sliced . Well , as i say, the have to be salami sliced . Well, as i say, the money is there and if you dont have a big enough Capital Spending budget and enough money to spend on buildings, then youre going to have problems and one in italy, which our country i know very well, theyve had a similar problems with bridges falling down over genoa. People dying, theyve people dying, and theyve had a theyve looked a proper survey. Theyve looked back years. We need back over 30 years. We need to know parties are know who the guilty parties are here making it into some sort of Party Political is Party Political game is a nonsense, mean , nonsense, gillian. I mean, Gillian Keegan has taken a lot of flak, perhaps quite rightly , of flak, perhaps quite rightly, but shes done the right thing. Shes admitted there is shes actually admitted there is a and thats more than a problem, and thats more than some people over last 30 some people did over the last 30 years. Need a bit of years. So we need a bit of honesty this. The honesty in all of this. And the honesty in all of this. And the honest we spend plenty honest thing is we spend plenty of education. Why of money on education. Why wasnt building wasnt it going into building repairs . We doing with repairs . What are we doing with all money . Lets ask all the money . Well, lets ask that question. Is the department of is it the department of education may education itself that may have failed because weve got geoff barton association of barton from the association of School College Leaders School and College Leaders saying that a lot schools, saying that a lot of schools, a lot of education authorities have actually sent the various questionnaires back to the department of education and yet are still getting requests. Some have it three months ago to have sent it three months ago to i think the department for education is trying to wash its hands of all of this. And its getting a bit too involved and blaming people. The department for education , department for education, including those civil including those senior Civil Servants , they need to be giving servants, they need to be giving advice to chancellors about where money is going and how where the money is going and how its being spent. Where the money is going and how its being spent. We come back its being spent. We come back to this point. There never to this point. There was never a shortage of money. I tell you what, if i was in the department for id quite for education, id be quite worried flaws worried today because the flaws in that department have made a concrete be all concrete they might be all coming there coming down very shortly. There is. Is a real problem there. Well, yes, on that note, well wait and see what the surveyors come up with. But Chris Mcgovern, thank very Chris Mcgovern, thank you very much indeed for thoughts. Much indeed for your thoughts. Joining gb news. Joining us here on gb news. Bring you want to bring you some breaking ukraine breaking news from ukraine because at least 16 people have been killed missile attack been killed in a missile attack on the ukrainian city of constantine konstantinovka president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that those killed were people who did nothing wrong and has warned the death toll could increase that death toll is believed to include a child. Yeah, theres some video thats been released on his twitter feed. You may have to twitter feed. You may have to accept that there are some rather alarming scenes here. You can see the explosion, the top of the picture now, president zelenskyy saying these people did nothing wrong, that it was a market area. But it is close to market area. But it is close to one of the battlefields underway where, of course, the Ukrainian Forces are trying to push the russians back. So whether this russians back. So whether this was a deliberate, targeted attack by these attack by some of these pictures, you may find distressing that an indication that some of these missiles went astray. But these pictures just astray. But these pictures just coming through showing widespread devastation in this civilian area. Yeah , regular market shops , a yeah, regular market shops, a pharmacy, according to president zelenskyy, was was hit. He does say the number of casualties could rise further and he branded it heinous, evil and brazen wickedness with russia. He says being responsible. These are the pictures that the president himself has tweeted in the last few minutes. Yeah, just to reiterate , you may find some to reiterate, you may find some of the images distressing. This is an attack on the Mercury Shopping Centre in the town of the Donetsk Region , and town of the Donetsk Region, and it hit several cars and market stalls in this particular area. Zelenskyy saying that moscow had indeed targeted people who had done nothing wrong. Warnings done nothing wrong. Warnings that the number of dead may rise as obviously rescue workers and medical teams get in on zelenskyy adding russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible. More on that as we get possible. More on that as we get it. But clearly distressing scenes there in ukraine. Do stay with us here on gb news. We will be satisfying you. Yep, were talking about the Rolling Stone , who are launching Rolling Stone, who are launching a new album. Talk to you shortly a new album. Talk to you shortly. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Hello. Hello. Its hello. Its aidan hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast widely sunny and hot. Once again for the rest of the day. Warm the rest of the day. Warm overnight. But the risk of some thunderstorms developing overnight as well. 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They they will very shortly be launching their new album , be launching their new album, um, their first in a number of years. Theyll be interviewed by years. Theyll be interviewed by tonights show host jemmy fallon. This is going to be a bit of a world worldwide moment. Theyve been teasing it a lot over recent weeks. Yes. This is over recent weeks. Yes. This is live and its minutes away from telling us what this album is. Its going to be called Hackney Diamonds, which is why theyre doing this world first in hackney. Theyre doing this world first in hackney. And of course, it is in hackney. And of course, it is pretty poignant because its the First Time Since the death death of Charlie Watts , the drummer, of Charlie Watts, the drummer, back in august 2021, that theyve revealed the new music. Theyve revealed the new music. And were being told that its going to be, well, all original music because they did a blues cover about seven years ago, but theyre back with a vengeance. And indicates the two unknowns Paul Mccartney and ringo starr, theyre said to have contributed to the album as well. Lets see if we can hear whats going on now. The survivor is mick jagger. Whats going on now. The sur keith s mick jagger. Whats going on now. The surKeith Richards,gger. Whats going on now. The surKeith Richards, ronnie wood, Keith Richards, ronnie wood, the Rolling Stones. Right right. The Rolling Stones. Right right. So now to date , theyve so now to date, theyve released 23 studio albums, but they havent released a studio album of original material since a bigger bang 18 years ago to this very day. But is all that going to change . Well this is where the world finds out. So lets update ourselves on how we got to where we are today. It got to where we are today. It may have been a while since their last studio album featuring music was featuring original music was released, but theres new released, but theres been new music since, like the brilliance, and gloom and brilliance, doom and gloom and the track living in a ghost town just years ago, living just three years ago, living in a ghost town. 2016 also saw the a ghost town. 2016 also saw the release of the chart topping and grammy Award Winning album blue and lonesome, which brought together some of the bands favourite beloved blues tracks. So we will, of course, return to hackney when mick jagger , Keith Hackney when mick jagger, Keith Richards and ronnie wood appear on stage, which will be very sooii. 500. Soon. Theyve done a brilliant Marketing Campaign for this new album , havent they . Its album, havent they . Its fantastic. But lets lets talk fantastic. But lets lets talk business and the economy. Mark yeah. Oil prices mark yeah. Oil prices climbing above 90 a barrel for the first time this year, making it the highest price since november 2022. And of course , november 2022. And of course, that may well hit inflation once more. Higher prices at the pumps feeding through to transport costs and all the other add ons i it follows the decision from russia and saudi arabia, two oil rich nations to prolong plans to withhold supplies. Our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan joins us now with on the money to explain. All we the money to explain. All we might have to cut you off for mick jagger, but lets try and talk about lets try and talk about this why thems thems the breaks. Yeah, yeah. Ill get ill get my guitar. Lisa. I can play the guitar. He my guitar. Lisa. I can play the guitar. He can barely play the guhan guitar. He can barely play the guitar. Hes done all right for himself, though. Seriously, why are they withholding . Withholding supplies . So the oil price is probably the most important price in the world. Oil isnt just used for petrol and diesel. It isnt just used as an energy source. Its used as an energy source. Its used in plastics, petrochemical oils. It is really very, very important for the Global Economy. Chinas been slowing down. The Global Economy remains sluggish, which would youd think that oil pnces which would youd think that oil prices would stay quite low. But theyve really been surging. Oil pnces theyve really been surging. Oil prices are up 20, 25 over the last couple of months alone. Lets have a look at this graph here, which weve just put together in the gb news newsroom. There. We are back at 70 a barrel oil in july of this yeah 70 a barrel oil in july of this year. And were now up not just bouncing around below and above 90 a barrel at 20, 25 increase there. And this is a real issue there. And this is a real issue for the economy. This is going to make people at the bank of england think should they be raising Interest Rates . And its also going aggravate inflation. And this politics rather and is this politics rather than economics in that weve got both saudi arabia and russia, this of opec plus , if you like, this of opec plus, if you like, starting to squeeze the system by reducing output. By reducing output. Well, lets have a look at some bullet points here. If we can see the next graphic. So the oil has just hit 90 a barrel for the first time this year. Thats the highest since november 20th, 22. And it is partly, i think, to down politics. Russia and saudi, as you say, mark, theyve extended cuts to supplies. They were we cuts to supplies. They were we thought they were going to reduce supply, reduce their output in order to push up pnces output in order to push up prices only to october. Theyre now going to do that until december. So they extend. So they extend. So they extend. So thats theyve extended it. This is plus saudi arabia. This is opec plus saudi arabia , of course, run opec. The exporting cartel that russia isnt in opec, but it is a major oil and, of course, gas exporter. Theyre now working together, which is really difficult for the west to stomach because saudi is generally been a western ally. Right. But russia, ukraine has changed a lot. And these higher oil prices, they do mean that inflation is likely to be higher than it otherwise would have been, as fuel costs go up. And that could be what tips the balance when the bank of comes its of england comes to make its next Rate Decision on next interest Rate Decision on the 21st september. The 21st of september. Motoring rates have already been thinking last few been thinking over the last few weeks. Blimey, you know , fuel weeks. Blimey, you know, fuel pnces weeks. Blimey, you know, fuel prices has already gone up and yet its going to happen again. And we dont know where its going to end. Dont where its we dont know where its going august. Youre going to end in august. Youre dead right pips ive some dead right pips ive got some numbers august. The numbers here in august. The price average price of petrol on average surged nearly £0. 07 in august surged by nearly £0. 07 in august alone. So we need to cut you off. Heres mick jagger , rolling heres mick jagger, Rolling Stones are about to appear on stage. Right no, no stage. Right no, no. 30 seats. Yeah 30 seats. Yeah welcome, welcome, welcome. We welcome, welcome, welcome. We are live around the witnesses. Global a lot. This is very important. A lot of people are watching this very early in the saint giles. Yes very early in los angeles. Saint giles. Yes very early in los angeles. I saint giles. Yes very early in los angeles. I have saint giles. Yes very early in los angeles. I have one question, though. What is this about . What this for . Why are about . What is this for . Why are we here . Well, were here. I feel i want to stand up. Were here. Were here. Yeah, but were here to present our new single, which is called angry. And the video of it, which youll see later , and angry, is youll see later, and angry, is the first single from our new album called hackney diamond, which is why were in hackney. And which comes out in october 20th. Thats right. So thats why were here. Hackney. New why were here. Hackney. New single, angry. I will say , right after this i will say, right after this q a, well be showing you the video World Premiere of the video World Premiere of the video with someone really cool that you all know is in the video and the album comes out october 20th. Hackney diamonds were what is what does that mean . What does that mean to you . Keith anything what is hackney diamond it got called hackney diamond it got called Hackney Diamonds because we i think we were between we were flinging ideas around for titles and we went from hit and run, smash and grab and some between that we came up with hackney diamond , which is like a diamond, which is like a variation on the boat. And also its a london band, you know, and we thought that was. But does hackney you know, and we thought that was. But does Hackney Diamonds . Isnt it like a type of slang . Yeah, its like its like when you get your windscreen broken on saturday night in hackney or around and, and, and all the bits go on the street. Yeah. A shattered windscreen smash and grab. Thats hackney. Thats hackney. Diamonds thats hackney. Diamonds right there. Yeah. Yeah ronnie, how long did it take to, to make this album . This album . We did it pretty quick , we did it pretty quick, actually. There was a lot of ideas floating about and we gathered them all together just before christmas last year and made a go of it, didnt we . Yeah, we yeah, we cut them all. Its been 18 years since you made it. Made it. Weve been very lazy. Weve been very lazy. Was blitz on. There was a blitz on. There was a blitz on. Were not very quick at they were not very quick at all. We have done something when weve been the road most of weve been on the road most of the no, we, we were. The time. But no, we, we were. Maybe we were a bit too kind of like then suddenly we like lazy. And then suddenly we said, well, we got we got lets get lets put a deadline and lets a record and put a lets make a record and put a deadune. Lets make a record and put a deadline. So keith and and deadline. So keith and i and ronnie this chat and we ronnie had this chat and we said, okay, well make this record going record christmas and were going to valentines day. To finish it by valentines day. Made two albums. So so we made two albums. So yeah, exactly. Yeah. So we, we went the yeah. So we, we went into the studio in, like ronnie said in december and we cut 23 tracks and very quickly and finished them off in january and mixed them off in january and mixed them in february, Something Like that. You started in about, right . Thats about right. Not right. Not right. Yeah. Did you go to with keith in jamaica . I heard rumours of where rumours of that where you started jamaica. Rumours of that where you sta|we jamaica. Rumours of that where you sta|we startedaica. Rumours of that where you sta|we started we. Rumours of that where you sta|we started we wrote angry we started we wrote angry actually mick had it the thing ready to go. But its where we ready to go. But its where we kind of put the track together. And along with many others. But it was the first one to stick out and they yeah, we started out and they yeah, we started out in keith and i and steve and steve and matt went to jamaica to just we said, were going to mess about in the studio. And we went there and we started kicking ideas around and we went to new york and ronnie joined and then after that joined us. And then after that we a producer called andy we got a producer called andy watt us up the. Yeah. Watt who kicked us up the. Yeah. And we went to los angeles and then we went to los angeles and cut the tracks. Like i told you. M m you. Did. It must you. Did. It must feel and did. It must feel different not having Charlie Watts in the studio with you playing. What was that like . Playing. What was that like . Well, its all its ever since charlie is gone, its different , of course, you know, different, of course, you know, i mean, as the his number four is missing, hes up there. Yeah, i did see a lot of number fours around. Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course. Hes missed an incredible. But thanks to Charlie Watts also, we have steve jordan, who was charlies recommendation. If was charlies recommendation. If anything should happen to him. Steve jordan germain. He picked steve jordan. He picked steve jordan. He picked steve jordan. Yeah. And yeah, just out of way, way, way back. But and also, you know , hes been a also, you know, hes been a friend of ours. Ive worked with steve, so it was a kind of natural progression. You know, it would have been a lot harder without charlies blessing on that, you know. But at the same time , its a hard team, you know. Did you get to do any tracks with him on the album . But. Charlie yeah, yeah. So theres, theres 12 tracks on theres, theres 12 tracks on the album and so ten actually its not true because its not all, but most of them with steve. But two are tracks recorded in 2019 with charlie and so we, we, we use two of the tracks that we recorded with charlie before. Yeah, man sword and mess it up. Yeah. Those are the two shot. Yeah and also i heard a rumour of bill. Yes bill and we asked bill to come into the studio. Griffin did he, did he live by the sword . And bill came in and did one track. So we had the original Rolling Stones were in the sessions on track. Sessions is on one track. Wow , thats so funny. Wow, thats so funny. Wow, thats so funny. But most its new. But but most of its new. But this is from 2019. Yeah , the first song is angry yeah, the first song is angry is angry a theme of the album is that well, yeah, keith and i thought the theme of the album. Yes. Yes. Yes. Should be youre getting angry as im saying, track angry as im saying, every track should be as angry youre getting. Youre sitting on the getting. Youre sitting on the edge of your angry. I edge of your seat, angry. I dont see disgust. Yeah dont want to see disgust. Yeah and anger and disgust. Concept. The concept. The concept. Song is angry yeah. So every song is angry when we. Yeah, yeah. Every fails, every track name. Angry. Fails, every track name. Angry. Not every track named angry. Could be stupid. Could be stupid. Stupid. Yeah, but stupid also. No ones done it yet, so why not do it . No, thats an original idea. But then we sort of. We nobody can be angry that long. You got to meet my in laws. Yeah so . Yeah so . So then we had a second idea, which was not to make it about angry every track, but to make them a bit more eclectic and have a few love songs and ballads. Country kind of things. So weve got a mixture. So the last time i saw the three of you, you played hyde park here in london, and it was amazing. And hyde park, if youve never seen this show, its beautiful. Park and beautiful. Its in the park and it starts around the sun it starts around 7 00. The sun is out and then the sun goes down and everyones out. By 10 00, its very british rules. Everyone out. Everyone go, go, 90, 9, 9, 9, 90 everyone out. Everyone go, go, go, go, go, go, go , everyone 90, 90, go, go, go, everyone out go, go, go out never happened. Go, go, go. It was great show. And. And so it was great show. And i talked to you the next day. I talked to mick and i said, what did you think of the show . I thought was great. How did thought it was great. How did you it . Go, well, you like it . And you go, well, you like it . And you go, well, you were not really a you know, were not really a daytime. I felt that is so daytime band. I felt that is so funny. It is funny. Sympathy for the devil. At 8 00, it you dont want to paint it black while youre eating. Not really a sandwich with your kids. Not really. Yeah, but do you think yourself do you think of yourself as a night time band . Yeah do you think of yourself as a nig it time band . Yeah do you think of yourself as a nig it usually nd . Yeah do you think of yourself as a nig it usually is. yeah do you think of yourself as a nig it usually is. Yes. H do you think of yourself as a nig it usually is. Yes. Yeah. It usually is. Yes. Yeah. Yeah but this album, this album can be played at any time. Any time of the day, any part of the world you want, any time of the world you want, any time of the world you want, any time of the day. Hackney diamonds. Of the day. Hackney diamonds. Hackney Hackney Diamonds. Hackney diamonds. Three can be diamonds. Track three can be played at, you know, track four. You could play. You could play. Dont you dare. Dont you dare play track four. Okay. Dont you play six, five and six tomorrow in australia . Tomorrow in australia . Yeah, tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow. Theyve already listened to the thats the album. Youre right. Thats great, keith. I always think of this story with you when you were on my show, and you were on my show, and thank you for show. We were for doing my show. We were backstage and you were smoking. Backstage and you were smoking. And youre not allowed to smoke in a in a studio and these alarms went off and a fire marshal act. I didnt even know we had a fire marshal. A fire marshal came down to the studio and said, mr richard, you know, you shouldnt smoke. And you go, i know its bad for my. Health i know its bad for my. Health do you remember that . Yeah i remember that. And it was at the time it was true. Yeah yeah. Do you still smoke . Yeah. Do you still smoke . No , man. Right after that, no, man. Right after that, i gave it up there you go. Gave it up there you go. You owe me. You owe me. This you owe me. You owe me. This is the 24th studio album. 24th . Is the 24th studio album. 24th . Yeah. For you guys. Can you yeah. For you guys. Can you remember the press conference for the first . Yeah, i remember the press conference. Keith and i were in in a pub in denmark street, and we had the album and there were two journalists, one from the anime and one from the melody maker. We bought them a pint of been maker. We bought them a pint of beer. Heres our album, beer. We said, heres our album, thats have a listen. And thats it. Have a listen. And then out. That was it. Then we went out. That was it. Yeah, yeah. Its the best cover. Different than yeah, yeah. Its the best cover. Happening. Ifferent than whats happening. Nothing. No photos. Nothing. No photos. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Its so. Well yeah. No, its so. Well yeah. No, its so. Well yeah. Were the reviews . How, how were the reviews . How, how were the reviews . The reviews were mixed , but the reviews were mixed, but its well. Its sold well. Yeah , thats good. When when yeah, thats good. When when a singer wants to make a record, they want to make a record. You want to. You want to get the band while theyre hot. When the singer wants to make a record, you him because a record, you record him because you never know. He might go, youre going to get it. So when nick said to me, got some nick said to me, ive got some time want to make time and i want to make a record, i put all the bullets underneath it and said , lets underneath it and said, lets go, because thats good to know , isnt it . You know, i said, well, ive got to do told you that before. No you shouldnt me. No you shouldnt have told me. Now but its good to know. Thats all ive got to do. Yeah. Thats all ive got to do. Yeah. Yeah. And ronnie is. Youre yeah. And ronnie is. Youre always playing. I just saw you recently playing with van morrison something. Do you. Morrison or something. Do you. Do jump and play do you just jump up and play with love . With bands that you love . Oh, keep my yeah. Oh, yeah. I keep my chops between gigs and chops together between gigs and its got to keep your its youve got to keep your fingers moving when you get to our yeah keep everything our age. Yeah keep everything moving. This is interesting. Moving. This is interesting. Ill elaborate on that. Ill elaborate on that. Hes getting all these realise you guys, youve got him down, keep everything moving. Checkit down, keep everything moving. Check it out, check it out. Can check it out, check it out. Can i go to the track list here . And just right now i think fans would like to know the track list. First song is angry. Yes. Yes. Does that bring any emotion to you . Emotion to you . Anger. Anger that brings angen a angen a bad question. Sorry. Yeah. A bad question. Sorry. Yeah. Good riff. Yeah. Thank you. Thinking about the words, i was just thinking its funky. Riff yeah, it is a good riff. Is a good riff. You get get close. Good riff. You get get close. Yes , depending on you. Yeah. Yes, depending on you. Yeah. Thats when you want to rely on someone and they let you down. Yeah that ones not about me, is it . No, its not. Youre here. Youve come all the way from new york. Thats right. Yeah, thats right. Yeah, thats right. It up is about you. Mess it up is about you. Mess it up is about you. But my head off. Right . But my head off. Right . My head off. Thats like when your girlfriend gets really mad with you and you say. Will you please stop talking . Yeah. Dont bite at me, darling. Yes its a rude way of saying that. Rude way of saying that. Yeah, it is a rude way of saying whole wide world. Is that what its about . Yeah, about. Yeah, its what its about. Yeah. Yeah. The sinking donkey riff. The sinking donkey riff. Whole wide world. Really funky, really dreamy skies. Funky, really dreamy skies. So. So. Yeah , the main news from yeah, the main news from that, weve got a new album from the Rolling Stones coming. Well, eventually the 20th. The single is out now. The so the single is out now. The album is out a bit later, so weve got a little bit of weve still got a little bit of time to wait. But there releasing angry, although not too angry, certainly in that News Conference there in hackney matured. Ill just add it up. Their combined age. Are you their combined age. Are you ready for this . Go on. 235 but they are wearing well. I have to say, mick jagger turned 80 years old in july and they recorded this new album largely over a couple of months. And in a wonderful tribute and in memory of Charlie Watts, he actually does feature on a couple of tracks because they did two tracks with him in 2019 before he sadly passed away in 2021. And bill wyman. Yeah. Wow. Thats thats going to be a mouthwatering prospect. The original line up on one of the tracks on that album with charlie drums and bill wyman charlie on drums and bill wyman on bass. That would be interesting hear again. Interesting to hear that again. But royalty to real but from rock royalty to real royalty , because buckingham royalty, because Buckingham Palace has released details about the king and queens long awaited state visit to france, it will be taking place, were told, on the 20th and 22nd of september. Yes, it had to be dramatically postponed. The visit originally scheduled for march, but called off due to widespread rioting in the country over president macrons retirement age reforms. And it meant the royal couple couple made germany the destination of their first state visit. Their first state visit. Lets get more now with our royal correspondent cameron walker, who can join us with all the details. And cameron , we the details. And cameron, we think having spoken , of course, think having spoken, of course, a little earlier in france, that the vineyards will be very high on the agenda. For on the agenda. For yeah, they certainly will be, mark, as we know, the king loves all things organic and sustainable. So the royal couple are expected to tour an organic vineyard which has been pioneered with a sustainable approach to winemaking. Thats going to be happening in bordeaux. But as you said, this is the postponed state visits to france. It was meant to take place at the end of march, but because of those riots due to french Pension Reforms, it would have been perhaps pretty embarrassing for the french government to have a foreign head state. Have a foreign head of state. The king and queen, visit the country where buildings are literally burning to the ground. Now Senior Foreign Office official has told gb news that this visit, the french state visit, is taking place in the context of a relationship thats been steadily improving since the franco british summit held by president macron, inviting Prime Minister rishi sunak to the elysee paris palace. Even at the elysee paris palace. Even at the beginning of march and the last one actually took place five years before that. And within that five year period, we had all the turmoil when it came to brexit. So this is seen really as the British Government, the British Foreign office, asking the king and queen to turn on the charm offensive. I would say. And it comes off the back of the highly successful german state visit. And from my understanding , since and from my understanding, since that state visit to germany took place, there has been a lot more talks between the french sorry, the German Government even, and the German Government even, and the British Government when it comes to Foreign Policy , to comes to Foreign Policy, to trade, to culture. And theyre hoping talks on hoping that more talks on defence off the back of the german state visit. So that just goes show the power of goes to show the power of soft diplomacy, which the king and the queen can have when they take in these visits. Take part in these visits. A couple of highlights. Theyre going to be laying a wreath at the de triomphe in paris the arc de triomphe in paris alongside the french president. Alongside the french president. Theres also going to be a bilateral meeting at the elysee paris palace between emmanuel macron, the french president , macron, the french president , and his majesty, the king theres also going to be maybe controversially, maybe not a magnificent state banquet at the palace of versailles. Thats something we talked about when the when the riots were going on and whether it would give off the wrong look. But nonetheless , the british officials and french feel that , oh, french officials feel that, oh, what a shame. What a shame. Come on. Come on. She put another £0. 50 in the metre. I think we can get back to cameron. Cameron, we can still hear you. Yeah. Keep. I can still hear you. Just have the single for break up them. But important point youre making about the state banquet because discussed this at the because we discussed this at the time and it was decided that really the wrong look really would be the wrong look given political given all the political sensitivities in france at the time. They clearly now think time. But they clearly now think that situation is calmer. That the situation is calmer. Yeah, a bit like Marie Antoinette , perhaps back in the antoinette, perhaps back in the day. They do believe the situation is calmer. Buckingham palace keeps security details , palace keeps security details, understandably very under wraps. But it is they have made the decision that the king and queen will be visiting france for these but these state visits. But something which obviously wasnt going time was going to happen last time was the cup being hosted the Rugby World Cup being hosted by france when the king and queen are there. We heard earlier this week that the prince and princess of wales will a couple of will be attending a couple of matches weekend. But as for matches this weekend. But as for when and queen are when the king and queen are visiting, there are no no home nafions visiting, there are no no home nations however nations playing. However Buckingham Palace has told us today that they are going to be Meeting Community sports groups and a few sports stars and perhaps a few sports stars as well , relating to the rugby as well, relating to the Rugby World Cup. Were not sure what the venue is as of yet, but im sure therell be a few sporting themes. Smattered throughout the three state visit well. Three day state visit as well. And what also very helpful and what is also very helpful for king charles is that his command of french is excellent, isnt it. Isnt it. Yes, it certainly is. And the yes, it certainly is. And the king is expected to become the first british monarch in history to address the National Assembly at the french senate. Pretty significant. He is expected to do the speech partly in french, partly in english. We saw it dunng partly in english. We saw it during the german state visit in the berlin part of it. The king became the french british head of state to address the german bundestag , arg, the german bundestag, arg, the german parliament. So again, its similar themes here. The king brand new monarch also brand new monarch and also pioneering a new ways to strengthen relationship with strengthen the relationship with our closest neighbours. It really is that of soft really is that power of soft diplomacy in action. As for the french people, the french crowds we saw in germany that they were very popular despite the pouring rain hamburg. Remember rain in hamburg. I remember i was there getting very wet in france. We dont know what the reception is going to be. As we saw in march, the riots were pretty violent, pretty substantial. Clearly not to do with the kings visit. It was more to do with the domestic policy issue there. But it will be interesting to see how the king how the french people receive the king and queen when they are out and about in paris and particularly when and bordeaux, particularly when it comes to the state banquet at the palace of versailles. Of course, history course, so much french history happened. Happened in that building. And cameron, quick reflection , of course, that this week a poignant moment because weve got the First Anniversary of the death of late Queen Elizabeth. The family still in balmoral. The family still in balmoral. This french visit will be the first, i guess, major event for them after that. This is a time where they will be gathering with Different Things on their mind. Yeah from my mind. Yeah from my understanding, as far as were aware , the first time well see aware, the first time well see them is the state visit to france, the king and queen are both going to be reflecting friday, the anniversary of the late queens death. Privately at balmoral castle, where the queen passed away as for the prince and princess of wales they are expected to be out and about in public. There have been some newspaper reports that wales is the destination of choice. We dont have details yet as to exactly where their royal highnesses will be going, but we are expecting them to be out and about and be paying tribute majesty tribute to her late majesty because, of course, its a year ago today that i was stood outside the gates of balmoral castle, where the late queen was appointing Prime Minister liz truss as her final Prime Minister. So, yes, what a year its been. Cameron at Buckingham Palace, thanks very much indeed for updating us with all that. Updating us with all that. Now, how are you finding the heat today . Parts of the uk is officially in a heatwave. Officially in a heatwave. Temperatures could hit tomorrow. 33 c. And the hottest day of the yearis 33 c. And the hottest day of the year is expected to be on saturday. Thats according to the met office. Well, the Uk Health Security Agency has got an amber heat alert in to actually dampen things down, except the northeast marginally cooler. The yellow alert there. What about london, lisa hartle, london reporter is on hampstead heath. Reporter is on hampstead heath. Are you on alert there. Are you on alert there. Hello . Yes well, behind me are the people who im probably most jealous of in the entire world at the moment. Theres lots in the pond there lots of people in the pond there are swimming. Its a pond. Youre go in. Youre allowed to go in. Lifeguards a couple that lifeguards and a couple that came of swimming from there, came out of swimming from there, they said its about degrees they said its about 20 degrees in and they just said in the water. And they just said it of their it improves the rest of their day it them their day because it gets them their body little body temperatures down a little bit. Saying, the bit. So as you were saying, the well, i spoke to you, well, last time i spoke to you, the london was the temperature in london was 27. Was the highest 27. That was the highest temperature of anywhere in the uk. Risen ofsted to uk. Thats now risen ofsted to 30 now to be the hottest day of the year. We need it to above the year. We need it to go above 32. 2, was in june. But 32. 2, which was in june. But yeah, can you believe this is september . Lots of people have september . Lots of people have been speaking to here today are just so happy. They said they feel back and feel like summers back and weve a few them weve got just a few of them that we hear now. That we can hear from now. Weather hottest having the weather hottest weather over the week, i think. Yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just come sauna from the gym yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just com im sauna from the gym yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just com im like sauna from the gym yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just com im like stilluna from the gym yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just com im like still sweating the gym yeah. Im so sweating. Ive just com im like still sweating. 1e gym and im like still sweating. But were life making but were living life making the most of it. I mean, the mere fact i prefer this to what we get for what, nine months of the year and were not very sociable people. Well , i people. Well, i mean, i dont think we are. I mean, if you think of the way we behave on trains, for example, and we get this and people do people smile at each other, do you mean . You know what i mean . I love it. Ive been stuck in england a year. England for nearly a year. Normally and england for nearly a year. Noriused and england for nearly a year. Noriused to and england for nearly a year. Noriused to sunshine and england for nearly a year. Noriused to sunshine everywhere im used to sunshine everywhere im used to sunshine everywhere i go all the time. And weve had no sunshine and its been really disappointing. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimesting. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes ,1g. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i]. A reflection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. Lection of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And on of no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And thisf no sunshine and its been really disetimes , i think. And this is the times, i think. And this is the times, i think. And this is the beginning of a of a new cycle and the warmth and is warming the soul as well as the body. And i think it is very good people and will good for people and will become a optimistic. A little more optimistic. And now weve reached 30, 30 degrees today. Thats really unusual for september with the meteorologist earlier saying that thats only happened four times in the last century. That thats only happened four times in the last century. So times in the last century. So well just see how long this heat wave continues. Heat wave continues. Lisa, thank you for that. Youve got a bit to go to. Beat it, 32. 2 hottest. So far. So well leave you out there for a little longer. Well also leave you with the polar bears in staffordshire that are are keeping cool in all this good job. Theyve got a white coat, isnt it . Yeah, a little bit of water. It doesnt look too deep there, does it . We were thinking that maybe theyd be getting a bit of does it . We were thinking that msplash 1eyd be getting a bit of does it . We were thinking that msplash to d be getting a bit of does it . We were thinking that msplash to keep getting a bit of does it . We were thinking that msplash to keep them|g a bit of does it . We were thinking that msplash to keep them cool. It of does it . We were thinking that msplash to keep them cool. I of a splash to keep them cool. I think hes finding it tough going. Well, as many people are, but it is probably the last dose of summer , so do enjoy it wherever summer, so do enjoy it wherever you are. And do take care. Were back tomorrow with the live desk here on gb news. Things hotting up now with patrick. Stay with us. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern hello. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office. With the gb news forecast widely sunny and hot once again for the rest of the day. Warm overnight, but the risk of some thunderstorms developing overnight as well. Weve got. Low pressure swirling around to the southwest and around that, as well as a southerly airflow. Weve got the potential for some instability to be released across western parts of the uk. So some thunderstorms, some frequent lightning, some heavy rainfall. Much of this affecting irish. Sea coasts through the evening and overnight, although 1 or 2 could pop up for the West Midlands into manchester midlands into the manchester area dawn. Elsewhere, its area by dawn. Elsewhere, its largely dry , clear spells, but a largely dry, clear spells, but a warm night. Temperatures staying widely up at high teens, perhaps even the low 20s. And weve got some low cloud and some mistiness creeping into the central belt eastern parts of england. And scotland by dawn, much of that retreats back to the beaches by the afternoon. And then its sunny skies for the majority. However, the vast majority. However, still potential for some still the potential for some thunderstorms and some frequent lightning, especially around western coasts. Temperatures western coasts. Temperatures higher compared with wednesday fairly widely , were looking at fairly widely, were looking at the mid to high 20s 32 celsius possible in the south east and then into friday, weve still got some of this low cloud around eastern coasts and that will tend to retreat back towards the coast by the day time. Sunny skies for many on time. Sunny skies for many on friday and into saturday. Temperatures rising further, 33 or even 34 celsius in places that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Its 3 pm. Its patrick christys. Its gb news. And im going in with this massive scandal about whether or not were going to be able to use our foreign aid budget to pay for Asylum Seekers who will now be classed as Illegal Immigrants once on british once they arrive on british shores. Got a solution just shores. Ive got a solution just dont pay for any of it. In the other news, im going to be talking about our wrack and talking about this our wrack and ruin. Scandal about ruin. Yes. That scandal about dodgy schools dodgy concrete in schools is still fiery still hotting up. It was a fiery Prime Ministers today Prime Ministers questions today , swearing , including some swearing as well. Seems to be all well. Swearing seems to be all the at moment in the rage at the moment in politics. About politics. Well be talking about that. On earth that. Also, this. How on earth has Birmingham City council gone bust . Okay im having a very, very close look at the increase in social costs. Ive in Adult Social Care costs. Ive got theories there that got a few theories there that id out more is id like to throw out more is going to be talking about this as ulez vandals. Okay. So as well. Ulez vandals. Okay. So look, we absolutely look, obviously, we absolutely cannot to cannot and would not want to condone kind of vandalism condone any kind of vandalism whatsoever. People do whatsoever. But some people do think that vandalising the ulez cameras is okay. Is it really, though . Because then its just completely lawless, isnt it . Weve special report weve done a big special report onto behind all the onto this team behind all the ulez vandalism patrick christys. Gb news. Yeah, it should not be a concern , i think, to the be a concern, i think, to the British Public that we now have to find an extra couple of billion pounds in order pay billion pounds in order to pay for migrants out of our for channel migrants out of our foreign aid budget. There is an easy just dont easy solution. 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