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Of wales uncle, Gary Goldsmith , of wales uncle, Gary Goldsmith, gives an update on her health dunng gives an update on her health during his appearance on big brother. But is he overstepping the mark . And in sport this morning, Manchester City comfortably through to the quarter finals of the Champions League. Max verstappen says his dads not a liar and england are playing india in the final test after meeting the dalai lama, so theyre spiritually at peace and currently 100 for one. Good morning. The best of the sunshine will be in the west today. But where will the sun shine tomorrow . Well, you can find out all the details with me a little later on. Good morning. Good morning. Im Ellie Costello and im ben leo, and this is breakfast on news. On gb news. So do you have a night of stress in your house last night . Well, i stayed up in london last night, so i was relieved of it. You avoided it . My. My wife is taking care of World Book Day. The costume that my day. And the costume that my four year will be four year old will be gallivanting into nursery with. You have children or well, if you have children or grandchildren, will be aware grandchildren, you will be aware of stresses world book of the stresses of World Book Day. Do have children, but day. I do not have children, but ihave day. I do not have children, but i have seen enough it on i have seen enough of it on instagram to scared of instagram to be very scared of this children have to this day. If children have to have a costume, they . Have a costume, dont they . Well, boy is going as well, my boy is going as batman, although doesnt have batman, although he doesnt have a book anything with batman a book of anything with batman in, kind of cheating. In, so hes kind of cheating. You have to take the so do you have to take the book you are the character book that you are the character from you . Book that you are the character frori you . Book that you are the character frori think ou . Book that you are the character frori think they just ask you in i think they just ask you in nursery anyway. They ask you about book you explain about the book and you explain a little bit about it. Oh, its so sweet. Its very cute. But it is a lot for the parents, isnt it, to put together a costume . I just saw so many stories on instagram last night of parents being like, children have come to p. M. To their bedroom at 10 pm. Going, hello, its World Book Day need a costume day tomorrow. I need a costume for send pictures in. For send your pictures in. Yes. For send your pictures in. Morning. Thats what you want this so all your this morning. So all your pictures, of world book pictures, please, of World Book Day children, day costumes, your children, your let us your grandchildren. Do let us know that little know if you had that little knock on the bedroom door last night. Question. Knock on the bedroom door last nig if. Question. Knock on the bedroom door last nig if we question. Knock on the bedroom door last nig if we did question. Knock on the bedroom door last nig if we did world n. Knock on the bedroom door last nig if we did World Book Day if we did World Book Day costumes here, what would you come us . Costumes here, what would you conso us . Costumes here, what would you conso urfavourite growing so my favourite book growing up witch. Okay. Up was the worst witch. Okay. And about a girl who went and it was about a girl who went to witch school and she was very bad witch. So youd come as a witch . So youd come as a witch . Id come as a witch. I think. Id come as a witch. I think. Come early. Yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What come early. Yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What would ome early. Yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What would you early. Yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What would you go rly. Yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What would you go as, yeah. Id come as a witch. I think. What would you go as, maybe arsene former arsenal arsene wenger, former arsenal manager and what book is that . Dont maybe his biography. Oh, so youre cheating. There you thats your sons oh, so youre cheating. There you it thats your sons oh, so youre cheating. There you it from its your sons oh, so youre cheating. There you it from family. Your sons got it from family. Yeah, clearly. Yeah, clearly. Do send in your world book so do send in your World Book Day pictures, please. We would love to those. That day pictures, please. We would love make to those. That day pictures, please. We would love make us those. That day pictures, please. We would love make us very hose. That day pictures, please. We would love make us very hose. Tthis would make us very happy this morning. Course, do let morning. And of course, do let us your thoughts on the us know your thoughts on the budget yesterday toopi cut budget yesterday that toopi cut off insurance. No big off National Insurance. No big surprises from that surprises really from that budget quite budget yesterday didnt quite set alight. But do let set the world alight. But do let us what you think. Is that us know what you think. Is that enough vote . Tory, do enough for you to vote . Tory, do you better off or did it you feel better off or did it not far enough . Do let us not go far enough . Do let us know what you think. Gb views gb news. Com now are we going to see the end double taxation . See the end of double taxation . That the chancellor that is what the chancellor signalled during his Spring Budget yesterday. As he cut the Rate Insurance by rate of National Insurance by £0. 02 april the 6th. Rate of National Insurance by £0. Employee pril the 6th. Rate of National Insurance by £0. Employee nationalth. Rate of National Insurance by £0. Employee National Insurance employee National Insurance will be cut by another £0. 02 from 10 to 8, and self employed National Insurance will be cut from 8 to 6. It means an additional £450 a year for the average employee, or £350 for someone self employed. Someone self employed. Yes, but opposition parties pred yes, but opposition parties ripped into the budget saying expected rises in council tax. And i know myself ive got my letter yesterday, will wipe out any benefits for households last desperate act of a party that has failed britain in recession. The National Credit card maxed out and despite the measures today , the highest tax measures today, the highest tax burden for 70 years, the First Parliament since records began to see Living Standards fall, confirmed by this budget today thatis confirmed by this budget today that is their record. It is still their record. Give with still their record. Give with one hand and take even more with the other. The other. The budget yesterday the Great British pub will also get a boost from a freeze on alcohol duty, and the child benefit threshold increases to £60,000 a year and the £0. 05 cut to fuel duty is locked in for another 12 months. But what do the people on the ground make of it all . We asked them to give us their reactions. Dont make a lot of a budget. To be fair, i think its a scummy attempt by the conservative party to try and regain any bit of ground that they can get. Really. People are starving out here. Weve got more food banks now than ever, before. What are than ever, ever before. What are you to do about it . You going to do about it . Tax here. There and they i think they should really help people. No its not enough. No. We need to see results on the nhs, seeing a gp, things that really matter, not beer duty. Youre out of order. Youve got to be out of power. Give someone else a chance. Okay. Lets speak to the chief economist for Panmure Gordon investment bank, simon french. Good morning to you, sir. Good morning. I was kind of expecting with this budget yesterday that towards the end hunt would pull some rabbit out of a hat to kind of save the ailing tories in the polls. But it never, from critics perspective, seemed to materialise. Materialise. Were so conditioned, arent we, at budgets to get final we, at budgets to get that final flourish. And actually what turned out that most of it turned out is that most of it had been leaked the media had been leaked to the media dunng had been leaked to the media during the weekend press, maybe that tells you little bit more that tells you a little bit more about where the conservatives are the political cycle, i. E. Are in the political cycle, i. E. They get maximum they want to get maximum exposure what theyre doing , exposure for what theyre doing, and to front run as and so trying to front run as much initiatives as they much of the initiatives as they can tax cutting. But it meant can on tax cutting. But it meant that there were very few surprises large extent, surprises to, to a large extent, i could have written the note that i wrote for clients back on monday morning. Monday morning. I mean, it was all pre briefed, wasnt it . It was all out there. You mean you might used to be a sacking offence . That really . Yeah. That really . Yeah. But no longer. Appears but but no longer. It appears to we now can can get to be that we now can can get access to that. And it looks like they want to manage the media cycle, not just on the budget but in full budget day, but in the full budget day, but in the full budget week. Actually. Yeah, you can yeah, i guess you can understand that would understand that you would want that also that sort of control, but also to fair to the government, to be fair to the government, they such little headroom, they had such little headroom, didnt play with didnt they, to play with perhaps surprise that perhaps its no surprise that that as, far as that is literally as, as far as they could go. Well, watching your well, i was watching your your vox pops there in the sort of public somewhat of public being somewhat underwhelmed by this, but that is of the that is a function of the fact that back in november, the last time we a fiscal statement, an we had a fiscal statement, an autumn statement, the chancellor left very little left himself with very little headroom billion. Headroom for just £13 billion. Sounds lot of money. But sounds like a lot of money. But in public finances terms, thats about his about 1 against his self imposed rules. So self imposed fiscal rules. So how much could he do yesterday . Not lot. And for a lot of not a lot. And for a lot of people, having seen overall pnces people, having seen overall prices go about 25 over the prices go up about 25 over the last three years, its still a very, very difficult backdrop for their personal finances. Very, very difficult backdrop for their personal finances. And for their personal finances. And theres very little sort of cavalry coming over the hill from the from the treasury. What do you think about these hints that National Insurance could be scrapped completely . Is that winner that an election winner potentially for the conservatives potentially for the con it rvatives potentially for the con it rvative if it potentially for the conit rvative if it knocked £50 it would if it knocked £50 billion, which is how much National Insurance still raises for the exchequer off the total tax bill. But that isnt going to mean , theres lots to happen. I mean, theres lots of predictions that are being nervous one. I can be nervous about that one. I can be certain wont happen now. Will it consolidated within income it be consolidated within income tax. The income rate tax. And the income tax rate goes as the income tax. As goes up as the income tax. As the National Insurance comes down, single payroll down, you have a single payroll tax. Yeah, thats entirely plausible. Overall plausible. But the overall burden of taxation is not is unlikely to fall in the next parliament. Its far more likely to rise given the requirements on Public Services that are already quite stretched and the spending round the other side of the election for non protected services. Non Health Services. So non health non education non overseas development, it is very, very tight. Okay. Simon french, really good to get your thoughts. Thank you very much indeed. Well, lets get the political reaction now from commentator from the political commentator peter good to see peter spencer. Very good to see you this morning, peter. I mean, labour are describing this as a last desperate act of a failing tory party and they also mentioned the expected rises in council tax are going to wipe out any benefits for households. Out any benefits for households. What do you make of that . Well, i mean, the fact is that our overall tax burden is at a record high and this hasnt really dented that , particularly really dented that, particularly at all. I mean, i find this whole entity a creature of the most curious and extreme contrast, because on the one hand, we have a budget in which theyre knocking £0. 02 off employers, employees contributions and National Insurance, thats it. And that insurance, thats it. And that has been not only has it gone down like like a cup of cold, sick with with the electorate, as we gather from the box pops that youve just run, but its also gone down like a lead balloon with large sections of the tory party but on the other hand, there are mooting this idea of abolishing, National Insurance completely. And as simon says, were talking about £50 billion here. I mean, that is that is sort of on one level, its preposterous. Its certainly unavoidable. And but its sort of i mean, thats actually beyond desperation, if you ask me. And if they really you ask me. And if they really think that they can run with that and they claim it is their ambition, if they really think they can run with that, then quite frankly, theyve lost. Not only have they lost the election , theyve the plot as well. , theyve lost the plot as well. What do you make of peter, what do you make of the chancellors curious . Decision to award £1 million to a muslim war memorial, especially . He kicked off the budget with that announcement. Critics argue weve already got the cenotaph, which honours all faiths and none. Was he trying to troll sir keir starmer off the back of labours difficulties with their muslim base over the recent weeks . What was that about in your perspective . Perspective . Well, i would think that thats probably about trying to cool the tempo. Remember that that we have so many protests taking place in regard to whats happening in gaza right now. And we also have the very real fears about the security of members of parliament who are being targeted by extreme elements. Targeted by extreme elements. And i suspect that what this is actually about is simply to say, hey, listen, guys, just call it, were on your side. Really peter, do you think people are going to feel better off as a result of this budget and ultimately, the biggest question really is, is it enough for people to vote tory . Will it shift the dial . Youre asking me . And its a very valid question. I think the answer is absolutely not. I mean, theres ihave absolutely not. I mean, theres i have to draw to your attention a glorious quote from one time labour chancellor of the exchequer roy jenkins. And he said, well , exchequer roy jenkins. And he said, well, you exchequer roy jenkins. And he said, well , you see, the thing said, well, you see, the thing is that the leaves of dead budgets crumble very quickly. Budgets crumble very quickly. Really, peter, what do you make of the facts that there was nothing allocated to defence, beanng nothing allocated to defence, bearing in mind russias invasion of ukraine, the activity in the red sea with the Houthi Rebels . Mark francois said night that the said last night that the treasury had seemingly forgotten said last night that the treasuour ad seemingly forgotten said last night that the treasuour armed ningly forgotten said last night that the treasuour armed forces. Forgotten said last night that the treasuour armed forces. Was� tten said last night that the treasuour armed forces. Was hen right . Well, i mean, i would i would think that David Cameron, lord cameron , called me dave, who is cameron, called me dave, who is now the foreign secretary , will now the foreign secretary, will be spitting nails about that very thing, because hes been asked about the problems in the middle east and problems. They are indeed with a potential catastrophe looming. But he said, what really keeps me awake at night is ukraine pain and the very real fear that that putin will regard ukraine as his sudetenland. If you follow my historical reference here for and which reason, i mean, i would argue and i think many people in the know would argue, that actually not doing something about defence spending is an extremely bad move. Okay peter spencer, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Do let us know what you think about that. Should there have been something allocated to defence . Curious, very curious decision. Perhaps thats still to come. Do let us know what you make of that, or indeed the budget as a whole. Will it impact you . Do whole. Will it impact you . Do you feel better off . Could more have been done . Do let us know what you think. Gb views at gb news. Com. Lets a news. Com. Lets news. Com. lets okay, lets have a look at some stories coming some other stories coming up into the this morning. Into the newsroom this morning. Lord David Cameron says hes appalled about the appalled to hear about the deaths three sailors appalled to hear about the deaths airee sailors appalled to hear about the deaths a houthi lors appalled to hear about the deaths a Houthi Missile on following a Houthi Missile on a vessel in the red sea exactly what we were just talking about. Its other its understood three other crew members and number members are missing and a number of others are seriously injured. Its fatal attack its the first fatal attack since militants started since houthi militants started striking area. The weapons supervisor on the set of the alec baldwin movie rust, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot dead, has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. A jury involuntary manslaughter. A jury in new mexico found Hannah Gaffey reid guilty of the charge over her death. Back in october 2021. She now faces up to 18 months in prison and a Russian Missile narrowly missed a convoy that was carrying president ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a meeting with the greek Prime Minister in the city of odesa. The strike exploded just 300m from the ukrainian pm kyiv have claimed five people were killed in the attack. In the attack. Now this story caught our eye this morning in the daily mail. It is apparently a full english breakfast or specifically, a man tucking into a full english breakfast makes them more attractive. Come on in. Apparently, its very the lady. Apparently it makes them look very manly at tucking into a full english. I would tend to agree, i think. Yeah, yeah, men are having a good appetite and masculine. Yeah. Does it remind you of the kind of like the white van man builder kind of thing . Maybe like a cup of maybe it is like a cup of tea. Big fry up. Yeah it is, it is quite masculine. I think. I would tend to agree. And it also says that in reverse, as women are more attractive men theyre attractive to men if theyre eating like a eating something dainty, like a croissant, for example. Find that fascinating. Now, i find that fascinating. Now a thing . So if a now is that a thing . So if a woman were to order a salad or something , does make them something, does that make them more because its more attractive . Because its very going to be very dainty, im going to be careful i say because ill careful what i say because ill probably trouble. Probably get in trouble. Wife listening at home, potentially. But also, about a kebab but also, what about a kebab at night for a bloke . I mean, is that equally as attractive . No. Dripping mayonnaise . Dripping with mayonnaise . Dont that. No, i dont like that. No, dont his dont like that. So i think his meal time, you know, sensible meal time, you know, sensible meal not yeah. Then it meal times. Not yeah. Then it then it goes gluttony. Then it goes into gluttony. I think article says its think the article says its because high blood sugar levels have an ageing effect on the skin and suppress sex hormones. , well, there go. So, oh, well, there you go. So, yeah, you tuck into a full yeah, if you tuck into a full engush yeah, if you tuck into a full english this morning, then your better may be looking better half may be looking at you with more affection than normal. Yeah. And if youre, if youre a woman tucking into a full english, perhaps your other half isnt that impressed. Which is shame, because i love is a real shame, because i love a english. Is a real shame, because i love a engush. Soi is a real shame, because i love a english. So i really hope a full english. So i really hope that doesnt apply. But apparently does. Yeah, apparently it does. Yeah, well talk break. Let talk about it in the break. Let us what you think of that us know what you think of that one. There gbnews. Com. One. Gb views there gbnews. Com. Now princess of uncle now the princess of wales uncle is currently itvs is currently appearing on itvs celebrity big brother. Now he has that she is getting the celebrity big brother. Now he has carethat she is getting the celebrity big brother. Now he has carethathee is getting the celebrity big brother. Now he has carethathe world. Tting the best care in the world. But Gary Goldsmith yes, but Gary Goldsmith declined further about declined to talk further about kates health to quote code kates health due to quote code of etiquette. Of etiquette. There has been huge speculation social media speculation on social media about princesss health speculation on social media about underwent health speculation on social media about underwent abdominal after she underwent Abdominal Surgery this year. Surgery earlier this year. Joining us now is royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams. Good morning to you, richard. Whats going on here . Then theres been claims that Gary Goldsmith is making the royal family squirm and hes embarrassing them. Is it fair comment or is he just having a bit of fun . Well , of course, i bit of fun . Well, of course, i mean, if you take it seriously and i think there is a certain amount here of cheapening matters. After all, we know why Gary Goldsmith is on big brother, and thatis goldsmith is on big brother, and that is because hes the princess of wales, his uncle, obviously. I mean, its been a very difficult time for her because since prince william, for this personal matter, missed the, Memorial Service for king constantine, the fact that we lost saw, the princess in december. Lost saw, the princess in december. And lost saw, the princess in december. And she subsequently, december. And she subsequently, of course, had problems. The of course, had problems. The paparazzi and the ministry of defence and the trooping of the colour rehearsal where she was billed to appear. And that was premature. And so, i mean, we premature. And so, i mean, we simply dont know when shell be resuming royal engagements. Regarding uncle gary, i think the Middleton Family will be very, very relieved if he is voted out by the public, as may happen very, very soon. I think that all these pearls of wisdom that all these pearls of wisdom that hes dispensing about harry throwing his family under the bus and whatever, i mean, we know why hes there, and its an attempt to gain publicity. He attempt to gain publicity. He its got an enormous amount of press, but its not very dignified. And frankly , he. Dignified. And frankly, he. Would you vote for uncle gary to be removed . Be removed . Well, it is going to be giving the royal family quite a headache , isnt it . Im sure headache, isnt it . Im sure its making them very, very nervous indeed. Especially because they are trying to strike balance, arent strike this balance, arent they, what were seeing they, between what were seeing with charles being open with king charles and being open with king charles and being open with diagnosis, which with his cancer diagnosis, which is a modern way of is quite a modern way of approaching, his health compared to his late mother, of course. But then seeing the more but then were seeing the more traditional stance, arent we, from princess wales from the princess of wales wanting privacy, wanting wanting her privacy, not wanting any invasion . Ian. But any any press invasion . Ian. But were also seeing and perhaps as a result of trying to strike that balance, which is proving very difficult. Richard, that thirst for information online, i mean, the princess of wales is name has been trending pretty much since she had this operation. It is a very difficult balance to strike, and were seeing two very different approaches members the approaches from members of the royal family here. I mean that youre well, yes, i mean that youre quite it is a very, very quite right. It is a very, very difficult balance on very, very sensitive subjects. The king sensitive subjects. The king charles has undoubtedly done the nafion charles has undoubtedly done the nation a favour by the issue of his prostrate, mentioning this and being open about it. On the other hand , of course, we dont other hand, of course, we dont know the details of the cancer that most sadly, he is currently receiving treatment for, and as youre quite right, i mean, we dont know the details of catherines Abdominal Surgery. It is difficult because on the other hand, youre always going to get the speculation online. And i mean, the palace have to take account of that. I would have thought it might have been anidea have thought it might have been an idea to have an occasional photograph or some of photograph or some form of update, formal one, and update, not a formal one, and not week or every so not every week or every so often, but simply to make people feel that they were a little more in touch. But as you say, it is an impossible balance to strike. And uncle gary on big brother shooting his mouth off is certainly not helping. Can your richard, can i get your thoughts please, on a great story on the front of the Sun Newspaper this morning . Typical tabloid exclusive harrys pants sell for 250,000, his. Sell for 250,000, his. Infamous, partying in las vegas. All those years ago where he was pictured frolicking naked with a, on pool tables and whatnot. The boxer shorts he was wearing at time have been sold at at the time have been sold at auction in america. What do you think duke will make of that . Well, 7 well, i 7 well, i suspect that it may be made up , well, i suspect that it may be made up, but of course, well, i suspect that it may be made up , but of course, since be made up, but of course, since its the sun, how could i possibly correct it . I mean, we know that what happens in vegas after that infamous incident, people flocked to vegas because, of course, what happens in vegas stays in vegas. Was there . Well, i mean, quite rightly, this was the slogan that stuck. Wonderful for pr for this is a bit of fun. And i mean, we all remember that. We remember the old harry and i look back to the old harry, perhaps not that exact incident, but at that time with but harry at that time with enormous affection. I wish that some form of reconciliation might occur , but i most might occur, but i most certainly dont see it at the moment. But you never know what the future holds. Well, of course, its a stark reminder of the harry we used to know in britain, isnt it . And his change, i guess would his change, i guess some would say, been absolutely say, has been absolutely incredible. This situation with the health of the princess of wales and the king at the moment. Do you feel are you just, you know, disappointed even that hes not seized on the opportunity to kind of make amends with his family this is the golden opportunity, surely. But remember , it takes two but remember, it takes two sides. And after four years of sides. And after four years of the sussexes frankly cold and overt betrayal , to coin a overt betrayal, to coin a phrase, i think the royal family dont trust them. And with good reason. I mean, of course, harry, as you know, came over at the moment he heard that his father had cancer. But the issues that remain between him and william and this idea that he might suddenly pick up, some form of royal duty or whatever, its simply not practical. He hasnt got any patronages anyway. And anyway, if that happened, youd have the royal family turning into a sussex circus, its bad enough with uncle gary. Circus, its bad enough with uncle gary. Imagine what it would be with harry and meghan suddenly in some, some form of royal turning, which they certainly wont do. But i mean, you never can rule anything out. You never know exactly whats going to happen, because of course, cancer is, as we all know , as millions know, it is a know, as millions know, it is a desperately very, serious illness. And obviously harry was concerned from that point of view. On the other hand, there it stays for the moment. The best way of any form of reconciliation would, in fact, be private, some form of contact in the weeks and months which led to something meaningful and led to something meaningful and led to something meaningful and led to the end of the sussexes attacks on the royal family. That has to be absolute. Yes, im sure many people would agree with you. Richard fitzwilliams , really good to see fitzwilliams, really good to see you this morning. Thank you very much for your time. Do let us know what you think about that, also let us know what you thought the budget yesterday. Thought of the budget yesterday. 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Got a cut of that sale of his boxid be on the ell be saying, id be on the phone saying, wheres my what i want to wheres my 5 . What i want to know is who spending over know is who is spending over £200,000 black underwear . It £200,000 on black underwear . It was an old. It was an ex strip club dino, otto from club boss. Dino, palma otto from san diego. And hes definitely put oh, and hes definitely put it frame somewhere. Me oh, it in a frame somewhere. Me oh, dean it in a frame somewhere. Me oh, dear. No, the worlds dear. No, no, no, the worlds gone mad. Not what you want to hear over cornflakes this morning. Maybe you dont at the time morning. 624 ybe you dont at the time morning. 624 annie u dont at the time morning. 624 annie shuttleworth. Time morning. 624 annie shuttleworth. Hows is 624 annie shuttleworth. Hows your for you . Your weather for you . Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today. Theres also a risk of showers later , but across the west later, but across the west plenty of sunshine to start the day and it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the across many the day. Across many southwestern of england, southWestern Areas of england, western wales, Western Areas of wales, northwest and england, Northern Ireland scotland. Ireland and northwest scotland. Seeing the sunshine seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine. Cloud will. However, the cloud will thicken bit, thicken a little bit, particularly central areas particularly for central areas of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Also a of heavy. Theres also a risk of showers into parts of Northern England eastern scotland england and eastern scotland throughout out this evening as well, but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on night. Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than this morning, but that easterly wind will continue across areas throughout across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of Aberdeen Shire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some that, england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across south and east, across the south and east, though, will a much drier though, it will be a much drier and day on friday and and brighter day on friday and it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. Have a lovely day bye bye. Okay, its time now for our latest Great British giveaway and first it was phil from West Yorkshire and now we have our latest winner charles from stoke on trent , who won £18,000 in on trent, who won £18,000 in cash. Heres the moment charles found out he won. Charles, i have some really good news for you. Youre the winner of the Great British giveaway. Oh, nick. Oh, dear. Oh, nick. Oh, dear. Youve won £18,000. Fulfilling thats a big surprise. Next thats a big surprise. Next fire. I dont know what to say. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Oh, thank you so much. Oh, thank you so much. Oh, thank you so much. Oh, that is the best reaction. 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On friday 29th march for full terms and Privacy Notice at gb gbnews. Com win, please check the closing time if watching or listening on demand. Good luck listening on demand. Good luck yes, good luck indeed. Now do you stay with us . Still to come, well be getting all the latest sport with tvs paul coyte. Hahaha okay, thank you very much. Tvs ellie Ellie Costello. Listen, weve got so much sport going on. Andy murray has won a game again, Manchester City win. Weve got cricket going on at the foothills of the himalayas. Its all coming up in just a second. Welcome back. Its 630. Youre with ben and ellie on gb. News breakfast. Lets go through all the latest sports news now. Showy broadcaster paul coyte is here with us. I love the way it says broadcaster. I mean, every morning, you know. But but you know, appreciate to be know, i appreciate i like to be referred paul coyte referred as tvs paul coyte sport clown. I suppose something sport clown. I suppose Something Like will do. Id like that. Anything will do. Id better about the better tell you about the cricket, because weve actually got cricket, which on at got live cricket, which is on at the against the moment. India against england. Three england. So india three one up. So theyve the series so theyve won the series against against england in dharamsala, is at the dharamsala, which is at the foothills of the himalayas. Its very pretty. Oh, its the most beautiful cricket pitch or cricket arena that could be played. You could see the played. You could see the himalayas behind. Hes a bit chilly, though, you know, they said its about 8 or 9 degrees. So its like playing cricket and well, around this time of year over india, not very good over in india, not very good conditions for. Well conditions is it for. Well i dont looks nice. Dont know. It looks nice. So thats main thing. Thats the main thing. Surely boys will be used surely our boys will be used to that. I its a very good i think its a very good point. Is that an advantage is that going to be working in our advantage 100 for two at lunch. So its at lunch the moment. So its at lunch at the moment. So its at lunch at the moment. So always early so its always too early to tell. Know had that in tell. You know weve had that in the few tests. Its early the last few tests. Its early on getting to get a good score. Its always the second innings where to struggle a where england seem to struggle a little well well little bit. Well see. Well keep things. Early keep an eye on things. Early days, met very days, but they met a very special person. Did. Special person. Oh they did. They met the dalai lama i think. I think might even have i think we might even have footage. Mean, when you go to footage. I mean, when you go to the foothills the himalayas, the foothills of the himalayas, who you bump into . Look who should you bump into . Look at theyre going at that. Theyre just going there. Hanging out at that. Theyre just going thertheres hanging out at that. Theyre just going thertheres the hanging out at that. Theyre just going thertheres the dalaianging out at that. Theyre just going thertheres the dalai lama. Out and theres the dalai lama. Is that stokesy . Is that stokesy . Thats. No, that. Im just trying think weve got ollie. Trying to think weve got ollie. Weve got ollie pope actually meets lama. So you can meets the dalai lama. So you can have the lama, have the pope meets the lama, which know, which which which is, you know, which which works. Which is, you know, which which work hope he blessed them. Did i hope he blessed them. Did they . I hope he blessed they . Sorry. I hope he blessed them. Well i hope so. Them. Well. Well i hope so. What they sneezed or. Or what if they sneezed or. Or before . Well lets hope before . Yeah. Well lets hope so. The before . Yeah. Well lets hope so. The thing is, i think it just prepares more. Just prepares them more. Should we india . That will. We lose to india . That will. Therell more inner peace. Therell be more inner peace. Being so respectful about but being so respectful about everything, youve to be everything, youve got to be respectful. Great pictures respectful. Yeah. Great pictures really. Are. Really. So there we are. So theres should move the theres should we move on to the Champions League last night. Briefly its not yeah. Briefly i mean its not really big surprise. Really a big surprise. Manchester city beat copenhagen three one. It was always was three one. It was always it was always a win. Always going to be a win. Theyre two aggregate. So theyre six two on aggregate. So theyre the quarter theyre through to the quarter final the seventh successive final for the seventh successive yeah final for the seventh successive year. English club to win year. First english club to win ten consecutive in the ten consecutive matches in the champions and they left Champions League. And they left seven First Team Players out. So it was all it was. It was a walk in the park, frankly. So now through to the next round, Erling Haaland , by the has Erling Haaland, by the way, has scored as Champions League scored as many Champions League goals aguero, goals as sergio aguero, which is 41 it was a great 42 less 41 in 40. It was a great 42 less games, ben 42 less games. Thats incredible. That was a great story yesterday saying united man united had a chance to get haaland before city did some years before and they passed on him. They said no, weve seen the report. Were fine. Thank you know what . Fine. Thank you. You know what . Theres so of those theres so many of those stories. Would be football. Stories. Would it be football. Whether be the decca whether it be the guy at decca that could signed the that could have signed the beatles, always beatles, everybody can always look go, only. But look back and go, if only. But there go. There you go. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isnt right . Thing, isnt it . Right . Lets get into that. F1 yes, lets get into that. Max verstappen yeah hes been talking dad. Talking about his dad. A feel for max. You you got a feel for max. You know i mean max of course is the world know know i mean max of course is the world a know know i mean max of course is the world a big know know i mean max of course is the world a big f1 know know i mean max of course is the world a big f1 fan. Know youre a big f1 fan. Love it i love this story. Love it i love this story. But when you look at Max Verstappen and the problem, its the power struggle. We know its a power struggle, we . A power struggle, dont we . Between Christian Horner jos between christian homer and Jos Verstappen, theres all verstappens dad . Theres all the supposedly were the texts that supposedly were sent horner. The sent by Christian Horner. The story getting and story is getting bigger and bigger , with person who he bigger, with the person who he was allegedly, treating in a very interesting fashion. Its, you know, anyway , its cut you know, anyway, its cut a long story short, i feel for max because max is the one thats in the middle of this. Hes got to show his loyalty to Christian Horner. Or of course, its his dad that be on the other dad that could be on the other side of this. And it seems that theres a little argy theres a little bit of argy bargy the and the boss. So theres rumours that Jos Verstappen and maxs father was friends this person. Friends with this person. Christian horner, friends with this person. Christian homer, the red bull boss, apparently texting boss, was apparently texting and being well, so being friendly with as well, so maybe where some maybe thats where some frictions come. Knows . Knows where who knows . Who knows where its from . You know, we its coming from . You know, we all know is there is all we know is that there is trouble within there, within the camp. Theres question about camp. Theres no question about that. Hes showing for that. Hes showing support for his its interesting his dad. And its interesting what about dad. And what max said about his dad. And he point by saying that he made a point by saying that my a liar, which is my dad is not a liar, which is interesting because nobodys actually pointed at him and said, just what are you lying about because so what is about this . Because so what is youre referring maybe youre referring to . So maybe hes this before the actual hes said this before the actual story or any allegations are going out, but its going to come out, but its going to come out, but its going to come out, but its going to and run. Christian going to run and run. Christian horner yeah, you know, i cant horner yeah, i you know, i cant see how hes going to get out. Somethings got to give. Somethings got to give. Has got to go. Something has got to go. Something has got to go. There was or potentially there was rumours would to mercedes i and and how would red bull feel. Yeah thats it. If he goes to mercedes. Then has mercedes. But then something has got this story. But got to give in this story. But who its going to be. Someones going have fall on the going to have to fall on the sword. And i think itll probably be christian. It amazing when the isnt it amazing how when the things going so well, things are going so well, theyve the last three world theyve won the last three World Championships . Bull, max championships . Red bull, Max Verstappen, everythings plain sailing. Verstappen, everythings plain sailingamazing again. And looks amazing again. And yet its people arent its not enough. People arent happy. Power struggles. Happy. Theres power struggles. Matter. Always doesnt matter. Its always someone want someone thats going to want more than they have. More than what they have. We talk about andy murray . Hes hes won a game. Yes. Hes hes won a game. Yeah i know sounds it sounds yeah i know it sounds it sounds like a patronising but this is a positive. Its indian wells which is big american which is a big american tournament, goffin tournament, he beat david goffin from in straight sets, from belgium in straight sets, by the way. Every time hes played him, hes beaten him in straight sets, goffin was, was in the top ten. Is 112 straight sets, goffin was, was in the top ten. Is112 in straight sets, goffin was, was in the top ten. Is 112 in the world now. So a little bit like andy. But andy was terrific yesterday. Didnt drop a set. Yesterday. Didnt drop a set. And there was an interesting thing at the end of the game, actually. He actually handed, he found ran up into the crowd. Found he ran up into the crowd. Nobody knew who this was and handed towel to a spectator. Handed a towel to a spectator. And you think, well, who was this . Why did he pick this person out . And apparently, according to andy, was just according to andy, he was just extremely supportive of andy. He was things like, hey, was shouting things like, hey, thats thats the best youve ever served, man. And the other one was, youre moving great considering all your problems , considering all your problems, andy. So andy appreciated that and said it was like having another coach. Hes a good guy. Hes actually my hero. Well, i think absolutely. With you. Know absolutely. Im with you. I know hes marmite a lot of hes marmite with a lot of people. Particularly people. No, i particularly because he made some jokey comments about comments years ago about supporting the scots the supporting the scots in the football, jokey comments which were into something a bit were turned into something a bit more sinister. It wasnt more sinister. Well, it wasnt really i agree, but i really there, i agree, but i love hes got balls love him. I think hes got balls of and got great of steel and hes got great character hes a Great British. He is the great, the greatest british sportsman theres ever been, opinion. Really do been, in my opinion. I really do think hes how you can come think so. Hes how you can come back from where he was from the injury and still fight back and still be continuing at the age years. Now at 58 years old, he is an unbelievable sportsman. So we do love him. Hes the thing is hes got andrei rublev, rublev in the next, in the next round. So thats where im just glad hes still playing. Still see him because we can still see him because he have easily hung up his he could have easily hung up his racket years ago. Yeah. Ive hopes and ive got hopes of wimbledon putting it. Wimbledon just putting it. Got to be positive. Im just trying to temper those hopes. Im just saying dont expect too much. Lets see him at wimbledon. And if he goes out retire, out and decides to retire, thats be the place. Thats going to be the place. One step a time. One step at a time. One step at a time. It wont be a dry eye in the house. Thanks, paul, paul, paul. Thanks, paul, paul, paul. Now do stay with us. Still to come, were going to be taking a look what is making the next. Welcome back to breakfast. Its just coming up to 20 to 7 in the morning. So lets take a look at some of the newspaper front pages for you this morning. And the male leads with rishi sunak plotting election plotting a radical election pledge to abolish National Insurance in a bid to show that the tories on the side of working people, were turning the corner, is the headline on the corner, is the headline on the front of the times. The front of the times. The mirror says we deserve better. After jeremy hunt tried to woo voters with a budget full of gimmicks they say will do little to help with soaring living costs and the sun with that great tabloid exclusive harrys pants sell for £250,000. Apparently, the duke of sussexs old boxer shorts he wore during the infamous Las Vegas Party incident have been sold at auction. Lovely. Sold at auction. Lovely. And the Daily Telegraph leads with the chancellors plans to put an end to National Insurance i and the guardian says britain will go into the next general election with taxes at their highest level since 1948. Despite jeremy hunts £0. 02 cut in National Insurance. Oh well, joining us now to go through these papers and more is former liberal democrat minister norman baker and gp and medical writer hoenderkamp. Writer doctor Renee Hoenderkamp. Very good to see you both this morning. And this is the front of of the papers, isnt it. Of many of the papers, isnt it. One of the biggest takeaways, really, from the budget was something in something that wasnt even in this which the this budget, which is the eventual end to National Insurance altogether. Be quite clear well, lets be quite clear what means. This if it what this means. This is if it happens, it will be an amalgamation of income tax and National Insurance. Theres no way the government can throw away £50 billion of income from National Insurance. So its a bit of smoke and mirrors really. People get taxed way or people will get taxed one way or the i mean, having said the other, i mean, having said that, the tories swayed that, the tories have swayed around on National Insurance. It was be raised , if you was going to be raised, if you remember, a while back, to pay for care and for extra for social care and for extra money for the Health Service. Now going to be abolished, now its going to be abolished, apparently. So they dont seem to consistent in their to be very consistent in their thoughts. What do you thoughts. Renee, what do you make it. Make of it. I think its a really yeah, i think its a really odd way for them to go if theyre really trying to sway people into voting them. People into voting for them. I think people think income tax is what people will and thats where they will feel, and thats where they should made the cuts to do should have made the cuts to do this is really odd because self employed people have done their returns year. Their tax returns for this year. They wont their returns their tax returns for this year. They nextt their returns their tax returns for this year. They nextt tso r returns their tax returns for this year. They nextt tso r re not s until next year, so theyre not going to this. So theres a going to feel this. So theres a huge swathe of Small Business owners are the crux of this owners who are the crux of this country, who are not country, who really are not going see any benefit from going to see any benefit from this, from if theyre this, apart from if theyre employing people. Just employing people. And i just think a really policy employing people. And i just thirthem a really policy employing people. And i just thirthem to really policy employing people. And i just thirthem to go lly policy employing people. And i just thirthem to golly it policy employing people. And i just thirthem to go lly it shows for them to go for. It shows that theyre really not understanding it is for understanding how hard it is for people to put food on the table. Well, of course. Well, yeah, of course. Mortgages are thousands of mortgages are up thousands of pounds potentially for pounds a year potentially for some energy bills are some people, energy bills are through roof, groceries some people, energy bills are throi gh roof, groceries some people, energy bills are throi gh a roof, groceries some people, energy bills are throi gh a letter groceries some people, energy bills are throi gh a letter yesterday up. I got a letter yesterday saying council tax going saying my council tax was going up other people. Its up like many other people. Its not to touch the sides, is it . Its not going to touch the sides. And i think most people dont really understand it. They understand income tax. Yeah. What and thats probably what people to see. Do let us people wanted to see. Do let us know actually those views know actually keep those views coming got loads of coming in. Weve got loads of them well share them here. Well share them later. Keep coming in gb later. Do keep them coming in gb views gb news. Com renee. Views at gb news. Com renee. What make of the £6 what did you make of the £6 billion thats be billion thats going to be ploughed into nhs . This is ploughed into the nhs . This is part Artificial Intelligence part of Artificial Intelligence and lists. Us a bit and waiting lists. Tell us a bit more about that. Okay, so im not a proponent of money into the of putting more money into the organisation told organisation that were told yesterday you know, us yesterday is, you know, makes us proud. Make us proud. Proud. It doesnt make us proud. Its embarrassment. Like proud. It doesnt make us proud. It third embarrassment. Like proud. It doesnt make us proud. It third world rassment. Like proud. It doesnt make us proud. It third world service. T. Like proud. It doesnt make us proud. Itthird world service. And like proud. It doesnt make us proud. It third world service. And i like a third world service. And i know because i work within it, throwing money into a black throwing more money into a black hole that so inefficient is hole that is so inefficient is not anything at not going to change anything at all. For putting most of all. And as for putting most of it it, actually it into it, its actually laughable. Dont forget we had the programme where we laughable. Dont forget we had the Going Programme where we laughable. Dont forget we had the going to, ogramme where we laughable. Dont forget we had the going to, you mme where we laughable. Dont forget we had the going to, you know, where we laughable. Dont forget we had the going to, you know, get � e we laughable. Dont forget we had the going to, you know, get ride were going to, you know, get rid of all paperwork for doctors and believe of believe me, theres plenty of paperwork gps paperwork for doctors. Gps spend their day doing spend most of their day doing paperwork that was written paperwork and that was written off billion it was off £12 billion because it was an failure. In 2013, we an abject failure. In 2013, we said that the nhs was going to be paperless by 2018. That would have been brilliant. And now then Health Secretary said something brilliant at a parliamentary select committee. He i perhaps rather bravely he said i perhaps rather bravely said i wanted the nhs to be paperless by 2018. In my first few months as Health Secretary im quite relieved that most people seem to have forgotten that i made that promise. Well, let me tell you, the gps and the doctors in hospitals are working havent working within it. Havent forgotten. To another forgotten. So to throw another 3. 5 billion when it just 3. 5 billion at tech when it just cant be done, you cant sew together all these disparate patchwork bits and pieces into a quilt. You need to scrap it. Start from the bottom. Norman. Is the nhs the envy of the world . No it isnt, im afraid. And anyone who wants to get a doctors appointment or to get an operation hospital will an operation in hospital will tell not. And if you tell you its not. And if you look at the eqs a e the nhs is, im afraid, like much of the country falling to bits this country falling to bits and this is this is where i think the is a this is where i think the chancellors got the budget wrong actually, because this wrong actually, because if this if £0. 02 if he thinks that £0. 02 off national to National Insurance is going to sway votes, hes hes sway peoples votes, hes hes deluding because what deluding himself because what people are concerned about are the council tax rises, the fact that the country is full of potholes all over the place. I was in france last week for a week. There wasnt a single road with pothole anywhere. With a pothole anywhere. Theyre everywhere with a pothole anywhere. Theyre everyw got with a pothole anywhere. Theyre everyw got queues for doctors, youve got queues for doctors, youve tax going up, youve got council tax going up, youve got council tax going up, youve Record Number of food youve got Record Number of food banks. The country is banks. You know the country is not a good state. Banks. You know the country is notand good state. Banks. You know the country is not and by od state. Banks. You know the country is not and by the tate. Banks. You know the country is not and by the way, norman, the and by the way, norman, the obr increased their obr sneakily increased their forecast net migration forecast for net migration yesterday they up yesterday as well. They did up to 315,000 from 245. Gdp per capha to 315,000 from 245. Gdp per capita fell by 0. 7 last year, blowing apart the myth, its argued that migration is good for growth. Well, indeed, i mean, and im just saying to renee of off camera that we end up with all these things being smuggled out on, on news days, when , when on, on news days, when, when theres a big news story like theres a big news story like the budget or a royal birth or something, i look through the papers what else is papers for what else is happening, a lot of happening, because a lot of stuffs smuggled out under stuffs been smuggled out under those stuffs been smuggled out under tho why dont the tories, why why dont the tories, why dont they that dont they get it . That migration is the number one issue. Know their voters. They seem absolutely glued to this world that if we this global world that if we just all in together as one just all in it together as one big country, everything will be okay. Theyre of touch. Okay. Theyre so out of touch. But think are so but i think labour are too, so out with how people are out of touch with how people are feeling on ground when they feeling on the ground when they cant anything done. You cant get anything done. You know, we cant get hospital appointments, we cant get people seen for sometimes two years. Yesterday i had patients saying to me, i feel like im in between you two guys and no one can sort it out because we cant sort it out. And the government sort it out. And the government seem to be completely out of touch with the fact that most people feel that you flood people feel that if you flood the country more people, the country with more people, thats worse if you thats going to get worse if you dont fix it first, do either of you fly business, if you do youll be paying more. Yes you do. And would that be for long haul or short. Only long haul. Im too old to go economy but when i go short haul i do go economy. Its the short haul isnt it . Because you dont get the bed. Its just a normal seat. The only difference is maybe access to a lounge beforehand. Yeah. And some. It is all about food. Maybe it is all about food. Its bed, isnt it . Its about the bed, isnt it . Yeah. If you go to yeah. And if you go to australia, you need to lie down. I for hours. I feel for 23 hours. Got to upgrade, didnt you . On your way back . On your way back . On your way back . On my own back . Yeah. I paid for an upgrade myself to business. There was no way i was flying to australia. Exactly without i took without a bed. Well, i took my health i need. Did that, and i still well, i did that, and i still felt like id done the ironman by the time i got there. Yeah everybody wants taxes by the time i got there. Yeah be everybody wants taxes by the time i got there. Yeah be down. Erybody wants taxes by the time i got there. Yeah be down. Nobodywants taxes by the time i got there. Yeah be down. Nobody wantstaxes to be down. Nobody wants services up. And those two services to be up. And those two things cant be achieved at the same time. Youve got to look same time. So youve got to look at what you can get some tax. The fact a apd, the fact is that a apd, a Passenger Duty was cut in the previous budget. Theres tax previous budget. Theres no tax on kerosene on flights, although motorists their motorists pay tax on their fuel and the railways even pay tax on the they use. Why is the diesel they use. So why is why aviation exempt from why is aviation exempt from kerosene know, the kerosene tax. So you know, the fact matter is that fact of the matter is that aviation is unnaturally cheap compared other of compared to other forms of transport. What the transport. So i support what the chancellors that. And by chancellors done on that. And by picking class picking on business, class s hes actually protected, if you like who use basic like those who use basic economy. So i think thats actually quite a good move. But know what . He but do you know what . He hasnt given anything to the people actually pay all the people who actually pay all the tax this and keep it tax in this country and keep it going allow the funds that going and allow the funds that we do be distributed . Well, we do to be distributed . Well, thats different point. Thats a different point. With that. I agree with that. I agree with that. Well, no, it isnt a different point because all hes doing people. Doing is punishing those people. You in the you know, the people in the middle, the they theyre middle, the jams, they theyre actually punished middle, the jams, they theyre actualand punished middle, the jams, they theyre actualand again punished middle, the jams, they theyre actualand again and punished middle, the jams, they theyre actualand again and again. 1ed middle, the jams, they theyre actualand again and again. This again and again and again. This is politics of envy, norman. Thats all it is. If you can afford to fly business, were just tax a little just going to tax you a little bit more because we want to take as much as we can from you people. Think the politics of i dont think the politics of envy, i think its right in a democracy where people whove got broadest backs have the got the broadest backs have the biggest do, biggest bills, but they do, norman, percentage. Yes, know you earn the more yes, i know you earn the more you pay. So thats what hes doing here. Hes graduating in the apd. But they already pay more. They pay more in every single but they already pay more. They pmany re in every single but they already pay more. They pmany ofin every single but they already pay more. They pmany of thesery single but they already pay more. They pmany of thesery singl< send sense. Many of these people send their private their children to private school, private care, school, use private health care, but still pay for those services for other people. Feel for other people. Renee, do you feel like the middle being wiped middle classes are being wiped out intentionally not . Out intentionally or not . Theyre being eroded. Not sure if its im not sure if its intentional, but i think people just at as the cash just look at them as the cash cow of the economy and it cant continue. Its like a ponzi scheme all ponzi schemes scheme and all ponzi schemes come to an end. I mean, this, do you i mean, with this, do you think the treasury may have underestimated how theyre underestimated how much theyre going this . Because going to make from this . Because it just away it could just do away with Business Class altogether . I mean, wont mean, people just simply wont pay mean, people just simply wont pay uplift. Theyll stick pay that uplift. Theyll stick to economy. Well, mean, if youre going well, i mean, if youre going long to long haul, youre going to youre because youre going to fly because theres alternative. So you theres no alternative. So you either conference or you either Video Conference or you take a flight. What take a flight. Thats what youre do. And agree youre going to do. And i agree with youre going with renee, if youre going going australia or going to go to australia or somewhere, got to really somewhere, youve got to really be comfortable because its horrible. Business, horrible. Arriving for business, meeting of the meeting the other side of the world, having in economy for world, having sat in economy for 20 so you cant do that. 20 hours. So you cant do that. And issue is whether or not and the issue is whether or not you can divert people from air on haul journeys onto on short haul journeys onto something rail. Something else, perhaps on rail. And run with and i did a run with competition, actually last year and i did a run with comjatition, actually last year and i did a run with comja colleague ally last year and i did a run with comja colleague ofy last year and i did a run with comja colleague of mine year and i did a run with comja colleague of mine to ar and i did a run with comja colleague of mine to go with a colleague of mine to go from london to glasgow by by train and it train or by air. And it demonstrated actually you can get at the time get to glasgow at the same time by allowing for the by train, allowing for the distribution of yourself out to the airport and buses and the airport and the buses and everything else. The airport and the buses and everthing else. The airport and the buses and evei would else. The airport and the buses and evei would much prefer go i would much prefer to go to glasgow but glasgow by train, i agree, but i wouldnt prefer to go to spain by train. You know that journey i want to do with a i wouldnt want to do with a five year old, for example. And also assuming that also youre assuming that everybody that flies Business Class business. They class does it for business. They dont. Want holiday. Dont. They dont want holiday. They on holiday. They go on holiday. Okay. Shall we move on yeah. Okay. Shall we move on to something lighter . To something a bit lighter . Renee, with on renee, well start with you on this. Apparently a Study Suggests into full suggests tucking into a full engush suggests tucking into a full english breakfast makes men more attractive opposite attractive to the opposite sex. While eating muffins while women eating muffins and croissants less croissants makes them less attractive men. Attractive to men. I mean, ijust dont attractive to men. I mean, i just dont know where people get the time where these people get the time to do stories and why they to do these stories and why they do frankly, because surely do them, frankly, because surely what attractive what makes us attractive to each other completely other is so completely individual. You know, i might think that youre amazingly attractive. Ben and ellie might be turning her nose up, but it probably had nothing to do with whether eat a full english. Whether you eat a full english. I its ridiculous to even i think its ridiculous to even assume that this is true. Norman, like a fry up . Norman, do you like a fry up . Norman, do you like a fry up . I like, i bet you fry up. Actually but dont think it actually but i dont think it makes or less attractive makes me more or less attractive to anybody else. Mean, thats to anybody else. I mean, thats just the way it is. And im not put off. Are eating put off. Women are eating croissant put off. Women are eating croiwhere do these silly studies where do these silly studies come are they. Come from . Why are they. Well, look, look, some oh, well, look, look, some scientists some, Lab Scientists and some, some lab somewhere some basic somewhere does some basic research. Before research. And suddenly before you know where are, the you know where you are, the tabloids it up and say, tabloids pick it up and say, what a wonderful this is. What a wonderful story this is. Well it on our front page. Well put it on our front page. Its probably the its probably funded by the bacon right. Yeah, something that. Yeah, Something Like that. I think an obesity. Its think its an obesity. Its Obesity Research and diet it from a french university. So obesity is fine because it makes you more attractive apparently. Oh, there we go. Well, for men when you deep dive for men, it is. Follow the money. Renee. Follow the money. Renee. Yes . Yes . Should we talk about prince harrys pants . Oh, do we have on the front page of the sun . I mean, it is remarkable, isnt someone has paid isnt it, that someone has paid nearly £200,000 for some black boxes believed have boxes which are believed to have been worn by prince harry in las vegas . Hows it been . How has it been washed . Thats a question. And what theyre to do and what theyre going to do with them. It does demonstrate in framing because who bought them . Was tm tm club. The boss of a strip club. Yeah. Theyll be framed somewhere. Itll become tourist attraction. Really . I wont be going to. Really . I wont be going to. I think this just demonstrates that some people have their have far too much money on their hands know what to do hands and dont know what to do with it. Well, clearly. It a reminder, as but it is a reminder, as Richard Fitzwilliams was saying a bit earlier on, is it . A little bit earlier on, is it . It a reminder, isnt it, of it is a reminder, isnt it, of fun. Harry the harry we used to know. That he got know. Not everything that he got up left a club without up to who left a club without his pants. But this is the his pants. Yeah, but this is the way he to be. Way he used to be. Do you miss the old harry norman falling out of clubs and. I mean, look, i mean, well, i mean, look, i mean, hes. I suppose hes grown up to some extent and become some extent and hes become a different person. But, the tabloids will tabloids and the papers will always look for stories like this and harry will this to run. And harry will provide with them because provide them with them because he just carries on that vein. He just carries on in that vein. He changed because has he changed because of meghans influence . Absolutely. Think oh, absolutely. Yes. I think its of a john and yoko its a bit of a john and yoko situation with those two. I mean, i think she she wears the pants, as it were. No, very good. Norman very, very good, renee, did you have World Book Day stress in your house last night . I did , i knew it. We had i did, i knew it. We had Hermione Granger going to school today. So what do you do . Just School Uniform, crinkly hair. Yeah a one. Yeah thats a good one. No, no, shes got the full uniform. Oh, School Uniform. Uniform. Oh, no. School uniform. She is Hermione Granger today, let tell you. Let me tell you. Done. Cape and everything. The cape, everything. The cape, everything. Well, it is a real oh, dear. Well, it is a real stress, isnt it . World book day and amazon. And its called amazon. Isnt it . Isnt it . It is. Well, were lucky weve got amazon now. What do . Oh is that what they do . Oh is that what they do . Boys got my boys already got a spider man. Batman, iron man costumes up so we didnt costumes stacked up so we didnt need anything. But thats need to buy anything. But thats a point actually. Is it . A good point actually. Is it . How expensive it for parents . How expensive is it for parents . Is a pressure get is there a pressure for to get involved in World Book Day . Involved in in World Book Day . I think there is. But i do think its a nice thing because i would anything that i would like anything that encourages to read to i would like anything that en her hermione her middle name is Hermione Granger. Oh, thats so sweet. Lovely. Oh, youre oh thats lovely. Oh, youre such a good mummy. One of my friends, actually, it was making me laugh yesterday her me laugh yesterday on her instagram forgotten instagram story. Shed forgotten it and it was World Book Day and she had a dinosaur tail out had to make a dinosaur tail out of. Think she used just some of. I think she used just some fabnc of. I think she used just some fabric that she had. Shes very creative shes stuffing creative and shes stuffing it last night must have been last night it must have been 10 11 shes stuffing it 10 11 pm. Shes stuffing it with inside of a cushion. With the inside of a cushion. Thats good mummy. Thats a good mummy. Thats a good mummy. Thats a good mummy. Thats stressful, isnt it . Thats stressful, isnt it . A nightmare school. A nightmare at school. Do you remember you remember mufti days where you forgot day no one forgot it . Mufti day or no one told youd go in and your told you youd go in and your uniform day . Yeah its not how you so. You say so. You see, ben, it is mufti day where can not wear your. You where you can not wear your. You pay to not wear your School Uniform. Went uniform. However i went to a school we school in east london where we didnt School Uniform and didnt have a School Uniform and every was a fashion show for every day was a fashion show for the kids had money. Its the kids that had money. Its a big problem. Yeah, no School Uniforms role. Uniforms have a real role. Yeah, they certainly do. Well, weve been asking you about day about your World Book Day outfits your children about your World Book Day outf grandchildren our children about your World Book Day outf grandchildren are children about your World Book Day outf grandchildren are inildren about your World Book Day outf grandchildren are in today. And grandchildren are in today. And sending some and youve been sending in some wonderful pictures. You wonderful pictures. So thank you so sending them in. So much for sending them in. Jonathan, good morning you. So much for sending them in. Jonathere good morning you. So much for sending them in. Jonat here goo� a morning you. So much for sending them in. Jonat here goo� a morningof you. Says here are a couple of pictures of my chase from pictures of my son chase from the previous world days the two previous World Book Days in north devon. What golden in north devon. Now what Golden Ticket wonka, isnt it . Oh, very good. Oh, very good. Thats a very good one. Thats a very good one. Lorna says. Wee lorna says. Heres a wee photo holly from photo of my niece holly from scotland. School scotland. Their Primary School is a dress is celebrating with a dress down day. Is promoting day. Today. Holly is promoting our industry. Our Scottish Farming industry. Way of ooh, thats a good way of doing it. Well holly. Well done. Holly. Well done. Holly. Yeah. Done. Holly. Very yeah. Well done. Holly. Very good, here is my good, kevin says here is my lovely year old lovely six year old granddaughter, oh, look granddaughter, leila. Oh, look at thats very sweet. Thats very sweet. Thats very sweet. Sweet. Recently read very sweet. She recently read about nightingale about Florence Nightingale at school dress up school and decided to dress up as her as well. Norman, thats a lovely one. Its a lovely picture, actually. So i think thats. Actually. So i think thats. I must say, thats the best one so far. And those books are brilliant, actually about little, little little, you know, the Little People that, that pick out people books that, that pick out someone from history and tell people books that, that pick out somestory. Om history and tell people books that, that pick out somestory. Theresory and tell people books that, that pick out somestory. Theres everyoneell people books that, that pick out somestory. Theres everyone in there. What would you as if you what would you go as if you were on World Book Day . Were going on World Book Day . Norman, would favourite norman, who would your favourite character, i think be . Maybe Sherlock Holmes oh, maybe Sherlock Holmes or something oh, maybe Sherlock Holmes or sonlething oh, maybe Sherlock Holmes or soni looked at you and i said, i looked at you and i said, its be sherlock its going to be Sherlock Holmes. Yes i knew that in my mind. Renee. Who would i go oh goodness, who would i go as . I dont actually know, to be fair. Well, have a little think. Well ask the next hour. Well ask you in the next hour. Do keep those pictures do you keep those pictures coming in of book day . If coming in of World Book Day . If your grandchild your child or grandchild is headed do headed off to school today, do send picture and let send us a little picture and let us what theyve gone as. Us know what theyve gone as. Also were going to be speaking to chancellor in about ten to the chancellor in about ten minutes know minutes time. Do let us know what ask him. What youd like us to ask him. And your thoughts on and also your thoughts on the budget go far budget yesterday. Did it go far enough this two week cut in national will make National Insurance . Will it make you it not go you vote tory, or did it not go far enough . Us know. Gb far enough . Do let us know. Gb views at gbnews. Com. Views at gb news. Com. Views at gbnews. Com. Yeah, those pictures yeah, keep those pictures coming get your coming in. Lets get your weather with annie weather first with annie shuttleworth. Shuttleworth. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today. Theres also a risk of showers later , but across the west later, but across the west plenty of sunshine to start the day and it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the across many the day. Across many southWestern Areas england, southWestern Areas of england, western wales, Western Areas of wales, northwest and england, Northern Ireland and northwest scotland. Seeing sunshine seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant sunshine fairly pleasant in that sunshine. However, the cloud will thicken a little bit, particularly central areas particularly for central areas of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings risk of showers this brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of showers parts northern showers into parts of Northern England eastern scotland england and eastern scotland throughout out this evening as well, but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than morning, morning than this morning, but that continue that easterly wind will continue across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of Aberdeen Shire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that , england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across the and east, across the south and east, though, will be a much drier though, it will be a much drier and brighter on friday and and brighter day on friday and it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs of 12 or 13 highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. A lovely day bye degrees. Have a lovely day bye bye. Bye. Feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news good morning. Its 7 00 on thursday, the 7th of march. Today employee National Insurance will be cut by another £0. 02 from 10 to 8. All eyes on the chancellor as jeremy hunt cuts National Insurance by 2, signalling an end to the unfair double taxation. But will this be enough to sway voters in the upcoming general election . Well, the chancellor joins us very shortly. Shortly. And taxes at the highest level in nearly 80 years, with labour describing hunts plans as, quote , a last desperate act. As, quote, a last desperate act. First Parliament Since records began to see Living Standards fall confirmed by this budget today, that is their record. Record. While the chancellor ignores calls to abolish inheritance tax dunng calls to abolish inheritance tax during his Spring Budget. So were asking this morning, are people entitled to their familys money . Former President Donald Trump is set to go head to head with joe biden in the upcoming us election , as republican election, as republican candidate nikki haley calls it quits. Quits. I am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support weve received from all across our great country. Weve received from all across our great country. But the time our great country. But the time has now come to suspend my campaign and elsewhere. The princess of wales, uncle Gary Goldsmith , gives an update Gary Goldsmith, gives an update on her health during his appearance on celebrity big brother. But is he overstepping the mark and the sport . Manchester city through to the Champions League quarter finals as brighton, liverpool, rangers, west ham and aston villa play in europe tonight. Andy murray wins in america and england currently 100 for two at lunch india. And theyre lunch against india. And theyre at peace with that because they met lama yesterday. Met the dalai lama yesterday. The best of the good morning. The best of the sunshine be in the west sunshine will be in the west today. But where will the sun shine tomorrow . Find out shine tomorrow . We can find out all details with me little all the details with me a little later on. Morning to you. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Ellie costello and im im Ellie Costello and im ben leo. This is breakfast ben leo. And this is breakfast on news. On gb news. Loads of you getting in touch on the budget yesterday. Your reaction to it do keep them coming in to us. Patricia says ridiculous budget. Everyone ridiculous budget. Everyone knows theres so little money for the government to play with. Everyone is so much worse off and the pathetic small amounts of moved around makes no of cash moved around makes no difference awful difference to anyone. Awful state this country is in. State that this country is in. Yeah, and robin says, as a 68 year old pensioner who has paid taxes for years, yesterdays taxes for 56 years, yesterdays budget had nothing in it me. Budget had nothing in it for me. Terence, the budget is a joke. 2 off National Insurance, is still becoming is that it . Im still becoming progressively worse off. And a really good point from tim here. Good morning tim. Defence spending should have been increased to or more. Been increased to 3 or more. Were into a potential were heading into a potential world , blinkered and world conflict, blinkered and unable our country. Unable to defend our country. Of course, invasion of course, russias invasion of ukraine, the activity in the red course, russias invasion of ukrewiththe activity in the red course, russias invasion of ukrewith the activity in the red course, russias invasion of ukrewith the houthi in the red course, russias invasion of ukrewith the Houthi Rebels red course, russias invasion of ukrewith the Houthi Rebels ,1ed course, russias invasion of ukrewith the Houthi Rebels , not sea with the Houthi Rebels, not a mention at all from the treasury the chancellor treasury or the chancellor towards our armed forces. Yes. Yes. And john says this budget wont entice me to vote. Tory. I was hoping for an increase in personal allowance, but only a few quid for workers. Well, were going to hopefully soon speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt. We can put those points to him, of course, and well ask him to explain some other interesting points, including that defence issue. I points, including that defence issue. I mean, that was a massive surprise. Ex Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois tweeting about it last night asking if the treasury had simply forgotten about our armed forces. On that note, jack says hes a veteran who served 27 years, he says, i used to love england. He says, i used to love england. Now im very ashamed of it. He says hes moving to australia. Says hes moving to australia. Hell get twice the money, half the hours. And he says hell get treated with respect. There, said something there, i said something similar. The other week about moving to dubai. Said, whats moving to dubai. I said, whats whats left here . Really . Theres so many problems which and there doesnt seem to be light at the end of the tunnel. But then i was attacked it but then i was attacked for it by by saying, by a lot of viewers by saying, you its up to you. Its you know, its up to you. Its up to, brits to kind of, you up to, to brits to kind of, you know, things better know, make things better and, and guard the fort, so to speak, and guard the fort, so to speak, and sense is and theres and but the sense is and theres so many emails in to us so many emails coming in to us this thank you much this morning, thank you so much for in. But the for sending them in. But the sense is that it is that sense is, is that it is that really there is to really the best that there is to offer budget . Keep offer in this budget . So do keep those coming in. We are those views coming in. We are going be speaking to going to be speaking to the chancellor a moments chancellor in just a few moments time, but get the economic time, but lets get the economic reaction the chief reaction from the chief economist gordon economist for Panmure Gordon investment french. Investment bank, simon french. Simon, what did you make of this budget yesterday . Well well, it was interesting just hearing you read out the viewer feedback, some people asking for additional spending, a lot of people asking for further tax cuts. Cuts. Well, the challenge for the chancellor yesterday was he didnt have any spare cash to achieve both of those aims in, in any in any sense. Hed left himself back in november for historically low headroom against his fiscal rules. Did he want to go on quite a sort of brave path, like liz truss and Kwasi Kwarteng did in september 2022 and blow out at least short terme the amount of government borrowing. No, he wasnt so i think to some extent why, the budget was somewhat underwhelming for some viewers. Is the nature of the economy where we find ourselves in post pandemic post the war in ukraine and the big spike in inflation. One of the biggest issues facing this country is people of working age who arent working. Theyre either choosing not to work theyre ill. And work or theyre ill. And actually, the obr said yesterday that some 9. 3 Million People are neither in work nor looking for a job. Whats going on there . Thats incredible numbers. It is. Its the highest in about 12 years. That had been quite a decent number for the government that had been coming down until the pandemic. But what weve is a spike of what weve seen is a spike of about half million the about half a million in the number long terms. Sick, who number of long terms. Sick, who for whom . An elongated, nhs waiting list, the disruption of their treatments during the pandemic as the health care system, you know, dealt with the pandemic fallout, meant that weve got far fewer working age people who are work ready. So part of what the chancellor, one of the reasons why he chose National Insurance yesterday rather than income tax, is he wanted to increase work incentives for those 9. 3 Million People who currently are not in work or seeking work, and may think actually, the financial upside of going into work is relatively small versus a life on benefits and therefore National Insurance is a more targeted measure to try and increase those work incentives. Increase those work incentives. What do you think people are going to feel better off as a result of this budget . I mean, its being touted by the tories as people are going to have 900 extra in their pocket as extra pounds in their pocket as a of this cut and of a result of this cut and that of the autumn statement as well. Yeah. So that analysis from the treasury, from the chancellor, im about it im sure will speak about it shortly, puts together the £0. 02 cut National Insurance cut of on National Insurance back november along with the back in november along with the £0. 02 cut that we heard about yesterday. And yes, in that scenario look looked at in scenario look it looked at in isolation. That gives disposable spending power of additional £900 to a typical family. But that and there is a but there are other line items that have gone up. Youve mentioned a couple of times in the last houn couple of times in the last hour, council tax bills, although energy costs are coming down, still close to down, theyre still close to twice what they were three years ago. Food inflation again, while ago. Food inflation again, while slowing, is still growing at about 8 a year. So i think its quite difficult for people to feel that improvement. But it has to be said that inflation currently running at 4, and probably we heard yesterday going to be sub 2 by april, will mean as we go through the yean will mean as we go through the year, households will feel that that squeeze is starting to relent and council tax has gone up. Of course, i said earlier, i received my letter yesterday , received my letter yesterday, but do you know what on the ground in real peoples lives, what do you get for that in return . Because my bins get collected once every two weeks. I know its once every three weeks. In some the roads weeks. In some areas, the roads are with potholes. Are riddled with potholes. Nothing works. How do they justify . Justify that . Well, simon, im afraid we do actually have the chancellor with us now, so well back with us now, so well come back to you analysis just after to you for analysis just after we to the chancellor of we speak to the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy who the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who is live from is with us now. Live from westminster, i believe. Very good you. This morning. Good to see you. This morning. Weve just been going through some viewer emails here. It does seem from what weve been reading from our audience , the reading from our audience, the general feeling is, is that it . Its a sense of underwhelming from from people. And you also hard to ignore the silence on the tory backbenches yesterday because its not a pretty picture , is it for you . You are picture, is it for you . You are 20 points behind in the polls. The tax burden is the highest its been in nearly 80 years. Where was this game changing, paul changing rabbit from your hat that so many people were hoping for yesterday . Is that hoping for yesterday . Is that really the best youve got . Really the best youve got . Well good morning ellie, i dont think gimmicks work. I think people are really smart. They they know that weve had a very difficult situation in. Im sorry. Ive got an echo here. I cant actually hear it. Sorry. Im going to have to come back to you, ellie, when i can sort this out. Well, im afraid we do have technical issues there with the chancellor of the exchequer. We will back to him in just will come back to him in just a moment, simon, lets come back to we . So you just to you, shall we . So you just heard the chancellor say there that dont work. That gimmicks dont work. Sukh. Sukh. We spoke about hour well, we spoke about an hour ago. The well, we spoke about an hour ago. The fact that a lot of this had been pre trailed. So what had been pre trailed. So what otherwise would have been potentially quite a significant, to use your phrase. Rabbit out of the hat yesterday a2p cut on National Insurance. If you front run it a few days in advance, its quite difficult to position that as as a game changer, look, i think the chancellor sounds like when he gets back onto the sort of live feed well talk about the really difficult decisions given the state of the pubuc decisions given the state of the public finances. And i think thatis public finances. And i think that is right. The challenge, of course , though, is a political course, though, is a political challenge than economic challenge more than an economic challenge more than an economic challenge and change the challenge to try and change the political arithmetic. That looks pretty going into pretty set going into the general. General election. Does lack of anything does the lack of anything significant yesterdays does the lack of anything signific suggest sterdays does the lack of anything signific suggest thatiays does the lack of anything signific suggest that perhaps budget suggest that perhaps theyre going to stretch the election this year , election to later this year, giving them opportunity in giving them an opportunity in the to really the autumn statement to really unleash the big guns . In terms of budget revelations, its possible. Possible. I mean, you know, i think most people not all, most most people not all, but most people think third week in people think a third week in november would be the november election would be the time scale that could give time for another fiscal event, an autumn statement. And if Something Like global Interest Rates came down, or indeed growth started to pick up much faster than the obr projected yesterday, the office of budget responsibility, then yes, that could add to the chancellors headroom and therefore he could do something but that is do something more. But that is a hope rather than an expectation. Its quite difficult this its quite difficult at this stage to sit and say, well, stage to sit here and say, well, thats definitely in for thats definitely baked in for the autumn. Its from baked the autumn. Its far from baked in. Global interest in. Looking at global Interest Rates morning, labour have rates this morning, labour have described it as a scorched earth budget makes things much harder for the next person in number 11. What do you make of that . What do you make of that . Well, there were certainly a couple of policy changes yesterday that labour had their eye on, and the chancellor changed himself. And you could think of the non dom taxation treatment, which would be an example. The windfall tax on nonh example. The windfall tax on north sea oil and gas being extended for a further year. That doesnt give labour much of a wriggle room. But look, lets be both sides are very be honest, both sides are very much in electioneering at much in electioneering mode at the theyre getting the moment. Theyre getting their think the moment. Theyre getting their wins think the moment. Theyre getting their wins the think the moment. Theyre getting their wins the next think the moment. Theyre getting their wins the next general whoever wins the next general election, is not going to election, there is not going to suddenly be a big pot of money to start spreading around. And actually, balance of actually, on the balance of probability, taxes are more likely to rise after the general election than be further. Election than be cut further. So what can the tories do . If there an autumn statement there was an autumn statement and they had more surprises to unleash, what would be the big winner really seal the winner to really seal the election . Its, difficult election . Well its, difficult to know. I mean, look, im an economist, not a political strategist, but one thing i would say is, budget wise, be a budget wise, income tax appears to have more resonance with the general public than National Insurance , which is. Which is insurance, which is. Which is odd, because i think actually the chancellor in his defence, is on the right side of the debate in terms of trying to promote incentives. But if promote work incentives. But if you a game that has you want a game changer that has resonance, probably ones resonance, probably the two ones that are income tax that stick out are income tax and vat, but they are very, very costly , taxes to cut. And given costly, taxes to cut. And given the public spending requirements. And again, some of your viewers have come in saying, why are we not spending more on defence . Why are we not spending on their Health Spending more on their Health Service . Difficult to service . Its very difficult to simultaneously, both simultaneously, satisfy both camps and the electorate itself are very split. What do you make about defence not being mentioned in the budget yesterday . I mean, Mark Francois yesterday . I mean, Mark Francois saying, does need to get saying, does russia need to get to warsaw before people start to act in europe . Did you find act here in europe . Did you find that strange that that wasnt mentioned, or do you think thats something that would come later dont later on down the line, i dont think the unfortunately at this stage, there many votes in stage, there are many votes in defence spending. Now. The problem, of course, with defence spending is when you really, really need it, its probably too late or when the general pubuc too late or when the general public think we really, really need too late. Need it, its too late. So thats real challenge for thats the real challenge for governments to governments sometimes is to allocate something allocate spending to something that superficially that might not be superficially popular. Saying mark popular. Im not saying Mark Francois doesnt represent an important does , important constituency. He does, but the general public probably want to see, if you look at their public statements, the opinion polling , tax cuts on opinion polling, tax cuts on their, their income and or spending in health and education rather than defence when you rank their priorities, can i ask you about the benefits of migration to the economy . Because var yesterday sneaked out a release saying that their forecast net migration was forecast for net migration was going increase fairly going to increase fairly significantly. Off the back significantly. Yep off the back of that, when the gdp figures were released recently showing were in a technical recession, gdp per capita per head, which is the valuation of actually how well off each individual is. It contracted by 0. 7. Some would argue that blows apart the myth that migration is good for growth. Is that accurate . Look unfortunately, the debate on migration is very nuanced. Its not black and white. What it is here is a situation where initially when migrants come to the uk , their come to the uk, their contribution, their net contribution, their net contribution is relatively low. And therefore but as they go through their working life, they build up skills, they assimilate, they increase their salaries, actually their net contribution increases. So youre absolutely right. When youre absolutely right. When you plug in higher net migration in the short tum , the impact on in the short tum, the impact on the public finances and growth is fairly limited, actually is fairly limited, but actually all evidence suggests all the evidence suggests actually they spend time actually is they they spend time in the workforce, time and time in the workforce, time and time in the workforce, time and time in the country, they become larger net contributors. Okay, simon french, appreciate your expertise. Thank appreciate your expertise. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now, the princess of wales is uncle, who is currently appearing on itvs celebrity big brother, has said she is getting the best care in the world. Yes, but Gary Goldsmith declined to talk further about kates to what he kates health due to what he called of etiquette. Called code of etiquette. There has been well, there has been huge speculation social media well, there has been huge specu|the n social media well, there has been huge specu|the princesssl media well, there has been huge specu|the princesss health| about the princesss health after she underwent Abdominal Surgery. Surgery earlier this year. Of course. I mean, if you take it serious and i think there is a certain amount here of, cheapening matters. After all, we know why Gary Goldsmith is on big brother, and that is because hes the princess of wales, his uncle, obviously. I mean, its been a very difficult time for her because since prince william, for this personal matter, missed the Memorial Service for king constantine, the fact that we last saw the princess in december, and shes subsequently, of course , had subsequently, of course, had problems. The paparazzi and the ministry of defence and the trooping of the colour rehearsal, where she was billed to appear. And that was to appear. And that was premature. And so, i mean, we simply dont know when shell be resuming royal engagements. Regarding uncle gary, i think the Middleton Family will be very, very relieved if he is voted out by the public, as may happen very, very soon. I think that all these pearls of wisdom that all these pearls of wisdom that hes dispensed saying about harry throwing his family under the bus and whatever , i mean, we the bus and whatever, i mean, we know why hes there, and its an attempt to gain publicity. Its got an enormous amount of press, but its not very dignified. And frankly, would you vote for uncle gary to be removed . It is difficult because on the other hand, youre always going to get the speculation online. And, i mean, the palace have to take account of that. I would have account of that. I would have thought it might have been an idea to have an occasional photograph or some form of update , not a formal one, and update, not a formal one, and not every week or every so often, but simply to make people feel that they were a little more in touch. But as you say, it is an impossible balance to strike. And uncle gary on big brother shooting his mouth off is certainly not helping. Well, lets get the weather for you now with annie. Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today. Theres also a risk of showers later, but across the west, plenty of sunshine to start the day and it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the day. Across many southWestern Areas of england, Western Areas of wales, northwestern england, northern Western Areas of wales, northweandn england, northern Western Areas of wales, northweand northwest northern Western Areas of wales, northwe and northwest scotland. Ireland and northwest scotland. Seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and will feel through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant that fairly pleasant in that sunshine. However, the cloud will a little bit, will thicken a little bit, particularly for central areas of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of heavy. Theres also a risk of showers into of northern showers into parts of Northern England and eastern scotland throughout evening, well throughout this evening, as well , but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some some mist and fog developing by tomooutr morning, but also some some mist and fog developing by tomoout there,ing, but also some some mist and fog developing by tomoout there, so, but also some some mist and fog developing by tomoout there, so ityut also some some mist and fog developing by tomoout there, so it couldo some some mist and fog developing by tomoout there, so it could be ome frost out there, so it could be a of a colder start tomorrow a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than morning. But morning than this morning. But that easterly wind will continue across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of aberdeenshire, as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across the south and east, though, it will be a much drier and brighter on friday and and brighter day on friday and it start to fairly it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. Have a lovely day. Bye bye. Bye. Okay, bye. okay, okay, right, lets get some snaps of your kids and grandkids from World Book Day. And if you dont know what that is, world book basically a book day is basically a celebration of all great literature childrens books. In the children go to the morning, children will go to nursery or school dressed as their character from their favourite character from their favourite character from their books. And ive just heard your son is make a first is going to make a first appearance. This is jude. Leo. Jude, leo. Jude, leo. There he is in our kitchen. Hes a batman fanatic. I was saying to my wife last night, hes not even got a book with batman in, so hes cheating a little bit, but he does seem to have something there. He is adorable. He is adorable. Was he very excited . Yeah. Was he very excited . Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah absolutely. Buzzing yeah yeah i to nursery at about hes off to nursery at about eight 8 00 i think ill take him. Oh what a cutie. Oh what a cutie. And youre here. Youre missing world book and all missing World Book Day and all the fun loads of you have been sending your do you sending in your photos. Do you keep in . Jess and keep them coming in . Jess and harry dubai. Oh, were harry from dubai. Oh, were going international, say they have my six hour have to share my six hour masterpiece. If i do say so myself. You have to know the book appreciate but the book to appreciate it. But the smile jacksons face smile on jacksons face when i showed it to was worth every showed it to him was worth every second. Were going to need showed it to him was worth every secondetail were going to need showed it to him was worth every secon detail on ere going to need showed it to him was worth every secon detail on this. |oing to need showed it to him was worth every secon detail on this. Who . 0 need showed it to him was worth every secon detail on this. Who . Whatd more detail on this. Who . What character is this and what book is book with no is it . The book with no pictures. I think its quite a famous kids book. Yeah. Shows how much effort . Well, very good effort. And that took six hours. Wow. Unbelievable, do send in unbelievable, yeah. Do send in the character as well. Thats very helpful to us. If were not familiar with weve familiar with the book, weve got this one in from diane. She says, heres yeah. She says, heres my daughter selena, who is dressed as today . Thats a as wheres wally today . Thats a classic effort. The hat, of course, makes it. And the glasses. Glasses. Yeah. Classic. Yeah. Classic. Brilliant, tracy says here is our wonderful grandson, elliot, who rubble from patrol , who is rubble from paw patrol, rubble is on the double. She says excellent. Very cute. Very cute. And diane says, heres my grandson , jude, not my son, by grandson, jude, not my son, by the way, a different jude, whos dressed as a character from a book called i am brave, all courtesy of his mums talents. Is he a snail, looks like a snail. Is that his shell on the. Oh, caterpillar. Im being told a snail. Yeah, yeah, id say caterpillar. Yeah. My favourite so far, i think be so far, i think has to be Florence Nightingale. Not my boy. Not my boy. Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry. Jude , not jude. Jude, not jude. Jude. Jude. Your my, my jude, not yourjude, my, my jude, not the jude. Theyre the otherjude. Theyre all great. Theyre fantastic. The otherjude. Theyre all gre and heyre fantastic. The otherjude. Theyre all gre and the re fantastic. The otherjude. Theyre all gre and the best fantastic. The otherjude. Theyre all gre and the best fanwasc. And the best girl was Florence Nightingale. Yes. Yes. Do keep them coming in. Were really that this morning. Its time for our latest now its time for our latest great giveaway. Great british giveaway. And first phil from west first it was phil from West Yorkshire. Have our yorkshire. Now we have our latest charles from stoke latest winner charles from stoke on won £18,000 in on trent, who won £18,000 in cash. The moment charles cash. Heres the moment charles found won. Found out he won. Charles, i have some really good news for you. Youre the good news for you. Youre the winner of the Great British giveaway. Giveaway. Oh, slivenec. Oh, dear. Oh, slivenec. Oh, dear. Youve won £18,000. Youve won £18,000. 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No, actually, youre entitled. No, actually, its very interesting. People with a lot of money, billionaires, multi millionaire. Billionaires, multi millionaire. They on some occasions, they tend to, on some occasions, completely omit their family from any will and give a lot of it to charity, because they want their kids to of graft and their kids to sort of graft and learn own way. Were learn their own way. But were going to be debating that next. This breakfast with going to be debating that next. This and breakfast with going to be debating that next. This and ben. Breakfast with going to be debating that next. This and ben. Brewith;t with going to be debating that next. This and ben. Brewith. With us. Welcome back. Good morning to you. Its 726. Youre watching and listening to breakfast with ellie and ben. Now, a recent survey by zoopla found that 4 in 10 people admit that they are relying on inheritance for their financial security. Yes. And with the cost of living increasing , people are living increasing, people are now looking into the value of their parents homes. Thats fairly sinister, isnt it . Before theyve even passed away. I feel about not sure how i feel about that. Morning are that. So this morning we are asking question, are you asking the question, are you entitled to inheritance . Well, were now by financial were joined now by financial influencer Megan Micklewright , influencer Megan Micklewright, who believes we are entitled to it, and comedian josh howie , who it, and comedian josh howie, who believes we are not. Very good morning to you both. And megan, lets start with you, shall we . So you believe we are in entitled to inheritance . Yes. Entitled to inheritance . Yes. Hello. Yes. Wow. I wouldnt say entitled was the right word. I know you said this just before the break entitled is not the right word to use, because it sounds like, you know, you think that you deserve it more than anybody else. Sort of stuff anybody else. That sort of stuff. Think that if somebody. But i think that if somebody wants their inheritance wants to leave their inheritance to somebody, especially if theyve who theyve got a will, who is anybody argue . And a lot of anybody to argue . And a lot of people work hard for their money. That is left to money. And if that is left to their spouse, their kids, their spouse, whoever family, whoever it is in the family, then who who are we to argue with . Who is left that . With . Who is left with that . What do you make okay, josh, what do you make of that . Of that . Yeah. I mean, with with i think the, the problem is the word entitled, i, my parents can leave the to money whoever they want. Hopefully not my sister. And you know, i think i deserve it more. Oh, josh , i mean, im much oh, josh, i mean, im much nicer than i call them more often, but, yes, its really their money to do with. But im not going to lie, i would like it. Im not. I wouldnt turn it down, and i think the other factor is, interestingly, its not necessarily about wanting , the necessarily about wanting, the money for you. Its actually like , i think its my childrens like, i think its my childrens only opportunity to get on the property ladder would be through an inherited wealth. Yeah. And i think thats something youre going to see more and more often in the future, megan, where as we, you know, housing gets so unaffordable as the generations go the only people that are go on. The only people that are going to be able to own houses are those who have had gifts from so called and dad , from the so called mum and dad, the bank of mum and dad, rather with way the with the with the way the economy is going. However, there so many however, there are so many other , to, get a house, other ways to, to, get a house, buy a house, and also when people inherit wealth, it doesnt mean that they are keeping it all for themselves. Keeping it all for themselves. You know, 40 of, of that goes to inheritance tax. If it is oven to inheritance tax. If it is over, you know, the 325 k threshold, it is given to the state. So other people do benefit in some form, and people who inherit lots of wealth, not everybody is selfish with it. There are lots of people doing Amazing Things within property and helping with the property they have, and giving it to social housing, emergency housing. Inheriting wealth housing. So inheriting wealth doesnt always mean its kept in the family. A lot of people do spread it and help out the Wider Community with that wealth that they do inherit. Josh, what do you make of that . Megan saying there are lots of other ways to get a house deposit together. It doesnt be inherited money. Well, i just dont know if thats true. I mean, we im, you thats true. I mean, we im, you know, here i am in our flat and the only reason that we managed to afford this was because , we to afford this was because, we lived at my grandmothers for eight years. Wow. And that i know it wasnt a year. Sorry. It was four and a half years. And that was how we saved our deposit. And it seems more and deposit. And it seems more and more. And that was ten years ago. Now, i honestly dont know how anybody can afford anything. And. We are going to see. I and. But we are going to see. I did read an article about how gen z is going to go from being this sort of hard up, hard done by generation to inheriting the biggest , by generation to inheriting the biggest, amount of wealth in history ever. Biggest, amount of wealth in history ever. And suddenly theyre all going to be loaded, and thats why theyre going to have to change all the Financial Products to make them sort products to make them all sort of, nice. Megan, with with in and megan, with with that in mind, make of these mind, what do you make of these reports that some people are allegedly up the value allegedly looking up the value of their parents properties to kind of calculate theyre kind of calculate what theyre going to when they, when going to get when they, when they. Absolutely. Go around my thats why i go around my parents often is ive just parents so often is ive just got the measure. Think got the tape measure. I think i think that is a bit sinister, like you said. But i think that it just shows the state of the economy, you that people are having you know, that people are having to that. I dont think to do that. I dont think anybodys sitting thinking anybodys sitting there thinking , im the clocks , you know, im the clocks ticking, for it. But ticking, im waiting for it. But people are so financially unstable that thats the levels that they are going to. And it is a shame that thats what its come to. And, you know, i dont think this comes to are we think this comes down to are we entitled inheritance . I think entitled to inheritance . I think it down that the it comes down to that the government need to do more to help that are help the people that are struggling houses struggling and make houses more affordable for these people. A sad state of affairs, really, isnt it, josh, last word to you. Youve got 15 seconds. Yeah. I mean, you guys have inspired me, and i will be making sure that i am more involved in my parents, financial , involved in my parents, financial, situation. Josh. Megan, really good to josh. Megan, really good to see you both this morning. Really good discussion. Thank you very much indeed. You will really good discussion. Thank you van much indeed. You will really good discussion. Thank you van opinion� ndeed. You will really good discussion. Thank you van opinion on ed. You will really good discussion. Thank you van opinion on thatou will really good discussion. Thank you van opinion on that at will really good discussion. Thank you van opinion on that at home. Have an opinion on that at home. Do us know what you think. Do let us know what you think. Gb news. Gb views at gb news. Com i of people who do com i know of people who do that. They look up the price up that. They look up the price up that that makes me really uncomfortable. And actually theyre im just. Theyre very. Yeah, im just. Do you do that . Do you do that . Not at all. I dont think no, not at all. I dont think if you inheritance thats if you get inheritance thats great. A bonus. But i think great. Its a bonus. But i think if youre relying even if youre relying or even expecting nothing from your parents, i think you should change your priorities. I think people change your priorities. I think peoentrepreneurial and be, entrepreneurial and ambitious and proactive off their own back and make their own legacy and not rely on mum and dad. Own legacy and not rely on mum ancyeah, and not be looking yeah, and not be looking up your house on. Your parents house on. Yeah, zoopla the like. Yeah, zoopla and the like. Yeah, zoopla and the like. To go on zoopla. Its going to go on zoopla. Its going to go on zoopla. Paul coyte youve a very paul coyte youve got a very nice house. Well kids are after my well my kids are after my spurs season tickets. Thats apparently theyre after. Spurs season tickets. Thats appyouve theyre after. Spurs season tickets. Thats appyouve lot yre after. Spurs season tickets. Thats appyouve lot yr< offer. . Youve got a lot to offer. Youve got a lot to offer. So. Yeah do you think so. Yeah do you think so. Yeah theyve lots coming up on theyve got lots coming up on the sport havent you. The sport as well havent you. Well do, i may well do i may well do, i may well do ihave i may well do, i may well do i have a fair bit Manchester City go. Well go through the city go. Well go through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. A little tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a a little tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little a little tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little f1 little tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little f1 and; tennis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little f1 and itsnnis. Quarterfinals of the champions lea got a little f1 and its 100 we got a little f1 and its 100 days to euros. Well talk welcome back. Good morning to you. At 735, youre with ben and ellie on gb news breakfast. Lets get the latest sports news now with broadcaster paul coyte. Now with broadcaster paul coyte. Ben, youre not a cricket guy, are you . No. Why did you reveal that dark secret of mine . No. Why did you reveal that darwell,et of mine . No. Why did you reveal that darwell,etthoughte . What well, i thought thats what im for. The only sport im im here for. The only sport im troubled, ben. Thats i cant really get thats why i cant really get into. Theres eamonn is into. But theres lots eamonn is the same, though. It. Theres. Thats it. Theres. Theres a lot who arent into it. Lot who really arent into it. So it you never played at school . Never played it at school . Well, actually i struggle. I dont i just dont know what it is. I just struggle to understand the rules and any game that longer and any game that goes longer than you start than five days, then you start getting bored. Getting a bit bored. That what it is . Is that what it is . Is that what it is . Ive been to a is a t20 the one day thing . Yeah, one of one day thing . Yeah, its one of those overs and sri lanka those 20 overs and sri lanka oval pimms all it oval great pimms all day. It was great. Have a have few drinks. W more drinks. More enjoyable for its much more enjoyable for about drinking pimms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere drinking pimms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere we drinking pimms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere we are. Irinking pimms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere we are. Irinkiallpimms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere we are. Irinkiall ofnms. Its much more enjoyable for abothere we are. Irinkiall of a1s. There we are. And all of a sudden youre like i love this game or what score was, but game or what the score was, but it a good day. Well, if it was a good day. Well, if youre going and watch youre going to go and watch cricket, mean, the place to go cricket, i mean, the place to go is dharamshala, is just cricket, i mean, the place to go is dmost1shala, is just cricket, i mean, the place to go is dmost beautiful is just the most beautiful Cricket Ground its the ground in the world. Its at the foothills himalayas, foothills of the himalayas, and thats where england are playing india so theyre india at the moment. So theyre three in test. Three one down in the test. This is yeah its is the final one. Yeah its going 137 for three which going okay 137 for three which is thinking have is youre thinking what. I have no means. Thats no idea what that means. Thats a 137 for three. Its not a bad start but its all about the next few days. You know weve done that before. Can get done that before. You can get off good start. Then they off to a good start. Then they might wickets and might drop a load of wickets and then come in. Then india will come in. And then india will come in. And then about anyway, its then about 500. But anyway, its a wonderful to watch a wonderful place to watch cricket. Little chilly cricket. Its a little chilly there at the moment. The dalai lama. They met the dalai lama. They met the dalai lama. Did dalai lama. They did meet the dalai lama. I weve got something of i think weve got something of this. Dalai lama. I dont this. The dalai lama. I dont know like, meet the know whether its like, meet the dalai or keep me nice dalai lama or keep me nice and calm. Prepare should calm. Itll prepare you. Should we get badly beaten again . We get very badly beaten again . Which not. And is. Which we hope not. And there is. I say, well, i was going to say, well, theres dalai lama. The theres the dalai lama. Hes the one middle. Dont think one in the middle. I dont think youd actually have any trouble, working the lama working out who the dalai lama is. And its a is. But there he is. And its a great for england players great moment for england players to absolutely incredible. And theyre all holding his hand shaking of couise. Course. Very sweet. Very sweet. Amazing. Amazing. Very lovely. Who wants very lovely. Who he wants to win id like win though. Well yes, id like to said them. To know what he said to them. I know, you know, itd probably be. You know, hed probably say everyones a winner this everyones a winner in this universe. Do you think so . Maybe he should see yeah. Or maybe he should see Jonny Bairstow should bat further think, further up the innings. I think, you watch the bounce. Very you know, watch the bounce. Very flat. A very flat track flat. Its a very flat track i think is the other thing that he said enveloped world said all enveloped in world peace. Very lovely. But peace. Yes. All very lovely. But anyway going anyway thats the game going on at moment, should we talk at the moment, should we talk about city. At the moment, should we talk aboyes. City. Yes. Ea 5 again, how far win for them, again, how far are going to go in the are they going to go in the champions up Champions League . Well, its up to again, theyre to them really. Again, theyre into seventh to them really. Again, theyre into a seventh to them really. Again, theyre into a row. Seventh to them really. Again, theyre into a row. They seventh to them really. Again, theyre into a row. They beatzventh year in a row. They beat copenhagen three one. Erling haaland. Theyre middle haaland. Theyre in the middle scores machine. Scores again. He is a machine. Theyve out of 30 home theyve won 2828 out of 30 home games in the Champions League so theyre through to the next round along with real madrid and p56 round along with real madrid and psg and bayern munich. Haaland back on form now because a short period because there was a short period where wasnt banging them where he wasnt banging them in as used wasnt there . As were used to, wasnt there . See thats it. Everybody looks and thinks, oh, for oh, he hasnt scored for a couple of games. Oh its over. The burst. Not the bubbles burst. Its not burst. A fantastic player. Burst. Hes a fantastic player. He we talking about he was. We were talking about this that he was asked this yesterday that he was asked about or about whether he would move or you early whether you remember this early whether hes to move to hes actually going to move to real madrid. Theres real madrid. And theres all this. Said , yeah, im this. And he said, yeah, im very happy, really happy where i am. Who whats gonna am. Who knows whats gonna happen very happen in the future . Very happy, very happy happen in the future . Very happy, very happy. So everybody forgets goes forgets the happy and goes straight the she cant straight in with the she cant win very quickly. Straight in with the she cant winwhich ery quickly. Straight in with the she cant winwhich otheriickly. Straight in with the she cant winwhich other english teams which other english teams are in champions arsenal. Champions league is arsenal. Thats other team that thats the only other team that are there. Oh no. Are in there. Oh no. Really . Really . Whats wrong with that . Yeah. Whats wrong with that . Thats been one of sport thats been one of those sport i dont spurs. Youre both spurs. Dont spurs. Youre both spurs. I didnt realise he was one of them. Well neither i was well neither did i. I was never about never i was never told about this so need to this arrangement. So we need to get him out. Out the break. Ill be off. Out the break. Ill be off. Fine. Ill stick around okay. Fine. Ill stick around tonight brighton, rome. Tonight. Brighton, go to rome. Everybodys way, in everybodys away, by the way, in the league. Brighton go the europa league. Brighton go to liverpool sparta the europa league. Brighton go to rangersyol sparta the europa league. Brighton go to rangers at sparta the europa league. Brighton go to rangers at benfica. 1 the europa league. Brighton go to rangers at benfica. West prague, rangers at benfica. West ham at freiburg, ham in germany at freiburg, villa at ajax. One more villa away at ajax. One more thing ive got for you and that is. Its 100 thing ive got for you and that is. Its100 days thing ive got for you and that is. Its 100 days until the euros. 100 days to the euros. There was a little ceremony that was in germany yesterday. I think weve got a little bit of this, the german chancellor involved in that, olaf scholz and also the rest of the cabinet. Do we have that . I hope we have there is. Now, look, im this is this is the ceremony. Its not a great ceremony. So whats he to do . Hes got whats he going to do . Hes got the ball. T p w hes going to put it down. Well about ten. Well i only do about ten. Keep look, theyve all keep it. Look, theyve all got ball. So they going to got a ball. So are they going to got a ball. So are they going to go some sort of like all go into some sort of like all stand in circle. Maybe keep stand in a circle. Maybe keep the up for about everybody stand in a circle. Maybe keep the around for about everybody stand in a circle. Maybe keep the around headers. Everybody stand in a circle. Maybe keep the around headers. Yeahybody stand in a circle. Maybe keep the around headers. Yeah itst kick around headers. Yeah its not very interesting. Kick around headers. Yeah its not southgatesting. Kick around headers. Yeah its not southgates last tournament. Southgates last tournament. Southgates last tournament. Well see if he wins. Well see if he wins. Owe a lot of fans by saying i owe a lot of fans by saying this. But he bottled the world cup he bottled the euros. Cup and he bottled the euros. Okay i dont think he should okay and i dont think he should be managing this tournament. Oh come really were one come on, we really we were one up against croatia. Are you just trying to. Youre just trying to yank my chain , right . Youre just trying to yank my chawe right . Youre just trying to yank my chawe right one nil against italy we were one nil against italy in euros yeah, we in the euros final. Yeah, we should sat in the euros final. Yeah, we shoul he sat in the euros final. Yeah, we shoul he put sat in the euros final. Yeah, we shoul he put the sat in the euros final. Yeah, we shoul he put the handbrake sat in the euros final. Yeah, we shoul he put the handbrake on at back. He put the handbrake on after minutes. In the after two minutes. And in the world semis against croatia, world cup semis against croatia, we up. Had we were one up. Yeah, we had a great chance. Kane went through on make it two. We on goal to make it two. We bottled that. Should have won bottled that. We should have won the and the euros. The world cup and the euros. Okay underachieved. The world cup and the euros. Okay urknow hieved. The world cup and the euros. Okay urknow what. I. The world cup and the euros. Okay urknow what. What we you know what. What about we have sportsman pet. Have a little sportsman his pet. Were win the euros were going to win the euros this i think the this year. I think well win the euros. Oh if we do, what euros. Oh and if we do, what will say then. Will you say then. Well yeah. Well yeah. Gonna say that, you ben, im gonna say that, you humble wont you be humble pie. Ben, wont you be sitting your football sitting there with your football humble sitting there with your football hurime going comment on im not going to comment on hypotheticals, ill just hypotheticals, paul. Ill just say that its. Everythings changed. Found everythings changed. I found he fan. He was an arsenal fan. Know i still love it. I i know i still love it. I feel the same way now. Can guess which city can anyone guess which city is most dangerous uk . Is the most dangerous in the uk . Were you were going to tell you after this break. This short break. Gb news with ellie this is gb news with ellie and ben. Welcome back. Good morning. Welcome back. Good morning. You are watching and listening to breakfast with ellie and ben and joining us now to go through whats making the news this morning liberal morning is former liberal democrat minister norman baker and writer doctor and gp and medical writer doctor Renee Hoenderkamp. Really good to both this morning, to see you both this morning, norman, lets start with you, shall because the shall we . Because the chancellor, someone took the wind labours sails wind out of labours sails yesterday this scrapping of yesterday with this scrapping of the non dom. Yes. Im actually couldnt keep straight face when he keep a straight face when he said this because this this said this because this is this is policy thats going is labours policy thats going to fund everything. Every time they money, they want to spend money, theyre to headline theyre going to set a headline policy, isnt it . From non doms. Its magical sum money its a magical sum of money that goes and in goes to cover everything. And in fact, really fact, the tories cant really believe this is the right thing because rishi sunak himself said in 2022 that scrapping non dom status would up costing status would end up costing britain money. That was the official view when he was chancellor so this is a very political move just to try and wrong side labour, wrong foot labour for the election. So hes scrapping it 2. 7 billion. Its going to raise apparently. And what they were going to do because they agree with the tories about the National Insurance they agree with insurance cut. They agree with the duty they agree the fuel duty freeze. They agree with chancellors with everything the chancellors put also want put forward. But they also want to lot of money on to spend a lot of money on pubuc to spend a lot of money on Public Services after the election where election if they win. So where is the money going come from . Is the money going to come from . We know. We dont know. To have to hike were going to have to hike up arent they . Well they up taxes, arent they . Well they said that. Said they wont do that. They they wont put they wont they wont put wealth taxes up. Theyre not going charge more the going to charge more for the richest people in society. Where is from . We is the money coming from . We need some answers. Back to your really. Going back to your point the previous hour, point from the previous hour, you saying, you you were saying, you know, you penalise the middle in penalise the middle classes, in this theyre penalising penalise the middle classes, in thisrich. Theyre penalising penalise the middle classes, in thisrich. Theyrargumentsg penalise the middle classes, in thisrich. Theyrarguments would the rich. Which arguments would say, its just going say, you know, its just going to them off. Youre going say, you know, its just going to lose them off. Youre going say, you know, its just going to lose thencompletely. Going to lose them completely. So theres youll theres the argument that youll lose them completely. More political and also its more political point scoring, isnt it . Because, i mean, i must admit, i hated budget, but i did hated this budget, but i did chuckle one because chuckle at this one because labour spent money labour have spent this money 17 times over and now theyve got a big actually, because if big problem actually, because if they get in, theyve now got to decide going to decide what theyre going to undo to try claw back some undo to try and claw back some of this money. But do think of this money. But i do think that, you know, where were going our money from going to get our money from is by getting all of the by getting rid of all of the inefficiency, all of the extra civil that weve Civil Servants that weve got now, that weve now, you know, that weve amassed covid, the money amassed since covid, the money thats just going down the drain on ridiculous things. I mean, £1 on ridiculous things. I mean, £1 million of our money yesterday was on new war memorial. Was spent on a new war memorial. Now, not saying war now, im not saying War Memorials frankly , memorials are bad, but frankly, when weve got all the problems that have, there are other that we have, there are other things could our money that we have, there are other things he ould our money that we have, there are other things he kicked our money that we have, there are other things he kicked off our money that we have, there are other things he kicked off the money because he kicked off the budget, off, its budget, kicked off, and its only, i say, only £1 million. It was it more than but it was it was more than just a war memorial. Yeah. Was he sir starmer he trolling sir keir starmer because of labours problems with voters in with their muslim voters in recent weeks . Recent weeks . Oh, were they trying to throw a to muslim to a bone to the muslim voters to say, were really nice say, look, were really nice people. Giving you a war people. Were giving you a war memorial . Theyre memorial . I think theyre that silly that they might think that would silly that they might think that wotnorman, optics for norman, the optics for conservative voters on that isnt, in mind, isnt, isnt good. Bear in mind, all protests going on in all these protests going on in london, pro palestine london, the pro palestine marches, call them london, the pro palestine marc marches. Call them hate marches. All all well, its all its all highly and the highly charged and the governments been accused of being islamophobic. Labours being islamophobic. Labours been accused of being anti semitic, matters are very divided. So i think it was an attempt to sway the Muslim Community that they are on their side. It was rather i think people are stupid. Well i think they do think people are stupid. The big budget £1 million for budget with £1 million for a muslim memorial. But muslim war memorial. But actually the cenotaph does that anyway. It pays tribute to people and none. People of all faiths and none. Think do think people i think they do think people are stupid. Think think are stupid. I think they think that, despite the mess in that, despite all the mess in the economy, despite the fact people taxes people are poorer, the taxes are at an all time high, that through of national through two years of National Insurance people through two years of National Insura around people through two years of National Insura around say, people come around and say, oh, fantastic, vote fantastic, were going to vote conservative. Underestimate conservative. The underestimate the large. They do. Conservative. The underestimate the yeah. Large. They do. Conservative. The underestimate the yeah. We large. They do. Conservative. The underestimate the yeah. We just e. They do. Conservative. The underestimate the yeah. We just heardy do. Conservative. The underestimate the yeah. We just heard from yeah. We just heard from wendy on that. She says, i am absolutely furious. This announcement of this statue from muslim memorial, we have numerous veterans living on the streets suffering with so many illnesses such as ptsd, that money could have gone to them instead 100. And, you where was it and, you know, where was it in manifesto in any in their manifesto in any manifesto . Ive manifesto . Because if ever ive criticised i get criticised net zero, i get people shouting at me. It was in all the manifestos, you know, you it. Where it you voted for it. Where was it in the manifesto that my money was to this was going to go to build this war memorial for muslim people . I its for, i dont care who its for, whether sikhs or whether its for sikhs or catholics. We dont it. And catholics. We dont need it. And as , we could have as wendy says, we could have spent it our veterans. Spent it on our veterans. Renee, theres a story in the times today about an 11 year old boy died after apparently boy whos died after apparently taking part in a tiktok challenge chroming, so challenge called chroming, so Young Tommy Lee gracie billington suffered cardiac arrest. I think its something akin to holding your breath or inhaung akin to holding your breath or inhaling some sort of toxic substance. So i think its inhaling household toxic substances and seeing how far you can push it. We saw another death, didnt we, about two years ago on this of a boy who was about 11. You know, what this says to me is, firstly, 11 year olds should not be tiktok. And theres two be on tiktok. And theres two things parents need to things here. Parents need to step they need stop step in. They need to stop buying their kids smartphones. They access to they need to take away access to the that isnt in the the internet that isnt in the living where can living room, where everyone can see, and the Companies Need to actually in as well to stop actually step in as well to stop this content being online. You know, enduring covid if i know, if enduring covid if i wrote the word vaccine and children in a tweet, it was flagged with, you know, come here for better information about covid within seconds. So dont tell me they cant do that to this content. To this content. Norman, what do you think of that . Well, no, i agree with that. Its a shocking situation that. Its a shocking situation that kids exposed to things that kids are exposed to things in way. Theres in this way. Theres a huge amount pressure children, amount of pressure on children, in particular social media, in particular from social media, which properly which is not regulated properly and out of and which is largely out of control , and and which is largely out of control, and our children are being exposed sorts of being exposed to all sorts of things my generation wasnt things that my generation wasnt exposed because social media exposed to because social media didnt and its a its didnt exist. And its a its a its a mad world out there. Its not regulated in any sense or shape or sense at all. So how you fix this, so how do you fix this, norman . I mean, is it more regulation . Down to social regulation . Is it down to social Media Companies . On Media Companies . Is it is it on parents . Enter schools . Its a combination of all those things, parents those things, actually. Parents have responsibility, have to take responsibility, i think, than they do. Think, a bit more than they do. And theres no use just shoving it as, as many and theres no use just shoving it them as, as many and theres no use just shoving it them do. As, as many and theres no use just shoving it them do. But as, as many and theres no use just shoving it them do. But also. , as many and theres no use just shoving it them do. But also socialany of them do. But also social Media Companies take Media Companies have to take responsibility too. And they cant say were an open cant say were were an open platform free of any platform and were free of any responsibility. Thats right responsibility. Thats not right at ultimately have at all. And ultimately you have to regulation these to have regulation for these people, also have to people, and you also have to have ability to find them. Have the ability to find them. Ultimately, if they they ultimately, if they if they cross line. Cross the line. Tiktok have said that well, tiktok have said that the platform does allow the platform does not allow dangerous challenges , and we dangerous challenges, and we proactively find 99 of content removed for breaking these rules. They have since blocked the search for trends such as chroming, which is what this trend this instance, trend was in this instance, which a practice which which is a practice which predates tiktok. They say, well, do you know what i think . I think that the, the only react when theres a fuss made about it all the other time they dont react. I mean, argue that social i mean, id argue that social media things like tiktok are media and things like tiktok are bad for let alone young, bad for adults, let alone young, impressionable kids. Worry as parents to do you worry as parents to ben amrani about your children growing up because you both got very young children, how do you feel growing in feel about them growing up in thisso my daughter not going so my daughter is not going to smartphone until shes to have a smartphone until shes 16, and i mean everybody 16, and i mean that everybody says to me, oh, impossible, youll do it. When she was youll never do it. When she was born, wasnt going to born, i said she wasnt going to watch she doesnt. She reads watch tv. She doesnt. She reads books gets 20 books with me. She gets 20 minutes in the minutes of cartoons in the morning and morning that i see first and supervise. When we go to restaurants, play games. She restaurants, we play games. She neven restaurants, we play games. She never, ever uses a screen apart from a plane , and that keeps from on a plane, and that keeps her quiet. So id like to enable that in practice. But how do you stop your kid going to school and other pupils showing them content on the phone . You cant, but you can actually control the addiction. You can stop their addiction to it. So we had a whole debate in our house last night, because shes got a little camera and shes got a little camera and shes discovered theres a game on tetris or on it. Its like tetris or something. She really wanted something. And she really wanted to it. So i said, okay, you to do it. So i said, okay, you can for ten minutes. I can do that for ten minutes. I set timer on the phone, and set a timer on the phone, and when timer went off, she had when the timer went off, she had tears in eyes. That was tears in her eyes. That was after minutes. As parents, after ten minutes. As parents, we addiction we have to stop the addiction from developing. Terrifying, isnt it . Get them outside, go play tennis with them. Run with them. Do a big concern. Do something is a big concern. Parents, back in day , i as parents, back in my day, i have to say, and as the oldest person in this room, i think that and that you got chucked out and told play and not come told to go and play and not come back to lunchtime. Told to go and play and not come bacthats nchtime. Told to go and play and not come bacthats whatne. Told to go and play and not come bacthats what happened in the thats what happened in the old days. Thing is, when even well, the thing is, when even when i was child, you know, when i was a child, you know, im now, you want to im 34 now, but when you want to play im 34 now, but when you want to play youd play with your friends, youd have to call landline have to call their landline or go and knock door. You go and knock on their door. You know. Jack . Is he down go and knock on their door. You kno park . Jack . Is he down go and knock on their door. You kno park . In jack . Is he down go and knock on their door. You kno park . In the ick . Is he down go and knock on their door. You kno park . In the park. He down go and knock on their door. You kno park . In the park. And down go and knock on their door. You kno park . In the park. And your the park . In the park. And you go to, you know, the shops. Where they . But now. And where are they . But now. And also bullying, when you also with bullying, when you used bullied, youd go used to get bullied, youd go home take in your home and take refuge in your house. Now house. Absolutely right now its 24 home. Actually follows them it actually follows them home. To stop this. Home. We need to just stop this. We to get our kids off of we need to get our kids off of this it destroying this stuff. It is destroying their mental health. Have thought what have you thought about what youre do with your youre going to do with your children it comes to children when it comes to smartphones, they smartphones, or are they still very, about very, very young to think about that, want that, i definitely dont want them having smartphones. No, i mean, myriad of reasons. Mean, for a myriad of reasons. Ive boys. Mean, ive ive got two boys. I mean, ive seen can see firsthand today seen you can see firsthand today what porn does young male what porn does to young male minds. The expectation minds. I mean, the expectation of sexual relationships amongst young teenagers is completely warped. Course, many warped. Of course, theres many studies in case, case studies, examples proving that. But i dont know. Ive not really thought about it. I definitely dont want having smartphone. Dont want having a smartphone. Argument that yeah, the argument that parents oh, i need to be parents use is, oh, i need to be in touch them. In touch with them. Well, you dont need a smartphone to in touch. You smartphone to be in touch. You canyou can have you have brick. Absolutely. Absolutely. Or go or go talk to someone maybe. Yeah. Well, renee and norman, cheer ourselves up norman, lets cheer ourselves up a little shall we . Were a little bit, shall we . Were going look at more of going to look at some more of your photos. Your World Book Day photos. Weve you to send weve been asking you to send them all morning. Says them in all morning. Maria says you getting you think its hard getting one child book child ready for World Book Day. Here my children. Here are my three children. Archie bond. You can archie is james bond. You can see the cocktail shaker at his feet. A good feet. Thats a good one. Stanley, the stickman not stanley, is the stickman not familiar that oh the familiar with that book . Oh the stickman is good. Oh, is that a thing . Okay. Olive, these thing . Okay. And, olive, these are names. Olive is the are great names. Olive is the witch room on broom with witch from room on a broom with all of the animals and birds at her feet. Well, job, all of you. Mum. Mum. Mum. Great effort there with three kids. Hard kids. Brilliant ones. Hard enough. My enough. David here says my grandson george, was dressed grandson george, who was dressed as and hes ready to as willy wonka and hes ready to tackle school. As willy wonka and hes ready to tackle sthe ol. As willy wonka and hes ready to tackle sthe hat is as big as him, oh, the hat is as big as him, jackie says, here is my five year arthur , from year old grandson, arthur, from norwich, who loves the mr men books, he chose mr strong as books, and he chose mr strong as his favourite. Oh mr men books. Mr theyre good arent they . Yes. His mum sarah made the outfit. To his dad outfit. Shout out to his dad michael and sister aber as well for their help. We love for all of their help. We love the john says. The programme, john says. Grandson arthur heres my grandson arthur from , whos dressed from merseyside, whos dressed as armstrong. Yes, arthur. From merseyside, whos dressed as displayingyng. Yes, arthur. From merseyside, whos dressed as displaying his yes, arthur. From merseyside, whos dressed as displaying his bookarthur. From merseyside, whos dressed as displaying his book in hur. From merseyside, whos dressed as displaying his book in front and displaying his book in front of him too. Thats my favourite of him too. Thats my favourite of the day. Oh, you that too . And oh, you like that too . And its another one of those. Lovely. Another of lovely. Another one of those books. Theyre great. Theres loads of them. Yeah. So its really yeah. So its a really fantastic people from history. Yeah. Absolutely fantastic people from history. Yeah. Ido olutely fantastic people from history. Yeah. Ido keep. Y fantastic people from history. Yeah. Ido keep those photos wonderful. Do keep those photos coming the coming in. We love it. Its the highlight lets highlight of our day. Lets take a the now shall a look at the weather now shall we. Annie. We. With annie. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today. Theres also a risk of showers later, but across the west plenty of sunshine to start the day and it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the many the day. Across many southWestern Areas of england, western wales , Western Areas of wales, northwestern england, Northern Ireland northwest scotland, northwestern england, Northern Irelandthe northwest scotland, northwestern england, Northern Irelandthe bestthwest scotland, northwestern england, Northern Irelandthe best of lest scotland, northwestern england, Northern Irelandthe best of the scotland, northwestern england, Northern Irelandthe best of the sunshine seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine. However, the cloud will a little bit, will thicken a little bit, particularly for central areas of that of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of showers parts of northern showers into parts of Northern England scotland england and eastern scotland throughout this evening as well, but showers will push but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. Further south it will turn much drier and clearer. We could see drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than this morning. But that will continue that easterly wind will continue to across eastern areas throughout particularly throughout friday, particularly northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of aberdeenshire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that, england. Seeing some of that, that wetter cloudier weather that wetter and cloudier weather across the south and east, though, it will be a much drier and brighter day on friday and it will start feel fairly it will start to feel fairly pleasant that sunshine with pleasant in that sunshine with highs 12 or 13 highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. A lovely day by by degrees. Have a lovely day by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on all eyes on the chancellor as jeremy hunt cuts National Insurance by 2, signalling an end to the unfair double taxation. But will this be enough to sway voters in the upcoming general election . Well, upcoming general election . Well, no rabbit emerged from the chancellors hat yesterday , but chancellors hat yesterday, but he still managed to leave labour floundering. Find out more with me very soon. Me very 500. Me very soon. And taxes at the highest level in nearly 80 years, with labour describing hunts plans as , quote, a last desperate act. The shadow financial secretary, james murray, joins us shortly. First Parliament Since records began to see Living Standards fall confirmed by this budget today, that is their record. Record. The former us President Donald Trump is set to go head to head with joe biden in the upcoming us election , as upcoming us election, as republican candidate nikki haley calls it quits. Calls it quits. I am filled with the gratitude for the outpouring of support weve received from all across our great country. But across our great country. But the time has now come to suspend my campaign and elsewhere. The princess of wales uncle Gary Goldsmith, gives an update on her health during his appearance on celebrity big brother. But the question is, is he overstepping the mark . And little sports for news you. Man city comfortably through to the quarter finals of the Champions League Max Verstappen his dad a verstappen says his dad is not a liar , so dont call him one. And liar, so dont call him one. And england are playing india in the final test after meeting the dalai lama, said the spiritually and inwardly at peace with themselves for themselves and currently 175 for three. Good morning. The best of sunshine will be in the west today, but where will the sun shine tomorrow . We can out all details can find out all the details with me. Little later on. With me. A little later on. Good morning to you. Im Ellie Costello, im ben elliott, and this is breakfast on gb news. Loads and this is breakfast on gb news. Loads of emails coming in this morning , so we are going to morning, so we are going to share some of them with you a little bit later on in the programme. Keep them coming in gb views at gb news. Com. Yeah. Also those snaps of World Book Day. Were going to have more of those coming up as well. So stay tuned. Now are we going to see the end of double taxation. The taxation. Thats what the chancellor signalled during his spnng Spring Budget yesterday as he cut of national cut the rate of National Insurance by from april the sixth. Employee, National Insurance, will be by another toopi will be cut by another toopi from 10 to 8, and self employed National Insurance will be cut from 8 to 6. It means an additional £450 a year for the average employee, or £350 for someone self employed. Someone self employed. But opposition parties ripped into the budget, saying expected rises in council tax will wipe out any benefits for households last desperate act of a party that has failed britain in recession. Recession. The National Credit card maxed out and despite the measures today, the highest tax burden for 70 years, the First Parliament since records began to see Living Standards fall, confirmed by this budget today. Thatis confirmed by this budget today. That is their record. It is that is their record. It is still their record. Give with one hand and take even more with the other. The other. There we go. But the National Insurance cut wasnt the only measure in the budget. Yesterday. The Great British pub will also get a boost from a freeze on alcohol duty. The child benefit threshold increases to £60,000 a year , and increases to £60,000 a year, and the £0. 05 cut to fuel duty is locked in for another 12 months. But what do people on the ground make of it all . Well, we asked people to get their reactions. Dont make a lot of a budget. To be fair, i think its a scummy attempt by the conservative party to try and regain any bit of ground that they can get. Really. People are starving out here. Weve got more food banks now than ever, ever before. What are you going to do about it . Tax tag there and i think they should really help people. No, its not enough. No we need to see results on the nhs , need to see results on the nhs, seeing a gp, things that really matter, not beer duty. Matter, not beer duty. Youre out of order. Youve got to be out of power. Give someone else a chance to speak now to our Political Correspondent in westminster. Olivia utley. Good to see you. This morning, olivia. We just heard from the people on the ground there of what they made of the budget. It sounds as though they were waiting for a big rabbit coming out of that hat. And the hat was empty. I think were all waiting for a big rabbit to come out of the hat, and it was not forthcoming. As you say. There was this hint from jeremy hunt that at some point he might combine on National Insurance and income tax, which would go down pretty well among conservative backbenchers. There are lots of backbenchers. There are lots of people who feel like the uk tax code is too just complicated, and simplifying it would be a good thing for everyone. That good thing for everyone. That said, the telegraph, which has tends to have quite an elderly reader demographic, warns that any potential combining of those two taxes could end up hurting pensioners. National insurance is paid by only those in work, but income tax is paid by pensioners too. So if you end up scrapping National Insurance , scrapping National Insurance, the thinking is you would have to raise income tax and it would be pensioners who would suffer as a result of that. Whether as a result of that. Whether this budget will be enough to sort of win back voters, i think looks pretty doubtful at the moment. There is even talk in westminster that that may not have been jeremy hunts last budget before the election. We budget before the election. We are expecting an election in october, november at the latest , october, november at the latest, but perhaps hes going to squeeze in another one because it really didnt feel as though there was very much there at all. Itll be fascinating to see how this plays in the polls over the next few days. Maybe theyre saving last with saving the best for last with that statement. Perhaps that autumn statement. Perhaps an soon after. Olivia, an election soon after. Olivia, can i rack your brains about this £1 million muslim war memorial that jeremy hunt kicked off the budget with . What was that about . That about . Well, it did seem a bit surprising that wasnt sort of. Maybe that was his supposed to be his rabbit out of the hat. It be his rabbit out of the hat. It could be a reference to that speech that rishi sunak made on the steps of downing street last week, where he talked about tensions in the community. The conservative party has been accused of islamophobia. The labour party has been accused of anti semitism. It could be the conservative party just sort of trying to cool tensions and show that they are sort of respectful for all communities , but its for all communities, but its hard to imagine that it will sort of go down very well, particularly with voters of course, it could be that this was something which has been planned for a long time. Jeremy hunt may have put that in the budget a long time ago. It had nothing to do with the tensions of recent weeks. Hard to say. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Olivia, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Well, lets get the thoughts of the former chief secretary treasury david secretary to the treasury david mellor, joins now. Good mellor, who joins us now. Good to see you this morning, david. What do you make of this budget to see you this morning, david. Whatyesterday,ake of this budget to see you this morning, david. Whatyesterday, especially budget then yesterday, especially the toopi cut. Do then yesterday, especially the too;think cut. Do then yesterday, especially the too;think its cut. Do then yesterday, especially the too;think its enough cut. Do then yesterday, especially the too;think its enough to cut. Do then yesterday, especially the too;think its enough to shift do you think its enough to shift the dial for the tories . The dial for the tories . No, no, no. Simple as that. Simple as that. No. I said to me when iwas no. I said to me when i was in politics, so were you politicians . You never give a yes or no answer. So ive just given you an answer and everyone looks puzzled because, no, you know, its a its a short word. But look, there comes a moment when the game is up and its all over , and that moment has passed over, and that moment has passed for this government. Over, and that moment has passed for this government. Im familiar with this because of course , thats what happened in course, thats what happened in 1997 when the conservatives ran out of road. And even when they out of road. And even when they were actually doing things competently, it didnt make any difference because the publics verdict was in. I mean, actually, when you look back over what happened in the run up to the 1997 election, those last couple of years, tories actually were doing rather well. They were doing rather well. They were governing efficiently and competently. They gave labour a very good inheritance. But i cannot believe that, this is actually going to do the conservatives a lot of good because because already the verdict is in. You know, a lot of people always say, well, if you had a vote, the first day of an election campaign, the result would be the same as after weeks and months of, of going, you know, through the whole wretched thing which people get thoroughly bored , its a shame, thoroughly bored, its a shame, but the government had a good chance, which it blew away. And now its going to pay the price. Im afraid. David mellor , im afraid we david mellor, im afraid we are out of time because were about to speak to the labour party. But about to speak to the labour party. But thank you very, very much for your time this morning. Much for your time this morning. Lets speak now to the shadow financial secretary to the treasury, james murray. Very good you, james. So good morning to you, james. So the tories have somewhat taken the tories have somewhat taken the wind out of your sails, havent they . Scrapping the non dom tax status. That was your flagship policy. Where does that leave you now . I mean, youre going to have to change your plans rather rapidly, arent you . Arent you . Well, look, the conservatives position on the non dom tax is the most almighty u turn. You know, its a humiliating u turn. Ive been the shadow financial secretary for a few years now, and ive had minister after minister come in to explain why its a wrong policy. It doesnt add up. They cant possibly support it. It would be bad for our economy and so on. And then they just nick lock, stock they just nick it lock, stock and so really its and barrel. So really its a humiliating u turn for the conservatives to announce this policy yesterday. And were policy yesterday. And were obviously whats obviously going to review whats happened were happened and adapt how were going for our policies going to pay for our policies accordingly and set out our plans. But going the plans. But going into the election, all of our plans will be funded and costed i but do you know yet how youre that . I mean, youre going to do that . I mean, surely youre going to to surely youre going to have to hike taxes, you . Hike taxes, arent you . The responsible well, look, the responsible thing do is step back , thing to do is to step back, review whats happened, and adapt policies of how we adapt our policies of how we will pay for the plans that weve set out. You know, thats the responsible thing to do. Well set it out in our own time. And going into the election, our policies election, all of our policies will clearly fully will be clearly set out, fully funded fully costed so funded and fully costed so people trust in them. People can trust in them. James, arent you just saying to electorate, just trust to the electorate, just trust us, be fine. Well tell us, itll be fine. Well tell you in. Thats not you when were in. Thats not really enough, it . Really good enough, is it . No, sorry. Im not saying when saying well tell when im saying well tell people in the manifesto. Well set the manifesto set out in the manifesto everything that we promise in the manifesto be fully the manifesto will be fully funded fully costed. You funded and fully costed. You know, we had the most know, yesterday we had the most almighty the almighty u turn from the government, responsible government, the responsible thing to do is take thing for us to do is to take a step back, review whats happened. At the detail of happened. Look at the detail of what the government has proposed. Pay proposed. A day care will pay for our policies accordingly, and out our policy in and then set out our policy in our own time. But that will be that be there going into our own time. But that will be thatgeneral there going into our own time. But that will be thatgeneral election. Ing into the general election. Mr murray, is my point being, mr murray, is that, trust from the that, the trust from the electorate, youre about electorate, youre talking about u turns government. I u turns from the government. I mean, youre a fine one to talk with respect. I mean, it was only couple ago that only a couple of weeks ago that your green pledge your £28 billion green pledge was axed. So are was quietly axed. So you are essentially asking the electorate trust you electorate to trust you regardless whether the manifesto will detail it or not. And also, as i said, youve got no ground to stand on really, when youre talking about u turns. Labour and sir keir starmer especially seem to be the chief of u turns. Seem to be the chief of u turns. Im sorry. Again, the point around the investment in clean energy and the transition we need to make in our economy, what we set out in terms of our plans Going Forward for that is about being trusted. Its about being honest with people. Its being honest with people. Its about saying to people, look, the 28 billion that we the figure of 28 billion that we spoke few years ago is spoke about a few years ago is something where, you know, we set it before liz truss, set it out before liz truss, before so much damage had been caused economy. What caused to the economy. What were out going into the were setting out going into the general election is a set of figures, a plan, a plan to implement that in government that trust. And that people can fully trust. And thats really important, thats whats really important, because to be honest because we need to be honest with say, look, you with people and say, look, you know, going to inherit a know, were going to inherit a complete mess of the complete mess in terms of the economy. We win the general economy. If we win the general election, we need make sure election, we need to make sure that straight people that were straight with people about cant do about what we can and cant do and look, can i just that and look, can i just say that yesterday, you know, we saw the budget, chancellor budget, the chancellor delivered, nothing in delivered, but nothing in that budget the fact budget changes the fact that taxes going to their taxes are going up to their highest in 70 years, that people across off, across britain feel worse off, that 14 years of that weve had 14 years of economic failure the economic failure from the conservatives. Frankly, conservatives. And frankly, thats its time change thats why its time for change and a general election. And time for a general election. I mean, the government would say a result of say that people, as a result of the autumn budget and the and the autumn budget and the and the Spring Budget yesterday, the autumn budget and the and the spr are budget yesterday, the autumn budget and the and the spr are £900t yesterday, the autumn budget and the and the spr are £900t yeste off 1, the autumn budget and the and the spr are £900t yeste off as people are £900 better off as a result of the 2, National Insurance cut on both of those occasions, as, is labour. Can you tell us this is labour going to back the National Insurance cut . Is that something youre going to keep . Yes. We will back the National Insurance tax cut, which the chancellor announced yesterday because we believe the tax burden on working people is too high. And weve long said we want the tax burden on working people to be lower, provided it can in a responsible and can be done in a responsible and affordable but you know, affordable way. But you know, the really important point around burden is that around the tax burden is that people to be, on people are still going to be, on average per household, £870 worse as a result of this worse off as a result of this government. Despite everything government. Despite everything the government yesterday, the government said yesterday, the government said yesterday, the is still rising the tax burden is still rising in every year of the forecast that was published yesterday. The tax burden is still on course to be highest in 70 course to be the highest in 70 years. This is very much a case of giving with one hand, but taking with the other, of giving with one hand, but lakili] with the other, of giving with one hand, but taki|i think with the other, of giving with one hand, but taki|i think people vith the other, of giving with one hand, but taki|i think people willthe other, of giving with one hand, but taki|i think people will feelther, of giving with one hand, but taki|i think people will feel iner, and i think people will feel in their pockets and in their lives that they know theyre worse off under conservatives that they know theyre worse off unc mr conservatives that they know theyre worse off unc mr conswhatsas that they know theyre worse off unc mr conswhats your mr murray, whats your thoughts chancellors thoughts about the chancellors opening pledge for the £1 billion muslim war memorial . Was it a cheap gimmick to kind of take advantage of your partys issues with the muslim vote in recent weeks . Whats your thoughts it . Thoughts on it . Think its a its i think its a its a respectful decision and its something we would support. I think its a its a its important to show respect for people. And i think, you know, thats something that we can all agree start of the agree on at the start of the budget yesterday. Money. Well spent so its money. Well spent because argument is weve because the argument is weve got cenotaph which got weve got the cenotaph which honours, heroes of all honours, war heroes of all faiths none, theres plenty faiths and none, theres plenty of other similar memorials across you think £1 across the country, you think £1 million regardless million on that . Regardless of who could have been who its for, he could have been for a, you know, for christian war you think thats war heroes. You think thats money . Spent . Money . Well spent . I think honouring people who have served our country is really important. And i support what the chancellor said yesterday on that. Just wanted to get your thoughts on George Galloway very briefly. Have long with briefly. We dont have long with you. Obviously. Won you. Obviously. He won the rochdale by election. Hes now set the general set his sights at the general election on Angela Rayners seat. He said he thinks theres 15,000 supporters in her constituency that share the same point of view as him. Hes setting his sights on these areas with large muslim populations. Now that is usually a very popular labour vote. He is a threat to the labour party, isnt he . How concerned are you . Isnt he . How concerned are you . Well, look, i think what we saw in rochdale was obviously, you know, a really a really difficult time for the labour party. You know, it was really unusual circumstances for us. Keir acted decisively to withdraw support for our candidate on the basis of what he had said. You know, that was he had said. You know, that was pretty much unprecedented decision to withdraw support for a candidate mid by election. So we went into that by election in very unusual circumstances with having low labour candidate. And having low labour candidate. And you know, my colleagues and i have been clear, we apologise to the rochdale the people of rochdale for not offering candidate offering them a labour candidate in by election. But going in that by election. But going into general election right into the general election right across country be across the country will be offering labour candidates with a change, a message a message of change, a message of change for the future. And i think thats what people want. Shadow financial secretary to the treasury murray, very the treasury james murray, very good you this morning. Good to see you this morning. Thank for your time. One viewer has emailed in and said that politicians should make manifestos binding make manifestos legally binding and if they dont stick to their word, they suffer the consequences. Word, they suffer the conwell, nces. Word, they suffer the conwell, the ;. Word, they suffer the conwell, the thing is, they now well, the thing is, they now need to come with a new plan. Need to come up with a new plan. Dont they . Because most of their costing coming down to their costing was coming down to their costing was coming down to the of the non dom tax the scrapping of the non dom tax status. Now the tories have status. And now the tories have got to got it. Theyve beaten them to it. Are going to have to it. So they are going to have to go the drawing board go back to the drawing board scuppered. Yeah. And time not scuppered. Yeah. And time is not of the essence. Right. Lets, cross the pond. Lets, lets cross the pond. Republican candidate nikki haley, out the haley, shes dropped out of the 2024 president ial race. Well, this now makes way for donald trump to be the republican and likely to republican nominee and likely to go to with joe biden go head to head with joe biden in the race to the white house. This is what nikki haley had to night. To say last night. With the i am filled with the gratitude the outpouring of gratitude for the outpouring of support received from all support weve received from all across country. But across our great country. But the time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets. And although i will no regrets. And although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. Well, were now joined in the studio by lawyer carol kilgore. Good to see you this morning, carol. What did you make of nikki haley dropping out of the president ial race . I mean, no surprise to anyone, really, but she really was clinging on, wasnt she . Was. Ellie, i think it she was. Ellie, i think it has a lot do with, trump has a lot to do with, trump being given the chance to be put back on the ballot by the Supreme Court because , as youre Supreme Court because, as youre probably aware, in certain states, they struck his name from the ballot. So nikki then probably realised that her bid for the presidency was ill fated at that point. I mean, shes won only two primaries and one is dc, where, of course shes going to have the support of washington elites. Yeah, the so called swamp, as donald trump would put it, and vermont, which is one of the most left leaning. Mean, the republicans there i mean, the republicans there that have voted for her that would have voted for her would be the classic trump would not be the classic trump voting republicans, the kind of family orientated , anti woke family orientated, anti woke people that would constitute trumps voting base. President joe biden last night made a call for nikki haley supporters to come over to the democrats. And what does that say about nikki haley . Is she a concern in name only or a rhino republican in name only, as her critics suggest, well, i think one must look at her policies really carefully to really get into the weeds of that. But i think its interesting how she harkened on the name of Margaret Thatcher, or as some other recent politicians have done, particularly female politicians, evenin particularly female politicians, even in the uk. And its almost as if they havent got ideas of their own. They try to bring the name of Margaret Thatcher into it, because they desperately want people to think that theyre a true conservative. So i think she that was one of the, autocues that she kind of, decided was going to be interesting or attractive. I mean, vivek ramaswamy, who was running also in this race, he he quoted Winston Churchill a few weeks ago. So they have got form, what do you make of donald trump who said that he doesnt want nikki haleys supporters anyway . They can can anyway . They can they can do one, to speak. Is it one, so to speak. And is it going to be a biden trump race . Is joe biden going to stick it out . E w well, trumps comments about not voters is not wanting those voters is classic isnt hes classic trump, isnt it . Hes very good at marketing and pr, and just knows how to spin and he just knows how to spin any kind of story to make himself look more attractive to the average american. I think those voters probably arent going to go and vote for him. Going to go and vote for him. Theyre either going to sit the race out , or, potentially the, race out, or, potentially the, trump candidacy may actually die in the vine if there are too many legal issues. And, carol, who do you think is going to be trumps running mate . Who is going to be his vp . Because some were suggesting it could be nikki haley, but she stopped short of even endorsing him night. Indeed. Him last night. Indeed. Its going so i dont think its going to i mean, the to be nikki. I mean, the interesting thing if they interesting thing is, if they could have put aside i mean, if they could she had they could have if she had endorsed him, you would have had two for the role endorsed him, you would have had twvice for the role endorsed him, you would have had twVice President for the role endorsed him, you would have had twVice President , for the role endorsed him, you would have had twVice President , which the role endorsed him, you would have had twVice President , which could. E of Vice President , which could have been very interesting from a feminist perspective. However, a feminist perspective. However, i believe hes going to pick, desantis. Desantis has the most experience. Hes been governor experience. Hes been governor of florida and trump has some very strong, obvious connections to florida and not sarah huckabee, because that was another name that was being i dont think that hes going to pick her because shes not as experienced. I think desantis could potentially be groomed for the next republican president ial candidate after trump, the man he lambasted all year as ron desanctimonious. Yeah , potentially becoming yeah, potentially becoming his v. P. Thats classic trump, isnt it . Yeah. It . Yeah. Extraordinary scenes. It always is. Carol, good to see you this morning. Thank you. Thank you for your time. Now lets take a look at the weather for you with annie. Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Well, the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today. Theres also a risk of showers later , but across the west, later, but across the west, plenty of sunshine to start the day. And it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the day. Across many southWestern Areas of englands Western Areas of wales, northwest england, Northern Ireland and northwest scotland, seeing the sunshine seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant in sunshine fairly pleasant in that sunshine. However, the cloud will thicken little bit, thicken a little bit, particularly for central areas of and wales. That of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a of showers this brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of showers into of northern showers into parts of Northern England eastern scotland england and eastern scotland throughout this evening as well, but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later in night. Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than this morning, but that easterly wind will continue across eastern throughout across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of aberdeenshire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across the south and east, though, it will be a much drier and brighter day on friday and it will to feel fairly it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs 12 or highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. Have a lovely day bye bye bye okay, now its World Book Day today and youve been sending your photos of your children and your photos of your children and your grandchildrens outfits. My favourite so far has been Neil Armstrong. But aside from jude, my boy, sorry my own boy, sorry jude. Yeah, and jude, Neil Armstrong smashed and mine armstrong smashed it and mine was nightingale. Yeah. Armstrong smashed it and mine waslike nightingale. Yeah. Armstrong smashed it and mine waslike the nightingale. Yeah. Armstrong smashed it and mine waslike the historicaliale. Yeah. Armstrong smashed it and mine waslike the historical figures. H. We like the historical figures. Yeah, yeah. See what else should we see what else youve been emailing john youve been emailing in . John here grandson here says that my grandson hector as a number hector is dressed as a number block. A couple ago for block. A couple of years ago for World Book Day. Do you know what number blocks no. Number blocks are . No. Sorry. I dont know any of the childrens references. I only just discovered what it days ago. Oh, its it was two days ago. Oh, its a show on. I think its cbbc. Its a programme about numbers for kids. Every ea e every a school oh, every day is a school day, isnt im learning a day, isnt it . Im learning a lot here, wendy says. Here are my children, alfie my two children, alfie and darcey. These names darcey. Im enjoying these names this addressed this morning they addressed a sun and moon five nights at sun and moon from five nights at freddys today. Good stuff. And excellent. Good stuff. And alan heres my grandson alan says, heres my grandson leonard, dressed as leonard, whos dressed as billionaire from david billionaire boy from David Walliams look walliams book. There he is. Look at the bling. Yeah, complete with chains and, notes. That looks like and, cash notes. That looks like lovely, francesca says here is our six year old son, william, from bolton. He is dressed as fantastic, mr fox. Thats a good one. Good effort there. Yeah. Very good with the ears and everything , i asked you earlier, everything, i asked you earlier, but ive forgotten already because had breakfast because ive not had breakfast yet. Be your choice yet. What would be your choice for book . 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Please check the closing time if watching or listening on demand. Good luck. Yes, good luck indeed. Now do stay with us still to come. Were going to be hearing your reaction to the budget with our next. Welcome back. Its 829 on gb news. Breakfast with me. Ben, leo and Ellie Costello returning to our top story this morning. Whats your reaction to the chancellors budget yesterday . Has he done enough for you at home . Not only that, but were there any benefits for businesses . For smaller ones, the vat registration threshold has been raised to £90,000, but there wasnt anything major for the rest of the business sector. Rest of the business sector. Lets cross now to the chair of the University Technical College Network for south durham, david landes, the ceo of Health Care Management solutions, tony stein, and the ceo of Gm Construction group, leigh powell. Good morning to you chaps. Well start with you, david. When mortgages are up by thousands of pounds a year, energy bills are through the roof. Inflation is crippling. Grocery shopping does this even touch the sides . Touch the sides . Not really. I mean, from my point of view, how that impacts education quite significantly. A education quite significantly. A lot of the students that we have coming into utc south durham travel from within a 30 mile radius. So that makes it difficult for them to get the education that they need , and education that they need, and thats going to help the country grow in the future. So no, it wasnt very good at all. Tony, really keen to get your perspective because youre a qualified chartered accountant, arent but youve also an arent you . But youve also an experienced operator. Experienced care home operator. What did you make of the budget yesterday , it was politics, yesterday, it was politics, wasnt it . It was , lets throw wasnt it . It was, lets throw some money at the nhs because thats always very popular in the run up to an election. That seems to be the way it always goes , the improvement, i suppose goes, the improvement, i suppose the reduction in the National Insurance, contributions is , is insurance, contributions is, is welcome to some degree. But to be honest with you , most of our be honest with you, most of our colleagues who work in the care services, spend most of their money on, on accommodation and frankly, increasing rents and increasing house prices are just going to swallow all that up. So theyre not going to be much better off. Sadly. I cant imagine what your energy bills are like running a care home. Lee, you work in construction. Did the chancellor deliver any presents for you and your colleagues yesterday . Your colleagues yesterday . I dont think the chancellor himself delivered any presents. Himself delivered any presents. I think it was unremarkable in terms of a budget. There was terms of a budget. There was nothing racy there. There was no rabbit out of the hat that theyve been commentating on this morning. But, the one thing that im holding on to is the predictions of the forecasts from the obr, know, the from the obr, you know, the killer in the built killer for us in the built environment sector is inflation. Its through the through its roared through the through the construction sector and caused all sorts of problems. So to hear the obr saying that were going to have inflation down below 2 with some growth up 2 in 2026, was the up towards 2 in 2026, was the thing that i held to , on david, thing that i held to, on david, i know youre passionate about preparing young people for the workplace. What is any of that mentioned in the budget yesterday . What would you have liked to have heard from the chancellor . There was absolutely nothing in budget , education in yesterdays budget, education at all, what we were looking for was to try and see what was going to happen to those pupil premium numbers, how were going to be able to survive schools. We see far too much on the tv where schools are struggling. Theyve been closed , schools are theyve been closed, schools are struggling balanced struggling to get a balanced budget from my point of budget and from my point of view, in utc world, weve had a proposal. There are 44 utcs proposal. There are 44 utcs across the uk and the destination of those students are extremely impressive 100 close to 98 to 100 go to destinations of choice. Theres been a proposal to the government on utc slave for over a year, which is a way of trying to get the utc system into current secondary schools. There was no mention of that and no commitment. Business leaders commitment. Business leaders have been pushing the secretary of state and nothing has happened. Soit of state and nothing has happened. So it was very disappointing from my point of view. Tony, youre the boss of a health care firm. If and when we health care firm. If and when we get an autumn statement, what are the number one policies or budget announcements you want to see . That would benefit you and your industry . The most . Your industry . The most . Well, weve got to do something other than just keep throwing money at the nhs. And theres lot of talk about theres a lot of talk about reducing waiting lists and improving productivity. It terrifies me to think that theyre going to be throwing billions at it systems. Weve weve been there before and theyve failed weve wasted theyve failed and weve wasted that reality is were that money. The reality is were not to fix the issues not going to fix the nhs issues without fixing social care. A social is an integral part social care is an integral part of the whole health and social care system in this country , and care system in this country, and we need to do more about how were going to fix social care, which means better funding really, the really, through the local authorities , to help to pay authorities, to help us to pay our better. Authorities, to help us to pay our better. You authorities, to help us to pay our better. You know, the our staff better. You know, the reality is, is weve been very reliant on, overseas workers, and obviously the immigration rules arent helping, so, so , rules arent helping, so, so, you know, were in a bit of a, were the usual problem, to be honest with you. Weve had the same issues facing social care for 20 years. And unless unless the chancellor and the government starts to take a direct approach at fixing social care, i dont think were ever going to see any improvements in health and social care system, including the so need to including the nhs. So we need to get more money into into get some more money into into social somehow. Social care somehow. Lee, the final word for and lee, the final word for you, you are the ceo of a construction group. So of course growth in the economy is really important to you. Do you think the chancellor has got the right idea with this . Idea with this . Well, you know, you could probably comment that the reduction in National Insurance is going to put a little bit more money into peoples pockets. Is that going to enable some more . Is that going to generate, you know, economic boost of a you know, an economic boost of a certain degree , possibly that, certain degree, possibly that, but in terms of the actual budget itself, theres nothing remarkable in there. Thats transform anything. I do have some sympathy. I do have some sympathy. When we come out of, post pandemic period and we have the Vaccination Programme and we have furlough programme , but have furlough programme, but spendings been very, very high. So it had to be a truly conservative budget. I think it was. Was. David, tony lee, really good to see you this morning. Thank to see you this morning. Thank you so much for your time and for your thoughts, do share yours with us this morning. What do you make of the budget yesterday . Vaiews gbnews. Com. Still come, well be still to come, well be getting latest of the getting the latest of the sporting of paul coyte sporting world of paul coyte football. Cricket , the football. The cricket, the cricket team, England Cricket Team have met the dalai lama. Very spiritual experience of very spiritual experience and of course formula the max course formula one, the Max Verstappen red verstappen Christian Horner, red bull with us. Welcome back. You are watching and listening to breakfast with ellie and ben. And its time to go through all of the latest sports news with tvs paul coyte. Hello from charlotte. The most beautiful Cricket Ground. Weve decided in the world. And it really is at the foot of i should be. I feel like an greg on the holiday program. You should get commission. You should get commission. Do you think so . Yeah. The foot of the andes. Its not the andes. Its not the anne diamond completely the wrong. Well, completely in the wrong. Well, wrong yeah. The wrong continent there. Yeah. The foot of the himalayas aint. England playing 190 england are playing india 190 for lot of wickets have for eight. A lot of wickets have gonein for eight. A lot of wickets have gone in the past hour. But you know what. Over 200. That know what. Over 200. Is that enough . Well see enough . Probably not. Well see how but 190 for eight at how we go. But 190 for eight at the moment, england won the toss and bat first. They met the dalai lama yesterday. Weve already spoken that, already spoken about that, but its think got a picture its i think weve got a picture of the Cricket Ground. I want to see the ground. Theres the dalai lama. Theres the theres the the the dalai lama there in the middle. Well well have a little at the cricket little look at the Cricket Ground a little bit later, but its just beautiful. If you can imagine, know, the mountains imagine, you know, the mountains in the what in the background and the what do they call englands cricket fans . The wait, is it the barmy fans . Thebarmyis it the barmy fans . Thebarmy army . 3 barmy fans . Thebarmy army . Isyarmy fans . Thebarmy army . Isyarmdalai army . Barmy army . Is the dalai lama member of the barmy army . Lama a member of the barmy army . Now, dont think the now, i dont really think the dalai has been very barmy. Dalai lama has been very barmy. You know, dont know how you know, i dont know how hes. Because the thing if hes. Because the thing is, if hes. Because the thing is, if he speaks to the barmy army, hes going to them down. Hes going to calm them down. Theyre to be, you know, theyre going to be, you know, much spiritual. And cant much more spiritual. And i cant really but really see it working out. But theres of its theres huge amount of its probably the most probably the ticket. The most members of the of the of the dalai lamas army for the barmy army to army actually wanted to go to because such great place because its such a great place to love it. What else to be. Love it. What else though . Else is going on, what what else is going on, what else could we talk about . You know andy murray, i always know what, andy murray, i always like to keep up with andy murray. You, like are a murray. And you, like me, are a huge fan andy murray. I know huge fan of andy murray. I know you are well. Does you are as well. And andy does get stick and i feel get a bit of stick and i feel bad. The get a bit of stick and i feel bad. The fact that seems like bad. The fact that it seems like his career may be petering out slightly, hes playing in slightly, but hes playing in indian and hes indian wells in america and hes beaten thats him beaten david goffin, thats him there. Just a great result. He gave a present to a fan in the crowd who was cheering him on. Yeah, you know what . It was his towel. Okay. It was the only thing that there was to hand at the moment. But there was a fan in the in the crowd, and was in the in the crowd, and he was just giving much just giving him so much encouragement and andy thought, well, to well, ill give something to him. The quotes there. This him. And the quotes there. This is from that the said, him. And the quotes there. This is fris| that the said, him. And the quotes there. This is fris the that the said, him. And the quotes there. This is fris the best at the said, him. And the quotes there. This is fris the best youve said, him. And the quotes there. This is fris the best youve everaid, this is the best youve ever served, man. And anneliese think, thats very think, you know, thats very nice. Makes me feel a bit nice. That makes me feel a bit better. Youre moving great considering your problems. Whether thats a i dont know whether thats a backhanded compliment. Its a bit backhanded, i know its a bit backhanded, which a word tennis which is a good word for tennis compliments. But anyway. But andy said, andy appreciated it and said, you know, always helps when you know, it always helps when you know, it always helps when you a bit down. And he was you feel a bit down. And he was like coach there. So like another coach there. So when im just in seconds, when im just in 15 seconds, Lionel Messis napkin is for sale. Have a look at this. Sale. Yeah. Have a look at this. This napkin that the this is the napkin that the contract was signed on his first ever contract. Is. Ever contract. There it is. It was 14th of was signed on the 14th of december 2000. Its written december 2000. And its written in and as i can look, in spanish. And as i can look, if i can just try and translate, i think it says in barcelona on the 14th, thats it. 14th of december 2000, in the presence of horatio of messrs. Minghella, horatio carlos, ricardo , fc barcelona carlos, ricardo, fc barcelona sporting director, hereby agrees. I think. Yeah, i know, i dont know if i look closer. Can we do put that back on because i cant read it. It says something to do with the fact that they signed the player. There it is, lionel messi, provided that we keep that the word keep to. Is that the word amounts agreed how much do amounts agreed upon . How much do you reckon . Quick question ronaldo or messi . Oh messi. But how much you oh messi. But how much you reckon going for, reckon thats going to go for, starting bids, starting 130,000 starting bids, ten grand, £300,000. Oh, it wasnt that far. And its going to. Thats where it starts. You can expect a million plus ronaldo and messi. Oh, messi without doubt. Really early. Any idea what youre ronaldo, arent you . You . Excuse me . Any idea what were talking about . Messi . Of course. Couise. Course. Yeah, yeah, im ronnie, the best in the world. For the sake of impartiality. Ronaldo. Every day of the week. Its another thing we agree on. Agree disagree on there, on. Agree to disagree on there, not on our side. A couple of fans here. A couple of spurs fans here. So what do you expect . Theyre all the arent theyre all the same arent they, ben . Theyre all the same. Yeah we dont. Hell so yeah we dont. Hell leave so dont worry. Still to come do stay with is britain about stay with us. Is britain about to out of potatoes . I hope to run out of potatoes . I hope not, no. I had a jacket potato last night with dinner. Beans. Cheese, well, lovely beans. Cheese, well, dont that. Actually, dont ask me that. Actually, if makeshift to makeshift enough, youve got to say. Cant say that salmon on you cant say that salmon on the side. Salmon and some veggies. Salmon and some veggies. And beans. Salmon and some veggies. Yeah and beans. Salmon and some veggies. Yeah. And beans. Salmon and some veggies. Yeah. Salmon,ans. Salmon and some veggies. Yeah. Salmon, potato and yeah. Salmon, potato and veggies a healthy veggies is a very healthy dinner. Well, were dinner. Ooh. Anyway, well, were discussing the shortage of potatoes next. Welcome back. You are watching and listening to breakfast with ellie and ben. And we are joined by a former liberal democrat minister, norman baker, and gp and medical writer, doctor Renee Hoenderkamp who actually use hoenderkamp, who we actually use the to ask. I the advert breaks to ask. I always will throw a few for rene, because you dont get a moments peace, and were now going to make you work again, talking about the potato shortage in the mail, which is panicking i know, and this panicking me, i know, and this is it, isnt it . This is what its designed to do. Make you do. Its designed to make you panic. Norman i panic. Yes. And norman and i were talking in the were talking about this in the break. Do you remember in covid when the toilet roll when there was the toilet roll rush . That was awful. Where people carrying away people were carrying away armfuls toilet rolls . Just armfuls of toilet rolls . I just i think that these i always think that these stories planted stories are just planted probably by the Potato Council to out spoke to get people out there. Spoke buying potatoes. And the flip buying on potatoes. And the flip side of this is we could all do with eating slightly less. Less potatoes a thing for the potatoes is a good thing for the countrys health. Thought very i thought potatoes very healthy. Renee. Not if you eat too many. Nothings healthy ellie. Nothings healthy about aspects of it. About many aspects of it. Theyre quite high on the gi scale, they . Scale, arent they . Yeah. Thought we could all yeah. I thought we could all just this. Had mine baked yesterday. Baked good with veggies baked is good with veggies and salmon. Youd be very proud i thought youd be very proud of, by the way. Very boring dinner, i know. Very boring dinner, i know. Sorry, i do usually do better. As mine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do as mine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do you as mine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do you want as mine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do you want to as mine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do you want to knownine. Sorry, i do usually do bet do you want to know what mine do you want to know what mine was . What was yours, a tub of tomatoes and a tin of sardines. Right. Okay, so you win that award for most boring fish and chips last did you . Yeah. You last night, did you . Yeah. You were and were nice. E from e nice. From the chippy there, and from the chippy there, from a chippy paddington from a chippy in paddington here. And im saying waxing here. And im just saying waxing lyrical. The haddock and lyrical. 1145 the haddock and chips of tea, mushy peas and chips cup of tea, mushy peas and the of bread and butter the slice of bread and butter potato yeah, potato for central london. Yeah, brilliant for central london. Brilliant bar if brilliant because fish bar if youre listening, mickey, for your chips. Next your fish and chips. Next time of fish are available. Of the fish chips are available. Well yes i would hope. And they have a shortage of they didnt have a shortage of spuds there. Spuds in there. Quite the reverse. No, quite the reverse. No, quite the reverse. Do you believe this story as renee at, you know, weve renee hinted at, you know, weve had situations with had other, other situations with the shortage, people just had other, other situations with the madshortage, people just had other, other situations with the mad and,age, people just had other, other situations with the mad and, you people just had other, other situations with the mad and, you know,e just going mad and, you know, behaving and make the shortage. Well, they make the shortage. Well, they make the shortage. Was the petrol shortage was a genuine because the tank genuine one because the tank drivers on, tanker drivers drivers went on, tanker drivers went but the one went on strike. But the one i remember from when i was very young was an young was there was an allegation of the papers. Allegation in one of the papers. There shortage. And there was a salt shortage. And of all the things in the world, were not short of salt and people coming buying people were coming in and buying ten sacks of salt. Ten drums of sacks of salt. I said, this is going to last your entire life. Were going to do with in your driveway with it, put it in your driveway to car out. And when to get the car out. And when its snowing, whats all this salt for . Its snowing, whats all this saltpsychology behind that is psychology behind that is very to be polite, isnt very curious to be polite, isnt it . During covid, the loo it . Yeah during covid, the loo roll, loo rolls. Roll, the loo rolls. I mean lots of things. Paracetamols you buy paracetamols you couldnt buy for because people for love or money because people believe you believe that cured covid. You know, easy to push know, its very easy to push people into behaviour and that actually interesting in actually is quite interesting in itself because we nudge people to of things. So my, my to do lots of things. So my, my big beef we should nudge big beef is we should nudge people to healthy eating, norman, lets take look at norman, lets take a look at this libel payout. Yeah. This libel case payout. Yeah. Science michelle science secretary michelle donelan, happy science secretary michelle donel. This. Happy about this. This is the science this is this is the science secretary michelle donelan, who, falsely accused two academics of sharing extremist views , and sharing extremist views, and shes had to retract that. Well, but were picking up the bill. We the taxpayer, picking up the bill. £15,000 settlement. And i think if shes made the comments, she should pick up the bill. And that contrasts with, baroness foster of oxton, who accused her somebody on University Challenge of displaying , quote, disgusting displaying, quote, disgusting anti semitism, anti semitic symbols. And shed had to symbols. And shed had to apologise for that. But any cost there, shes shes picked up personally, surely in normal times in yester year she would have resigned or been sacked. Well, i think thats right. And either way, she should she shouldnt be billing taxpayer shouldnt be billing a taxpayer for that. Thats quite wrong. Well, michelle donelan, i do have say has given this have to say has given this statement. Grateful statement. She says im grateful for professor tsangs clarification. Im pleased to be able my original able to withdraw my original concerns in relation to this specific tweet. I fully accept that is not an extremist or that she is not an extremist or a supporter of hamas or any other proscribed organisation, and that an independent and i note that an independent investigation has concluded there evidence she is. I there is no evidence she is. I have deleted my original have now deleted my original post on my ex account. Well, im pleased you had. I mean, the issue, the issue is not whether or not she got it wrong. The issue is whether or not taxpayer should pick up not the taxpayer should pick up the well isnt the bill for it. Well that isnt mentioned from mentioned in the statement from michelle donelan. Mentioned in the statement from micielle donelan. Mentioned in the statement from mici think, nelan. Mentioned in the statement from mici think, i|elan. Mentioned in the statement from mici think, i think this is i think, i think this is quite interesting in the government have said that they, they a to settle they have a stance to settle these things they get to these things before they get to court save the taxpayer money court to save the taxpayer money when protecting when theyre protecting ministers. And we have a similar policy nhs. The nhs policy in the nhs. So in the nhs cases generally settled cases are generally settled because the view is that its cheaper than letting go to cheaper than letting it go to court, even person making court, even if the person making the and i find the claim is wrong and i find that really concerning. And i think the for , bill settling think the for, bill settling cases in the nhs is Something Like £8 billion a year and we need to actually get to a point where we say to people, look, this is whats happening to your surgery today. This is your consent form. These are the things that might go wrong. You might not have a consultant doing because were doing the surgery because were a organisation and you a Teaching Organisation and you cannot if any of these cannot if, if any of these things happen, you cant sue us. But people do continue to even when theyve signed a consent form. Yeah. Okay. A story in the yeah. Okay. A story in the daily star today. Norman and renee, im going to ask you both the uks most dangerous city is. Well, its in front of you. Actually, i dont know the answer to that. I havent read that, so i dont know what it is. I dont know peter birmingham. Lets upset peter. Upset birmingham. Do you read the paper in front of you . I you . I actually read this story, but i thought was quite but what i thought was quite interesting westminster. But what i thought was quite intereswe] westminster. But what i thought was quite intereswe sit westminster. But what i thought was quite intereswe sit nowtminster. But what i thought was quite intereswe sit nowtm inter. But what i thought was quite intereswe sit nowtm in the top where we sit now is in the top five. Youve got birmingham with 152,000 crimes year, leeds 152,000 crimes a year, leeds 111, i thought it 111, manchester 99. I thought it would have been london, i really did, but it was westminster in particular, so specifically cities. Then picked cities. But then theyve picked westminster. Westminster. And what you can guarantee is that the police wont solve most of crimes because theyre of the crimes because theyre not the moment. Not at the moment. That well, also, it says that crime 4 year on year. Crime is up 4 year on year. I dont believe its as low as that. I think crime is up massively and half of it doesnt even go reported. Now were crimes. Crimes measured in two ways. One is actually the official crimes which registered with crimes which are registered with the and theres a crime the police. And theres a crime survey far more survey which picks up far more than bother than people. Dont bother telling whats going than people. Dont bother tel anymore. Whats going on anymore. Look, should we cheer ourselves with some world ourselves up with some world book because weve book day photos. Because weve been them all been looking at them all morning. So all sit, relax morning. So lets all sit, relax and because this is going and enjoy because this is going to i think danny has to be great. I think danny has sent of, he says sent in this photo of, he says his daughter flo, his beautiful daughter flo, who is dressed in the hat is dressed as cat in the hat today, complete with little white gloves. Beautiful white gloves. Oh beautiful sweetheart, and says, sweetheart, frida and ron says, heres grandson, whos heres our grandson, zach, whos dressed wonka, another heres our grandson, zach, whos dress hair. Olivia utley. Thats brilliant. Good hair. Olivia utley. Thats brilliant. Good luck getting that for me after a week in tenerife. Good luck getting that for me afteyeah,eek in tenerife. Good luck getting that for me afteyeah, looks tenerife. Good luck getting that for me afteyeah, looks like arife. Good luck getting that for me afteyeah, looks like you. Good luck getting that for me afteyeah, looks like you this yeah, looks like you this morning. Morning. You believe me . You believe me . This morning i did. This morning i did. I said your talents. I said your talents. Good. Yeah. It does. I dont know whether you be sarcastic. No, no, no, you are digging compliments now. Youre not orange. You do have a good orange. You do have a very good tan. Weekend. Tan. After your weekend. Tenerife, my son tenerife, jacob says my son charlie dressed as leonardo charlie is dressed as leonardo from teenage mutant ninja from the teenage mutant Ninja Turtles. Turtles. Love charlie. Very 90s, i said air. Im surprised said off air. Im surprised Ninja Turtles are still doing the rounds because that was popular i was kid in the popular when i was a kid in the 90s. Yeah. Vintage, says this is vintage, theresa says this is my granddaughter laurie as veruca salt. Book veruca salt. The World Book Day, of course, from willy wonka, which i quite apt. I thought was quite apt. Yes. Yes. One of our producers has a sister, eliana , who is sister, eliana, who is celebrating World Book Day today. Have the today. Her school have the pupils going as words rather than books. Thats interesting. And her chosen word is green. So shes got a full green outfit there. Good effort. Very good. Very good. Renees own daughter, and renees own daughter, alice, here we go on the screen now shes gone as Hermione Granger harry potter. How granger from harry potter. How long that take you . Long did that take you . It didnt take me long well, it didnt take me long to it amazon, but to type it into amazon, but i think it took daddy a bit longer this morning because apparently the missing. Oh. The wand has gone missing. Oh. Hows feeling about hows alice feeling about that . Upset. Is she . That . Shes very upset. Is she . She an absolute cutie with she is an absolute cutie with her cape and her hat. Her cape and her hat. It a real stress for it is a real stress for people. Shes summoned some harry shes not summoned some harry potter to find the wand. Potter magic to find the wand. Might have to, but she she might have to, but she was probably looking to turn people in her class, i people to stone in her class, i would imagine, can you imagine the that the the absolute chaos that the teachers got to contend teachers have got to contend with yes, all of the characters. But its great, isnt it . World book day is great. It gets kids in books and kids involved in books and dressing everything else. Dressing up and everything else. Its fantastic. Oh, its fun, isnt it . Oh, its great fun, isnt it . And been great fun having and its been great fun having you both this morning. You both with us this morning. Norman renee, thank you very norman and renee, thank you very much shuttleworth much indeed. Annie shuttleworth has your weather for you. Things are heating has your weather for you. Boxt things are heating has your weather for you. 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However, the cloud will thicken bit, thicken a little bit, particularly central areas particularly for central areas of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a risk showers this brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of showers into parts of Northern England eastern scotland england and eastern scotland throughout this evening as well, but those will push but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on in the night. Further south, it will turn much dner further south, it will turn much drier clearer. We could see drier and clearer. We could see some mist fog developing by some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but some tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than this morning. But that easterly wind will continue across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern , and where northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of aberdeenshire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that , england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across and east, across the south and east, though , it will a much drier though, it will be a much drier and brighter day on friday, and it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. Have a lovely day bye bye. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Its 9 00 on thursday, the 7th of march. Today employee National Insurance will be cut by another £0. 02 from 10 to 8. And all eyes on the chancellor as jeremy hunt cuts National Insurance by 2, signalling an end to the unfair double taxation. But will this be enough to sway voters in the upcoming general election . The upcoming general election . Well, no rabbit emerged from the chancellors hat yesterday, but he still has managed to leave labour floundering. Find leave labour floundering. Find out more with me very soon. And tax, of course, is at the highest level still in nearly 80 years, with labour saying people have had enough and its time for a change. I think in that budget changes the fact that taxes are going to their highest in 70 going up to their highest in 70 years, that people across britain feel worse off, that weve of economic weve had 14 years of economic failure the conservatives. Failure from the conservatives. And thats why its and frankly, thats why its time for change and time for a general election. General election. Donald trump former President Donald Trump is go head head with is set to go head to head with joe biden in the upcoming us election, republican election, as republican candidate nikki haley calls it quits. I am filled with the gratitude for the outpouring of support weve received from all across our great country. But the time has now come to suspend my campaign and elsewhere. Hes been making the royal squirm. The princess of wales uncle Gary Goldsmith, gives an update on her health during his appearance on celebrity big brother. But the question is, is he overstepping the mark . Good morning. The best of the sunshine will be in the west today, but where the sun today, but where will the sun shine can find out shine tomorrow . We can find out all details with a little all the details with me a little later on. Good morning, im Ellie Costello, im ben, leo and this is breakfast on gb news. Loads of emails coming in on inheritance tax, which wasnt mentioned in the budget yesterday. Lots of hope that it would be, but it wasnt. So were asking your opinion on that. Ian were asking your opinion on that. Ian says me and my wife own our own house. When we die, its going to my son and our daughter. Our final little daughter. Its our final little gift to them, and wed expect them the same to our them to do the same to our grandkids. It annoys me that some people can through some people can go through life living never living in council houses, never save free care if save a penny, get free care if they become ill at the end of their life, they dont pay a penny. Whereas i will have to sell my home to pay for my care. Does seem unfair. Hmmhmm vanessa says as parents, our parents, we work hard all of our lives our homes, lives to pay for our homes, often had very little often having had very little spare money give our children spare money to give our children or take them on holidays. Or even take them on holidays. I dont scrimp save to pay for dont scrimp and save to pay for it all anyone but my it all for anyone but my children in our young people have than we have things much harder than we had was younger. Owning had when i was younger. Owning a home is beyond the reach of most of , steve says. Of them, steve says. My wife and have worked my wife and i have worked hard our lives. We paid our hard all our lives. We paid our income tax, stamp duty, mortgages, tax, its mortgages, tax, tax, tax. Its our our our right now to give our children inheritance and not children our inheritance and not pay any children our inheritance and not pay any more tax on money. Weve already paid our tax on. Thats the thing. How many times does that tax or that asset been taxed and put through wringer . Through the wringer . Thats why inheritance well thats why inheritance tax think only affects tax i think only affects currently about 4 people. Currently about 4 of people. But many people would agree, even if it doesnt affect them, that its a very unfair tax. In words, that reason in other words, that reason if striving and grafting if youre striving and grafting and to create and working hard to create a legacy for your kids or your family your, know, family and your, you know, accumulate assets and money and wealth, the point . If wealth, whats the point . If most is just going to go most of it is just going to go to state . To the state . Yeah. Wheres motivation . Yeah. Wheres the motivation . Yes steve says the same thing here saying tax unfair here saying this tax is unfair and poor. Im and unreasonable and poor. Im disgusted is even disgusted that this is even a debate in modern society. Its my money and my choice. Yes, thats what i say to my wife dunng thats what i say to my wife during grocery shopping. My money, my choice. My money, my choice. Dup views coming in on that story or any of the stories were talking about today. Vaiews gbnews. Com o and pictures of World Book Day, please your children and your grandchildren please your children and your grvery 1ildren please your children and your grvery 1ildreiwere enjoying it. Yeah now are we going to see the end of double taxation . Thats what the chancellor signalled dunng what the chancellor signalled during his Spring Budget yesterday, of yesterday, as he cut the rate of national from National Insurance by 2 from april the 6th. Employee, National Insurance will be cut by another £0. 02 from 10 to 8, and self employed National Insurance will be cut from 8 to 6. It means an additional £450 a year for the average employee, or £350 for someone self employed. But opposition parties ripped into the budget, saying expected rises in council tax will wipe out any benefits for households last desperate act of a party that has failed britain in recession. Recession. The National Credit card maxed out and despite the measures today, the highest tax burden for 70 years, the First Parliament since records began to see Living Standards fall. Confirmed by this budget today. Thatis confirmed by this budget today. That is their record. It is still their record. Give with one hand and take even more with the other. But the National Insurance cut wasnt the only measure in the budget. Yesterday, the Great British pub will also get a boost from a freeze on alcohol duty. The child benefit threshold increases to £60,000 a year, and the five key cuts of fuel duty is locked in for another 12 months. But what do people on the ground make of it . We asked people to give their reaction. Dont make a lot of a budget. To be fair, i think its a scummy attempt by the conservative party to try and regain any bit of ground that they can get. Really. People are starving out here. Weve more food banks now weve got more food banks now than ever before. What are than ever, ever before. What are you going to do about it . Tuck, tuck there and they i think they should really help people. No, its not enough. No we need to see results on the nhs , need to see results on the nhs, seeing a gp, things that really matter, not beer duty. Matter, not beer duty. Youre out of order. Youve got to be out of power. Give someone else a chance. Someone else a chance. I love that last guy. Frank. Yes. Doesnt mince his words. Doesnt mince his words. No. Lets ask our Political Correspondent in westminster , correspondent in westminster, olivia utley, for her thoughts. Olivia, you heard what the people on the ground had to say there. Does this budget touch there. Does this budget touch the sides . And also, is this the sides . And also, is this a missed opportunity for the conservatives to really claw their back in polls . Their way back in the polls . Well, it did feel like a bit of a damp squib , jeremy hunt of a damp squib, jeremy hunt said in advance, which is very, very unusual for a chancellor that he would be cutting National Insurance by £0. 02. So everyone westminster was everyone in westminster was expecting there to be a different centrepiece to the budget. If youre going to announce one of your big measures in advance, you expect an bigger measure an even bigger measure coming. But never but that bigger measure never came. There was a slightly odd came. There was a slightly odd moment where jeremy hunt said that he thinks the fact that there are two taxes on workers is very unfair, that income tax and National Insurance are both paid by workers, and at that moment , i was expecting paid by workers, and at that moment, i was expecting him to say, so were going to scrap National Insurance tax. He didnt do that. Said that didnt do that. He said that that was their long terme aim. Why he didnt do that yesterday is in part because it would be very expensive indeed, but also perhaps because National Insurance is paid by only workers, whereas income tax is paid by pensioners as well. If you scrap National Insurance and moved everything over to just income tax , then pensioners income tax, then pensioners would feel the pinch. And of course, in Election Year no party wants to do anything to annoy pensioners. Pensioners are annoy pensioners. Pensioners are reliable voters. They go out to the polls on vote on on polling day, which is why, for example , day, which is why, for example, the triple lock has stayed in place for as long as it has. It did all feel a little bit as though the conservatives were just sort of running out of energy a bit here. Yes, this £0. 02 cut in National Insurance will save £450 for the average worker, but because of the income Tax Threshold freeze is actually people will be worse off in 2027 than they would have been had incomes just income thresholds just risen with inflation. Conservative mps ive spoken to really wanted the chancellor to do something about those income Tax Thresholds. He didnt. And there are didnt. And there are whisperings of discontent on the conservative backbenchers now. Murmurings. Okay. Olivia lee in westminster. Thanks very much. Lets now turn to the former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt, to see what he makes of it all. Lord dannatt, what do you make of the fact that there was nothing allocated to defence in the budget yesterday, bearing in mind , of course, russias mind, of course, russias invasion of ukraine, the activity red sea with the activity in the red sea with the Houthi Rebels . Houthi rebels . Yeah. No, you ask a very good question. And i think what i found interesting was a couple of days ago, someone showed me an opinion poll on conservative home that said the 75 of conservative voters would have preferred to see an increase in defence spending than a reduction in taxes. So, slightly reduction in taxes. So, slightly puzzles me why the chancellor didnt pick up on that, but as you say in your introduction, there is a very strong case, even when the public finances are in a difficult position , for are in a difficult position, for there to be an increase in the defence budget. A brutal land defence budget. A brutal land war in europe is a real wake up call. And not to mention whats going on in the wider middle east. And youve just mentioned the houthis. Is it one of those things where where defence spending is not in itself a vote winner when we are not in a wartime government , and perhaps we are not in a wartime government, and perhaps a government, and perhaps a government would only wish to spend more on defence when they find themselves actually in the throngs of war. I mean, ex Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois has said. The defence secretary recently warned were moving from a post war war to a pre war world, nobody seems to have world, but nobody seems to have told the treasury does russia have get to warsaw before we have to get to warsaw before we start spending what we need to on defence, and is that the problem . Lord dannatt do you think . Think . Well, you ask a very good question. I think some of the facts , if you a little bit facts, if you look a little bit back in history, rather speak for themselves, wait for for themselves, if you wait for a to break out the cost of a war to break out the cost of fighting a war is disastrous. But there is a price to be paid for deterring war, just a little look back into the mid mid late 19305. Look back into the mid mid late 1930s. In look back into the mid mid late 19305. In 1935, look back into the mid mid late 1930s. In 1935, we were spending less than 3 of gdp on our defence. By 1939, when war had broken out, it was 18. And by 1940, when we were fighting for our very survival, it was 46. Thats the disastrous cost of fighting a war. So the question to ask is, should we not be paying to ask is, should we not be paying a bit more of a premium on our insurance policy to deter war . Currently, we are spending about 2. 3 of gdp. There is a strong case to put it up to two and a half to 3, or even just a little bit above that. If we want to deter war and ensure peace, that really should be the responsible position of any responsible position of any responsible government. And lord dannatt, even if its a vote winner or not. Which traditionally is not surely the optics of increasing defence spending at a time of international unease. Isnt it a bit politically naive for the conservative government not to have jumped on that . And you know , made a big song and dance know, made a big song and dance about the facts that, yeah, were going to were going to shore our defences, were shore up our defences, were going protect our borders going to protect our borders and make women make sure that our men and women out protecting out in conflict and protecting parts world are well equipped. Well, if you go back to that statistic i mentioned at the start of this conversation, 75 of voters of conservative voters would have an increase in have preferred an increase in defence spending than tax cuts. And i think what weve seen right since the end of the cold war by successive governments is successive peace, dividends being taken and the government deciding to accept more risk with our defence. Now, thats fine until the chickens start to come home to roost. And my goodness, theyve been coming home in droves from ukraine since february 2022. And, it just does beg the question, do we just hope for the best or do we just hope for the best or do we plan for the worst and invest properly in the deterrence capability of our armed forces to make sure that we dont have to make sure that we dont have to fight the disastrously costly war . Okay lord dannatt really good to get your thoughts this morning. Thank you so much for your time. Do let us know what what you make of that at home should money have been allocated to defence . Should more money have been defence in the been allocated to defence in the budget yesterday . Been allocated to defence in the buc itzt yesterday . Been allocated to defence in the buc it just sterday . Been allocated to defence in the bucit just seems . Been allocated to defence in the bucit just seems like bit of a it just seems like a bit of a political own goal at time of political own goal at a time of heightened tensions, if it heightened tensions, even if it doesnt directly. Doesnt win the votes directly. The optics of it where you can, you know, rally the patriotism of the country , say, yeah, were of the country, say, yeah, were going to get behind our armed forces, advantage of it. Forces, take advantage of it. But it completely, i but ignoring it completely, i dont it a bit dont know, it seems a bit funny. I think Mark Francois has a point. Yeah, i think its curious to many. 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Now britains newsroom is coming up at 930. Another treat for you. Andrew pierce and Carol Maloney are here to tell us all about it. Yes. Good morning you two. What a treat. Treat. He was so upset when he heard i was doing it with him. But anyway, tough. You got me. Im looking forward. You got me. Never a dull moment, maloney. Never a dull moment, maloney. What are we talking about . What are we talking about . Well, are obviously going well, we are obviously going to about the budget, but to talk about the budget, but theres to theres lots of other stuff to talk and we especially talk about. And we especially going the tory mp going to talk to the tory mp whos livid with eastenders. Not because its awful and terrible, which because which it probably is because its constituency as a dump. Now eh. Em. Yeah. Now weve got to see what constituency is. Its what his constituency is. Its milton eastenders Milton Keynes and eastenders have storyline where have done the storyline where bianca back. Bianca bianca comes back. Bianca aficionados oh, that was aficionados will. Oh, that was terrible. Sorry terrible. Pearce. Sorry aficionados will know who she is and theyve portrayed Milton Keynes as a drug infested slum. Basically. And hes very basically. And hes very unhappy. Not good. Havent they got a great, artificial ski slope in Milton Keynes . Yeah, we need to know that. Yeah, we need to know that. Lots multi storey and lots of multi storey car parks. Tell. Parks. People need to tell. I once mrs. Thatcher in once lost mrs. Thatcher in Milton Keynes. Its a long Milton Keynes. Its a long story. Milton keynes. Its a long st0|its boozy night out. Its a boozy night out. Its a boozy night out. No, no, no, we completely lost the foot. I think shes very happy have me. Has very happy to have lost me. Has she an election she said during an election campaign. Were talking campaign. But also were talking about council in europe. Birmingham council, 20 council rise. Council tax rise. Yeah. Is this a metaphor for what the country is going. Is it a Labour Council . Right. That said however, for balance i think Hampshire Council tory run is also in a similar predicament. Yeah. But this but this is the biggest local authority in europe. And do they need to take on commonwealth they on the commonwealth games. They did also we revealed today and also we revealed today that birmingham is that apparently birmingham is the dangerous city. So the uks most dangerous city. So anyone brum. Yeah. The uks most dangerous city. So anywant brum. Yeah. The uks most dangerous city. So anywant to brum. Yeah. The uks most dangerous city. So anywant to hearm. Yeah. The uks most dangerous city. So anywant to hear from ah. The uks most dangerous city. So anywant to hear from you. Want to hear from you. Want to hear from you. Yeah. And youve left me to talk about the one story that neither of understand, which talk about the one story that nethat of understand, which talk about the one story that nethat rochdale derstand, which talk about the one story that nethat rochdale football which is that Rochdale Football Club is that Rochdale Football Club is of going bust is on the verge of going bust and youre devastated, obviously. Well, i am sorry for them. Yes. Because dont them. Yes. Because i dont want to Football Team go to see any Football Team go bust, dont know much bust, but i dont know much about so im hoping the about it. So im hoping the people rochdale going to people in rochdale are going to call and tell us why. This is call us and tell us why. This is terrible. And theres hope. Theres theres a us theres hope. Theres a us investor looking it, investor thats looking at it, but know, george but you know, maybe George Galloway, will ride but you know, maybe george gathe ay, will ride but you know, maybe george gathe rescue. Will ride but you know, maybe george gathe rescue. Maybe will ride but you know, maybe george gathe rescue. Maybe helll ride but you know, maybe george gathe rescue. Maybe hell buya it. Hes more interested in gaza. Hes more interested in gaza. Well, it sounds like its going be an absolutely going to be an absolutely cracking just under 15 cracking show. Just under 15 minutes and minutes until the pierce and malone looking forward to. The fact you call each i like the fact you call each other pierce. Yeah, we other pierce. Malone. Yeah, we do, detectives. Call other. We call each other. We call each other. Me. She calls me. She calls me. We call each other. Most words. Hopefully not on air. Hopefully not on air. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Wait until the break. Wait until the break. I promise well be looking at what the budget means to you with reporters who out with our reporters who are out and about next. Welcome back. Youre watching and listening to gb news breakfast with me. Ben, leo and Ellie Costello. Lets return now to our top story this morning. The chancellor has cut working peoples taxes in his Spring Budget by reducing National Insurance contributions by toopi insurance contributions by toopi in the pound. Well, lets get some reaction from country now , from across the country now, shall with our West Midlands shall we, with our West Midlands reporter carson, whos reporter jack carson, whos in tamworth our south west of tamworth and our south west of england ray addison, england reporter, ray addison, whos waterlooville. Very whos in waterlooville. Very good you both. This good to see you both. This morning. And jack, lets start with tamworth. What do with you in tamworth. What do people there make of the budget yesterday . You know, it looks as though we may have had a few technical issues. Speaking to waterlooville in hampshire, ray waterlooville in hampshire. Well lets start with ray. Lets see if weve got ray there. Ray good morning to you. What do people of waterlooville make of yesterday they. Of the budget yesterday they. Well its very, very interesting. And itll be a potentially slightly disappointing the disappointing for the chancellor. Was speaking to chancellor. I was speaking to people here in waterlooville this once thriving town, and many of them actually unaware that the budget took place yesterday. And those that are aware saying that theyre oaps, theyre on pensions and therefore this wont be affecting them. Obviously im pointing out that theres more money being allocated for the nhs. Changes to stamp duty freeze on the alcohol tax and so on and so on. But these messages concerning potentially for the tory party are simply not getting through. Now i say im here in this once thriving town , here in this once thriving town, actually this high street here in waterlooville actually went viral in recent weeks when a video was put online showing the absolutely shocking state of the many of the buildings flaking concrete. Many of the shops have closed down. And really this situation has been developing for the last decade or so. For the last couple of years , weve the last couple of years, weve had a lot of properties closing down the banks have abandoned the high street, many of them, as weve seen, much across the country as well. All we seem to have here now are cafes and hairdressers. Locals tell me. In fact, i spoke to one lady who is a supervisor for a charity called stellas voice. So this is sheena francis. Stellas voice helps children in moldova and she says she gets people who come in every day to the charity shop and tell her her their problems. But she explained what had happened to this local area over the years. The shops have just shut down really. They just, you know, really. They just, you know, cant afford to keep going. But cant afford to keep going. But like i keep saying to them, stop buying off the internet and come back to the shops, it might work. Waterloo ville. It used to be a really thriving, beautiful village and you know, to see it go to waste is terrible. Go to waste is terrible. Okay. Great stuff, ray addison on the ground in waterlooville in hampshire. Lets turn now to our West Midlands reporterjack lets turn now to our West Midlands reporter jack carson, whos in tamworth and south west. Sorry. And our south west of england reporter , west of england reporter, shortly after that, ray addison, who weve just had so lets go to you, jack. Apologies. Here we are. We need some coffees. Whats going on in tamworth . Whats going on in tamworth . Thats all right. Good morning to you both from tamworth. We were in bello, which is a printing and Merchandising Company here in the town. Were joined with carl raffa whos the, whos the director here . Carl, just kind of give bit of a reaction of give us a bit of a reaction to the budget yesterday. There was a of commitments made by was a lot of commitments made by the chancellor. What you the chancellor. What did you make he said at the make of what he said at the despatch make of what he said at the desp think first its i think first of all, its clearly a budget which is laying the towards an election. So was there a massive surprise . No. Is it a budget which is ultimately there to whet the appetite of voters 100 . So as an sme, i think weve seen very little benefit. But i must say one positive is the powerhouse of every business is the people. And with the National Insurance cut, hopefully most of the team here will benefit from that. Yeah, there was of course of course changes to full expensing as well, an extension of that. Of course, someone who must of course, as someone who must buy lot of equipment, what buy a lot of equipment, what kind will that have kind of impact will that have the extension of that knowing that that . That you can offset that . Full expensing i think the full expensing is absolutely to us absolutely a huge benefit to us as a business. As you can see, lots of equipment here at our tamworth site, but also even thinking back to the days when we were just becoming vat registered and the recognition that actually it is a huge, huge admin task to get that in place. The uplift of the threshold for vat is a great win for smaller businesses and ourselves. All right, karl, thank you very much for joining all right, karl, thank you very much forjoining us all right, karl, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Well have more reaction from karl to the budget a little bit later on today. Really good well, jack carson really good to there in tamworth. To see you there in tamworth. Thank much for getting thank you so much for getting reaction the ground to the reaction on the ground to the budget yesterday. And thank you so much your reaction and so much for your reaction and your today. You for your emails today. Thank you for all from world book all your photos from World Book Day. Been amazing. Day. Theyve been amazing. So sorry that couldnt share sorry that we couldnt share more with you, but that more of them with you, but that is today. Im back is it from us today. Im back tomorrow with youre back tomorrow with ann. Youre back on newsroom tomorrow. On britains newsroom tomorrow. Britains newsroom is up next with and carol. With andrew and carol. Hello there. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. While the cold easterly wind will continue for eastern areas through today, theres also a risk of showers later. But across the west, later. But across the west, plenty of sunshine to start the day and it should stay fairly dry and bright through much of the across many the day. Across many southWestern Areas englands southWestern Areas of englands western wales, Western Areas of wales, northwestern england, Northern Ireland and northwest scotland, seeing sunshine seeing the best of the sunshine through the day and it will feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine. However, cloud will. However, the cloud will thicken bit, thicken a little bit, particularly central areas particularly for central areas of and wales. That of england and wales. That bnngs of england and wales. That brings a of showers this brings a risk of showers this afternoon that could turn quite heavy. Theres also a risk of showers into parts of Northern England eastern scotland england and eastern scotland throughout this evening as well, but those showers will push further north and west into more Northern Areas of wales, possibly reaching Northern Ireland later on in the night. Further south it will turn much dner further south it will turn much drier and clearer. Could see drier and clearer. We could see some mist and fog developing by tomorrow morning, but also some frost out there, so it could be a bit of a colder start tomorrow morning than this morning, but that easterly will continue that easterly wind will continue across eastern throughout across eastern areas throughout friday, particularly northeastern , and where northeastern scotland, and where well see some drizzly rain across parts of aberdeenshire as well as northeastern areas of england. Seeing some of that, that wetter and cloudier weather across south and east, across the south and east, though, will be a much drier though, it will be a much drier and brighter on friday, and and brighter day on friday, and it will start to feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with highs of around or 13 highs of around 12 or 13 degrees. Lovely day bye degrees. Have a lovely day bye bye. Good morning. 930 on thursday, the 7th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me, andrew and Carole Malone. Malone. Hello. Hello. Now, jeremy hunt delivered his make or break budget, cutting National Insurance by 2. Labour . It a last, labour . Call it a last, desperate act. Desperate act. £6 billion will be pumped into the nhs to cut bureaucracy and reduce waiting times. Have we heard that before . Yeah. Is that money . Well spent . It . Is it me now . Okay whos it . Is it me now . Okay Rochdale Football Club is on the brink. The manchester based club faces liquidation by the end of the month, but it looks like the club might be saved by a us investor. Well be joined the investor. Well be joined by the Club Chairman shortly. Club chairman shortly. What they need is a hollywood actor. Wrexham Football Club was what . For rochdale . For rochdale . Yeah, it was saved by an american actor. Or indeed, american actor. Or indeed, didnt elton john buy bought watford and put them on the map . Did that. Did it. Did that. Did it. Yeah, they did very well. Yeah, it did. They were in the first division. Who was it . Who was it . Ryan gosling owns a Football Team. Something like that. Yeah, it is Carole Malone and i what we know about football, you could put on the a shrunken