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Scores two more goals against lazio. Erling haaland is very happy at man city for now, and england wont bid to host the world cup for at least another 20 years. List is best for sunshine today, and thats where well see top temperatures further see the top temperatures further east. A lot of cloud and on the chilly side. Join me later for a full weather forecast. Well, here we go. Budget day. The big day finally here last throw of the dice for the chancellor as he set to deliver the Spring Budget. And that is going to happen later today on the agenda. Well, a2p cut in National Insurance , possible tax cuts, insurance, possible tax cuts, fuel duty frozen and also possible changes to non dom status. It is an Election Year. The chancellor alluded to this over the weekend. So will any budget the weekend. So will any budget today be enough to sway your vote and turn things around for the conservatives . Were now joined by gb news Political Correspondent olivia utley olivia. Good morning. Big day for hunt. For hunt. Morning. Absolutely. It is a huge day for jeremy morning. Absolutely. It is a huge day forjeremy hunt. It huge day forjeremy hunt. It sounds very much as though hes decided to take £0. 02 off National Insurance. Now thats a pretty radical move. It will save the average worker about £450. £900. When you take into account the toopy that was taken off National Insurance in november. But its not as radical as quite a lot of backbench conservative mps were hoping they were hoping that jeremy hunt would change income tax. But take one p off income tax, income tax affects pensioners as well, so they would have benefited from that. But National Insurance only benefits those in work. A National Insurance cut very much fits with jeremy hunts ethos, fits with jeremy hunts ethos, fits about what hes about as chancellor , which is getting chancellor, which is getting back into work, making work pay. But of course, we know that the pensioner vote is very reliable. Pensioner vote is very reliable. All pensioners mostly turn out to vote, and so anything which could help them might give the conservatives a bit more of a boost in the polls than what jeremy hunt is doing. Instead, hunt has decided against an income tax rate, partly because its so expensive and partly because he believes that it would be inflationary. How is he would be inflationary. How is he going to pay for this cut in National Insurance . Well, one National Insurance . Well, one thing which you mentioned in your introduction there is changing the rules around non dom status. Now that would take the wind out of labours sails. Labour has promised that a lot of its spending pledges will be paid for by changing non dom status. If the tories get in there first and get it done before labour take office, that would be pretty awkward for keir starmer. That would be pretty awkward for keir starmer. Whether that will keir starmer. Whether that will be enough to actually raise the money that needed to cut National Insurance remains to be seen. But another measure, which jeremy hunt is considering to pay jeremy hunt is considering to pay for this cut is cutting pubuc pay for this cut is cutting public spending by 25 pee in the pound, so that would be cutting down the size of the civil service, something which lots of conservative mps have talked about. But of course it would leave jeremy hunt open to accusation accusations of austerity, which we know dont play austerity, which we know dont play well with the public. Lots of conservative mps are also saying, well, hang on a minute. You cant National Insurance by £0. 02 back in november and it didnt create a poll boost. Then why would it be different why would it be any different this time round . Jeremy hunt will to answer that will have to answer that question afternoon. Question this afternoon. Lots of Big Questions so lots of Big Questions there, olivia. Thank very there, olivia. Thank you very much indeed and got much indeed. And weve got plenty questions. Want to plenty of questions. We want to get from you. More get answers from you. More questions you as gb questions from you as well. Gb views at news. Com get in views at gb news. Com get in touch with us. Tell us what you want from this budget, what you expect from budget, what expect from this budget, what you from this budget. You need from this budget. Joined now well, were joined now by chief economist the chief economist advisor at the centre for economic and business research, vicky pryce. Good to centre for economic and business res heanng pryce. So from what were hearing olivia there, hearing from olivia there, nothing too radical expected in this budget today. But we do need to remember the context of all of this and that is that headroom is looking very, very tight, for the tight, isnt it, for the government to anything radical . Well, yes. I think the thing to remember is that the headroom is calculated relation to is calculated in relation to where we might be in five years time, whether chancellor time, and whether the chancellor is claim that he can be is able to claim that he can be meeting his rules by meeting his fiscal rules by reducing the debt to gdp ratio. You can do all sorts of things in between. Of course, you can borrow awful more in the borrow an awful lot more in the next and then next four years and then suddenly start cutting your spending five. So so the spending in year five. So so the way in which the spending cuts that olivia mentioned , which are that olivia mentioned, which are likely to be happening loads likely to be happening for loads of are phased over of departments, are phased over the few years, is going to the next few years, is going to be and i think we as be important. And i think we as economists going look at economists are going to look at what obr, is saying on on what the obr, is saying on on that quite carefully and in some ways , of course, the real, real ways, of course, the real, real worry is that if hes going to be financing or funding any tax cuts that we already have heard about by mainly reducing spending, that will mean huge cuts in some of those unprotected departments outside the National Health service and education, for example. And education, for example. And possibly now, of course, defence, given the geopolitical environment were in, loads of other departments will see some real cuts and we already know whats going with local whats going on with local Authority Funding and more of those bad news. I think are going to be coming out of the next few months about local authorities not being able to meet a lot of their, their obugafions meet a lot of their, their obligations really. Yeah. Thats why it just sort of doesnt seem to hang. Well, a lot of people. Yes, of course theyll want more money in their pocket understand pocket. But people do understand that spending has gone to that public spending has gone to pot. And we need to do something for society in general, because our society does not look well. Our schools are falling down. The doctors strikes, the hospital situation , the potholes hospital situation, the potholes in the roads. I could go on and on and on. And then when we hear things, oh, well cut public spending. You know, vicky, are people really in the mood to cut pubuc people really in the mood to cut public spending . Really. When you ask not really. When you ask anyone and theyve been opinion polls on that, of course, which are reinforced it. What are they really looking forward to is not necessarily a two to, p cut in the National Insurance contributions rate that they pay contributions rate that they pay. Although of course they are worried about their pockets and how much money there is there. Because remember, weve had we all remember weve had, years now of rapid inflation. We had very high Interest Rates. And of course the tax take has been going up. Even with a cut in going up. So even with a cut in National Insurance contributions, have contributions, yes, it will have set some of the increases that would have taken place otherwise for at work because of for people at work because of the stealth taxes. In other words, freezing of personal words, the freezing of personal allowances, look allowances, but if you look ahead, the tax take is likely to continue to rise. For the chancellor. So this is what allows him to have a bit of headroom to begin with. And that is the headroom he now is hoping to give back because it this is an Election Year. So in some ways theres political pressure for him to reduce those taxes. Its not so much that people are really clamouring for it. It is that within the conservative party, if he doesnt, then i think hell be in trouble. And weve seen so many factions already within the conservative party becoming a little bit more right wing, if you like, and really pushing for this , really pushing for this, government goes to government as it goes to elections seen seriously elections to be seen seriously as a tax cutting, but government rather than a tax raising one. Well, were going to hear more from vicky throughout the whole programme this morning for the moment, vicky, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts there, folks, if its got thinking in, got you thinking in, particularly if youre a pensioner youre saying pensioner and youre saying whats of this me whats in all of this for me because its doing national because its not doing National Assurance isnt going to affect you, do you feel affronted by that, let us know. So were talking about the budget, whats expected from it. Were also talking about the us and the primaries there and whats happening. Yes. Because its been one of the biggest days in the us election calendar. Super tuesday voters across 15 states and one us territory headed to the polls to select their preferred president ial candidate. Right, joe biden , a big night right, joe biden, a big night for him. Big night for donald trump. A rematch of last time trump. A rematch of last time around for those two, as now looking more likely again. Well, joining us now to explain whats happened overnight is gb News Reporter ray addison and former adviser to the bank of england, doctor roger gewolb ray to you first talk us through super tuesday. Talk us through super tuesday. Why is it so important . Well, this was a real, spread of the united states. So it was a real indication of both red and blue states across North South East and west all across the us. So this was a real indication of how people might end up voting. And of course , end up voting. And of course, donald trump doing extremely well in every single state apart from vermont, which was won by nikki haley. So hes won all the others. Utahs still counting at the moment, nikki haley winning vermont, but only by the smallest of fractions. And so smallest of fractions. And so this, you know, people are just expecting her to sort of step step down from this now. But when is she going to step down then . Well, it was interesting because we saw the speech there from donald trump that at from donald trump that was at mar three open mar a lago. There was three open bars, crowd , you know, all bars, huge crowd, you know, all the dignitaries there, all the family was there. And family was was there. And he made speech. Haley, made that speech. Nikki haley, no party at all. She was no watch party at all. She was at home as the results came in. She wasnt expecting to win, was she . Well, no, but would think well, no, but you would think that would. We were that she would. We were expecting speech from her. Expecting a speech from her. Weve statement calling weve had a statement calling for unity within the party and saying you know, donald saying that, you know, donald trump is, know, doesnt trump is, you know, doesnt provide people are provide unity. But people are saying, long she saying, well, how long can she go shes booked. Shes go on . Shes shes booked. Shes booked. Travel plans, as we booked. No travel plans, as we know donors. Know that shes losing donors. And so people are saying could just be a matter of time, but will she still be his running mate, do you think . Because thats what some of the suggesting, which the papers are suggesting, which is quite unbelievable is actually quite unbelievable considering that considering the criticism that the have had for each other the two have had for each other in weeks . In recent weeks . Really interesting. Heard really interesting. I heard we one of donald we heard from one of Donald Trumps advisors trumps senior advisors tonight. He was saying, actually, the race is not narrowing , race for vp is not narrowing, its widening. And so the number of the of potential of the number of potential candidates is actually increasing. I think theres a lot of, true sort of red republicans would find it very hard for nikki haley to become Donald Trumps running mate because especially since in recent weeks, increased recent weeks, shes increased her rhetoric against him, pointing out, you know, his age, likening him some of his slip ups to joe bidens, slip ups and sort of separating herself ever further from him. And i think further from him. And i think people would find that quite difficult. Right. Lets get roger roger gewolb views on on all of this. And roger, and the thing that just amazes me is, look, momentum is with trump. Its obviously with trump. Hes obviously with trump. Hes obviously going to get the nomination on biden. Were not heanng nomination on biden. Were not hearing much about him. How on earth is he even considering running again . When we look at how infirm this man looks . Yeah, i mean, this is this is a question on on everybodys mind, particularly his, his supporters and the but the Democratic National Committee Just hangs in there. You know, ive always said that, old joe is , Barack Obamas third terms, is, Barack Obamas third terms, and obama wants a fourth terms, and obama wants a fourth terms, and theyre just going to keep him in place. I mean , in north him in place. I mean, in north carolina, the dems wouldnt even let the other candidates on the ballot. So but yes, its true. I mean, youre youre stuck. As mean, youre youre stuck. As one wag said the other day with a race between a man who called Vladimir Putin a genius and another man who called abraham lincoln, young man. Wow so. But then. But then, roger, what is it . What is it that the public see, despite all the associated bad news that that is around donald trump and hes coming through strong and hard here. This man just daughters around the place that were looking at here as well. Why is no ones tapping him in the shoulder and say, hey, joe, lets go and sit down in the corner there. Thats enough of that. Well, im sure they have, but his answer is obviously, obviously been no. The process to make him leave forcibly is very complicated. Requires both houses of government to have. I believe, two thirds votes or 75 votes. I cant remember. Forgive me, but you cant force him out. If he doesnt want to go and hes committed, hes committed to stay there. Is he is he a winner . Roger is he is he a winner . Roger is he is he a winner . Roger i think it might be close. I think it might be close. At the end of the day. It depends on what nikki haleys voters and backers do, i think shes probably done all right. I think her billionaire backers, who are probably shutting their chequebooks now, are saying , chequebooks now, are saying, nikki, you know, youve done renee. Well, girl, because youre all set up for next time. Yeah, shes set up for 2028, and she may be the Vice President. I mean, the field is widening. Ive always been betting on tim scott , because a betting on tim scott, because a black gentleman would be very useful politically as a woman would, and he certainly been very loyal. I, i would disregard all the slanging between them in recent weeks. Thats just recent weeks. Thats just american politics that, you know, it british politics is tough, too. But america is tough, too. But america is different. But nobody worries about that stuff that doesnt count. And but who would trump be looking for as a Vice President . Someone he can manipulate. Someone he can manipulate. Someone he can just tell what to do. Or someone hes actually do. Or someone hes actually seriously listen to. Seriously going to listen to. Trump is a man who gets things done. Hes not a politician. What you see is what you get, i think he would want somebody who is able to perform when delegated to. And how do you think hes feeling . Because, you know feeling . Because, you know donald trump, dont you . Personally . How do you think hes feeling now . Because hes onto a winner last night dominating performance super dominating performance on super tuesday hes still facing tuesday. But hes still facing all indictments isnt he. All these indictments isnt he. So him is that in the rear so for him is that in the rear view mirror or are they still a roadblock come . Roadblock to come . I think in the side i think theyre in the side mirror and also the rear view mirror. These are again , mirror. These are again, american tactics. You know, in britain here, when we get sued and especially if we get criminally charged, you know, oh my goodness, this is this is a deadly serious thing. But in the states , when you when youre big states, when you when youre big and youre powerful and you have and youre powerful and you have an argument, the first thing you do is throw ten lawyers at the people. So lawsuits are not quite the stigma there that they are here. And ellie, of course , are here. And ellie, of course, these are criminal indictments. And just as in a british court, they need to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. And i personally think theres enough evidence floating around about questions over the previous election that it would be hard to find a jury that could convict him beyond a reasonable doubt, other than a big city left, ultra liberal jury that just wants trump blood. Okay, well, look, just in conclusion, ray, what have you heard there that whether its vice presidency or the result of the next election or whatever that youd like to comment on, well, in terms of the polls that well, in terms of the polls that we saw across, you know, these 15 states, the biggest issues for people as they cast their votes was immigration and the economy. And although, you know, President Biden is very keen to say that the economy is flourishing, a lot of people are not feeling that in their pockets. Its that cost of living issue that were seeing here all the world. And here and all over the world. And so unless joe biden can convince people that actually they do have more money than they would have more money than they would have under under trump, have had under under trump, then, know, going to then, you know, hes going to really struggle in november. And of immigration, were of course, immigration, were seeing thousands of seeing hundreds of thousands of people across that people coming across that southern okay. Southern border. Okay. Again later, right. Speak again later, gentlemen. Both very gentlemen. Thank you both very much moment , gentlemen. Thank you both very much moment, your much indeed, at the moment, your views very welcome. What do you think . Whether its on the budget, whether its on the american primaries, or any future election in america in november , let us know. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Now, at 6 17. Lets take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom. And lord justice eddies, the senior presiding judge for england and wales, has set to target 181 of the oldest rape cases by the end of july. Cases which involve both adult and child alleged victims, as well as some retrials , have each been at retrials, have each been at a crown court since 2021. Junior doctors across Northern Ireland are to take part in the first ever industrial action over pay. Its industrial action over pay. Its a 24 hour walkout. It will begin at 8 00 this morning and that will affect hospitals and gp surgeries. Robin swann is the health minister. There and hes warned that the disruption caused will be significant and will lead to thousands of missed appointments. The actress Dame Helen Mirren has been recreated in barbie form, complete with her oscar. The one of a kind doll shows her in the outfit she wore on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Dame helen has said she is blown away by her barbie and takes it as a huge compliment. Huge compliment. Okay, so jeremy hunt is expected to introduce a new tax on vapes during his budget this afternoon. And so if you are a smoker that will affect you. Its anticipated that the new duty will be imposed on the liquid in vapes with higher tax rates for products with more nicotine. Well, our National Reporter theo chikomba, has been assessing what impact this will have on the industry and on young people. Young people. The number of children vaping is increasing at an alarming rate. Recent government figures show 9 of 11 to 15 year olds are now using vapes by introducing a new levy, the chancellor hopes to make the habit unaffordable for children. Vape store manager Kevin Pannell argues it will penalise Small Businesses. Businesses. Hes put it into our hands. Were trying to not put our pnces were trying to not put our prices up, but were going to have to maintain that, that gap, theres going to be coming into place and we dont want to because we dont want to lose our customers, our customers who have made us over the ten years. Its a very fine balancing act to have customers walk away and go to bigger corporate businesses that can afford that, that difference, its going to cost big time. Hopefully this will help you as parents help you as teachers. The government has set itself an ambitious target of creating the first smoke free generation. Bedford Academy Headteacher chris deller says the governments plan could work in addition to the measures they are already implementing in their school. Yeah, i think any type of deterrent, for Young Children to try and encourage them to make good choices about any form of vaping, nicotine consumption is a positive thing. Id certainly say its escalated in the last couple of years. We wouldnt say we have major problems with it here, but weve had incidents where weve had to enforce pretty, pretty straight sanctions with students , on sanctions with students, on occasion, theres been suspensions that have taken place. Place. Meanwhile, the director of the vaping trade the leading vaping trade association, john dunn, says its a bad move that will unfairly target ex smokers for doing something thats healthier than smoking. We find that really strange from a government that is already committed to giving away already committed to giving away a free 1 million free vapes, to those , in need. Now, when you those, in need. Now, when you consider that, in the uk, the most prevalent areas for smoking are those lowest income areas. So the governments solution to get more people off cigarettes is to raise taxes on vaping. Doesnt make sense to me. Its estimated that if the tax is implemented , it could raise £500 implemented, it could raise £500 million a year for the government coffers. However, Industry Experts warn it could fuel an unregulated black market for vapes. Theo chikomba gb news. Well, there you go. If youre a vape smoker, that could be affecting you today. I mean, im not a vape smoker. What do know . What other am i . What other am i . What other am i . What i do know is the amount of shops and outlets that there are. Have you noticed how many more there are . Yeah, just more there are . Yeah, they just p0p up more there are . Yeah, they just pop up absolutely everywhere. Theyre everywhere, well, theyre everywhere, arent they look arent they . Yeah. And they look so enticing well, i so enticing as well, which i think the problem. Think is half the problem. They smell theyre smell good and theyre all lovely as so lovely colours as well. So something needs be done. Something needs to be done. Perhaps this is way perhaps this is the way to tackle know what you tackle it. Let us know what you think. Gb views at gb news. Com. Okay, the weather situation today. Whats happening with us . I know its supposed to be spring, but it just feels like winter every day. Alex taking morning. Morning. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news. Bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That should clear. And then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot of cloud again. Outbreaks of light rain for northeast england, east and scotland, and 1 or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england through the day. Why dont showers creeping dont you showers creeping into cornwall much of cornwall as well. But much of the southwest england, the west southwest england, wales, western wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland with scotland having a fine day with some spring sunshine and that will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only Single Digits on that east coast and with the and feeling colder with the breeze north east. Breeze over the far north east. As we go through this evening, i think well see the cloud breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night that will allow the to that will allow the cloud to come back into the east, some mist fog patches again, mist and fog patches and again, some patchy frost is likely in rural spots. Most towns and cities above cities just about staying above freezing. Thursday , well freezing. As for thursday, well again, for many itll be dry and bright starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud eastern areas likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england, the midlands, wales see heavy wales could see some heavy showers on thursday. Therell be scattered about but they could be the heavy side. Many be on the heavy side. Many places elsewhere again dry and in spells. In the sunny spells. Temperatures getting up to 12 or 13. Thanks, alex. Now its time for the latest Great British giveaway and your chance to win £12,345 in cash. 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Lines closed at 5 pm. On friday the 29th march. Full terms and privacy nofice march. Full terms and Privacy Notice at gbnews. Com. Forward slash win please check the closing time if watching or listening on demand. Good luck i listening on demand. Good luck oh so many comments from you that you want to see that you want to see in the budget that would make a difference to you, mark says. Heres some of the things id like to hear, cancel the folly of net zero c of trillions, not billions. Cancel the folly vhs two entirely and see if billions see it. He says stop funding the ukraine war. Stop foreign aid, stop immigration. Send 1 million Illegal Immigrants home, secure the borders, stop funding woke workshops. You get the idea. With this one here. But basically people are saying theres just too money, too much money spent on things that are not important to you and dont make a difference to your life, but they do make a difference because they less money because they make less money available things that should available for things that should happen. I mean, i think graffiti, far too of it let graffiti, far too much of it let her far too much of it. Holes in roads just absolutely disgraceful. I if the disgraceful. I think if the place rubbish , we all feel place looks rubbish, we all feel rubbish. I think if the place looks nice, thats money well invested i think so local councils and local spending might be important to you. Do let us know what you think. Would like to in. What would you like to see in the budget . Gbviews gbnews. Uk. See a big grant id like to see a big grant for more Sports Coverage with paul coyte. I think thats a fair comment. Am i looking rubbish by the way, im trying to make an effort today. Thats good. Are you sure . Whose jacket is that . Whose jacket is that . Its new one. What do you its a new one. What do you think . Very nice. Very nice. Its rupert. Its of its rupert. Its kind of like look. Do like the rupert look. What do you think . Very nice. Its very nice. Do i not believe you. Why do i not believe you. Anyway, talk about money being spent. Not going to be spent. Theres not going to be any spent a bid for the any money spent on a bid for the world to this country world cup coming to this country for least another years, for at least another 20 years, which would years since which would be 80 years since the time we hosted it. And the last time we hosted it. And i dont think thats very good. Well speak more it in well speak more about it in a were going to talk a well, were going to talk about that next. Break. Gb news is the home of free speech. We were created to champion it, and we deliver it day in, day out. Free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us. Our families , important to us. Our families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. Which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We always stand by the we will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv , radio and online. Tv, radio and online. This is gb news, britains news channel. All over the back news channel. All over the back pages today, stories on air, Erling Haaland, erling. Erling haaland. Yeah. Which i think is unfortunate. I mean, hes been forced to answer questions. Would you leave city. He isnt saying he wants leave city at all. Youre right. Yes. Thats all i got to say about it. Thats nonsense. But it is just ridiculous. Everyone dodi looks for the story. We know what its like, sport and Everything Else. And its. Well, what are you going to do . Whats the future . Because Manchester City are playing in the Champions League and theyre playing. It seems to me talking about me were talking about copenhagen week, copenhagen every other week, doesnt its always doesnt it . Its always copenhagen, copenhagen. Copenhagen, but its copenhagen. Wonderful. Copenhagen. But erling was asked Erling Haaland then was asked about future and this is about his future and this is this is what he said. Look, have a look, listen to this and see if you can find anything bad about this. Im really happy, especially with, people im with, the people that im surrounded with, the manager , surrounded with, the manager, the directors, the board, they are a group of amazing people, and im really happy if i say this now, its probably going to be a massive headline tomorrow. You never know what the future bnngs you never know what the future brings, so, but again, im happy. And, you can write this, but you can also have to write everything i said right before, im happy times. How many times did he say im happy to be here . Im happy. You never know what the futures going to bring. So everybodys thinking what the future brings. It means hes to leave. It means hes going to leave. Its crazy. Are you happy . Are you happy . Im ridiculously but im ridiculously happy. But you know what, eamonn . You never know future brings, know what the future brings, you know . Thats know . But anyway, that thats it. And hes in the future. Hes 23 years old in the future. Probably is going to play at real madrid. But theres no plans at the moment. No big deal plans at the moment. No big deal. As you were. Hes happy at manchester talking about plans. Right before the break. We were talking the world cup were talking about the world cup and fa saying were and the fa saying were certainly bid for certainly not going to bid for it next 20 years. It for the next 20 years. Why . Well, is, sport, why . Well, this is, sport, this is uk sport that are saying this is uk sport that are saying this and theyre saying this is what we see as the future. What we see as the future. Theres no plans as far as the world cup is concerned or should i say the mens world cup, the mens world cup now last time was of course in 1966. So if its another 20 years, thats going to be 80 years since we hosted a world cup, which i think is disgrace. I think think is a disgrace. I think its every youve its crazy. Every youve got america would done it america that would have done it twice. Italy , every twice. Germany, italy, every other major nation in football would have hosted least would have hosted at least twice. But never us. Twice. But never for us. Its if we couldnt do its not as if we couldnt do it. I mean, theyre just, you know, first class stadiums absolutely everywhere, all around country. Absolutely everywhere, all arorwell, country. Absolutely everywhere, all arorwell, ccproblems weve well, the problems weve had before and all dodgy before is fifa and all the dodgy deals that gone on there deals that have gone on there qatar, we know whats qatar, russia, we know whats been there now. Things been going on there now. Things supposedly are cleaned up. Theyre supposed to be a fair bidding process and we didnt do very well the bidding because very well in the bidding because we a bid against them we had a bid against them before, but also its the future that the deputy of uk that its the deputy of uk sports, morton, says the sports, simon morton, says the womens is the biggest womens world cup is the biggest sporting event this country has never hosted, which is all very well. But lets be honest , as do well. But lets be honest, as do both of them. Well, exactly why dont you do both . And the womens world cup has only been huge, probably for the last two world cups, because its a growing sport. So cant go, growing sport. So you cant go, well, weve never hosted it, something always wanted something weve always wanted to do. Theyre said theyre do. Theyre also said theyre going on uk athletics, going to focus on uk athletics, on the world athletics championship, on the world athletics chamj4 nship, on the world athletics chamj4 orhip, on the world athletics chamj4 or 5p, on the world athletics chamj4 or 5 years here about 4 or 5 years ago. Here which was great. And exactly. So why we do both the solheim why cant we do both the solheim cup in golf, the ryder cup, which has been hosted here many, many times. So i dont really see what the problem with the world cup. I think its something we should do. Realise somewhere i didnt realise somewhere around there are around the world there there are people and they count up people sitting and they count up or theyve had a top Golf Tournament , or theyve had a top Golf Tournament, or or theyve had a top Golf Tournament , or theyve had a top tournament, or theyve had a top tennis tournament or theyve had, thought all those things had, i thought all those things were separate do with were just separate to do with those bodies. So yeah, yeah. But uk so did i. Yeah, yeah. But uk sport are looking at this and thinking, and when thinking, right. And when theyre talking about the womens cup, theyre womens world cup, theyre saying, sometime womens world cup, theyre saying 2030s. Sometime womens world cup, theyre saying 2030s. Just ;ometime womens world cup, theyre saying 2030s. Just seems ne in the 2030s. So it just seems crazy or more than likely that there would never be a world cup in my lifetime because i was born the year after the world cup was hosted. And the way things are going, im never going to see one here. No, we think all thats rubbish then we dont like that. We dont like that. Lets have it here. Do we like this . Here whats called a weird here is whats called a weird cycling so cycling helmet. Well, okay. So this protection. But its this is for protection. But its also for what . Well, let me describe first before we say, oh look, weve seen it. The punchline has appeared already. Weve got to wait, its all about safety, aero, dynamism. It needs to look good. And there it is. Does he have a readout within that, a digital readout or whatever . It looks as if. Whatever . It looks as if. I mean, its not its not. You can get netflix on that. Yeah it looks as if he hes probably got a home cinema in there. Well the thing is its quite a tiring thing when youre cycling for hours on end, so you need something to watch. But it is i mean, look at this. Theyre getting more and more out there, it has a protruding leading edge. Eamonn euanne protruding leading edge. Eamonn elianne the rear. Elianne wide wings at the rear. Which which i do actually. It does make sense, also, it does make sense, though, terms of though, doesnt it, in terms of its you can see why that its shape. You can see why that would you go a bit faster. Would make you go a bit faster. Because were talking streamline. For streamline. Yeah its for sprinting were sprinting and were talking thousandths second that are thousandths of a second that are going a difference. Going to make a difference. Theyre carefully so theyre carefully designed. Because designed. So its all because theres other ones theres those other springy ones with those great big point at the but but it. The back. But but thats it. Its all about speed. All about speed great speed okay. But it looks great too think. Too dont you think. Be back looking well youll be back looking great again at 7 20. I may with thank you very much indeed, my friend. Thank you. Appreciate it. How do you stay were stay with us coming up were going looking the front going to be looking at the front stories the biggest stories stories and the biggest stories of day in making of the day as well. In making the news with fraser myers and anna this Anna Mikhailova. This is breakfast with eamonn breakfast on gb news with eamonn and ellie. Brand new sundays from 6 pm. The neil oliver show. Its absolutely vital that people are given the opportunity to take part in the debate. To say the things that matter to them, to be challenged. A country is only really a shared dream. As long as enough people have a shared idea of what it is, then that country exists. What gb news does is give voices somewhere they can be heard. The news of a show sundays from 6 pm. On. The news of a show sundays from 6 pm. On. Gb news. From 6 pm. On. Gb news. Welcome back. The time is 6. 38. Lets take a look at some of your newspaper front pages , of your newspaper front pages, shall we . Now . And the express leads with jeremy hunts tax cuts , which are expected to put cuts, which are expected to put £900 into workers pockets. Daily mail leads with five sas soldiers facing possible murder charges over the death of a suspected jihadist in syria. A suspected jihadist in syria. Hunt defies Public Services alarm with pre election budget tax cuts. Thats the headline on the front of the guardian. Telegraph reports on the £0. 02 National Insurance cuts, saying this could spark an early election. Well, theres more to that. Election. Well, theres more to that. Weve got reaction from that. Weve got reaction from you, which im going to read out very shortly. Heres the telegraph. Yes, it leads with jeremy hunts attempts to win over voters with a2p cut in National Insurance. Insurance. Okay, on that, linda says to say im furious is an understatement. Hunt cut National Insurance in the last budget mini budget and repeat. Thatis budget mini budget and repeat. That is a slap in the face for us pensioners. He says he wants to help working taxpayers. Well, i worked for 46 years straight and though retired now, im still paying tax. So i do have still paying tax. So i do have to say that if you are a pensioner , youre sitting pensioner, youre sitting saying, oh mate, what are you doing for me . Right so joining us to go through the papers now in the studio , Deputy Editor of in the studio, Deputy Editor of spiked and deputy Political Editor of the mail on sunday, Anna Mikhailova , the deputy Anna Mikhailova, the Deputy Editor of spiked, of course, frazer myers, we should say , frazer myers, we should say, its very good seeing you and frazer just on that its very good seeing you and frazerjust on that national frazer just on that National Assurance and, tax cut today. Assurance and, tax cut today. What do you making with the £0. 02 cut, which is been widely touted for National Insurance . Yes. So this is jeremy hunts big giveaway in the budget, dup cut. We should remind people that this is the same amount that this is the same amount that was cut in National Insurance at the last autumn statement, so that came in in january. So if you dont feel ficher january. So if you dont feel richer since december, youre probably not going to feel that much richer come april when this, National Insurance cut comes in. Yeah. And theyre doing this thing where theyre saying, oh, hes going to give you £900 off. No he didnt in november, december, you got 450. Youre getting another 450, 450. Didnt make a darn bit of difference to anybodys life last time around. And its not going to make a darn bit of difference to anybodys life time around. Anybodys life this time around. I say absolutely right. I would say absolutely right. Because one of the other things, know, of the things, you know, one of the other that are going on other things that are going on actually, even as this tax is going down, the broader tax burden is still going its burden is still going up. Its still its been still the highest that its been since second world and since the second world war. And youve as well. Youve got inflation as well. You know, inflation is going down, trend trend to down, its on trend on trend to reach 2. But you havent lost the money youre not getting reach 2. But you havent lost the monemoney ure not getting reach 2. But you havent lost the mone money that not getting reach 2. But you havent lost the mone money that you;etting reach 2. But you havent lost the mone money that you lost1g reach 2. But you havent lost the mone money that you lost in back the money that you lost in the year. You know, it the past year. You know, it doesnt that prices will go doesnt mean that prices will go down it just means that down again. It just means that they rising at a at a slower they are rising at a at a slower rate. So, you know, the Big Questions this budget, two Big Questions. Is it going to save the economy. Is it going to turn around britains growth fortunes. Isnt. And is it fortunes. No it isnt. And is it going to save the tory party ahead of the next election . I dont so either. Dont think so either. Bring in the political lets bring in the political brianna ghey of Anna Mikhailova on this. Im. I have a political brain. I dont have any more insights into the budget. I do think surely theres going to be something else. I mean, ijust dont believe that this is it, that theres going to be a National Insurance or thats it. Im like you, im smiling. Im like you, im smiling. Saying, are they and im saying, are they really that stupid . This is it. This this is it. This this is it. And partly because well, and partly because jeremy hunt literally spent jeremy hunt is literally spent the weeks meeting the last few weeks meeting conservative and telling conservative mps and telling him, im aware that him, yes, im aware that the National Time National Insurance cut last time around a bit around didnt make a damn bit of difference our so difference for our polling. So hes aware of that. And of course, theyve got huge constraints spending. But constraints on spending. But anyway, later anyway, lets see until later today. Anyway, lets see until later tod what you predict could what do you predict could come out of the hat then . I the thing i mean, the thing that theyve desperate bring theyve been desperate to bring out is some kind of out of the hat is some kind of income tax cut. Thats the thing that both number 10 and, and, hunt to an extent has been pushing particularly number pushing for particularly number 10 and of course, their party because they just have because they, they just have they saw that with National Insurance, its of these insurance, its one of these funny taxes that does a funny taxes that it does make a difference to peoples pockets. But people dont but for some reason people dont really it. Thats why really notice it. Thats why traditionally its been a popular one to raise. Its been a one to just sneakily, a great one to just sneakily, slightly yeah, so slightly up every time. Yeah, so but the fiscal headroom now is, is so limited. I mean, will they be able to do that with income tax . Because thats what so many people want. Thats all of our emails thats what all of our emails are saying. Incredibly limited. They its incredibly limited. They have very much putting that have been very much putting that out, are still people in out, there are still people in the conservative the in the conservative party that is just that hope that this is just expectation management because lets put it this way, if there is nothing else the budget, is nothing else in the budget, then pressure is really then the pressure is really going be on rishi sunak, and going to be on rishi sunak, and theres going to be a very, very unhappy party deal with, anna unhappy party to deal with, anna and fraser, whats your instinct re election , when do you what re an election, when do you what do you think . Do you think its a may 1st or november . What do you think, fraser . What do you think, fraser . I think, i could completely understand why rishi sunak would want to just stay on for as long as possible and cling on while he can, just because the polling is so bad, you know, he might want to wait for things to turn around. Cant see them turning around. I cant see them turning around, but there are some things to a may things that point to a may election. Lets see what election. So lets see what happens this budget. This happens in this budget. This is the piece opportunity the last set piece opportunity for to a splash for the tories to make a splash on the economy. So maybe maybe there will be. Or is it or or are they or is it or is it or are they going have a sneaky autumn going to have a sneaky autumn statement. Is the thing. Statement. This is the thing. Yeah. And the main yeah. And one of the main arguments, certainly from laboun labour, you know, labour strategists, looked strategists, when theyve looked at said and been so at this and said and been so convinced its going to be convinced that its going to be a election, one of their a may election, one of their main assume main arguments was we assume theres be an income theres going to be an income tax in the budget. Tax giveaway in the budget. Thats two expensive to just throw away and therefore go thats two expensive to just th|the away and therefore go thats two expensive to just th|the polls and therefore go thats two expensive to just th|the polls straight efore go to the polls straight away. Therefore, early therefore, its an early election. If were not election. Now, if were not seeing an income tax cut, then that falls away. And i that argument falls away. And i my instinct that the, the my instinct is that the, the Prime Minister will want to cling on as long as possible to see those green shoots of recovery hoping recovery that he has been hoping for, so that looks like for, so much so that looks like a bank of england rate cut, for example , but but but again, you example, but but but again, you know, the pressure might be so hard, so tough on him after this that he might have to move. The other thing to add, thats not related to the budget is were also expecting, you know, the rwanda bill to have been wrapped up, in the next couple of weeks. Couple of weeks. So its always one that mentions rwanda. Yeah. I mean, i, you yeah. No, i mean, i, you know, i think in, in the Prime Ministers head, i dont think the public cares much about the public cares that much about this, the way. But think in this, by the way. But i think in the ministers brain he the Prime Ministers brain he thinks, the first thinks, oh, we see the first flights to rwanda. People will be sorted the be convinced weve sorted the immigration obviously be convinced weve sorted the imm havent, obviously be convinced weve sorted the imm havent, you obviously be convinced weve sorted the imm havent, you know, usly be convinced weve sorted the imm havent, you know, and then they havent, you know, and then that lead them to go to that could lead to them to go to the polls as well. So thats thats another factor that might be in, especially be playing in, especially because know, know, because you know, you know, things okay. The minister things okay. The Prime Minister can around to see if things can wait around to see if things get on economy. They get better on the economy. They can always get worse, you know, weve were going to come weve just were going to come out this technical recession out of this technical recession thats product waiting thats a product of waiting around immigration. Could around immigration. Things could always tends to always get worse. There tends to be the be more small boats in the summer. Know, do they summer. So, you know, do they want get ahead of that . But want to get ahead of that . But they wont get a flight off the ground before may . They . Surely. Will they . Surely. Will they . Surely. But i think they i think no, but i think they i think that rishi sunak would like to have the middle of the, have that in the middle of the, the whether the Election Campaign, whether thats a thats whether thatll make a difference or not. Dont we hope, cant i dont want, we hope, cant get worse, wont get worse is violence against women this violence against women and this story front of the story this is front page of the telegraph today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner is saying that its such a bad level that it should be treated as a National Security threat. Yes. Yes. So, sir mark rowleys off the back of further horrific revelations about the murder of Sarah Everard by a Police Officer serving Police Officer, he has come out and given this, speech saying that violence against women is so bad, we should treat it as we do organised crime and terrorism , organised crime and terrorism, and his argument there, of course, is that he needs some more resources to do that now. I mean, i read that this morning and i dont really understand why they cant just treat it badly on its own anyway. Why doesit badly on its own anyway. Why does it have to be be put on a par with terrorism, surely . I mean, it sort of points to a slight, slightly wrong attitude, i think, to start with, if you suddenly have to say, oh, its as bad terrorism, just just as bad as terrorism, just just treat treat it like what it treat it. Treat it like what it is already. It does sound like a bit of a almost a gimmick. Little bit, almost a gimmick. A little bit, yeah. Because think, you yeah. Because yeah, i think, you know, should agree know, we can we should agree that is as evil as, as those that it is as evil as, as those things, but surely it works in a different way. You know, violence against women is not planned or organised in the same way that that terrorism is, you know, so surely the approach is just surely not comparable. Ill do police need more do the police need more resources tackle resources to tackle it . Certainly. I think most certainly. And i think most people would be delighted if the Police Stopped making awful police just stopped making awful unforced errors when comes to unforced errors when it comes to for example, storing evidence and rape cases. And, you know, if it doesnt need to suddenly elevate it to organised crime and make it sound like a big gimmick, like you say, do you know when we use the terms like organised crime and make it interNational Security threat . I agree with you. I think what is wrong with whether its fraser or me . You know , say we fraser or me . You know, say we had an opinion or a view that that was out of kilter here, that was out of kilter here, that you should be saying to us directly, look, fraser, look eamonn cut yourself on. This is absolutely unbearable. And you know , having sons that i do, know, having sons that i do, i like to think they are respectful to women, and, and that they have the right values towards it. And i think, fraser, the whole idea that, well, its somehow different. Its a woman. You can slap her around, you can be abusive to her verbally or physically if you want. So its no big deal. Oh, maybe wed better do something about this. Yeah, well, i mean, id hope that overwhelming majority that the overwhelming majority of that kind of people dont have that kind of people dont have that kind of is of attitude. Is but why does it happen . But why does it happen . Its. I mean, i know its one of the great mysteries of our time. Why do we treat other men the way they treat women, presumably. Presumably these men dont because theyre cowards and they think are weaker. Do think women are weaker. What do you think, anna . No, its a big, big topic for 6 am. The root of male violence against women. Its your child. Its your child. A boy or a girl . A boy or a girl . A boy or a girl . A girl, a girl. A girl, a girl. Yeah, but do you think that, you know, if you had a male child that you would deliberately take upon deliberately take it upon yourself when it comes yourself to say no when it comes to treating women . This is what you should do. I think people do. I think most parents are very, very mindful of this. And i actually think, you know, i dont know how is your sons, how it is with your sons, but actually up as a boy actually growing up as a boy right actually quite right now is actually quite difficult you are difficult because you are navigating things and navigating so many things and most, people really, most, most people are really, really mindful, schools are really mindful, and schools are good but sadly, good at educating, but sadly, first of all, theres always going be evil the world. Going to be evil in the world. And secondly, we do need to do more , im sure. More, im sure. Fraser, lets take a look at the front of the mail, shall we . And this is five serving sas soldiers facing possible murder charges. Yes. So these are, several sas soldiers. Theyre involved in a mission. They, essentially in a mission. They, essentially are accused of murder because they should have. Or some people are saying they should have arrested someone and instead they they shot at them. Now the in their defence, they say that they believe that this person had a suicide vest on and a suicide vest was indeed recovered in the location that they went to raid. If it wasnt, even if it wasnt on the this person, now, you know, theres lots of its kind of a complicated story. On the one hand, you know, its really important that , soldiers are important that, soldiers are held to very high standards that theyre not seen to be breaking theyre not seen to be breaking the law, that they cannot commit war crimes. But, you know, reading mails reporting on reading the mails reporting on this, it seems as if, you know, theres a sense within the army that theyre being a little bit screwed over that, top brass are trying are throwing these trying to are throwing these soldiers under the bus in some sense to make themselves look more clean, more more clean, more clean, more more clean, more squeaky clean , to sort of more squeaky clean, to sort of appease the kind of bureaucracy. I mean , time will tell. The i mean, time will tell. The problem with this story is that all of the people are anonymous, as are, so we cant, you know, theres only theres only kind of scant that we can go of scant details that we can go on here, but will be an on here, but it will be an interesting, debate in the weeks and months to you know, and months to come. You know, what is the right level of responsibility soldiers . You responsibility for soldiers . You know, how much leeway should they be given in difficult situations . Means, things like situations . Means, things like that. I think going to be. That. I think its going to be. I agree with you that the highest standard should be appued highest standard should be applied at all stages. But i would say this to you that the public dont care about this story. And im surprised its front page. They only care about it in in defending the british soldiers involved. This is a war situation. This is in syria. And things happen in a war situation. This man was war situation. This man was deemed to be a jihadist, he died right. There you go, its just a start. And surely there are more important things to be worried about than than this. About than than this. But the accusation is that the top brass, its precisely that. And i think people do care about that the about the fact that the accusation in the in the article is that the off the back of past examples of possible war crimes, the top brass are saving their own necks and basically throwing their soldiers under the bus. So i think thats and that certainly does deserve scrutiny, fraser , i want to stick with you fraser, i want to stick with you on this one because i know that eamonns going to be a fan of this, gregs is the top breakfast spot apparently. Breakfast spot apparently. Obe gregs is now on page of the mirror. Gregs is now our new favourite place. Favourite breakfast place. Beating out mcdonalds. People now the bacon, the gregs now prefer the bacon, the gregs bacon roll to the mcmuffin. Oh do you know their adverts . Their adverts on on radio, for instance. And it has all this sizzling and crackling going on and an egg breaking fried egg. I quite like that. I quite like that. I quite like that. No. No. Have you seen the bloomin breakfast and the tagline is breakfast done properly . Really . Really . Surely we needed a show and tell for this. Tell for this. Yeah, we should have compared on air, shouldnt we . Well , i on air, shouldnt we . Well, i wouldnt have a mcdonalds breakfast. No you wouldnt. No you wouldnt. You like your greg . Ill tell you a very irritating thing about mcdonalds. They about mcdonalds. Why do they not serve hamburgers until post 11 . I agree, i agree with this totally. You want to totally. Why would you want to go have random breakfast go and have a random breakfast if want a burger, you want a if you want a burger, you want a burger . Agreed. You im other way you know im the other way around to you on a saturday or something. I not up something. I might not be up before and want my before 11 and then i want my mcmuffin, but they can still. Oh well, they should do both. Oh well, they should do both. They should do both it all all day. And then you have the choice. And then you have the choice. Exactly. Exactly. Agree. You should be in charge, fraser, turns out, charge, fraser, as it turns out, i think gregs is a magnificent Success Story about where theyre opening and theyre theyre opening and how theyre doing where theyre available. And the simple thing they do is that they a bacon is that they do a bacon baguette, which you love. Not not bacon in brioche. You know not bacon in brioche. You know what things where bacon shouldnt be involved in, but they do a bacon baguette. And one good thing about gregs is that they actually give staff quite good bonuses. So they theyve been making huge profits, tens of Million Pounds in profits and a lot of that, theyve decided to, you know, if you if you work there for more than six months, you get a cut of that, you get a boat, you get an annual nice little bonus fantastic story. Fantastic british Success Story. Praise it the we should praise it in the way americans way that americans do. Mcdonalds. Very hard to get well, its very hard to get decent breakfast. Mean, for decent breakfast. I mean, for instance, in a building instance, we live in a building here. No food, theres here. Theres no food, theres no theres nothing. No toast, theres no nothing. Right. So basically, im eating this in the morning when this counter in the morning when i when i this counter in the morning when iwhen i am this counter in the morning when i when i am when this counter in the morning when iwhen i am when i get ravenous i when i am when i get ravenous here at all. So if we send out, we send. Well i would send out to gregs. Who you send to gregs. Who would you send out gregs is a good shout or out to gregs is a good shout or m s crossed the road awful awful. Oh you dont youre not a fan are you. No. No. Well they do bacon and brioche and they have all sorts of. They a butter that brioche and they have all sorts of. Thejon a butter that brioche and they have all sorts of. Thejon your butter that brioche and they have all sorts of. Thejon your hands that brioche and they have all sorts of. Thejon your hands forat brioche and they have all sorts of. Thejon your hands for the smells on your hands for the rest the i take it rest of the day. I take it youre not a pret man either, but thats a similar story. Yes, but brioche need to get in touch with you. They been in touch with have they been in touch with you . You be their you . You need to be their influencer. You need to be the front campaign. I think front of their campaign. I think he is. He already is. Basically. No, no, no, no. Basically. Is no, no, no, no. Yesterday when i left here to go breakfast, the first go for breakfast, the first breakfast we could find was in white there is nothing. It white city. There is nothing. It is somewhere that is hard to find somewhere that actually there actually does breakfast there somewhere which actually does breakfast there somea here which actually does breakfast there somea fancy, which actually does breakfast there somea fancy, snazzy which actually does breakfast there somea fancy, snazzy sortwhich actually does breakfast there somea fancy, snazzy sort ofich does a fancy, snazzy sort of breakfast. Know exactly what youre i know exactly what youre talking about, so cant be talking about, so it cant be just like bacon and eggs. Be done. It has to be done. It has to be done. You get a fry up. Its you cant get a fry up. Its a fantastic point. I was in, the west of ireland at the weekend oh, and fry ups there. Oh, oh, and the fry ups there. Oh, thats a whole other story. Yeah, we stunning. Yeah, but we stunning. Yeah, but we stunning. We appreciate a breakfast. A breakfast thing. Breakfast is a big thing. Important meal of the most important meal of the day. And therell the the day. Arnext therell the the day. Arnext important the the day. Arnext important meale the day. Arnext important meal at other next important meal at lunchtime. Another lunchtime. And then another important afternoon. Important meal in the afternoon. Three very important meals of the day. The way it is, there, yeah. Well, what would you have . I mean, for your choice for breakfast. Anna, what would your choice breakfast choice of breakfast be . Oh i like like like scrambled egg. I like smoked salmon. Like scrambled egg. I like sm options. Are there . Oh, yeah. Oh, do you like all day oh, yeah. Do you like all Day Breakfast places. Well, thats good. Breakfast places. Youl, thats good. Breakfast places. You knows good. Breakfast places. You know those,i. Breakfast places. You know those, the what are those you know, those vans called . You know, that can your van, that you can go to your van, whatever is, like a burger, whatever it is, like a burger, like those. Like banana ice like those. And like banana ice cream for bacon. Cream van for bacon. Yes. Is that what youre saying . Idea. Great idea. Great idea. The smell of oh, i like the smell of onions anywhere. Dont care what that something. That makes me buy something. What you . What about you . Yeah. To be full yeah. Its got to be full english. Especially if youre hungover. Feeling bit tender, hungover. Feeling a bit tender, something. Got something. You know, its got good sausages, good good bacon, good sausages, good egg. Good bacon, good sausages, good eggcant cant be. Cant be. Anybody wants deliver anybody wants to deliver anything today, fruit, anything to us today, fruit, meat, veg, anything. We are starving. We are starving. Thats all were going to say. See you again in 40 minutes. Alex si king. Morning. Whats the weather like . The weather like . A brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news. Whos. News. Whos. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news. Bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That should clear. And then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot of cloud. Again, outbreaks of rain for northeast of light rain for northeast england, scotland and england, eastern scotland and 1 or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england through the day. Why dont you showers creeping into cornwall much cornwall as well . But much of the england, the west southwest england, wales, ireland, western wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland having a fine day with some sunshine and that some spring sunshine and that will the temperatures 12, will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only struggling a bit. Again, only Single Digits on that east coast and feeling colder with the breeze far north east. Breeze over the far north east. As through this evening, i as we go through this evening, i think see the cloud think well see the cloud breaking a little more. Breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night that will allow the cloud to come back into the east. Some mist fog patches and again mist and fog patches and again some likely in mist and fog patches and again some spots. Likely in mist and fog patches and again some spots. Most likely in mist and fog patches and again some spots. Most townsely in mist and fog patches and again some spots. Most towns and1 rural spots. Most towns and cities just about staying above freezing. For thursday, well freezing. As for thursday, well again, for many itll be dry and bright starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud eastern areas likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england, the midlands, wales could see some heavy showers thursday. Therell be showers on thursday. Therell be scattered about but they could be heavy side. Many be on the heavy side. Many places elsewhere. Again, dry and in the sunny spells. Temperatures getting up 12 or 13. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. Its 7 00 on wednesday, the 6th of march. Its budget day , good to march. Its budget day, good to see you. This is breakfast, Eamonn Holmes and Ellie Costello today. Because isabels a little bit under the weather. Yeah, right. So budget day is finally here. Yes. Jeremy hunt looks to win over voters as speculation mounts over when the Prime Minister might call the election i jeremy hunt, the chancellor, will be standing up in the house of commons at 1230 to deliver this make or break Spring Budget. We know some tax cuts are coming, but what other rabbits might the chancellor pull out of his budget hat . His budget hat . Talking of elections, big wins for donald trump, a Joe Biden Super tuesday yesterday paving the way for a 2020 election rematch between the both of them. Our poll numbers are so much higher than joe bidens. Hes the worst president in the history of our country. Theres never been anything like whats happening to our country. Missing royals , unexplained missing royals, unexplained illness and now Celebrity Big Brother. Do the royals have a right to privacy, or should they be more open . Thats a question well be putting to royal historian hugo vickers shortly. Historian hugo vickers shortly. And in sport, where harry kane pulled a rabbit out of his Champions League hat, you know, by munich come good, harry scores two more goals against lazio. Erling haaland is very happy Manchester City now happy at Manchester City for now. An england wont bid to host the world cup for at least another 20 years. Cities best for sunshine today and thats where well see the top temperatures further east. A lot of cloud and on the chilly side. Join me later for a full weather forecast. Full weather forecast. Right, youre getting hot under the collar for this this budget today. And you know why i think l. A. People are saying, how is it going to affect me . How am i going to do out of this, philip says the election will be won and lost on immigration. A few pence here and there makes absolutely no difference at all. Council tax, rising money treated as confetti. The big question is who will be the next leader of the conservatives in opposition, he says, well, generally the vibe is its not going far enough and lots of people would like to see income tax brought right down. So those of you coming in, jim says to get me to vote tory, not only will i have to cut taxes, theyd also have to grant me an extra £50 a week in my pension. Then ill think about it. Its insulting. They simply assume they can bribe us. Those views coming well keep those views coming in. Reflect many as we in. Well reflect as many as we can throughout the program. But it is a day. It is finally it is a big day. It is finally here. Of the dice for it is a big day. It is finally herechancellor. Of the dice for it is a big day. It is finally herechancellor. Or the dice for it is a big day. It is finally herechancellor. Or isle dice for it is a big day. It is finally herechancellor. Or is it dice for it is a big day. It is finally herechancellor. Or is it maybe the chancellor. Or is it maybe that could be in november, spnng that could be in november, spring today on the Spring Budget today on the agenda £0. 02 cut were hearing to National Insurance. Yes. Also possible tax cuts fuel duty frozen and possible changes to non dom status as well. No, this will be an election budget, as was alluded to over the weekend. So the question is, will that be enough to turn things around for the conservatives . Gb news economics and Business Editor mr Liam Halligan, how would you rate the importance of today . Liam, its certainly, very important. I dont think its quite make or break for the tories, though. Thats how theyre, spinning it because i think that the election will probably be in october, november. So they will have time for another what we call get this fiscal event , call get this fiscal event, maybe in september, we had a tax cut that came in in january, a cut that came in in january, a cut to National Insurance of £0. 02, the headline rate from 12 to £0. 10 in the pound. Thats now going to be cut to £0. 08 in the pound. Could i just Say Something matt. No one noticed it. Could i just Say Something matt. No one noticed it. No one noficed matt. No one noticed it. No one noticed that tax cut. And i think this is the thing with people. They think hes done this before. Hes doing it again. And you know, to get £400, youd spend it in a saturday night. Saturday night. I think thats true. I think for a lot of households, £450 is pretty meaningful. The chancellor trying to double chancellor is trying to double that today. Lets have a quick look at some of the measures he may go through here. The treasury unusually , has treasury unusually, has confirmed that it will be cutting National Insurance by £0. 02. It fell from 12 to £0. 10 in january. So its only been knocking about so far. Eamonn in one packet pay packet. People havent got their february pay packet yet. If theyre paid monthly. So its going to be 8 from april. The average worker from april. The average worker will be £900 better off if you combine those two tax cuts. Its cheaper than cutting income tax. Why is that an income tax cut will cost the chancellor £7 billion. A National Insurance cut will cost the chancellor £5 billion. Thats because income tax is paid by pensioners income tax is paid by pensioners income tax is paid by pensioners income tax is paid by landlords on their rent. Also hes gone for National Insurance because National Insurance because National Insurance because National Insurance applies in scotland as well as england, wales and Northern Ireland. Income tax in north of the border is decided by the scottish government. The tories want to give this tax cut north of the border as well. Pensioners will be upset. I saw i that in in the readers i saw that in in the readers emails too. But the tories would say yes , but weve just say yes, but weve just confirmed for pensioners the triple to triple lock is going to continue. So the basic state pension be upgraded by 8. 8 pension will be upgraded by 8. 8 in april. When you explain to people what a triple lock is. So what the triple lock is, is the tory promise. They introduced it with the lib dems back in the early 2010s, that the state pension every the basic state pension every year will go up by either Earnings Growth or growth in inflation growth. That is, growth in prices or by 2. 5, whichever is the greater earnings. Earnings growth was greater this year. So thats why the basic state pension is going up the basic state pension is going p by the basic state pension is going up by about 8. 5 in april. And on that note, chris has emailed in liam saying while the triple lock has been kept, pensioners are being taxed more because thresholds have not increased , incomes are not increased, incomes are not keeping pace inflation. Keeping pace with inflation. Exactly right. And thats exactly right. And even though the chancellor is making a huge thing of this cut in National Insurance, i mean, even pre announcing it very unusual. Even pre announcing it very unusual. Well, i do think today unusual. Well, i do think today the burden, the overall the tax burden, the overall amount of taxation that we endure compared to the size of the economy will go up. And thats exactly because as gb viewers and listeners know, theres this thing that we all have now come to view as fiscal drag. Youre dragged into higher tax brackets because the Tax Thresholds are kept where they are, even as wages and prices go up. Lets just have another quick look at some of the other things were expecting today. Were expecting fuel duty to be frozen just under 50 3pa litre. Its been frozen for years and years. The chancellor is not going to dare to put that up just before an election. Were expecting that to change non dom tax status. They are wealthy foreigners that live in the uk, who somehow managed to pay a lot less tax than the rest of us. The tories may clamp down on them just as labour wants to clamp down on them. Other wheezes to increase taxation to pay wheezes to increase taxation to pay for that headline cut in National Insurance eamonn li. Theyre probably going to increase duty on Business Class air fares. Increase duty on Business Class airfares. If increase duty on Business Class air fares. If youre lucky enough to go into the plane and turn left rather than turn right, as all the rest of us do. And there could be, there could be. Ive got a little question mark there, some help for first time try and get the time buyers to try and get the housing moving. Time buyers to try and get the h0llet; moving. Time buyers to try and get the h0llet me moving. Time buyers to try and get the h0llet me tell moving. Time buyers to try and get the h0llet me tell you ving. Time buyers to try and get the h0llet me tell you about let me tell you about business airfares. And i use business airfares. And i use business going to Business Class going back to belfast forward. Is there belfast and forward. Is there any difference . No. You get a meal or a snack , compared to meal or a snack, compared to seats of the same size, everything. Youll sit two of us as opposed to three of us. If you were sitting in economy, i think its just simply result in them eradicating Business Class. Theyll get rid of it because people will sit and say theres not that much difference. Its not that much difference. Its not worth paying for. They will, im telling you. So until were all flying, like as if we belong to ryanair or easyjet , nobodys to ryanair or easyjet, nobodys blooming happy standards will completely eamonn were so completely fall eamonn were so beyond grade. Beyond my pay grade. Ill tell you this long haul though. Long haul. If youre going to the states from the uk, if youre flying to the middle east or even to Southern Hemisphere overnight, a lot of people will pay the extra money for Business Class because they can get their head down. They can get their head down. They can get their head down. They can get a proper nights sleep. A lot of the Business Class seats, they lie flat. Now. I do think, though, i do think youre right. I do think the tories are overestimating the amount of money theyre going to get from this in Business Class this hike in Business Class airfares because, as the treasury often does, as the treasury so often does, as the office for budget responsibility so often does, it doesnt take into account eamonn the behavioural change, the change in how people react to tax changes. So i reckon if you really lowered income tax, youd get a lot more activity, you get a lot more revenue from lower income tax are doing just as if you raise taxes on talks about it is they steal from you. They retrospective tax they have retrospective tax introduced by George Osborne where they basically say, that Liam Halligan we could get more tax from him. Lets look at his books again. Liam, you know why we of that was okay . We said all of that was okay . For the ten years, weve for the past ten years, weve changed our mind. Were going back years. National back ten years. Tax and National Insurance, and were going to take charges . Take that off you loan charges . Er, doesnt mean er, 35. And it doesnt mean anything anybody until it anything to anybody until it hits them. I think theres something in that. Do think hmrc , the that. I do think hmrc, the taxman, more taxman, is getting more aggressive way they aggressive in the way they pursue, particularly freelance workers. A lot of us in the workers. A lot of us in the media are freelance workers. A lot of us across the economy. Its the gig economy, ir35 , as its the gig economy, ir35, as you say, eamonn, most people might not know what that means. Thatis might not know what that means. That is how the revenue tax is. People who arent officially employees , theyre contractors employees, theyre contractors to companies. That Means Companies dont pay National Insurance on those employees. Make hmrc wants to make sure that theyre not employees, that they are contractors. Youre they are contractors. Youre right. Look as this all this is a function of an economy thats not growing. When an economy is stagnating , when youre growing stagnating, when youre growing at half a percent, less than 1, as we have been for a long time now, and particularly since the pandemic , everything gets pandemic, everything gets tighter. Money public tighter. Money for public finances isnt there. The politicians want to squeeze those of us with means more to get money for public finances , get money for public finances, and this budget is going to be a tough one. The tax burden is at a 70 year high. Theres very little money. Thats why the chancellor is doing a National Insurance cut rather than a more expensive income cut. Expensive income tax cut. Thanks. And stay okay, liam, thanks. And stay with us all morning, liam. And obviously keep your your eye across things and preview the chancellor his feet at half chancellor on his feet at half 12. Thank you mate. Thank you. What do you thank you. Well what do you want see in the budget. Want to see in the budget. Well our out our reporter jack carson is out today Leamington Spa speaking today in Leamington Spa speaking today in Leamington Spa speaking to local people and local business. Jack, what are business owners. Jack, what are locals there expecting and what would they like to see from the budget . Budget . Yeah. Well good morning to you both. Were with Murray Carman fitness here in Leamington Spa this morning to find out, of course, why and what people want from the budget, what life is like at the moment. Murray, thank you so much for joining moment. Murray, thank you so much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. Your Small Business owner, youre a mum as well. Just kind of tell us what whats life like at the moment in the current economy. Yeah. So its really hard with cost of living. Ive with the cost of living. Ive got three small children, two at school, nine school, but ive also got a nine month ive had to have month old, so ive had to have some work juggling, some time off work juggling, running a mum and running my business as a mum and also kids is a constant also the kids is a constant balance. I dont think you ever get right, but particularly get it right, but particularly how expensive everything is. You know, hard, to know, its really hard, to support children, kids, support the children, my kids, but business. But also grow a business. Yeah. And, you know, obviously, we know about the cost of living pressures. Jeremy hunt is going to stand, you know, at the despatch box today, deliver his what maybe deliver his budget. What maybe could today that would could he say today that would maybe give you a more maybe give you a bit more confidence. It would give you a bit support. What are you bit more support. What are you looking today . Yeah. Looking for today . Yeah. Vat threshold is at so the vat threshold is at 85,000. And thats been there since they could since 2017. So if they could increase line with increase that in line with inflation that give small inflation that would give Small Businesses myself a bit businesses like myself a bit more. Room for growth. Also, when it to maternal mental when it comes to maternal mental health. So im a massive champion of this. I think there needs to be more provision for mums, particularly in the pregnancy and beyond. And i think if they did that, we would then potentially see, benefit then potentially see, a benefit to later on. You to the mother later on. You know, 20,000 women a year in 2023 couldnt get access to support during their postpartum period. And that has a massive implications for the mother, but also for our children. Okay. Well, mary, thank you okay. Well, mary, thank you very much for that so far. Were going to be joined by mary a little bit later on this morning as well. So plenty still to come on. What really, of course, is important for people that run Small Businesses and also part of family well in this of a family as well in this budget today. Okay. You very much okay. Thank you very much indeed. Going to america indeed. Were going to america now. Biggest days in now. One of the biggest days in the election there the election calendar. There super tuesday yesterday, 15 states the country and states across the country and one us. Territory heading to the polls to select their preferred president ial candidate. Yes, a big night. President joe biden and former President Donald Trump with a 2020 rematch. Now looking more likely than ever, joined now by former adviser to the bank of england, doctor roger gewolb. I do find you all i do chip on your name. Im sorry. Roger but youre not. Trip over him and a 2020 delegate forjoe biden. Victor shih. Victor, how are you . Hi. Hi. From america. Great to be here, victor. All the talk is of donald trump. When are we going to hear something from joe biden . Something from joe biden . When we hear something from joe biden. Well i think that youre already hearing a lot from his campaign tonight. Was or i guess on super tuesday was a big victory for him. You saw the Democratic Party really turn out in droves to vote for joe biden. I think hes on a path biden. I think hes on a path for victory in terms of the nomination democratic nomination for the Democratic Party ending up, party and then ending up, hopefully, general hopefully, with a general election well. Election win as well. Dear victor, im dear goodness, victor, im listening and im being listening to you and im being polite you. How on earth can polite to you. How on earth can anybody stand behind that man when he just looks like the next step from should be into a care home . Well, i think his record and his and his policy speaks for themselves. When you look at what hes been able to do since he went into office, there are many things that benefit all americans , whether youre americans, whether youre a republican an republican or a democrat, an american. So think he has a american. So i think he has a real record to run on. I think most people realise that. Thats why after why you see election after election. In ways election. Hes winning in ways that and headlines could that polls and headlines could never predict. Thats victor well, roger, thats victor putting the argument for joe biden there. I look at him and i think whos making the decisions for him . Well victor, nice to meet you, victor. He would say that, wouldnt he, as we say. And yeah, i mean, somebody said to me the other day, you know, the problem is with trump that he gets angry and he could he could hit the Nuclear Button if he got too angry. Well, as you mentioned earlier, i know trump and know that absolutely is not the case. Thats but i do worry thats nonsense. But i do worry that joe biden hit it that joe biden could hit it thinking it says snooze. Hes pretty old, what do you think about nikki haley in all of this . Roger do you think well expect her after the performance in super tuesday or lack thereof . Im kind of. Im kind of. You drop out. You drop out. Yeah. Im kind of predicting shell drop out by dinnertime today. I may wrong, but today. I may be wrong, but i think billionaire backers think her billionaire backers have probably shut their chequebooks and said, nikki, great job. Shes done amazingly for next time. Shes set herself up very well. She may be Vice President. I mean, the field is president. I mean, the field is widening with various people , widening with various people, but theres a chance there. So i think shes done as well as shes going to do. Shes got no travel plans, no more commercials. She obviously knows that shes as far as she that shes gone as far as she can. So yeah. And victor, what about a democratic ticket . Would it be the same as last time around . Sorry. Youre saying will the democratic ticket be the same time as last time around . Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So i think youre going to see President Biden and Vice President harris be on the same ticket. And can i make one point about i think about nikki haley . I think i agree shes probably going agree that shes probably going to out after this election. To drop out after this election. But of the things i think is but one of the things i think is interesting results is interesting about the results is that ask nikki haley, that when you ask nikki haley, voters will they voters sort of who will they will vote for in the general election, a good to 50 of election, a good 30 to 50 of them consistently say, against election, a good 30 to 50 of them c trump. Tly say, against election, a good 30 to 50 of them c trump. And ay, against election, a good 30 to 50 of them c trump. And if, against election, a good 30 to 50 of them c trump. And i think nst election, a good 30 to 50 of them c trump. And i think most donald trump. And i think most americans see that because they are of what donald are sort of hearing what donald trump broad trump is saying in broad daylight. Know, daylight. Someone, you know, when about being when you talk about being a dictator on day one, he said he would a dictator. On day one, would be a dictator. On day one, he would pull out of key programs. Those are things programs. And those are things that think to a lot of that i think matter to a lot of americans. Youre americans. And thats why youre seeing, from the republican seeing, even from the Republican Party people party itself, people are starting trump. Party itself, people are sta|well, trump. Party itself, people are sta|well, victor, trump. Party itself, people are sta|well, victor, he trump. Party itself, people are sta|well, victor, he dominates|p. Well, victor, he dominates the airwaves. Theres no the airwaves. I mean, theres no doubt is a magnet for doubt he is a magnet for publicity. What will people get from joe if he runs next from joe biden if he runs next time around . Time around . Well, i think its an expansion of what hes already been able to do as president. You know, when you talk about things that president s wish to have gotten done, President Biden achieved some biden has achieved some tremendous things, like passing a infrastructure a really big infrastructure package , investing in package package, investing in climate change, forgiving student loan debt, you know , student loan debt, you know, those are things that hes promised do and hes promised promised to do and hes promised and accomplished. And hes already accomplished. And then when you look at a second terme, hell second biden terme, hell continue do those things. Continue to do those things. Hell continue deliver on his hell continue to deliver on his promises lives promises and try to make lives better. Is what better. And i think that is what hes on this election hes running on this election cycle. Thank victor and roger, thank you, victor and roger, its day here. Weve just its budget day here. Weve just got stuff pressing on us got other stuff pressing on us today. Say thank you and today. Well say thank you and goodbye for of you for your goodbye for both of you for your analysis. There and well speak again roger. Analysis. There and well speak agathank roger. Analysis. There and well speak agathank you. Ger. Thank you. Thank you. Well, lets return to our top story, shall we . Now, the chancellor set to deliver his chancellor is set to deliver his budget later 1230. Budget later today at 1230. Were now joined by shadow chief secretary the treasury, secretary to the treasury, darren good morning darren jones. Very good morning to you, darren jones. Look, we are expecting to see the tories scale back on non dom tax regime in the budget a little bit later on today. And that instantly on today. And that instantly makes us think about the labour party doesnt it . Because all weve heard from the labour party in the past few months, this rather takes the wind out of your sails, doesnt it . This was your headline it was your headline policy, and it looks the tories have looks as though the tories have beaten to it. This is beaten you to it. This is a question that even conservative. Good morning. I mean, well good morning. I mean, look, chancellor does look, if the chancellor does announce non dom status announce the non dom status change in budget later change in the budget later today, will be a humiliation today, it will be a humiliation for the conservatives who have until said that it was until yesterday said that it was not an effective plan for the country, even though we in the labour party have been saying it was the right thing to do for many, but look, as many, many years. But look, as you expect, we the you might expect, we in the labour party for these Labour Party Plan for these budgets much as the budgets as much as the conservatives have conservatives and have anticipated potentially anticipated them potentially doing today. And doing that later today. And if they we set out our they do, we will set out our updated in due course. Updated plans in due course. What the labour party do differently because differently then, because the chancellor saying, at chancellor is saying, well, at least has plan. He says the least he has a plan. He says the labour doesnt have labour party doesnt even have a plan. Plan. Well, i think the chancellor is saying that this is yet another plan for growth. And yesterday i looked back over the last 14 years of the conservatives government, and conservatives in government, and theyve plans for growth theyve had 21 plans for growth over years. This is the over the years. This is the 22nd. And where are we . Were in the middle of rishis recession, so not sure if you can so im not quite sure if you can take the chancellors word for so im not quite sure if you can tathat|e chancellors word for so im not quite sure if you can tathat onzhancellors word for so im not quite sure if you can tathat on the cellors word for so im not quite sure if you can tathat on the 22nd s word for so im not quite sure if you can tathat on the 22nd attempt,r it that on the 22nd attempt, hes going get growth back hes going to get growth back into economy. And thats into the economy. And thats really important you really important because if you step from all the step back from all the individual measures, the fact that alone is not that this budget alone is not going to go anywhere near repairing damage the last repairing the damage of the last 14 is the big political 14 years is the big political question in westminster question here in westminster today. At home will question here in westminster tocexperiencing at home will question here in westminster tocexperiencing that home will question here in westminster tocexperiencing that and1e will question here in westminster tocexperiencing that and willill be experiencing that and will know that, because when they look pay slip, when look at their pay slip, when they at their taxes, when they look at their taxes, when they look at their taxes, when they look at their taxes, when they look their mortgage or they look at their mortgage or rent, they look how much rent, when they look at how much money got at the end of money theyve got at the end of the month, they know that after 14 they are better 14 years, they are not better off under conservatives. Off under the conservatives. The, yeah, but but darren, the, the danger, problem the big danger, the big problem for the labour party is for you and the labour party is thatis for you and the labour party is that is that it is consistently implied that labour promises are unaffordable and that either have to be abandoned or they would lead to large tax rises. And then it means that, darren, people like yourself have to spend much of your time defending that and debating that , when really its policy that you want to be talking about, not only for gb news that is not the labour Party Position to increase taxes. Weve said, for example, that were not going to be increasing taxes on working people. Weve got very clear fiscal rules from our shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves , that we will not be reeves, that we will not be borrowing for day to day spending and that we will get debt falling as the size of the economy. And as shadow economy. And my job as shadow chief secretary of the treasury means it absolutely my means that it is absolutely my responsibility to ensure that all policies from now all of our policies from now going the going into the manifesto and the election are fully Election Campaign are fully costed funded, and costed and fully funded, and i can guarantee you of that. And when to the stage of when we get to the stage of updating our policies and launching be launching our manifesto, ill be very come back onto very happy to come back onto your to defend them. Your show to defend them. Yes, you think that yes, but do you think that the labour party are actually trusted on the economy . I mean, your headline up until your headline policy up until very green very recently was this green pledge , £28 billion that was pledge, £28 billion that was dropped a big u turn there. I mean, how can people trust the labour party with our money when youre not even in government yet and youre already u turning on policies . On policies . So were not the ones u turning on policies. It looks like its going to be the conservatives u turning on policies. Will drop that £28 policies. Will you drop that £28 billion Rachel Reeves it was refinanced because the conservatives crashed the economy, and that meant that National Borrowing was higher than it was previously. That was the responsible thing to do. And the responsible thing to do. And whether the green whether its the green prosperity or whether its prosperity plan or whether its our to budget our response to the budget today, the party under today, the labour party under keir and Rachel Reeves keir starmer and Rachel Reeves has people can trust us has changed. People can trust us with and if you with the economy. And if you look polling from across the look at polling from across the country, the party lead country, the labour party lead the conservatives now, and rachel leads Rachel Reeves reeves leads jeremy being most jeremy hunt as being the most trusted on economy. So this trusted on the economy. So this is first time think ever, is the first time i think ever, that the labour party is going from opposition, hopefully into government ahead of government and election ahead of the being the conservatives on being trusted economy and trusted on the economy and thats because of the hard work thats because of the hard work that Starmer Reeves that keir starmer Rachel Reeves and done to set that out and i have done to set that out for the country. What about hard work . What about the hard work . Jeremy hunt will have done prior to today . Does worry you . To today . Does it worry you . No, not not particularly. I mean, we need to see what jeremy hunt puts in his budget today, but we know that the conservatives have boxed themselves into a corner. Theyve maxed out the countrys credit spent all credit card, theyve spent all of money and theyve failed. Of the money and theyve failed. As the 22nd as i said now, on the 22nd attempt, theyre going attempt, how theyre going to grow economy. And indeed, grow the economy. And indeed, last plan for last time, the 21st plan for growth november last year, growth in november last year, jeremy hunt set out policies jeremy hunt set out 110 policies for growth and where have we ended up in middle of ended up in the middle of rishis recession . I think the pubuc rishis recession . I think the Public Record of public can look at the record of the government, the conservatives in government, know failed know that they have failed and that quite frankly, it is that quite frankly, now it is time change. Time for change. 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Up next, its going to be harriet baldwin. Harriet baldwin is the chair at the house of Commons Treasury Select Committee. Shall we . Talking about the budget at 1230 . Well try and work out from her what could be coming out of the chancellors hat. Are there surprises to come there any more surprises to come 7 there any more surprises to come . Hopefully out for . Well hopefully find out for you on gb you on breakfast on gb news next. Welcome back to breakfast. The time is 727. It is, of course, budget day. Were joined now by conservative mp for west worcestershire, harriet baldwin, very good to see you this morning. Harriet. Look, this is being seen by many as a last chance budget for the tories. So many tory mps actually expressing disappointment at jeremy hunts decision to cut National Insurance rather than income tax. Theyre pointing to the fact that the previous reduction weve seen this all before had no apparent impact on the polls. And with your party lagging 20 points behind, you need that boost , dont you . So need that boost, dont you . So is this a big enough rabbit out of the hat . Of the hat . Well, i think what well see today in terms of the budget is we will see a chancellor who continues to want to see lower taxes and one of the things, of course, that everyone has noficedis course, that everyone has noticed is we spent all that extra money during the pandemic on furlough. We spent a lot of money helping people with the cost of energy during the, after the invasion of ukraine. And so theres an extra 500 billion of pubuc theres an extra 500 billion of public spending thats gone in dunng public spending thats gone in during this parliament. And so what youre seeing now is a path to lower taxes , to being able to to lower taxes, to being able to hand some of that money back to taxpayers. And i think by doing it through National Insurance, actually, the office for budget responsibility says that that is something that is less inflationary than income tax. And so, of course , weve made and so, of course, weve made huge progress on inflation, down from 11. 1 to 4. But theres still some further room to go to get get it back to target at 2, harriet, i just want to make a comment here. This is this is pretty typical of comments that were getting, this morning. And this is from a guy called kenneth. And, just on the point you were making there about spending and kenneth says, i cant believe the hypocrisy of all the people demanding more tax cuts. And like that eejit whos standing behind you there with a with a banner. This relates to him. Do they not know we are £2. 5 trillion in debt made way worse by the pandemic, when the government supported peoples jobs whilst in a National Lockdown . How do they think this has to be paid for . I bet everyone demanding cuts were more than happy to take the money and sit at home. I wonder what your man behind you thinks about that. I wonder where he was sitting when the was sitting when during the covid and who was paying for it , yeah. Youre absolutely right to remind viewers about furlough. And, you know, everyone very much welcomed the support that was given during the pandemic. And that was expensive. But i and that was expensive. But i think what has happened now, through prudent financial management, is that the chancellor is able to not only implement that tax cut that we saw last november that came into force on the 6th of january, but also , im hoping today that we also, im hoping today that we will see a further path set out to lower taxes in a responsible way that keeps debt falling. Its being widely touted. Were going to see a cut in pubuc were going to see a cut in public spending as part of the budget at today. Lots of people will be very concerned about that. And were seeing local councils going bankrupt at a rate of knots at the state of our roads, potholes. We know that thats what people really do care about in this country and the state of our care homes as well. I mean, do you really think there is an appetite for less public spending . Less public spending . I think public spending is incredibly important, and public spending is at a record high. In fact, what i would focus on is not the amount thats being spent, but the output. So at the moment, public spending is considerably higher than it was before the pandemic. But the output from the Public Services in terms of fixing roads and doing operations and so on isnt as high as it was before the pandemic. So i do think there needs to be a focus on what the pubuc needs to be a focus on what the public spending does, as well as how much public spending is. But i do repeat that public spending is at a record high, you have, harriet, are the chair of the house of Commons Treasury Select Committee , so i just want to ask committee, so i just want to ask you what were being leaked or what were speculating about. All seems rather dull and rather boring. Do you think well be surprised come lunchtime today with what the chancellor has to say . Say . Well, i dont have any more information than you do in terms of whats going to be in the budget. Ive got informed speculation on myself. I was expecting that £0. 05 off to continue at the pumps for another year. So that is something that i predicted. And i think weve heard that that will be in todays budget. I do expect some further tax cuts that will help reward working people and will apply right across the uk and i do expect that we will continue to, have some extra rabbit that none of us know about at this point. Us know about at this point. This budget is sparking election talk. When do you think a general election will be called . Called . Well, i can say with great confidence that its going to be this year. I dont know when, because its up to the Prime Minister to make that decision , minister to make that decision, but itll be sometime between the 2nd of may, which is the earliest date. And i think november is oh, come on, you must have an inkling. You must have, i dont know, im ready for the 2nd of may. Im ready for the 2nd of may, but i dont have an inkling. No. Sometime between those two points. Yeah. You for your time this thank you for your time this morning, harriet baldwin. And whats day for you . Whats a very busy day for you . Appreciate your time and appreciate your your time and your comments. Thank you. Your comments. Thank you. I think general election will be in november. Think so too. I think so too. I think so too. Well, there you go. Ill be surprised. Were very in sync this let us know what this morning. Let us know what you think. 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A country is only really a shared dream. As long as enough people have a shared idea of what it is, then that country exists. What gb news does is give voices somewhere they can be heard. The needle of a show sundays from 6 pm. On gb news. News. Plenty of royal news on the agenda this week. The princess of wales. There was an unauthorised picture taken of her for the First Time Since christmas. And of course, her uncle, Gary Goldsmith , is currently in Gary Goldsmith, is currently in the Celebrity Big Brother house, where his comments, while supportive of the royals, are causing plenty of headlines and plenty to get stuck in with. A royal historian , hugo vickers, royal historian, hugo vickers, who is here to tell us more. Very good morning to you, hugo, and lets start with the princess of wales, shall we . Because its a really difficult balance for the royal family, isnt it . Theyve been experimenting a little bit with, with more of their with sharing more of their health updates. Weve seen that from the king, havent we, being more about his cancer more open about his cancer diagnosis. But you think diagnosis. But do you think theres here that they theres a worry here that they have whetted the public have over whetted the public appetite . Because there is this appetite . Because there is this now demand information, now demand for information, isnt the princess of isnt there . The princess of wales has been trending all week with theories about with conspiracy theories about what be wrong what could possibly be wrong with her. Yes, i think its a very difficult balance to get right because we were told she had the operation and we were also told we werent going be told we werent going to be told anything more about it. I mean, obviously her press obviously if i was her press secretary, what i would be wanting do would be to tell wanting to do would be to tell you know, some you something, you know, some really when really good news. When shes Getting Better there Getting Better and, okay, there was that photograph. So we know shes up and about, i dont know whether it would have been a good idea, maybe to have a picture of her sitting in the garden with her children or something, it is this terribly complicated balance, if you show enough, you feed the media enough. Usually they will respect the boundaries. But if you tell them nothing at all, then of course they. They think theyre being deprived of information and they go into overdrive. Yeah. So william, at that funeral, that Commemoration Service that he pulled out of , service that he pulled out of, you know, if it was, it was late 45 minutes notice or so. Are you of the opinion issue to say, look, i feel very nauseous. Im unwell , i look, i feel very nauseous. Im unwell, i have a bad tummy or given a reason for why he didnt attend. As opposed to what . What has to led a lot of this speculation just pulling out without reason. I i rather i rather agree i rather agree with i rather agree with you actually. I mean, you know, we all understand somebody having a headache or eating a bad oyster or Something Like that , i or Something Like that, i suppose if im suppose the problem, if im being honest with is being really honest with you, is that his press that probably his press secretary didnt know why secretary didnt really know why he out and therefore put he pulled out and therefore put out a statement. This is sometimes the problem, i think, of lack communication. But of lack of communication. But yes , i mean, in the past weve yes, i mean, in the past weve been told lots of things like, you know, somebody going you know, regular somebody going into little into a hospital for a little check up or , you know, a bad check up or, you know, a bad knee or something. And we accept that. Mean , know, were we that. I mean, you know, were we must that. So i think must accept that. So i think that was that was a pity. And that was a that was a pity. And of course, it was all done very much last i mean, much at the last moment. I mean, he down to read lesson he was down to read the lesson in that service. Well, hugo, page of the well, hugo, front page of the metro , an embarrassing metro today, an embarrassing fallout princess fallout clouded the princess of wales. Possible return to duties after tickets went on sale for an event. Despite no an event. Despite no confirmation she would actually attend. Now, this is trooping of the colour, so the army have put on a website. Shes going to be there for a preview of all of this and, the palace or Kensington House or whatever are saying, oh, we dont know anything about this. Anything about this. Yes, that is most unfortunate, i mean , theres unfortunate, i mean, theres every possibility that she will be at the trooping the colour because she would be in the major generals office, as you know, at whitehall, overlooking it. Doesnt, wouldnt be it. She she doesnt, wouldnt be playing big part in the playing a big part in the proceedings. She would be a spectator, even though shes colonel of one of the guards regiments. So lets hope she is there. But, i imagine that probably Kensington Palace was a bit irritated, and i guess that probably some, some sort of ill informed person just put out the normal document that would be put out at this time of the yean put out at this time of the year, expressing the wish, you know, whos going to actually be present on the day without checking on the issue of privacy, what do you make of catherines uncle Gary Goldsmith entering the Celebrity Big Brother house because hes been making comments, hasnt he, albeit supportive ones about the royal family but also speaking about Meghan Markle . Well, yes , i was thinking well, yes, i was thinking about this and i was i was remembering i mean, do you remembering i mean, do you remember Terry Major Ball and do you rememberjemmy remember Terry Major Ball and do you remember jemmy carters brother, billy carter . There always seems to be one member of the family that goes little the family that goes a little bit sort off the rails, if bit sort of off the rails, if you like , theyve never, ever you like, theyve never, ever been able to pin a single nasty thing on catherine middleton. So they tried a little bit with her sister for a time. They, they, they, they, they wanted to paint her as a sort of wild child that didnt work either. And so now youve got the uncle. I mean, youve got the uncle. I mean, you know, obviously, i would say i you the family would much i bet you the family would much prefer that he didnt take part in thing, what has said, in this thing, what he has said, of about prince harry of course, about prince harry and Meghan Markle been said and Meghan Markle has been said before and is, dont know before and is, i dont know about you, but rather widely accepted. Rather support what accepted. I rather support what he that the he says. I think that the statements that they made caused the late queen an enormous amount distress and, amount of distress and, difficulties at the last year of her reign, which was unacceptable , in my and, unacceptable, in my view. And, and some the statements have and some of the statements have been contradicted even by them subsequently. Think subsequently. So i dont think you need take his his , you need to take his his, comments too seriously. But of course, programs like the Celebrity Big Brother are an opportunity for people to chat and for indiscretions to come out. So i and for indiscretions to come out. So i suppose probably the people making the programme will be absolutely delighted because everybodys going watch everybodys going to now watch and hes going to say. And see what hes going to say. Well go, thank you for well if you go, thank you for all you have said today and all that you have said today and letting us your views. Letting us have your views. Do appreciate it. Thank we do appreciate it. Thank you much indeed. Weve you very much indeed. But weve got to leave it there. Yeah, well, stay with us still come. Going to be still to come. Were going to be looking the biggest stories looking at the biggest stories of the day with fraser next. A study has found that even if you spend most of the day sitting still, this is. This sitting still, this is. This could be written for me. You can still drastically cut your risk of an early death by getting in 10,000 steps a day. Is that all . Thats an thats a marathon. An. Thats an thats a marathon. An. Thats an thats a marathon. An. Thatis thats an thats a marathon. An. That is incredible. Weve got fraser myers and weve got to answer this one. Anna mikhailova with stories making the news today. With stories making the news today. Have you tried to do today. Have you tried to do 10,000 steps . I have done 10,000 steps. But its not easy. I like i like, i like walking a lot. I love Walking Around a big city, always everywhere i can in always walk everywhere i can in london, but not easy. London, but but its not easy. About five miles its its about five miles or its about five. Thats a lot, isnt it . Some day. Some day. Exactly. You need you need to plan it basically you to plan it basically you need to you sort of plan a walk you need to sort of plan a walk or specifically plan going to certain and avoiding certain places and avoiding avoiding you know, its avoiding the tube you know, its that kind of thing. Yes. But do you feel you live longer as a result, i think its if its offset by as much sugar as i eat. Probably not. Okay. Gotcha okay. Gotcha well, fraser, also know, are you doing a 10,000 steps . I try to, but again, you have to, as you say, you have to plan it. Its not part of a normal days steps, if you know what i mean. Your commute doesnt. Most peoples commute doesnt include mean. Your commute doesnt. Most people steps. Nute doesnt include mean. Your commute doesnt. Most peoplesteps. Iute doesnt include mean. Your commute doesnt. Most peoplesteps. I mean,esnt include mean. Your commute doesnt. Most peoplesteps. I mean,es do include 10,000 steps. I mean, i do deliberately, you know, get take a longer walk or, you know, miss a longer walk or, you know, miss a tube stop whatever try a tube stop or whatever to try and bit more, a few more and get a bit more, a few more steps. But its a lot of steps. But there we are. We know it has to be done. Fraser. The budget to be done as well budget has to be done as well today. Are you excited by this or are you feeling . Im. Or how are you feeling . Im. Im not excited by the by the budget. Especially if, this national the National Insurance, cut is the is the only thing going. Im sure there has to be something coming out of the hat from the chancellor. The, if the tories are to have any hope of are going to have any hope of retaining seats in the retaining a few seats in the next election. But one thing i did, what it be, then . Did, what could it be, then . If youre thinking something might still left come out might still be left to come out of this hat in income tax, i remember people were talking a while tax remember people were talking a whil� seems tax remember people were talking a whil� seems to tax remember people were talking a whil� seems to have tax remember people were talking a whil� seems to have been tax remember people were talking a whil� seems to have been dropped that seems to have been dropped as an idea, but maybe it will come back surprise, but come back as a surprise, but i think one of the, one of the things that is quite frustrating about budget a lot of it about this budget is a lot of it is based on, you know, what they call fiscal headroom. Now, call the fiscal headroom. Now, the way that calculate this the way that they calculate this figure is saying, forecasting figure is by saying, forecasting what debt will be in what they think debt will be in five years time, and to quote the great michael gove, i think, you know, some of us have had enough of experts because the experts been so wrong on experts have been so wrong on this over the two decades, this over the past two decades, the average forecast has been about by 15. So thats the about by about 15. So thats the equivalent of about two nhs budgets three times worth hs2. So essentially , the chancellor so essentially, the chancellor is working on a set of figures that are made up that are almost certainly going to be wrong. And certainly going to be wrong. And yet thats going to determine, you know, the Investment Decisions he makes , the tax decisions he makes, the tax decisions he makes, the tax decisions he makes, the tax decisions he makes. Something is clearly, clearly, very wrong here. You know, were living under kind of tyranny of the under a kind of tyranny of the spreadsheet a little bit. I think we need to shake things up a theres much a little bit. Theres too much economic is, economic orthodoxy. And that is, you drag on growth. You know, a drag on growth. What do you think of it . Well, i think one thing certainly that needs to be looked at is the way that. So the set up to be an the obr was set up to be an independent oversight and i think the principle of that is great. Absolutely much great. And absolutely its much better the treasury marking better than the treasury marking its but in reality its own homework. But in reality what people work in what happens is people work in the and then they the treasury and then they usually work the obr. So usually go and work the obr. So it tends to be same sort of it tends to be the same sort of people who all know each other. And, and think that can be a and, and i think that can be a bit of a problem. And look, i the figures are certainly not made up, but i think anyone made up, but they i think anyone whos not involved in this world looks at it and sees that, you know, one month the forecast was one thing, and then a few months later, its revised to be something completely different. And it always looks a bit odd because you were managing because if you were managing your finances, your household finances, you wouldnt that. Wouldnt be able to do that. Well, the Prime Minister, im not sure what he does in the household hes household generally, but hes hes too busy worry hes a bit too busy to worry about looking at a lot of things at the minute because hes too busy stacking the dishwasher and making and ill tell us why. Well, do you remember during covid when he was chancellor and his nickname was dishy rishi . We now know that thats literal. He loves doing the dishes. He loves restacking the dishes. After his wife. So theyve given this wife. So theyve given this interview to grazia magazine, which is all have a clip of that. Great. Great. Lets have a quick look at that first. Definitely rishi, but i am a for enthusiasm. So i see something, but then it requires redoing after youve been very enthusiastic. But i still i still load it. And then rishi comes and rearranges more work. It rearranges it. It rearranges it. So thats the pm and his wife there. So just let me get this this straight. Anna. The dishwasher. Somebody has put the dishes into the dishwasher already, and then youre telling me before theyre washed . Yes. He goes in and restocks them. Reorders them . Yes, yes. yes, yes. A lot of people do that, there are i mean, its a very divisive topic. I, the particular one i like is the people who get very, very angry about which way you put the cutlery in down or up, which i personally couldnt care at all. But people kept very, very agitated about it. So this sounds like a similar type of household. Sunak says that when he restocks it, he managed to get more dishes in which you could argue, you know, thats efficient from him. Yeah, saves water, but see, im with you, anna. There in. Thats all i need. There in. Thats all i need. There in. Thats all i need. Theyre in. Theyre in. I press the button and off we go. Its how they get out. Then its my way in concern for strong ocd vibes for getting from that interview. The other thing that sunak doesis the other thing that sunak does is that, apparently, she doesnt make the bed properly , doesnt make the bed properly, so hes thinking, so he will go down to the office and down to, you know, the Prime Ministers office. And hes thinking constantly about the unmade bed. So up the middle of so hell go up in the middle of the to make the make the the day to make the make the bed, you go. Bed, so there you go. Do you think this is true . Do you think hes actually running about stacking the dishwasher making bed, dishwasher and making the bed, or do think its actually or do you think its actually might have a little of help . You know, i was going to say. Yeah i think i would have thought he have had some thought he would have had some household he certainly household help. He can certainly afford it. Be fair, though, i imagine to be fair, though, i imagine when doing a job like when youre doing a job like his, probably do want some his, you probably do want some relief just something his, you probably do want some relief simple, just something his, you probably do want some relief simple, mundane,iething his, you probably do want some relief simple, mundane,iethi|that thats simple, mundane, and that you done when you can actually get done when youre with problems youre grappling with problems that so large and usually that are so large and usually cant anything, the cant solve anything, making the bed probably have an bed probably does have an appeal bed probably does have an appeal, it feels like an appeal, and it feels like an achievement when im having a stressful love to stack achievement when im having a stre dishwasher love to stack achievement when im having a stre dishwasher and to stack achievement when im having a stre dishwasher and get ;tack the dishwasher and get everything there. Everything in there. Ive only got a tiny one. Ive only got a tiny one. Are you good at making beds . Are you good at making beds . Good. Yeah. Very good. Yeah. Very good. Are you . Yeah. Very good. Yeah. u . Yeah. Very good. Yeah. I| . Yeah. Very good. Yeah. I chop all the pillows. See, i know about that. I admire anybody can do i admire anybody who can do that. Because anybody that that. I do because anybody that can the way you see can make a bed, the way you see it in a hospital or whatever, you looking absolutely you know, looking absolutely perfect. Tell i can make perfect. I can tell i can make it, but that theres, theres wrinkles, too many wrinkles, theres too many wrinkles. Cant get it wrinkles. I cant get it straight as if its come straight as if its just come out ironing machine or out of an ironing machine or something. Out, can something. Also you out, i can show you, can do all that. Show you, you can do all that. Youre a very good. Its all about the cushions height about the cushions in height order a good chop. Order and give them a good chop. When you say wait now when you say wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait minute. When you say cushions, do you mean scatter cushions . You mean. I to say so. Heres i just got to say so. Heres the point. You must have a million cushions, millions . What the point . Me too what is the point . Me too many. What is the point . Its like sandbags now. Look lovely. Sandbags now. They look lovely. Sandbags now. They dont lovely. Sandbags now. They dont lookfely. Sandbags now. They dont look lovely. They dont look lovely. They dont look lovely. They do. They dont look lovely. Buty do. They dont look lovely. But i do. They dont look lovely. But i the amount of times i go and i flop on my bed and its 2 00 in the afternoon or whatever. Small off. Small off. No, my wife then comes and no, my wife then comes in and says, get those cushions. So says, get off those cushions. So what they . What are they . For decorative theyre for decorative purposes and they look so theyre there no, theyre not there to use . No, theyre not there to use . No, theyre there to look pretty. And do. And they do. They really do. They really do. I think cushions got to be functional. Thats my functional. Thats thats my view. Think theres a strong view. I think theres a strong gender divide. Got a time and of got a call time and all of that. E minutes. Guys see us in 40 minutes. Guys see us in 40 minutes. Right heres alex. Right now heres alex. Right now heres alex. Feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news. Bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That should clear. And then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot of cloud. Again, outbreaks of light rain northeast of light rain for northeast england, eastern scotland and 1 or showers breaking out over or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england through the day. Why dont you creeping into dont you showers creeping into cornwall but much of cornwall as well, but much of the southwest england, the west southwest england, wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland day with scotland having a fine day with some spring sunshine and that will the temperatures 12, will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only struggling a bit. Again, only Single Digits on that east coast and feeling colder the and feeling colder with the breeze north east breeze over the far north east as through this evening, as we go through this evening, i think well see the cloud breaking up little bit more. Breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So for its a dry evening so for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night that will allow the cloud to come east. Come back into the east. Some mist fog patches. And again, mist and fog patches. And again, some frost is likely in some patchy frost is likely in rural most towns and rural spots. Most towns and cities just about staying above freezing. As for thursday, well freezing. As for thursday, well again, for many itll be dry and bright , again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting again, for many itll be dry and bright , starting off again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud for eastern areas. Likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england the midlands wales could see some heavy showers on thursday. Therell be scattered about but there could the heavy there could be on the heavy side. Many places elsewhere again and in sunny again dry and in the sunny spells, temperatures getting up to looks like things to 12 or 13 looks like things are up. Are heating up. Boxt spot of weather boxt boilers spot of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Gb news is the home of free speech. We were created to champion it and we deliver it day in day out. Free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families and of course, the british people having challenging conversations enlighten conversations to enlighten each other. Other. Which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. 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Well, lyndon says my monthly bills have gone up by just under £300 a month. As for these National Insurance cuts, well, they just go into the black hole of misery i michael says, what about keeping all taxes as they are but raising the Tax Thresholds . Now this is where you lose me. This is where im just just amazed at. Why dont they just make it simple . Why dont make it simple . Liam halligan. Our business and economic editor, george studio. It is a george is in the studio. It is a big day. They fiddle about and theyd shave bit here and they theyd shave a bit here and they put a bit and whatever, put a bit there and whatever, whatever. And surely it could be more simple. Could be more simple. It could be more simple. Eamonn we have an incredibly long tax in this country. Long tax code in this country. It runs to thousands and thousands pages. And theres it runs to thousands and tiwholeds pages. And theres it runs to thousands and tiwhole industry|es. And theres it runs to thousands and tiwhole industry of. And theres it runs to thousands and tiwhole industry of accountants a whole industry of accountants and actuaries who pay are paid lots of money to help guide us all through it. I completely agree with gb news viewers and listeners who want a much simpler tax system , but the tax simpler tax system, but the tax system isnt going to get any simpler lets have a look simpler today. Lets have a look at headline measures at some of the headline measures that are coming. Know that we know are coming. We know that we know are coming. We know that chancellor is going to that the chancellor is going to cut £0. 02 off the headline rate of insurance. That fell of National Insurance. That fell from 12 to 10 in january. So people felt that in their january pay packets, its set to fall another two Percentage Points to 8 in april. Those two tax cuts combined will make the average worker on the average wage in the uk £900 a year better off after tax are not to better off after tax are not to be sniffed at. Why are they doing National Insurance . What is National Insurance anyway . Why arent they just cutting income . Well, National Income tax . Well, National Insurance a tax in all insurance is a is a tax in all but name. Its levied on your income before you get your take home just like a tax. The home pay. Just like a tax. The difference is eamonn and ellie that National Insurance isnt paid by pensioners. National insurance cuts also applies in scotland because the National Insurance cut is narrower, only applying to workers, not to landlords or pensioners on their incomes. Its cheaper. So the government cant afford a headune government cant afford a headline cut in income tax that will cost them £7 billion. A National Insurance cut will cost them only £5 billion. Thats why theyre doing it this way round. I wouldnt say its designed to confuse , but it certainly confuse, but it certainly requires quite a bit of explanation as ive just demonstrated. It does leave open the option, doesnt it, for an income tax cut to come potentially as a manifesto pledge. Do you think thats pledge. Do you think thats a bit of political game playing here . I think that is possible, ellie. I think youre on the right lines, but it will depend on events. Dear boy or dear lady. Yes events in terms of will the economy grow . Will the bank of economy grow . Will the bank of england cut Interest Rates . We thought well see multiple Interest Rate cuts by the time of the autumn. Thats why the tories are going along, wanting an election in autumn rather an election in the autumn rather than in the spring. But those Interest Rate cuts, they now may not materialise because weve got signs of more inflation in the system. With oil prices rising, geopolitical tensions. Rising, geopolitical tensions. Please dont shoot the messenger. But whats going on here is that the chancellor is having to raise taxes elsewhere in order to pay for that headune in order to pay for that headline cut in National Insurance. Thats what happens when the economy barely grows. You have very little fiscal room for manoeuvre. Lets have a look at some of the other headline measures that the government may implement. We know that theres implement. We know that theres going to be a fuel duty frozen at 52, just under 50 3pa litre. That hasnt been increased for more than ten years. The chancellor doesnt want to risk raising fuel duty, upsetting motorists buying their petrol and diesel for their vans and cars before an election. We know to raise money. The tories want to raise money. The tories want to change non dom tax status. Thats like a tax part of our tax code that allows wealthy foreigners to live in the uk and pay foreigners to live in the uk and pay less tax, trying to attract them here so they spend their money here. We are almost certain theres going to be an increase in duty on Business Class airfares. Again, another class airfares. Again, another measure aimed at wealthy voters in order to pay for that headune in order to pay for that headline National Insurance cuts and there may be some help for first time buyers. So its very much a mixed bag. Lots and lots of moving parts. But the big picture here is that the economy isnt growing very fast. The isnt growing very fast. The pubuc isnt growing very fast. The public finances are already under huge pressure. The tax burden is at a 70 year high, and even with these tax cuts, because of those thresholds being frozen, as we just heard from one of our valued viewers, i still think the overall tax burden, the weight of tax on the voter , on the economy, even with voter, on the economy, even with this headline tax cut, the overall tax burden after today could still be going up. Could still be going up. Okay, liam, thank you very much indeed. We now hear from our valued Political Correspondent on this one, olivia utley, olivia , will you olivia utley, olivia, will you venture into the chamber today . Venture into the chamber today . I will definitely be venturing into the chamber to watch this budget statement , watch this budget statement, jeremy hunt has been on a 17 mile run this morning to prepare for it, which i dont think is how id be spending the morning if i were him. Itll be really interesting to see in the chamber mps on both sides of chamber how mps on both sides of the house react to this budget effort on the right of the conservative party there are plenty of mps who ive spoken to who just dont think this £0. 02 cut to National Insurance is going to be enough to woo back voters. As liam explained there, it doesnt benefit pensioners. And as we know, the grey vote, as its called, is very reliable in elections , pensioners tend to in elections, pensioners tend to actually go to the ballot box. Rishi sunak promised when he was fighting to become Prime Minister that he would reduce income tax by one p, but jeremy hunt has put the kibosh on that. He has said that it would be too expensive and inflationary. There are also plenty of conservative mps whove gone on the record in recent months, saying that they would like to see that income Tax Threshold reduced , as liam just explained. Reduced, as liam just explained. But it doesnt sound as though jeremy hunt is going to do that. And according to my calculations , the cut in National Insurance will be entirely wiped out in the next five years by the fact that those income Tax Thresholds havent, havent, havent risen with inflation. If they had risen with inflation, people would be much , much better off would be much, much better off than they are with this. £0. 02 cut to National Insurance. So my prediction is that quite a lot of conservative mps, particularly those on the right of the party, will not be satisfied with this. And they might not even bother to disguise their dissatisfaction. Disguise their dissatisfaction. Okay. Thank you very much, olivia, amazing that the chancellor has already been on a 17 mile run today. And then Liam Halligan says in the house he will get on his hind legs. He said his hind legs to deliver the budget. I mean, thats not normal. That is incredible. That is dedication. Its very active, isnt he . Its very active, isnt he . Wow. I mean, and you can see it with his finger. Theres not this figure. Theres not this figure. Well you cant hes not carrying extra inch of flesh, carrying an extra inch of flesh, is he . Well on that, at all, id like one of the american president ial candidates , but president ial candidates, but anyway, super tuesday , it was yesterday. Yes. Were head over to the us. Shall we . Because voters across 15 states and one us territory headed to the polls yesterday to select the preferred president ial candidate. It was a big night for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. What people are saying is if they enter into president ial election later this year, it will a rematch of 2020. Will be a rematch of 2020. Joining us to discuss that and to explain whats happened overnight, gb News Reporter ray addison. Weve got former adviser bank of england, adviser to the bank of england, doctor gewolb on this , doctor roger gewolb on this, rogen doctor roger gewolb on this, roger, amazing. I mean , do you roger, amazing. I mean, do you when you look at the rematch, that looks as though its going to take place, is that a good thing or a bad thing, or does it leave you disappointed . Well, i think its a good thing, because, i mean, trump is certainly get the certainly going to get the republican nomination. Ive been predicting in the last few hours that nikki haley may well drop out by dinnertime today. I think her backers, her billionaire backers, have probably closed their chequebooks. And thats their chequebooks. And thats enough. And youve done a great job for next time , nikki. But job for next time, nikki. But thats it for now, and on the democrat side, i mean, the candidates opposing biden havent even been allowed on the ballot in north carolina. And theyre not very strong contenders. So, yeah, i think itll be the two of them. Ray, what did you make of what you saw last night . Well, i thought it was interesting. Obviously its the biggest single day for americans to their candidates. To choose their candidates. Youve got a third of all the delegates available , neither delegates available, neither biden nor trump getting enough delegates to secure the automatic nomination. However, automatic nomination. However, obviously, in the case of biden, its a foregone conclusion unless something happens and he withdraws in the case of trump, its simply a matter of time. And i think were looking at around about march the 12th will be the date where he passes the number of delegates to secure that automatic, nomination. Now, obviously , if haley does drop obviously, if haley does drop out this afternoon as has been predicted there, then he he becomes the presumptive nominee automatically. What about the whole democratic setup . Roger as well. If trump and not trump, biden, takes a tumble which looks highly likely down the aircraft or helicopter steps. And who who would be the front runner in for the democrats, its hard to say. I mean, you know, people have discussed over and over, pardon me, why the democrats havent fielded a better candidate , one fielded a better candidate, one the gentleman is the heir to a Family Liquor company, which hes built up, and he is a congressman in other words, a plain vanilla mp. I mean , is plain vanilla mp. I mean, is that a qualification to run america . And the lady marianne, america . And the lady marianne, her main , cv credential is that her main, cv credential is that she she is Oprah Winfreys spiritual adviser , and neither spiritual adviser, and neither of them are very strong. And surely in a country of over 300 million people, the democrats could have fielded somebody better than that. So the Vice President wouldnt step in for that role, well, she would automatically if he, as i said, heaven forbid, fell down the stairs. Of course, there is a whole rule line of succession. Shed step in succession. Shed step in temporarily. But in terms of, you know, who might be the next democratic candidate for president , it aint going to be her surprising they havent got anybody. I dont think itll be her. No, but that is what is so surprising. Watching over here from across pond is this. This across the pond is as this. This seems the best that they seems to be the best that they have in the united states. Its a 77 year old versus an 81 year old. Well, its interesting because obviously biden was supposed setting the supposed to be setting the Democratic Party up for the future. He was never really seen as being a two time president because of his age. However, his because of his age. However, his vp, kamala harris, is just polling so badly. I mean, even worse than joe biden is , it just worse than joe biden is, it just doesnt seem a route to sort of for him to stand down and let her take over. That wouldnt necessarily be the right way to do it. And he cant switch to another vp because the optics on that wouldnt be very good. Obviously, shes the first female Vice President , a woman, a woman of colour as well, and that just simply isnt an option. And so it kind of leaves the Democratic Party at this, situation where theyve kind of got to convince him to sort of stand down and maybe bring in a third option from somewhere else. Lets talk about our budget today. Roger, i mean , budget today. Roger, i mean, youve given advice to the bank of england, before. Well, any of england, before. Well, any advice that you would give, to jeremy hunt . Keep running. On jeremy hunt . Keep running. Oh yeah. Keep running. Oh yeah. Keep running. Oh yeah. Keep 17 miles today. Keep 17 miles today. Keep 17 miles today. Keep just go for 50. I mean, its just the same old, same old smoke and mirrors. Im very cynical. The second £0. 02 cynical. The second £0. 02 reduction in National Insurance does obviously nothing for pensioners. Very little for the low paid. He just wont move those ruddy thresholds, which is the first thing that he should be doing. And consequently , as be doing. And consequently, as with the autumn statement, the net effect of all these wonderful tax cuts that hes singing about while hes running through the forest today is more taxation, more tax, take for the government, more money out of our pockets. So im sorry, jezza, youre not fooling anybody. And you too, rishi, by anybody. And you too, rishi, by saying that youre cutting taxes , youve just raised the actual tax take again. Yeah but thats keeping the city, the bankers happy. Thats keeping all the people who attacked liz truss last time around. And its keeping them in around. And its keeping them in line. Absolutely. Yeah so listen, if you were there, what would you do . Would you do . I would do something that im going to give richard tice , as going to give richard tice, as the head of the reform party credit for talking about, which i dont think people are paying enough attention to. So, i dont believe that the government doesnt have enough money for tax cuts. Ive never believed that. Tax cuts. Ive never believed that. Ive been saying for over that. Ive been saying for over a year that thats the case. I expected them to make huge tax cuts just about now, or at least before general election. But i think galloways win and the split in labour has strengthened the hand of the tories. So theyre now doubling down the richard tice point is that we are one of the few countries that pays interest. Im going to try to make this very simple because economics can be very boring. But i mean , we do boring. But i mean, we do quantitative easing. That is, we print money. Its not real money. Itsjust print money. Its not real money. Its just computer code. Money. Its just computer code. The Swiss National bank, the European Central bank, many Central Banks do not pay interest on that phoney money that gets printed. We pay £35 billion a year to the poor banks, who already are not getting enough from 14 unnecessary Interest Rate rises. Stop that tomorrow. Dont kill inheritance tax and pander to the wealthy. Youve got £42 billion. Mr hunt and mr sunak. Okay. Roger. Okay. Roger. Roger. Thank you. Thank you both very much indeed. Thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you, some other stories coming into the newsroom today. Heres how theyre stacking up judges across england and wales are deprioritized the longest alleged cases in a bid to alleged rape cases in a bid to end the of victims in end the anguish of victims in backlog limbo. The unprecedented move to surge resources into the oldest rape cases is an attempt by the judiciary to crack down on some of the worst court delays. Of the worst court delays. Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have begun a 24 hour strike for the first time in a dispute over pay, Northern Irelands department of health has said there will be significant disruption to patient care. The bma has said it shows Junior Doctors felt they had no other choice, and it comes as nhs consultants in england have voted a new pay england have voted on a new pay dealin england have voted on a new pay deal in a push to end the strikes. Well keep you posted on that. Actress Dame Helen Mirren has been recreated in barbie form, complete with her oscar. The one of a kind doll shows her in the outfit she wore on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Dame helen has said shes blown away by her barbie doll , has said shes blown away by her barbie doll, and she takes it as a huge compliment. A huge compliment. If youre heading out today, youll wonder what the weather is going to be doing. Alex deakin will put you in the picture. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news. A bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That should clear and then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot of cloud. Again, outbreaks of for northeast of light rain for northeast england, eastern scotland and 1 or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england through day. England through the day. Why dont showers creeping into dont you showers creeping into cornwall well, but much of cornwall as well, but much of the southwest england, the west southwest england, wales, ireland, western wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland day with scotland having a fine day with some spring sunshine and that will the temperatures 12, will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only Single Digits on that east coast and feeling with the and feeling colder with the breeze north east breeze over the far north east as through this evening, as we go through this evening, i think well see the cloud breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So most its a dry evening so for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night that will allow the cloud to come east. Some come back into the east. Some mist patches. And again, come back into the east. Some mist patchy patches. And again, come back into the east. Some mist patchy frost1es. And again, come back into the east. Some mist patchy frost is;. And again, come back into the east. Some mist patchy frost is likely again, come back into the east. Some mist patchy frost is likely in ain, some patchy frost is likely in rural spots. Most towns and cities just about staying above freezing. As for thursday, well freezing. As for thursday, well again, for many itll be dry and bright , again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting again, for many itll be dry and bright , starting off again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud. Eastern areas likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england, the midlands, wales see some heavy wales could see some heavy showers on thursday. Therell be scattered about but there could be the heavy side. Many be on the heavy side. Many places elsewhere dry and places elsewhere again dry and in the sunny spells. Temperatures up to 12 or temperatures getting up to 12 or 13. Now its the latest Great British giveaway and your chance to win £12,345 in cash and a whole host of seasonal treats. Whole host of seasonal treats. Heres how you could make it all yours. Were springing into spnng yours. 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Well be hearing from you on what you want to see from the budget and get in touch as well. Gb views gbnews. Com. What would you like to see the chancellor announce at 1230 . Thats next. Oh, weve got so many comments from you. Thank you very much indeed for doing that. Melinda says its horrendous when you get people on bigger wages, saying they live wages, saying they cannot live on amount they earn. On the amount that they earn. What you were earning 20 to what if you were earning 20 to 25 k . Fair point. Yeah very interesting. Yeah. Says theres people on sue says theres people on state pay National State pension dont pay National Insurance. Are insurance. All pensioners are forced beyond retirement forced to work beyond retirement , from a cut in , wont benefit from a cut in National Insurance. Ever cut an National Insurance. Ever cut an income tax or an increase in the threshold would help everyone . Yep. And linda says the £0. 02 cut in National Insurance will go straight big council tax straight into a big council tax hike. Government needs to hike. The government needs to raise threshold , she says. Raise the threshold, she says. Yeah, geoff says good morning, geoff, reduced National Insurance, but leave the Tax Threshold as it is. Also, we keep giving money to france to do nothing in the channel, giving billions in foreign aid, sending millions to ukraine, spending 15 million a day on illegals. Who this government told us would not be allowed to stay. You tell me if this is a competent government and i dont even mention the money spent on the great climate hoax, he says. But thats obviously debateable. Yeah. But i mean, there is distress. I mean, the thing is, you can you can obviously see that people are creaking at the seams, with what theyve got to pay seams, with what theyve got to pay and what theyre expected to pay pay and what theyre expected to pay and what theyre expected to pay and how the heck you survive. My hat goes off. Everybodys doing a splendid job. Do politicians get it . Do they realise how bad it is . Do they realise how bad it is . Do you know what . Im going to be controversial here. Im not sure they do know. I think they play their little political games and they work in work there. Do they work in and work there. Do real things that affect real peoples lives. Listen to what real people have to say. Listen real people have to say. Listen to what hurts them. Get all your internal politics because thats not going to win you the election. On well, right. I go as far as to say i think many tory mps actually realised today that this isnt enough. Theres £0. 02 cut in yeah, theres £0. 02 cut in insurance. Yeah, theres £0. 02 cut in insuraryou know what . Lets find do you know what . Lets find out it enough. Yeah, a guy out if it is enough. Yeah, a guy whos been on the program before. Good morning to before. Say good morning to james a potato james farley. James, a potato farmer. Lets see him. There he is, there. Theres the vice chairman cheltenham football chairman of cheltenham football club, bence. How are you, club, paul bence. How are you, paul . And support worker paul . And care support worker Michelle Chisholm there. Hello, michelle. How are you . Michelle. How are you . Im good. Im good. Thats good. Youre good. Michelle. Hi hows everything . Were all full of expectation today about what we need. And, you know, your colleagues from a business point of view, theyll have things specific to their businesses. What are you looking for . Okay, so , for . O kay, so , as for . Okay, so , as you know, or you okay, so, as you know, or you may not know, im a care support worker, and im pro vehicle, my, the thing that i think is quite important would be a cut in, fuel tax, every body is. The majority of people are relying on vehicles. These days, you know, theyre the, social heartbeat of our country. And yet were constantly paying more and more and more at the petrol pump. What im finding is that people that are driving electric vehicles, some how seem to get away with not paying as much as people in petrol vehicles. And i just find it grossly unfair. London is kind of being managed in a different way. We the in a different way. We the motorist, is being hit day on day out. Weve got the ulez fees, weve got low traffic neighbourhoods. Fees, weve got low traffic neighbourhoods. I mean Hounslow Council in itself took £12 million in a two year period using two streets. Its just a constant attack. And fair fuel constant attack. And fair fuel uk recently did a poll and, 64 of people said they wanted the fuel duty slashed and 97 of drivers said they wanted cuts, and were looking at cuts of £0. 20 per litre. And were not talking about £0. 05 per litre. And just to go back on the topic, you were just talking about, politicians are out of touch. Weve got night bars in london. Weve got walking and cycling commissioners in london that are on salaries in excess of £100,000. The night tsar is working two and a half days a week and on £117,000. What youve got to understand is that for a carer to earn that kind of salary , she would have to do 187 salary, she would have to do 187 hours per week for 52 weeks of the year, which is physically impossible. So its all very impossible. So its all very well. People in high places earning big salaries and saying, oh, well, you know, its just another tax. Its not a big a big cut, but it is when youre only earning, you know, £12. 50 an hour and its about time people started listening. Okay, i drive around 100 to 200 miles a week, and my petrol is going up and up and up on a daily basis. Points good. Fair point, michel. Weve got to let the other guys speak as well. But very good points, james. Lets go over to you, shall we . Youre a potato farmer, arent you . So you obviously work hard. What would work very hard. And what would you to see in the budget you like to see in the budget today . Today . Well, id like to see us having a fair Playing Field for food in the uk , were up food in the uk, were up against, a lot of imported food at produced at lower cost. So what id like to see is an import tax on the Food Products from abroad. But then to use that money, dont let it get filtered into the system , but filtered into the system, but use that money to help, incentivise Wise Renewable Energy back within the Agricultural Industry in order to help meet our carbon footprint, i think thats a big must. We need to be, you know, we dont account for air miles when were importing food so that needs to be brought into the debate. If were going to have an open and honest debate, another one that is also more sort of broad spectrum. Over the last ten years, weve suffered 41 inflation, what we as a nafion 41 inflation, what we as a nation are suffering is the top tax bracket. It its not really tax bracket. It its not really moving in line with inflation in terms of what you earn. So the harder were working nowadays and were having to pay more in wages, these guys are getting hit harder with taxes compared to where we were ten years ago. So i think were all getting caughtin so i think were all getting caught in that aspect, that we need to be moving this top tax bracket, to in line with inflation every year to keep it fair. Jim. So cant totally see that football poster behind you. What is that poster you have . Who is that off . Who is it . Thats thats unfortunate eamonn of the big man. And you never pick that up the last time i was disappointed. What big man. Who is it . I cant see who it . Cant see it. Who is it . Viva ronaldoi oh excellent. The big man. Well, thats very good. You see, i would give you a tax rebate for that, mate. Thats excellent, then we then go to paul, who is the chairman of cheltenham fc. And i have to say, paul, my brother in law goes for all your all your home games. Hes a very good time. I remember having a conversation with andy grey once and he said the best time he ever had was when he played for cheltenham fc. Theres a big fc. So theres a big responsibility on shoulders responsibility on your shoulders for , peoples relaxation and for, peoples relaxation and indeed how they spend their money. And if they think they get value for money and is that hurting you at all . Paul . From a time when people feel their pay packet is squeezed and they have other things to do with it, do you find that at the gate or whats happening, our gates arent too bad at the moment, although we havent done very well at home the last couple of games, but look, i know youre a united fan, eamonn, so if ever you want to come watch some proper football, then youre always very welcome here in cheltenham, you might cheltenham, although you might be next week, be here for the races next week, but was actually to be but i was actually going to be talking about the Construction Industry today, that was my, my, my thats, what my main, job. And thats, what we last week on the we spoke about last week on the show. So and so ultimately, we need stability and certainty for our industry. Right now, the uk construction is in recession, House Building is 30 down, dnven House Building is 30 down, driven by a large increase in bank Interest Rates. So, you know, Mortgage Rates are higher. People have got less money to spend, as is, my colleagues have just spoken about just then. So although inflation has dropped, its clear that Interest Rates are going to stay high for the rest of this year. So what the government my government has first do, in my view, get hold of view, is, is get hold of inflation because this will in turn drive Interest Rates down, which then promotes investment in our lovely british in our in our lovely british economy. So the first one for me is on new house sales which really drive our sector. So anything that could offer an immediate stimulus is really vital. So, temporarily removing stamp duty, i mentioned that on my Shopping List last week, which would be most welcome. Weve already seen how effective this can be when, following the pandemic, a temporary reduction in really created a surge in house sales. I know earlier on the show youre talking about how the government has cut vat. I think thats a really important one for us on the Home Improvement works to reverse the worrying drop in the private repair and maintenance activity. Repair and maintenance activity. So cash in so putting more cash in householders to make householders pockets to make their homes fit for the future. Yeah , but theres taxes yeah, but theres taxes everywhere. Theres invisible taxes all around. I mean , you taxes all around. I mean, you look at your business, you look at building houses. I mean, vat , at building houses. I mean, vat, for instance. You know, i often think its a vital tax. I think its you and you its you know, you go and you buy lay out your buy something, you lay out your own money and then youre hit again. Again. So and i think when you look at the vat , this needs to be cut at the vat, this needs to be cut on all Home Improvement works because that that in turn we can back local builders who employ tens of thousands of people in each Community Across the country. And theres some independent research which showed government showed that if the Government Cut on Home Improvements to cut vat on Home Improvements to 5 for a temporary five year period, then this will generate an economic boost of over 50 billion, unlock almost 350,000 jobs in construction and wider economy , so households are more economy, so households are more likely to install green measures if theyre doing large Home Improvement projects. So cutting vat alongside a green homes grant scheme would really boost our transition towards net zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. Well, listen, thanks for chipping in the three of you. And not that we, any of us are going to make much of a difference, but were just saying, you know , you know, saying, you know, you know, jeremy hunt, this is we jeremy hunt, this is what we need. This what we want. Need. This is what we want. These are the problems. And there some of the there could be some of the solutions james, paul, solutions there. James, paul, michel, thank you so much. I wish we more but weve michel, thank you so much. I wisitore more but weve michel, thank you so much. I wisito say more but weve michel, thank you so much. I wisito say goodbye but weve michel, thank you so much. I wisito say goodbye you1t weve michel, thank you so much. I wisito say goodbye you there. E got to say goodbye to you there. Good thank you. Good luck. Thank you. We want to hear from yeah, we want to hear from you as well. What would you like to hear the budget at about to hear in the budget at about 1230 today . Let know. Gb 1230 today . Do let us know. Gb views news. Com do stay views at gb news. Com do stay with us. What are you going to hear from the sport. Thats the question, who knows. Erling haaland everybody be haaland everybody seems to be selling haaland but selling Erling Haaland off. But well hear from erling. And i dont theres too much to dont think theres too much to worry if youre worry about. If youre a Manchester City fan. And the world will not be coming to world cup will not be coming to england at least 20 years, england for at least 20 years, well about as well. Brand new sundays from 6 pm. The neil oliver show. Its absolutely vital that people are given the opportunity to take part in the debate. To say the things that matter to them, to be challenged. A country is only really a shared dream. As long as enough people have a shared idea of what it is, then that country exists. What gb news does is give voice is somewhere they can be heard. The needle of a show sundays from 6 pm. On. The needle of a show sundays from 6 pm. On. Gb news. From 6 pm. On. Gb news. The neil oliver show to look forward to the paul coyte show right now with all the sport and Erling Haaland featuring over all the back pages. Paul. Yes Champions League tonight they play copenhagen. The three one theyre not the three one up. Theyre not going any problem going to have any problem i dont think against copenhagen. But haaland press but Erling Haaland in a press conference. And course conference. And of course everybody looks for everybody always looks for something to cling on to. And Erling Haaland, its the talk whether Erling Haaland is going to stick around at Manchester City or not. So the city or not. So all the newspapers saying, looks newspapers are saying, oh, looks like way. This is like hes on his way. This is the quote, this is what he actually said yesterday. Happy, especially im really happy, especially with that im with the people that im surrounded with, the manager , surrounded with, the manager, the directors, the board. They the directors, the board. They are a group of amazing people, and im really happy if i say this now, its probably going to be a massive headline tomorrow. You never know what the future bnngs you never know what the future brings, so, but again, im happy. And, you can write this, but you can also have to write everything i said right before, im happy you knew exactly what he knew exactly what was going to happen. And hes going, im happy, im happy. I like it here. Im happy, im happy. I dont know what future brings. Im what the future brings. Im happy, happy 50 what the future brings. Im happy, happy. So everybodys happy, im happy. So everybodys going, know the going, dont know what the future means you future brings. That means you must leaving. Hes not happy. Must be leaving. Hes not happy. It them all the but it gives them all the back pages that they want, you know, warning that may know, warning that he may leave. Personally, he i mean, personally, i hope he does know because hes does leave. I know because hes such a phenomenon. Is a phenomenon, hes he is a phenomenon, and hes just better and better just Getting Better and better and so anyway, and better. Hes. So anyway, eventually leave. Eventually he he will leave. Eventually will go eventually he probably will go to real madrid. But in the near future, very much. Future, i doubt very much. And tennis. Yes. Simona halep is ready to return. Four year doping ban yeah. Four year doping ban she roxadustat out she had. Its roxadustat out that caught with anti that she was caught with anti anaemia drug a stimulant. And so basically it produces red blood cells in the body. Im getting to be an expert in all this stuff. But anyway simona halep shes 32 now. Shes 32. Shes got a four year ban. And now it went to the court of arbitration for sport. I dont even know why. They just dont start at the court of arbitration for sport, because they always go there at the end. Theyre just start with that one. Then they there at the end. Theyre just star make that one. Then they there at the end. Theyre just starmake the one. Then they there at the end. Theyre just star make the decision. N they there at the end. Theyre just starmake the decision. So 1ey can make the decision. So theyve downgraded theyve theyve downgraded it to just which means just a few months, which means that she can now play again. And it one of those. It was in it was one of those. It was in something that i ate. It was in something that i ate. It was in something that i drank. It was a mistake. Theyve said so mistake. Theyve said fine. So shes wimbledon shes safetonet ex wimbledon champion, play champion, so shes safe to play again what she do in again, but what does she do in that four years that shes banned . But thing is, she banned . But the thing is, she hadnt banned . But the thing is, she hadnt banned. Hadnt been banned. Hadnt been out for four she hadnt been out for four years because only probably years because it only probably been year that shes been about a year that shes actually served. But when its gone the of arbitration gone to the court of arbitration for sport, theyve said, okay, well you six months, well give you six months, but youve anyway. Well give you six months, but yot now anyway. Well give you six months, but yotnow she anyway. Well give you six months, but yotnow she can anyway. Well give you six months, but yotnow she can go anyway. Well give you six months, but yotnow she can go straight |yway. Well give you six months, but yotnow she can go straight back. Okay. Yeah. Right. So we know what age she is. Yeah. Other famous birthdays today. Birthdays today. Yes. Would you like to do oh yes. Would you like to do some these. Ive ive oh yes. Would you like to do soni these. Ive ive oh yes. Would you like to do soni knowese. Ive ive oh yes. Would you like to do soni know you ive ive oh yes. Would you like to do soni know you ive this. Ive oh yes. Would you like to do soni know you ive this. This got i know you like this. This is perfect for you aiming this one ellie. Good as well. One ellie. Good luck as well. Ill you some clues. Who is ill give you some clues. Who is this one . Ex Manchester United i think Manchester United legend. I is this i think we can say who is this and old is he today . There and how old is he today . There he well, thats Martin Buchan. Well, thats Martin Buchan. Well, thats Martin Buchan. It is, great captain, great scottish player. Aberdeen. Year scottish player. That . Aberdeen. Year scottish player. That . I aberdeen. Year scottish player. That . I woulderdeen. Year scottish player. That . I would sayen. Year scottish player. That . I would say thats year was that . I would say thats 1977. Yes. And do you remember the yes. And do you remember the quote from john motson, no. Do you buchan you remember about the buchan walking the 39 steps . That walking up the 39 steps . That was that. And he said about Martin Buchan and john buchan, very clever that high old very clever that so high old Martin Buchan. B say martin got b id say Martin Buchans got to 75. B id say Martin Buchans got to i 75. B id say Martin Buchans got to i was 75. B id say Martin Buchans got to i was going to say 77, 77. I was going to say 77, 77. Were you doing the maths . I was do the math. I was working that out on the money. 75 was a good one. Do you want to go again . Do you want to go again . More. Double or go again . One more. Double or nothing. A pair you . One nothing. Got a pair for you . One of them no longer with us. The other is one other one, happily, is one sport. Look at these. Sport. Now look at these. Theyre born on same theyre both born on the same day. Now on the left. Who else could it be . Weve spoken about him before. The fosbury flop. Flop. Okay. Okay. Dick fosbury now dick fosbury is no longer with us. Died last yean is no longer with us. Died last year, but was born on the same day as kiki dee. There on the right. You know, when i was growing up in belfast and that was number one. Dont go breaking my heart, 1976 for ten weeks or whatever it is. And i just thought her name was kinky dee. Oh, kiki dee dee. She really everybody just called her kinky dee. Kinky thats a real dee. Kinky dee. Thats a real name well. Name as well. Dee id say kinky dee is kiki dee id say kinky dee is as id say shes 7777 for as kinky. Id say shes 7777 for kiki dee. I think dick and kiki, i think shes younger. Im going to say 71. Im going to say 71. How could i say you have played a blinder today . Seriously. Seriously. No money again. No money again. 77 would you see the answers . 77 would you see the answers . Youve got the answer honestly. Here. Here. No monsters on my, 76 was my yeah no monsters on my, 76 was my year. So you had 76 and 77. I mean, child of the 70s. You just put yourself. You were ten or so at the good work. You and at the time. Good work. You and you out what everybody you work out what everybody else. . Song 5 song from 76, the fa so the song from 76, the fa cup from 77, hes got an unfair advantage. Id like to see. Id like to see. Id like to see. I think as well. So i will i think so as well. So i will give you a point anyway. There you go. Dee dee da da da da da. Dee dee dee da da da da da. You know the pink dungarees . Yeah. Hand on the shoulder. Dont go brazier. Was good song. It was a good song. It was a good song. Good song. Good song. Thanks, paul. That was very entertaining. Unusually thanks very unusually well, thanks very much. Here the sport, much. Im here for the sport, not the entertainment. You not for the entertainment. You know, thats what here know, thats not what im here for. Well, you just get for. Well, anyway, you just get that an added my that as an added extra, my friend, was a very welcome. Friend, that was a very welcome. Extra brazier added extra brazier nana. Thatll the headlines thatll be making the headlines after this. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That and west this morning. That should clear. And then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot of cloud. Again, outbreaks of rain for northeast of light rain for northeast england, eastern scotland and 1 or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england through the why england through the day. Why dont creeping into dont you showers creeping into cornwall but of cornwall as well . But much of the southwest england, the west southwest england, wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland having fine day with scotland having a fine day with some sunshine and that some spring sunshine and that will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only Single Digits that east coast Single Digits on that east coast and colder with the and feeling colder with the breeze the north east breeze over the far north east as we go through this evening, i think well see the cloud breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So its a dry evening so for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night that allow cloud to that will allow the cloud to come the east. Some come back into the east. Some mist patches. And again, mist and fog patches. And again, some frost is likely in some patchy frost is likely in rural spots , most towns and rural spots, most towns and cities just staying above cities just about staying above freezing. As for thursday, well freezing. As for thursday, well again, for many itll be dry and bright , again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting again, for many itll be dry and bright , starting off again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud eastern areas likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england, midlands, southern england, the midlands, wales some heavy wales could see some heavy showers on thursday. Therell be scattered about but there could be heavy side. Many be on the heavy side. Many places and places elsewhere. Again dry and in spells, in the sunny spells, temperatures getting up welcome back. The time is 849. Going through whats making the news today is Deputy Editor of spiked and the deputy Political Editor of the mail on sunday. Anna mikhailova. I should say fraser myers is the Deputy Editor of spiked. Good to see both. See you both. Could ask you hes could i ask you what hes made that darcy shirt that made of that mr darcy shirt that colin firth shot shirt, which is all over the news bulletins yesterday and it actually sold their nana did it. Yeah. For £20,000. Well above estimates, were looking at seven grand or eight grand for it. I mean, listen, im not surprised. There are a lot of people who love tv memorabilia and film memorabilia, and that is iconic. You cant is a pretty iconic. If you cant actually get colin firth himself in your living then the in your living room, then the next thing is the next best thing. Whos spending 20 grand on that . Do we know who bought it . , i dont think at the no, i dont think at the moment, id like to know more. Moment, id like to know more. More money than sense, i think. Would you buy one of my shirts, probably not for £20,000. N0 shirts, probably not for £20,000. No i cant say i blame me. Maybe. So. Maybe. So. Andy, is there anybody who you would wet as well . Isnt it . Isnt it . Because isnt that one of the needs probably be wet . Theres only one who you would spend money on for part of their wardrobe. I dont so. I think it i dont think so. I think it seems bit to me, to be seems a bit creepy to me, to be honest. I could see me with Clint Eastwood something, know, eastwood or something, you know, buying or something buying a holster or Something Likeyeah, thats thats pretty cool. John wayne, west calder hat, you know . But, boxing gloves. But, boxing gloves. Boxing gloves. Yeah, ali boxing gloves. Yeah, thats ali boxing gloves. Yeah, tha yeah. Or sort of bowie yeah. Or a sort of bowie costume or a Michael Jackson costume or a Michael Jackson costume Something Like that. Costume or Something Like that. Thatd fraser in the, thatd be cool, fraser in the, the sasha is of the telegraph. Sasha is of source, and small bottles of shampoo will from shampoo will be banned from european and Hotels European restaurants and hotels after was struck to ban after a deal was struck to ban Single Use Plastics in the eu. Now, i think this is interesting. I think its i think its very good, what are they going to replace them with . Thats the thing. The shampoo in particular. Well this is, this is what people have got to work out. You know, i think what will probably happen youll be deprived of happen is youll be deprived of your freebie shampoo and shower gel. Usually , you know, gel. Thats usually, you know, perhaps hotels, a lot of hotels. Stop doing that during covid. For some reason. Im not sure why it was a covid risk to do it, but people think its a nice, convenient, money saving risk. That was packaged up as a covid risk. I think most hotels have already. Lot of them have have already. A lot of them have already having those already moved to having those large you cant, large bottles that you cant, crucially, cant take as a memento , or as the small ones memento, or as the small ones are obviously the ones that, theyre the ones we like so many people like. Sorry. I think its a real shame. Yeah, i was in a hotel at the weekend, and that was the last as many people last thing i did as many people do you leave, as many do before you leave, as many people do still get the minis, take the minis. Theyre souvenir, arent theyre a souvenir, arent they . A of a holiday. They . Of a of a holiday. And i and i got home last and i got and i got home last night and i put them all out and i of myself. I felt very proud of myself. Ill you whats well, ill tell you whats very irritating. The shower. Very irritating. In the shower. And you reach for the shampoo, right . You the shampoo and you reach for the shampoo, righwhateveru the shampoo and you reach for the shampoo, righwhatever or the shampoo and you reach for the shampoo, righwhatever or whatever, ampoo and you reach for the shampoo, righwhatever or whatever, and 00 and whatever or whatever, and you it, then its got you open it, and then its got the lid. The silver lid. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Little thing that you then can only get off in one way. You try with your teeth, your teeth. So your teeth. You then so its your teeth. You then have to use teeth to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff to use teeth to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff andse teeth to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff and get teeth to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff and get it. Teeth to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff and get it. Andh to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff and get it. And i to bite so its your teeth. You then heoff and get it. And i donte it off and get it. And i dont know why why its sealed at the top but ill be. Ill top anyway. But ill be. Ill not miss that. The delicious taste of shampoo. The delicious taste of sha delicious, the delicious taste of shadelicious, delicious the delicious taste of sha delicious, delicious taste the delicious taste of shadelicious, delicious taste of shampoo. Right. Talk tax right. Lets talk about tax cuts for what have you cuts for israel. What have you got say on those . Got to say on those . Well, lets see what jeremy hunt, pulls out later today. But if £0. 02 tax cut is if toopi if the £0. 02 tax cut is all theyve got, then the tories are why dont they are finished, why dont they just the election now . Just call the election now . I think everyone quite bored waiting. That the photo shoot i like that the photo shoot because traditionally 11 because traditionally number 11 always out a photo shoot. Always puts out a photo shoot. And the photo shoot that put out was, jeremy with rishi was, jeremy hunt with rishi sunak, action talk sunak, you know, action talk discussing right discussing the budget right in front nigel front of a picture of nigel lawson. Course they lawson. And of course they started year comparing started the year comparing themselves. Compared themselves. Hunt compared himself lawson, himself to nigel lawson, promising and now promising big tax cuts and now that looks a little bit, unfortunate. That looks a little bit, uannna,te. You theres anna, do you think theres going come at going to be more to come at 1230, do you think this is 1230, or do you think this is the best that the tories have got . The £0. 02 well its interesting, i mean its a very good question. There should be more to come, i think as more to come, and i think as some of your experts today have said, ways that the said, there are ways that the treasury that, you treasury can find that, you know, hidden down the know, a hidden penny down the back the sofa. The question back of the sofa. The question is , are they going to do that . Is, are they going to do that . If is it, then i think if this is it, then i think theyre going to be in real trouble. Never underestimate the and never underestimate the dullness of jeremy hunt. You know, just a man of zero know, its just a man of zero political vision of no excitement. Hes this a spreadsheet chancellor, essentially. Essentially. Hes very active. Hes outdone 17 miles this morning. Yeah, i did see a picture of him running with his dog. I dont know how that prepares people for the budget. I mean, back in the day, people used to have a drink during the budget. Do you remember . Clarke do you remember . Ken clarke would he would have a whisky, yeah. He was think he was the last was the i think he was the last chancellor to have a whisky chancellor to have have a whisky while delivering the budget. I dont we could do with dont think we could do with some characters that back some characters like that back rather the failed rather than. Yeah the failed bank jeremy bank manager, jeremy hunt, first, you of this first, what do you make of this Racial Inclusion test . We started talk about this started to talk about this yesterday. Clothing brand yesterday. The Clothing Brand nonh yesterday. The Clothing Brand north 20 north face. You get a 20 discount if you undergo the racial. Racial inclusion course. Yes. Its incredible actually. You know, a 20 discount if youre woke. Pretty much, you have to do this, this course, you have to choose the correct answers. So you have to hold the correct views on believing that, you know, White Privilege is a stain on society. You have to agree that you should be essentially the great outdoors. This is a very odd outdoors. This is a very odd idea that comes up time and again. Now that the outdoors is racist y y y y y because some people, you know, there are fewer black people visit the countryside on average than white people. So what do you call it, the black doors then . I mean, really, this is just a product of the fact that, you know, ethnic minorities are more likely to live in cities. Its not because ethnic minorities are unwelcome. Sorry, just dont. Youve sorry, i just dont. Youve lost me there. I dont understand terme understand why the terme outdoors racist. Outdoors is racist. No, its not terme oh, no, its not the terme outdoors. Its even weirder than that. Its actually the phenomenon outdoors. Phenomenon of the outdoors. The increase the outdoor increase of the outdoor experience going experience of going of going outside. Know, to outside. You know, you have to you privileged to go you have to be privileged to go outdoors. You have to be white to go outdoors. Its absolutely say its absolutely never say that white and therefore that you are white and therefore that you are white and therefore thatis that you are white and therefore that is your experience. And it would to take that would be racist to take that away from you. I dont think so. I dont think apply the think these things apply the other my experience. But other way in my experience. But i is extraordinary. I mean, it is extraordinary. I mean, people are so sick of , you mean, people are so sick of, you know, wokeness everywhere. And now being, you know, youre now its being, you know, youre supposed customer and supposed to be a customer and essentially being essentially youre being re educated by there are other brands. Thats the thing. The thing thats the thing. The thing is on a, that you know, people who will undergo this, a lot of them will totally say, well, theres not a prejudiced bone in my body. Ill not be im not interested in all that sort of thing. And then they will be made to feel quite bad, really, at the end. Its i think its an well, its i think its an odd for a brand because odd choice for a brand because they of theyre to they sort of theyre going to fall between patronising fall between both patronising existing possibly existing customers and possibly turning , and then, turning them away, and then, effectively, i think this has been presented by the company as a way of, oh, you know, its an incentive if you want to educate yourself. But if you want to educate yourself about race, you should be doing it properly, not for a 20 discount at some minor , you know, outdoorsy brand. It feels. It feels feels disingenuous. It feels like almost theyre trying to profit from the cost of living crisis by getting a bit of free press, i think, you know. Yeah. Read the souls of black folk by du bois or Something Like folk by du bois or something uke read folk by du bois or Something Like read luther like that. Read Martin Luther kings speeches. Dont do a quiz on of a corporation. If on behalf of a corporation. If you if you want to, you know, learn something about anti racism. Absolutely bizarre. F f e to leave it there. Books got to leave it there. Thank you for your comments and your entertainment throughout the morning. Anna and fraser, thank you both. Thank you very, very indeed. Very much indeed. Us because very stay with us because very soon going be heading soon were going to be heading up where bev up to whitehaven, where bev turner is camped out today. Next. A very good morning to you. Its budget day. Its 9 00 on wednesday, the 6th of march. Very nice to see you, wherever youre watching, wherever youre watching, wherever youre watching, wherever youre listening. Were on television , were on radio, on television, were on radio, were online, and were there via your device. You just say its emma burnell. Gb news breakfast play, and well be there. There. Budget day is finally here. Jeremy hunt looks to win over voters as speculation mounts over when the Prime Minister might call the election. Weve quizzed the government and labour this morning and theyve had 21 plans for growth over the years. This is the 22nd and where are we . Were in the middle of rishis recession, so im not quite sure if you can take the chancellors word for it. So what youre seeing now is a to lower taxes, to being a path to lower taxes, to being able to hand some of that money back to taxpayers. Back to taxpayers. The chancellor will be up on his hind legs at the commons despatch box at 1230. We know some tax cuts are coming , but some tax cuts are coming, but can he pull another rabbit out of his budget hat, or is the rabbit dead . Yes yes. Jeremy hunt has dotted the is and crossed the ts on his on his Spring Budget. But will his party be happy with what hes done . Find out more with me very soon. Big wins for donald trump and joe biden in their super tuesday election contests, paving the way for an election rematch later this year. Our poll numbers are so much higher than joe bidens, hes the worst president in the history of our country. Theres never been anything like whats happening to our country. He stays best for sunshine today , and thats where well today, and thats where well see the top temperatures further east. A lot of cloud and on the chilly side. Join me later for a full weather forecast. Full weather forecast. Loads of you getting in touch today on the budget. Were expecting to hear from the chancellor at 1230 today. Carolines been in touch saying she loved the Peoples Panel on the budget. We had that about half an hour ago. Didnt we . So it demonstrates the general pubuc it demonstrates the general public intelligent public have intelligent points of and of view based on business and life news is life experiences. Gb news is great at representing this and i loved the breakfast show. Well, thatis loved the breakfast show. Well, that is what we aim to do. Caroline, really you caroline, so really glad you enjoyed the enjoyed that. Whats the government planning do or government planning to do or aiming do . Aiming to do . Jeff they should reduce jeff says they should reduce vat 12 five present along vat to 12 five present along with business rates. Get people spending again and put confidence for business to start investing. Youve been very, very good, just with your your opinions and your views on everything, today. So thank you very much indeed for getting in touch gb views at gb news. Com. Weve got plenty to come in the next half hour. Yes, because the big day is finally here. A last throw of the dice, if you will, for chancellor jeremy the dice, if you will, for chancellorjeremy hunt as hes set to deliver budget set to deliver his Spring Budget later today on the agenda. £0. 02 cut to National Insurance. Possible tax cuts , insurance. Possible tax cuts, fuel duty and possible fuel duty frozen and possible changes norm dom status. Changes to norm dom status. And of course its an Election Year as the chancellor alluded to over the weekend, it will be an election budget. So will be an election budget. So will be an election budget. So will it be enough to turn things around for the conservatives well, lets hear from our news and economics and Business Editor and Everything Else that goes along with that. Liam halligan what do you think, liam . I must say i agree completely with caroline. Its great we get with caroline. Its great we get the views of ordinary viewers and listeners on, and theyre always so much more informed and more sophisticated than the vast majority of the media gives them credit for. You know, you run credit for. You know, you run a Small Business, you make payroll, you employ people from your Kitchen Table as thousands, tens of thousands of brits. Do you know a lot about business and economics . And we need to take the views of our viewers and listeners seriously. It may not be a pre election budget because i still think the election will be in october or november. I still think theres going to be another quotes fiscal event in the autumn before that, i think the tories want to get more tax cuts in. Theyre also hoping that the bank of england will start lowering Interest Rates maybe 2 or 3 times before that election in creating some kind of feelgood factor. And thats what the chancellor , fresh from his the chancellor, fresh from his long, manly run this morning, is trying to do. Hes trying to create a feel good factor in the commons, but its very, very difficult because he hasnt much got much fiscal bandwidth to play got much fiscal bandwidth to play theres much play with. Theres not much money in the coffers. He hasnt really got a tiger in his budget tank. Lets have a look at the measures that we think he will implement today. Well, we know theres going to be a £0. 02 cut in the headline rate of National Insurance. It already fell from insurance. It already fell from £0. 12 in the pound to £0. 10 in the pound in january. So weve seen that in january. Pay packets. Not most of us havent been paid for february yet. Well see it again in february. It sets a fall to 8 in april. After todays announcements. After todays announcements. Those two reductions combined, the average worker on the average wage, £900 a year, better off in their take home pay better off in their take home pay not to be sniffed at. Its cheaper than cutting income tax. National insurance. Why is that . National insurance. Why is that . Ellie and eamonn . Thats because pensioners pay income tax on their pensions. Landlords pay income tax on their rental income, but only workers pay National Insurance. So National Insurance cut is cheaper for the chancellor. Also National Insurance cut will apply in scotland as well as england, wales and Northern Ireland. And the tories want to be seen to be doing stuff north of the border. The scottish government, of course, decides income in course, decides income tax in scotland. Else might be in scotland. What else might be in the budget . We know that fuel duty is going to be frozen at just under 50 3pa litre for petrol or diesel thats been frozen for many years. A chancellor is not going to increase that in an election yeah increase that in an Election Year. And then the change of that non dom tax status that you just mentioned, eamonn, what is non dom anyway . Non doms are the few tens of thousands of wealthy foreigners who live in the uk. They pay very little tax on their overseas investments, their overseas investments, their overseas investments, their overseas incomes here in their overseas incomes here in the uk , labour have talked a lot the uk, labour have talked a lot about tightening up that regime , about tightening up that regime, making those non doms pay more. We to attract them to the we want to attract them to the uk so they spend money, but labour wants them to pay more. It that the tories it seems that the tories now want to more as well. Want them to pay more as well. Could be talking about you could be talking about actors and footballers a footballer. Premier league are the premier league are concerned to concerned about changes to non dom measure non dom status. Another, measure that were going to see today again to try and pay for that headune again to try and pay for that headline tax cut is i think therell be higher air, duty on Business Class air fares that could raise a few billion quid. And on the other side of the ledger, there could be more help for first time buyers. Those young families trying to own their own home. So few of them do compared to my generation. So what are you thinking there, liam . Do you think 99 mortgages or are we talking about stamp duty . I personally think 99 mortgages will a complete mortgages will be a complete disaster they would disaster because all they would do, up demand, do, theyd jack up demand, theyd jack up prices with doing nothing to address the real issue , which is the supply of issue, which is the supply of housing its all about housing offered. Its all about the lack of supply, the slow growth of House Building in this country. Its a major, major problem if there is help for first time buyers, i think it will be, as you say, early on stamp duty, lowering stamp duty more for first time buyers. They already get favourable treatment and maybe, you know, lowering stamp duty across the board to try and get the Housing Market going again. They are demand side policies, juicing up, jacking up demand for a fixed supply. It can only lead to higher prices. Liam appreciate that. Thank you very much indeed for your insight and your analysis. We go insight and your analysis. We go to westminster Political Correspondent olivia utley with a political take on this. Olivia, good morning. Olivia, good morning. Good morning. Yes, eamonn, im going to be sitting in the chamber today monitoring very closely what conservative mps in particular make of this budget. Jeremy hunt is going to cut National Insurance by £0. 02, but he is not going to cut income tax, as weve heard that income cut tax cut was a lot more popular with conservative mps than the National Insurance cut, because it was seen as more radically tax cutting, and it would benefit pensioners. And as would benefit pensioners. And as we know, pensioners are very reliable voters. They go out to reliable voters. They go out to the polling booth on election day. The fact that jeremy hunt has decided , and it sounds of has decided, and it sounds of his own accord, it sounds as though rishi sunak was putting pressure on him to do that income tax cut. And jeremy hunt refused. That is likely to go down pretty badly with conservative mps, particularly those on the right of the party. I think we should also watch out for the reaction to the fact that jeremy hunt looks very unlikely to increase the income Tax Threshold , as lots of Tax Threshold, as lots of conservative mps have pointed out to me , whatever you do, out to me, whatever you do, fiddling around the edges, tweaking with one income tax here, two metres National Insurance there, if you dont change those income Tax Thresholds which have now been frozen at four years against a backdrop of inflation rising very , very quickly indeed, then very, very quickly indeed, then everyone will be worse off. Even if you are cutting taxes here and there a little bit, they will be worse off than they would have been otherwise. So i think itll be really interesting to see how conservative mps react to that this afternoon. Ive spoken to mps the the party mps on the right of the party who say that if in private, that if jeremy hunt do that, if jeremy hunt doesnt do that, then finished and it looks then he is finished and it looks like hes not going to do it. So i think we can expect quite a lot of consternation from the conservative party this afternoon. Afternoon. Thank you. Much appreciated. Got leave it there. One for got to leave it there. One for your planner later this your tv planner later this evening here on gb news, were going to bring you live by satellite to whitehaven. And whitehaven is in cumbria. Its near cumberland. And tonight from there there will be a special edition of britains newsroom. Yeah. Well very quickly yeah. Well very quickly actually i think in about 20 minutes time. So bev turner is there for us. She will want to hear your thoughts on the budget. Shell be speaking to the people in whitehaven. Good morning you, bev. Morning to you, bev. Right. Very good thats right. Very good morning you. We are in morning to you. We are in whitehaven this morning. Michelle nigel Michelle Dewberry and nigel farage their shows farage will be doing their shows live from with a live local live from here with a live local audience this evening from six, and to be here until and im going to be here until midday. And im going to be here until midday. Im going be talking midday. Im going to be talking to owners, publicans, to cafe owners, publicans, restaurant owners, local business owners, fishermen to see what they need in the budget. Today the weather is glorious. It budget. Today the weather is glorious. It is a beautiful day, but does that match the mood of this town . Its 40 years, of course, since the miners strikes and this towns prosperity was built on coal mines in the 18th century, it was the second busiest port to london, would you believe . Of course, the coal mines are all gone. However this town is going to get the first new coal mine in 30 years that was announced in 2022 by michael gove. Was announced in 2022 by michael gove. So what will that mean for gove. So what will that mean for the local community here . Will it be enough to transport is a big issue here as well. Its very difficult to get here on train. The lake district, as you say, eamonn down the say, eamonn is just down the road. One of the most road. It is one of the most beautiful parts of our country. But how the local people here but how do the local people here feel about the money in their pocket . And will todays Spring Budget give them any relief . Well , budget give them any relief . Well, indeed indeed, its a great privilege, beverly, to see it and to learn something about whitehaven. And when you mentioned the news story about the mines, and we thought , yes, the mines, and we thought, yes, of course, that that was a lot of course, that that was a lot of controversy about those being reopened, but then youve got to ask, without that employment , ask, without that employment, what do people do . Does what do those people do . Does whitehaven without that . Whitehaven die without that . Well, correct. Well, energy is a big issue here eamonn, because most of the industry in this area is centred around the Sellafield Nuclear power station. And the new coal mine that theyll get here is actually coking. Coal is going to be from underneath the sea andifs to be from underneath the sea and its going to be for Steel Production as opposed to power generation. The people that ive met and spoken to so far in the last 24 hours of being here feel a bit disillusioned , to be a bit disillusioned, to be completely honest with politics. Theres of apathy about theres a lot of apathy about whether would even in whether they would even vote in the general election , so the next general election, so itll interesting to find out itll be interesting to find out why. People here feel so why. Why do people here feel so disempowered . Got more than disempowered . Its got more than 170 listed buildings because of all investment in the all this investment in the georgian area. The architecture here is beautiful, but of course, like so many high streets, many of those offices are empty. The restaurants are are empty. The restaurants are boarded up, the cafes are closed down. Like many high streets. It looks very, very bleak. So lets hope we can work out today what is going on here for the people of whitehaven and what do they need from the government . Well , have need from the government . Well, have a good need from the government . Well , have a good show well, have a good show beverley. Well forward to beverley. Well look forward to watching half past watching that from half past nine today. Appreciate it. Thank you. You. It looks thank you. It looks absolutely there absolutely beautiful there doesnt part of doesnt it. Beautiful part of whitehaven. Youre whitehaven. And if youre in whitehaven. And if youre in whitehaven down see whitehaven do go down and see beverley turner. Her know beverley turner. Let her know what think and what youd what you think and what youd like from the chancellor like to hear from the chancellor today talking today at 1230. Now, talking of money, to win money, would you like to win some in our Great British giveaway . Well, theres a garden gadget the shopping gadget package, the shopping spree. Also £12,345 in spree. Theres also £12,345 in cash. You see one, 2345. So heres how you could be in to win. We have a ton of top pnzes to win. We have a ton of top prizes to be won in our spring giveaway. Theres a massive £12,345 in tax free cash to spend. 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Good luck stuff, we wish you all the best. With that still to come, youre going to hear more about, what you would want to hear from todays budget. Okay, getting out and about talking to more people live here at breakfast on gb news with eamonn and ellie. Gb news is the home of free speech. We were created to champion it, and we deliver it day in, day out. Free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. Which why we hear all which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv, radio and online. This is gb news, britains news channel. News channel. Weve been asking you all morning what you would like to hear from the budget. And about 1230, what would you like to hear from the chancellor . Jen hear from the chancellor . Jen has been in touch on instagram saying tax cut. Its saying income tax cut. Its going to be much fair for going to be much more fair for everyone. National insurance cut is not fair for everyone because of it doesnt affect of course it doesnt affect pensioners, she says. I wont be voting conservative ever again. But then i look at the current leader of labour party and leader of the labour party and i cant say ill vote for them enhen cant say ill vote for them either. Im disgusted either. Im totally disgusted with all them. With all of them. Okay, lets go out and about. Lets more opinions now. Gb lets get more opinions now. Gb news northwest Midlands Reporter jack carson. Lets go. And weve got also , new scotland reporter got also, new scotland reporter there. Yeah, okay. Tony mcguire is there as well. Gentlemen, good morning to you. Good morning to you. Good morning. Yeah. Good morning to you eamonn. Im here in in Leamington Spa with, mari carmen fitness, a Small Business owner, here, in the area. Mari, thank you for joining owner, here, in the area. Mari, thank you forjoining us here, thank you for joining us here, on the channel this morning. Just kind of tell us then with this budget, today, you know what . What is business like at the moment . Whats it like running a Small Business . Yeah, i think its really hard, particularly being a woman in business. And ive got three small children, as we spoke about earlier. Know, you about earlier. You know, if you want your own business, want to start your own business, theres much theres not really much support in type terms of funding. You in type in terms of funding. You know, to get that know, how to get that investment, to get the business off ground, you know, off the ground, you know, obviously mother obviously with being a mother as well, three children, well, juggling three children, theres to be theres i, theres loads to be talked in childcare. You talked about in childcare. You know, its expensive just trying to through well to juggle through that as well at theres at cost of living. Theres so much at moment and much stress at the moment and obviously this idea that there might well be a 2 cut in National Insurance further cut. Has already been one there has already been one that effect in january that came into effect in january. You notice much of an. Did you notice much of an impact your life after that impact in your life after that previous do think its previous one . Do you think its a idea to go further on a good idea to go further on that, National Insurance cut . Yeah, i mean, i didnt see any difference. You know, if they do a further 2 then, you know, great. But i think what would more a difference would make more of a difference would make more of a difference would change the tax would be to change the tax brackets. That brackets. Yes. I think that would have much greater impact. Okay. And is there anything else particularly that you might be for from, from the be looking for from, from the budget from, mr budget today, from, from mr hunt, well, i used to be a nurse. I worked the nurse. I worked at the Childrens Hospital in birmingham while, and im birmingham for a while, and im extremely about extremely passionate about womens think there womens health. I think there needs to be more provisions for women, particularly in that pregnancy and postpartum period. So tell me so many of my clients tell me all time they dont get the all the time they dont get the support need from the support they need from the health professionals. And health care professionals. And i know jeremy is also talking know jeremy hunt is also talking around. Using that to around. I using that for to reduce waiting times, think ai reduce waiting times, i think ai is great for certain areas, but i think we need to be really careful with how were using technology to, you know, support people with their health care. You know, that could be there could be room for missing really important yeah. Important things. Yeah. What did you notice i mean, what did you notice when in the nhs . Is when you worked in the nhs . Is it seriously that that maybe there reform from there needs to be reform from your experience . Sorry. Was that your experience . Sorry. Was that about reforming what was that about reforming the nhs . Is that what youve seen your experience . Seen from your experience . I think there needs to yeah, i think there needs to be more spent. But i think be more money spent. But i think it level. You it comes from top level. You know, and doctors know, the nurses and doctors have huge for them. Have got huge respect for them. They do great job. Itsjust they do a great job. Its just the powers above, whatever the powers above, for whatever reason. Theyre theyre not reason. Theyre just theyre not spending in the areas spending the money in the areas that its that are needed. And its massively just so massively its just so overstretched. Weve got overstretched. I mean, weve got such now that such a population now that lives, know, a lot older. Lives, you know, a lot older. That needs be more money or that needs to be more money or something needs change something needs to change because are being because so many things are being missed. You know, and i work with mums pregnancy with mums in that pregnancy postpartum period and im heanng postpartum period and im hearing theyre not hearing all the time theyre not getting support they need. Getting the support they need. And then just even more and then thats just even more devastating, know, thank you devastating, you know, thank you very those perspectives. Of its really key as of course its really key as of as the chancellor of course, as the chancellor gets ready deliver that gets ready to deliver that budget, people like budget, to hear from people like mari carmen on whats important. Yeah. Jack, really good to mari carmen on whats important. Ymarys k, really good to mari carmen on whats important. Ymarys thoughts good to mari carmen on whats important. Ymarys thoughts 0nd to mari carmen on whats important. Ymarys thoughts on that. Mari carmen on whats important. Yivyou s thoughts on that. Mari carmen on whats important. Yivyou for|oughts on that. Mari carmen on whats important. Yivyou for bringing n that. Mari carmen on whats important. Yivyou for bringing that it. Thank you for bringing that to us. Go to tony us. Lets go over to tony mcguire now, our reporter whos in edinburgh this morning. To good you, and what are good see you, tony. And what are people hear people there wanting to hear from on today . From the budget later on today . Good morning. Yes, indeed. Im in portobello in edinburgh and up here in scotland there is no shortage of sectors that are really going to be setting an edge of their seat. Listening to jeremy hunt later on this afternoon. But theres one more than which really needs a than most, which really needs a helping hand. And that, of course, is hospitality. You course, is hospitality. You know, hospitality up here in scotland makes up around 8 of the workforce. And accounts for around 9 of scottish businesses. However a growing majority of scottish leaders are now extremely concerned that how their businesses will fare over their businesses will fare over the next 12 months or so now i spoke to the tip of the spear, championing the interests and desires of scottish hospital sector uk Hospitality Scotland chief executive leeann thompson. Sorry the executive director, leon. Leon thompson and he gave his wish list, as it were, for jeremy hunts , speech later on jeremy hunts, speech later on this afternoon. This afternoon. We have one of the highest rates of vat in europe at 20. We believe that reducing vat to at least 12. 5 would make a significant difference to our businesses and their ability to operate in a Sustainable Way that would help them manage their costs. And we know that when vat was reduced during covid, 70 of businesses passed that saving on to their customers. So this is a win win for business and for our customers. If the chancellor cuts vat today. Now, you may think, of course, there must be some other reason. And you of course would be right. You see, the be right. You see, the hospitality sector up here is somewhat caught between a rock and a hard place. Its in a unique position to benefit from both budgets in scotland and westminster. However business rates, which they have been asking repeatedly for more benefits from the scottish government, has still not materialised or even drawn a par with the english 75 rate relief. So indeed, scottish businesses today are going to be looking for jeremy hunt businesses today are going to be looking forjeremy hunt. Looking for jeremy hunt. Thank you very much. Tony maguire there for us in edinburgh. Edinburgh. And thank you very much for watching today. Well see you again sometime soon, on this budget day, heres the. Weather. Budget day, heres the. Weather. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your weather update for the day from the met office for gb news. Bit of fog and frost in the south and west this morning. That should clear. And then much of the west will be fine and bright, but in the east quite a lot again, outbreaks lot of cloud. Again, outbreaks of for northeast of light rain for northeast england , eastern scotland and england, eastern scotland and 1 or 2 showers breaking out over the east midlands and southeast england day. Why england through the day. Why dont showers creeping dont you showers creeping into cornwall well . But much of cornwall as well . But much of the west southwest england, wales northern western wales, Northern Ireland, western scotland day with scotland having a fine day with some spring sunshine and that will lift temperatures 12, will lift the temperatures 12, maybe 13 1 or 2 places where it maybe 131 or 2 places where it stays cloudy in the east. Were struggling a bit. Again, only single on that east coast Single Digits on that east coast and feeling with the and feeling colder with the breeze far north east. Breeze over the far north east. As we go through this evening, i think well see the cloud breaking up a little bit more. Any rain tending fizzle out. Any rain tending to fizzle out. So most its a dry evening so for most its a dry evening and then a dry and a clear night. That will allow the cloud to back into the east. Some to come back into the east. Some mist patches. And again, mist and fog patches. And again, some frost likely in some patchy frost is likely in rural most towns and rural spots, most towns and cities about staying above cities just about staying above freezing. As for thursday, well freezing. As for thursday, well again, many itll be dry and again, for many itll be dry and bright, starting off a bit misty and murky with some low cloud eastern areas likely to stay fairly cloudy through the day. Well see a few more showers on thursday. I suspect parts of southern england, the midlands, wales could see some heavy showers on thursday. Therell be scattered they could scattered about but they could be heavy many be on the heavy side. Many places elsewhere again dry and in the spells. In the sunny spells. Temperatures getting up to 12 or 13 looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsor of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Brand new sundays from 6 pm. The neil oliver show. Its absolutely vital that people are given the opportunity to take part in the debate , to say the part in the debate, to say the things that matter to them, to be challenged. A country is only really a shared dream as long as enough people have a shared idea of what it is, then that country exists. What gb news does is give voices somewhere they can be heard. The neil oliver show sundays from 6 pm. On gb news. Very good morning. It is wednesday, the 6th of march. It is Spring Budget day. Im here in whitehaven in cumbria. Andrew is in westminster. Budget day is here in the chancellor. Jeremy hunt is expected to announce, but i think he is going to announce a2p cut to National Insurance. Our business and economics ednon our business and economics editor. Liam halligan. Hes got the latest. The latest. It is budget day. The chancellor will be up on his hind legs at the commons despatch box at 1230. We know some tax cuts are coming. Will they be enough . And can the chancellor pull a rabbit out of his budget hat . Or is the rabbit dead . Dead . Big wins for donald trump and joe biden in their super tuesday election contest. It looks almost certain that the pair will go head to head again in november. Lets hear it from that man, trump. The poll numbers are so much higher than joe bidens. Hes the worst president in the history of our country. Theres never been anything like whats happening to our country. Goldsmith guns for