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Now its back over to andrew and. Bev back over to andrew and. Bev very good morning. Thank you for joining us on britains forjoining us on britains newsroom. So the chancellor says that inflation is still too high, but the core rate has fallen, fallen marginally to 6. 7. Hunt said todays 6. 7. So jeremy hunt said todays news shows the plan to deal with inflation is working , news shows the plan to deal with inflation is working, plain and simple. So joining us now in the simple. So joining us now in the studio is our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan with money. With on the money. Nice to start the morning with a big money story because this affects everybody at home doesnt it. 7 and were all worried at the moment. Were actually going to look the run to look like in the run up to christmas. Whats latest christmas. Whats the latest with well, look, with the inflation . Well, look, the living crisis is not over. Oven not by a long chalk. But this is good news. And inflation is going in the right direction. Lets have a look at some the lets have a look at some of the numbers here. Back in july, dunng numbers here. Back in july, during july, during the year to july, inflation the Price Inflation was 6. 8. So the price of basket of goods was up by of a basket of goods was up by 6. 8 over the year. Yesterday we were expecting inflation in august. Out this august. The number came out this morning to be 7. 1, going up. Why . Petrol diesel why . Because petrol and diesel pnces why . Because petrol and diesel prices in august as oil prices shot up in august as oil pnces prices shot up in august as oil prices rose. But as it turned out , bev, inflation prices rose. But as it turned out, bev, inflation was 6. 7, marginally down. The question now is will the bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee when it meets tomorrow, decide to hold Interest Rates or to raise Interest Rates or to raise Interest Rates . Weve had 41 rises in a row. Rates have gone all the way up from 0. 1, all the way up to 5. 25. Pushed up mortgage costs, personal loans, costs. It strikes me that the bank of england hasnt got the imagination and the kind of intellectual calibre to change its mind. Given this better inflation number, i do think rates will go up, but it will probably be the last increase were we being spun a bit. All about how liam, we know all about how politicians they have politicians and they have expectation management. Jeremy hunt inflation hunt warning us that inflation could after it had could go back up after it had been going perhaps been going down. Perhaps they rather knew it was going to be better than expected. Was he better than expected. Was he being too cynical as you know, andrew, im pretty much allergic to and i thought interest to spin and i thought interest i thought thought inflation thought i thought inflation would thought i thought inflation wotand wrote that in my and i wrote that in my telegraph column. Was saying telegraph column. I was saying to people the newsroom to people in the newsroom yesterday, i because those yesterday, why i because those petrol in petrol and diesel price rises in august were the sharpest monthly increases. On the forecourt in increases. On the forecourt in 23 years because the opec exporters cartel is now working handin exporters cartel is now working hand in glove with russia basically to push up oil prices. So i did think inflation would go. So i did think inflation would 9 up. So i did think inflation would go up. Look, these high petrol go up. Look, these high petrol and diesel prices are still in these numbers, but theyve been offset by Lower Service sector inflation. I must just correct what we said. You said core inflation went to 6. 7. Thats not actually true. The headline not actually true. The headline rate of inflation went to 6. 7. Core inflation, ian, which is inflation. When you strip out energy and food costs actually fell sharply from. 6. 9 to 6. 2 fell sharply from. 6. 9 to 6. 2 in august. So thats probably the most encouraging part. That is pretty encouraging. Wait for it. It is encouraging and is pretty encouraging. Wait for it. It is encouraging and a is pretty encouraging. Wait for it. It is encouraging and a lot it. It is encouraging and a lot of people on the Monetary Policy it. It is encouraging and a lot of peopl committee who want to hold rates , 2 or 3 of them will be , the 2 or 3 of them will be pointing to that. I suggest to them, want to take some them, if they want to take some advice though theyd advice from me, though theyd never if you really never admit it. If you really want make a case for holding want to make a case for Holding Interest now , for letting Interest Rates now, for letting the breathe, letting the economy breathe, for letting the economy breathe, for letting the rises weve already the 14 rate rises weve already had work their way through the system. Dont look at core inflation. Look at the Producer Price index. Inflation. Look at the Producer Price index. I inflation. Look at the Producer Price index. I often stress price index. I often stress this. Thats the cost of the inputs that firms use to create the goods and services that they then sell us, right . Consumer Price Inflation often isnt only down, its negative, right . Its down, its negative, right . Its negative. This is something you wont hear on pretty much any other broadcast channel. The Producer Price index is negative. That means the prices of the inputs are actually coming down, down. And in july, Producer Price inputs were down 3. 2. In august, Producer Price inputs were down 3. 2. In august , they were down 3. 2. In august, they were down 2. 3. This this is pre empting the fact that inflation will soon start falling pretty sharply. Why . Thats another sharply. Why . Thats another reason why the bank of england should have the intellectual courage to change its mind. Courage to change its mind. Why doesnt the pro chancellor champion these figures . Or is it because he figures . Or is it because he because genuinely believe and because i genuinely believe and it give pleasure it doesnt give me any pleasure to say this. I genuinely believe he and the around him dont have the people around him dont have sufficient knowledge of economics to damaging analyse. Economics to damaging analyse. Thats a damaging what i just said. Thats a damaging charge at the entire treasury knocking around senior politicians for 30 years. And im afraid its my experience. Knowledge experience. Their knowledge of economics thin. Economics is remarkably thin. Yeah yeah. Yeah. Well, so. But you think still well, so. But you think still , despite all this, theyre going to put Interest Rates up . I think they will. And thats tomorrow. The bank of england is so locked in now, it was so late getting going with rate rises, it kept wanging on about inflation transitory for inflation being transitory for over when people like me over a year when people like me were no, look at the were saying, no, no, look at the numbers. Look at the markets, look futures curves, look look at the futures curves, look at was clear at commodities. It was clear there be a massive there was going to be a massive post lockdown, inflationary shock. Post lockdown, inflationary shock. Many us were shock. And many of us were warning the bank of england warning that the bank of england completely dropped the ball. And thats now thats why theyre now overcompensate acting, trying to salvage battered salvage their battered reputation doing too many reputation by doing too many rate rises to make sure. But rate rises to make sure. But theyre actually imposing damage on the economy. Thats unnecessary. Unnecessary. Weve weve hit this really kind of shocking u turn, u turn from rishi sunak this morning. From rishi sunak this morning. Were going to be talking to richard tice from the reform party about this well in a party about this as well in a moment. Idea that going moment. The idea that hes going to back pedal some of his to back pedal on some of his green goals green ambitions, the goals that hes set in order to help the economy is how he sold it to some degree. Will that have an effect on the markets this morning, said . And morning, what he said . And will that positive negative . That be positive or negative . Think whats happening is i think whats happening is rishi is just rishi sunak is just acknowledging reality. I heard acknowledging reality. I heard alex sharma on the radio this morning, the former cabinet minister who oversaw the cop summit in in glasgow , remember summit in in glasgow, remember who cried on stage because he was so overcome about the importance of net zero targets . Im not saying that net zero isnt important. Im not saying we shouldnt wean ourselves off fossil fuels and create a better environment kids. What environment for our kids. What i am saying is that one upside of the ghastly war in ukraine is that people are now realising that people are now realising that Energy Security is important and Energy Prices , important and Energy Prices, when they go up, it has an absolutely catastrophic effect on the Living Standards of ordinary people. The city breathe a sigh of relief. So the tories, i dont think the city will breathe a sigh of relief because. Because because theyre in many theyre invested in many different many different invested in many different invested in many different i think will different ways. I think who will breathe a sigh of relief are many activists who many conservative activists who know, unlike what alex sharma says , he says, why is the prime says, he says, why is the Prime Minister breaking the political consensus is consensus on net zero . There is no political quite agree. No political i quite agree. Theres political consensus theres no political consensus at all. Theres just lots of hard working, ordinary families who are saying we want a cleaner environment, but whos going to pay environment, but whos going to pay we pay for this and why are we paying pay for this and why are we paying disproportionate and why are you taking away the van from me that i rely to make my me that i rely on to make my living for myself . We need to move living for myself . We need to mowe need to move on and you we need to move on and you know where sadiq khan is. Author of ulez at hes the author of ulez at the he is in new york at the moment. He is in new york at a change conference. Of a Climate Change conference. Of course flown out course he is having flown out there, Business Class at public expense. Liam, thank you. Right Prime Minister as liam, thank you. Right prime ministjust as liam, thank you. Right prime ministjust been as liam, thank you. Right prime ministjust been saying, as liam, thank you. Right prime ministjust been saying, pushing weve just been saying, pushing back against zero back against this net zero agenda. Hes delayed the ban on petrol and gas boilers. Petrol cars and gas boilers. Havent heard the well, we havent heard the detail because the speech is detail yet because the speech is yet to made, but theyre yet to be made, but theyre apparently theyre saying theyre to theyre still committed to net zero remember, theresa zero by 2050. Remember, theresa mays signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa meup signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa me up to signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa me up to that. Signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa meup to that. But signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa meup to that. But he signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa meup to that. But he says signed zero by 2050. Remember, theresa me up to that. But he says the ed us up to that. But he says the government has not been honest about of its about the costs and trade of its green policies. Jeremy hunt and home so jeremy hunt and home secretary Suella Braverman both gave thoughts. Gave their thoughts. Incredibly proud be im incredibly proud to be the country that reduced the country that has reduced emissions more any other emissions by more than any other that net zero into law that past net zero into law before any other major country. And only yesterday the Prime Minister said we will continue to reduce emissions. But we need to reduce emissions. But we need to do so in a way that is proportionate and pragmatic and carries our families with us who are finding life extremely difficult at the moment. Its also right that we put Economic Growth and Household Budgets , growth and Household Budgets, ice and the cost of living ahead. And fundamentally , were not and fundamentally, were not going to save the planet by bankrupting the british people that was home secretary. That was the chance. So weve got richard tice here, another political leader of political leader, the leader of reform uk. Now, youve been so furious about the rush to net zero. I was the one to first say that net zero is madness. Its making us poorer. Its making us colder. But look, you know, in a sense, i be flattered sense, i should be flattered that finally some common sense is emerging in parts of the conservative government , because conservative government, because actually its not just on net zero. Theyre starting to see the light on hs2. Were going to get an announcement on that show. Some courage. Prime minister. Some guts. Scrap minister. Show some guts. Scrap the whole of hs2 and also scrap the whole of hs2 and also scrap the whole of net zero. And this , i think, is good news, at least that theyre starting to sort of pave the way by by, you know, delaying the ban on petrol cars, on diesel cars, because theres a clear difference. We all want cleaner air and a better environment that has got nothing to do with the madness of net zero and Climate Change. Thats about technology. Thats about investing in a proportionate , affordable way. Proportionate, affordable way. So look , the truth is that the so look, the truth is that the government is terrified of what their own voters are saying. Theyre saying, actually, we rather like what reform is saying, imitation is the best form of flattery. Richard tice and you would say that you have inspired the conservative party. But im thinking particular. Thinking uxbridge in particular. The to that by election the reaction to that by election was shot across the bows, was a real shot across the bows, wasnt well and what else wasnt it . Well and what else have they done . Is it is it just that its we live in the era, dont we, of focus groups that theyve some theyve commissioned some research, have research, maybe 30 people have said very popular and said this isnt very popular and then changed their policy. Then they changed their policy. It wheres the it just feels wheres the wheres values at the heart wheres the values at the heart of it . Those who understand what those of who understand what really the really is going on in the economy, real people economy, how real people actually suffering actually feel, the suffering that theyre experiencing. I dont focus group to tell dont need a focus group to tell me in my gut, in my me that. I know in my gut, in my heart that difference between heart that if difference between right wrong net zero has right and wrong net zero has been the start. Weve been wrong from the start. Weve had the courage to say it. And actually, people actually, finally, some people are actually saying, yeah, do you what tice is right yet you know what tice is right yet again . Couldnt even even again . But we couldnt even even if they were going to press ahead it, richard, how ahead with it, richard, how could possibly get this . Ahead with it, richard, how cou getting possibly get this . Ahead with it, richard, how cou getting all sibly get this . Ahead with it, richard, how cou getting all these |et this . Ahead with it, richard, how cou getting all these |et thoilers getting all these gas boilers torn peoples homes when torn out of peoples homes when theres no provision for alternatives and the ones that they far too expensive. Theres a simple expression in life. It aint broke, theres a simple expression in lifefix it aint broke, theres a simple expression in lifefix it. Aint broke, theres a simple expression in lifefix it. Yeah, roke, theres a simple expression in lifefix it. Yeah, perfectly dont fix it. Yeah, perfectly decent gas boilers work a treat. There are 23 million them. There are 23 million of them in British Homes and heat pumps in British Homes and heat pumps in most homes across the United Kingdom. Apart from relatively new ones or very modern ones , new ones or very modern ones, frankly, so forget frankly, are useless. So forget the heat pumps , keep the gas the heat pumps, keep the gas boilers. And heres the other thing, though. The real damage thatis thing, though. The real damage that is being done is that almost no money is being invested in cleaner fuels for fossil fuel Combustion Engine cars. Fossil fuel Combustion Engine cars. No fossil fuel Combustion Engine cars. No money is being invested in Combustion Engines to make them cleaner. And the like. So them cleaner. And the like. So the Automotive Industry is all over the place. Now. What do we do . Im glad you mentioned automotive because ford has warned that pushing back on a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035 would undermine business certainty because of course theres the clamour to invest clamour for them to invest in because absolutely sure because they absolutely sure after to go because they absolutely sure after this to go because they absolutely sure after this route, to go because they absolutely sure after this route, theyveo go down this route, theyve invested a load of cash and now actually rather like were seeing the rest of seeing across the rest of europe, governments are realising wrong thing realising its the wrong thing to do. Voters dont want it. The to do. \capacitynt want it. The to do. \capacity cant|nt it. The to do. \capacity cant|nt it. Tiit grid capacity cant sustain it and so theyre pushing back on it. But its shocking, though, isnt it . As you say, what does business need above all else . It needs certainty. Anybody financially planning for an industry, business, it industry, for a business, it doesnt a doesnt matter if youre a shopkeeper creating shopkeeper or youre creating electric cars to great fanfare for you. Wake up this morning and the direction of travel has for changed our our travel needs and look, its a good thing stabilising. Stabilising. Lets hope the Prime Minister does actually say has been does actually say what has been what been leaked here. But what has been leaked here. But i also say, you know what, in business, the first loss is the best loss. Dont pour good money after bad. The reality after bad. Thats the reality here. Net zero is a catastrophe for british jobs. Here. Net zero is a catastrophe for british jobs. Look at the for british jobs. Look at the jobs that are being sacrificed on the altar of net zero down at port talbot. Im going down there today to talk to steelworkers, to talk to union reps , because that is the real reps, because that is the real pain. Thousands of skilled manual capturing jobs, decent jobs , communities ripped apart jobs, communities ripped apart by the madness of net zero. And if they hadnt stepped in with a government grant of 500 million steelmaking would probably vanished in this country forever. Completely. And its utter madness. You need blast furnaces to the strongest, highest to make the strongest, highest quality steel and to ensure that we are weve got security in steelmaking. Weve got to talk about blair because he moved the strings of the trip yesterday to paris for mr sir keir starmer. He saw macron. We now know that europe, france and germany are offering what they call a four tier europe, which wed have to pay into. We can follow eu , but macron sorry, starmer eu, but macron sorry, starmer wants to get us back in by hook or we can see the or by crook. We can see the direction travel flop. Direction of travel flip flop. Starmer be trusted on starmer cant be trusted on anything he says he doesnt want freedom wants freedom of movement. He wants open he wants mass open borders. He wants mass immigration. He says doesnt immigration. He says he doesnt want in the single want to go back in the Single Market or the Customs Union. Hes to take us in there, hes going to take us in there, not front but not through the front door, but sneakily sky. Snively through the back door. Thats what this is all about. And whether its three tiers or four tiers, however you want to dress them up, we the direction of up, we know the direction of travel. What we should be doing is brexit properly rather is doing brexit properly rather than actually want to than saying actually, i want to reverse the back doon its such a risky policy. This its such a risky strategy, lets say by starmer in the run up to the next election. Weve said here really all the polls show that given the disruption and the turmoil of the last few years, all he had to do was just do nothing controversial, and he would have all over do nothing controversial, and he w0lplace. E all over do nothing controversial, and he w0lplace. But all over do nothing controversial, and he w0lplace. But by all over do nothing controversial, and he w0lplace. But by clearlyl over the place. But by clearly nailing the eu nailing his colours to the eu mast, what is he doing . Is he trying to appeal to the remainers because somebody needs to majority to remind him that the majority of people voted for brexit. Hes trying to to hes trying to appeal to islington and to the westminster village, that village, forgetting that actually voters out in actually the core voters out in the real world, they dont want this. They want brexit to be done properly to get on with it, to take advantage of the opportunities. In a sense, hes actually making my job easier because the divide is now there for to see. Youve got for all to see. Youve got starmer wanting to go back in. Youve got the tories is utterly hopeless, not doing brexit properly with properly and reform uk with a clear plan do brexit properly clear plan to do brexit properly to britain great again. To make britain great again. That you cant and we know that you cant underestimate the role of blair in this, richard, because in all of this, richard, because hes backstop, a backseat hes a backstop, hes a backseat driver. Of his driver. Hes got lots of his people Keir Starmers people in. Keir starmers private putting private office. Hes putting lots of strings. And we know blair is devastated by the result of the referendum. Hes never to terms with and never come to terms with it and wants to get us back. And look, we have to face this. If we have to fight it this. And if we have to fight it all again, we will do that all over again, we will do that in run to the general in the run up to the general election. Were standing everywhere people then election. Were standing everyahere people then election. Were standing everya genuine, people then election. Were standing everya genuine, genuine then election. Were standing everya genuine, genuine choice1 have a genuine, genuine choice going blair, going back to tony blair, though, lets remember that its tony said whatever we tony blair who said whatever we do makes no do on net zero makes no difference to Climate Change. He did, because the growth in emissions in china every year is greater than our total annual emissions. People seem to have forgotten. Thats the one sensible thing. Tony blair has said. We dont agree with him. So what is he up to then . Whats blair up to . Why is he meddling in all this money . Theres a lot of money to be made. Power of money to be made. Hes power and money. Of money to be made. Hes power anclook,ay. Of money to be made. Hes power anclook, hes the puppet master. Look, hes the puppet master. Hes strings. Hes hes pulling the strings. Hes delighted complete delighted at the complete horlicks conservatives have horlicks the conservatives have made almost everything in the made of almost everything in the country. Nothing works. So hes made job easier. On on made labours job easier. On on on hand and so hes giving on one hand and so hes giving starmer help. He thinks its starmer help. He thinks its great. Its a bit, frankly , like great. Its a bit, frankly, like a bit like barack obama helping joe biden and hes finally thinks hes almost back with a tory number 10 blair doesnt he . Lets hope not. Well, thank you. Right now, john lewis and waitrose have said that britain is seeing an epidemic of shoplifting, reporting the highest levels of theft decade. Theft in a decade. The British Consortium the British Retail Consortium estimates of theft in the British Retail Consortium esti sector of theft in the British Retail Consortium esti sector has of theft in the British Retail Consortium esti sector has reached heft in the British Retail Consortium esti sector has reached £1 t in the sector has reached £1 billion a year. Thats right. Data shows that cleveland, which is one of the 20 most districts in 20 most deprived districts in england, worst area england, is the worst area afflicted by crime in the uk. So were going to talk now to the police and crime commissioner for cleveland, steve turner. Steve turner, its a huge problem. Its a particularly big problem in your constituency. Are you going to tell us its because people in your district are poorer than in other parts of the country , or other parts of the country, or is there just not enough Police Officers . Officers . Its neither of those two things. Its far too simple to try and lay that at one door or the other. I think in cleveland what we have is high, high areas of deprivation , low levels of of deprivation, low levels of educational attainment, poor housing, stock. Weve got a drug housing, stock. Weve got a drug problem as well here in cleveland thats higher than many. And weve weve got challenges that our Police Forces face in terms of demand. Weve got high rates of crime in a number of areas. And thankfully, were making vast improvements as a force and were really starting to get a grip with some of these challenges that our communities face. But its really not as simple as not enough Police Officers or people with not enough money. The thing is, steve, i think when there are so many conflicting effects at the moment, which might be enabling people, lets say enabling people, lets say enabling people to shoplift, its very easy for the police to blame the shop and the shops , to blame the shop and the shops, to blame the police and the viewers at home to blame the scallies who are nicking all the stuff. Some nobody has to take some sort of responsibility, dont they, for this . Because it is out of this . Because it is out of control at the moment. I feel desperately sorry for shop owners right now because they dont feel, i suppose, that they have any powers to stop people, do they . Do they . No, i agree. And i think its no, i agree. And i think its also shoplifting is also a precursor to lots of violence in shops as well. And i used to work in retail myself , so work in retail myself, so i understand the problems that that shop staff face. And here in cleveland, weve weve just commissioned a retail summit. So commissioned a retail summit. So in october, ive invited a number of retailers from across the patch to come in so we can talk about how we Work Together to combat this problem because there is issues of violence, there is issues of violence, there is issues of violence, there is issues of staff safety as as well as the problems we face in shoplifting and the different problems. So the challenges you face in a supermarket can often be from organised crime gangs. Supermarket can often be from organised crime gangs. And weve organised crime gangs. And weve seen down in sussex there working on something called operation pegasus , which sees operation pegasus, which sees major retailers funding information and analysts in the police force to help them combat organised crime. If you work in organised crime. If you work in a convenience store, which is my predominant background , then predominant background, then lots of the theft occurs because people are stealing for a drug habit. For example. Habit. For example. So it will depend on different Police Forces. Steve i dont know what the response is in cleveland, but we know because weve talked to lots of people about this, that some Police Forces simply wont investigate if the investigate shoplifting. If the hall is less than £200, which would be devastating for a very small retailer. £200 could wipe out their profits for the week. Out their profits for the week. Theres no arbitrary figure here in cleveland. If there is a if there is a level of inquiry, our officers will do their very best to follow it up. But there is a demand issue here as well, because going along and viewing some cctv or seeing some cctv and then following up on that investigation, does isnt doesnt hit the criteria for as a as a Major Incident if youve got missing from home, young people or youve got a major Domestic Violence incident going on or an incident in the town centre or a major road traffic incident. So all of those things incident. So all of those things conflict. And so sadly, conflict. And so sadly, retailers get pushed further down because were they report that crime has already happened nine times out of ten, we very rarely get a call that says somethings happening here and now. Its always after the event and therefore its prioritised differently. Its difficult. Its really difficult. Thank you police and crime you so much. Police and crime commissioner cleveland, you so much. Police and crime comm turnerr cleveland, you so much. Police and crime comm turner there. Leveland, you so much. Police and crime comm turner there. Let land, you so much. Police and crime comm turner there. Let usid, you so much. Police and crime commturner there. Let us know steve turner there. Let us know your thoughts. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the email address. Dont anywhere. This address. Dont go anywhere. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. News of weather on gb news. News good morning im alex burkill here with your latest news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales , it is crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as through today eastwards as we go through today with heavy bursts in it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the get to the the time we get to the afternoon, likely be afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts of southeastern england with something bit england with something a bit brighter, perhaps following in behind parts of behind across some parts of northern scotland and northern england, scotland and perhaps but perhaps northern ireland. But also plenty of showers here and some thundery some of them heavy and thundery temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east. But under that rain with a strong winds, its not going to feel that warm, that heavy rain continue across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies than weve had through some recent nights, but still the of some showers, the risk of some showers, particularly around some western parts, coastal parts, perhaps some coastal fringes because the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than have done through some than they have done through some recent could be a recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday that band bit chilly to start first thing on rain rsday that band bit chilly to start first thing on rain rsdaywe that band bit chilly to start first thing on rain rsdaywe through and of rain that we have through today that will have cleared away the east. And so away towards the east. And so its picture for many its a brighter picture for many of tomorrow. Still, though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty showers out plenty of showers to watch out for, into the for, particularly into the afternoon. Across western afternoon. Notice across western parts of scotland here. Were going rain going to have some heavy rain pushing way in and still pushing its way in and still some strong winds here with the risk coastal gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures paper down a temperatures on paper down a degree two compared to today degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news away. Good morning. Its 10 00 away. Good morning. Its10 00 on good morning. Its10 00 on wednesday, the 20th of september. This is britains newsroom on gb news. With me bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Next zero u turn the Prime Ministers promise a better, more proportionate way of reaching net zero, which could mean a delay. We hope so anyway. Mean a delay. We hope so anyway. On the ban of new petrol and diesel cars, eu loving sir keir starmer is meeting with the french president , emmanuel macron. Yesterday was brokered by none other than surprise, surprise tony blair and double doctors strike for the first time. Junior doctors and consulting are taking part in joint strike joint strike action over pay. The government is planning, as a result, to introduce minimum service staffing levels. Service staffing levels. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the email address. First though in the newsroom. Rhiannon jones. Though in the newsroom. Rhiannon jones. Good morning. Jones. Good morning. Itsjust jones. Good morning. Its just gone 10 00. Your top stories from the newsroom. The governments plan to deal with inflation is working. Thats according to the chancellor data out this morning shows the rate of inflation fell to 6. 7 in august, down from 6. 8 in july. The bank of england had predicted the figure to increase to more than 7. It comes ahead of another expected Interest Rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th in Interest Rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks15th in a row. Chancellor jeremy hunt says row. Chancellorjeremy hunt says despite the fall inflation action is still too high. The path to lowering inflation is never easy because it doesnt happen in a straight line. But if you look at the overall picture since it peaked last autumn, it is now down 40. And that says the plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their fuel pnces shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue to stick to that plan, deliver the Prime Ministers pledge and the bank of englands target, get it right to down 2. Consultants and Junior Doctors are holding their first ever joint strike today as they continue to walk out over pay. Thousands of bma medics have stopped work at nhs hospitals across england, delaying operations and placing yet more pressure on Britains Health service. Medical chiefs say the service. Medical chiefs say the strike poses the biggest challenge yet to nhs trusts. All challenge yet to nhs trusts. All over the country, Junior Doctors will continue their strike tomorrow and on friday, further joint strikes are planned for october the 2nd and third and fourth. The home secretary says plans by a social media giant to introduce end to end encryption will create a safe haven for. Meta which owns facebook, instagram and whatsapp, plans to make the encryption settings standard on all 1 to 1 chats by the end of the year. SuElla Braverman says the change will hamper efforts by Law Enforcement to carry out vital investigations. Shes calling on the company to work with the government to ensure adequate Safety Measures are in place. Will find a safe haven in Facebook Messenger and instagram direct. They will be able to go dark. The Law Enforcement agencies will not have the access that they have today to stop them, to arrest them , to stop them, to arrest them, to get justice and we will only see child abuse online and in person increase. Increase. The Prime Ministers expected to weaken some of the governments net zero commitments, a move that could risk igniting a row among mps. Hes expected to set out revised plans in a speech this week. It could include weakening the phasing out of gas boilers , as phasing out of gas boilers, as well as delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Some mps petrol and diesel cars. Some mps are reportedly preparing to pen letters of no confidence. This letters of no confidence. This if mr sunak goes ahead with the plan. And some breaking news plan. And some breaking news just in. The Police Officer who shot Chris Cavarra in south london in september last year has been charged with murder. 24 has been charged with murder. 24 year olds. Cavill was killed in Streatham Hill after the car he was driving was followed by an Unmarked Police car with no lights or sirens. This is a developing story and well bring you more on that as we get it. Households across the uk will soon receive their next cost of living payment from the end of next month. Those eligible will receive £300, the second of three payments totalling £900, some pensioners will also receive a further 300 later this year as an addition to the winter fuel payment. The money will be paid out automatically and directly. Me Police Officers and directly. Me Police Officers are being accused of failing to respond to Violent Attacks on retail staff after the criminals fled the scene. A coalition of fled the scene. A coalition of businesses and workers is calling for a commitment to tackling rising crime in shops. It comes amid unprecedented levels of theft. The group wants levels of theft. The group wants it to be made easier to pass on evidence and apprehend and repeat offenders. The former repeat offenders. The former london mayor, Ken Livingstone , london mayor, Ken Livingstone, has been diagnosed with alzheimers at the age of 78. His family says hes being well cared for as he retires from pubuc cared for as he retires from public life. The veteran public life. The veteran politician ran the capital from 2000 to 2008 and was nicknamed red ken for his left wing politics. And the prince of wales says, we need to hang on to optimism and hope in the fight against environmental challenges. Fight against environmental challenges. Is unveiling this years earth shot prize finalists in new york last night. Prince william said theres still a lot of work to be done. The prize aims to discover and scale up groundbreaking solutions to repair for our planet. Groundbreaking solutions to repair for our planet. This is repair for our planet. This is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back over to andrew and. Bev to andrew and. Bev the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says that inflation is still too high despite a fall. This morning. Morning. Well, were going to get all the details of that with our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan with on the money i our plan is working, our plan is working , says our plan is working, says rishi sunak and jeremy hunt. But inflation is still too high. We must ease the pressure on families and businesses can or the government get inflation down below 5 to meet their pledge. Lets have a look at pledge. Lets have a look at some of the numbers here. The Consumer Price index in july was 6. 8. It was expected to go up dunng 6. 8. It was expected to go up during the year to august because of sharp rises in petrol and diesel prices. But it ended and diesel prices. But it ended up going down to 6. 7, which is good news. The cost of living crisis isnt yet over, but its certainly easy internationally. Uk inflation is still quite high. Theres our 6. 7 number in august in the eurozone , august in the eurozone, inflation is averaging 5. 2. In the us , 3. 7, largely due to the us, 3. 7, largely due to cheaper Energy Prices. As every cheaper Energy Prices. As every shopper knows, food Price Inflation is still an issue. There it is still up at 13. 6. There it is still up at 13. 6. The price of a basket of food will cost you 13. 6 more in august than it did in august 2022. But good news is that core inflation is coming down. Whats core inflation . Its inflation. Without food and Energy Prices, as economists try to really understand whats going on in the economy, not least with wage bargaining, much lower core inflation. In august. Bargaining, much lower core inflation. In august. And that inflation. In august. And that means the bank of england may have more scope to keep Interest Rates on hold. Also, this is rates on hold. Also, this is really important. The producer really important. The Producer Price index is now falling. Producer prices are the costs of the inputs that firms need to produce the goods and services they then sell us in august. Producer prices fell by 2. 3. The bank of england will be certainly thinking about these Producer Prices and core inflation when it meets tomorrow. Back in december 2021, Interest Rates were just 0. 1, ultra low emergency measures dunng ultra low emergency measures during the covid pandemic. Theyve gone up 14 times in a row to 5. 25. I think even though inflation has fallen, the bank of england still will raise Interest Rates again tomorrow. Interest rates again tomorrow. But it might be their last increase. Us just briefly, increase. Us just briefly, heres a warning that the oil price, its gone up from 70 a barrel at the start of june to 95 a barrel today. Thats why fuel prices on the forecourts are soaring. Thats why inflation still remains a dangen inflation still remains a danger. So we are an inflation nation. We must stick to our plan, says rishi sunak and jeremy hunt will they hit their 5 target by the end of the year . Maybe. And if they do, it will certainly be good news for the conservative party thank you, liam. Thank you. Now Prime Minister rishi sunak is pushing back against the net zero agenda as he delays the ban on petrol, cars and gas boilers. The chancellor , jeremy hunt, and the chancellor, jeremy hunt, and the home secretary Suella Braverman have both been out and about giving their thoughts on this. Im incredibly proud to be the country that has reduced emissions by more than any other that past net zero into law before any other major country. And only yesterday the Prime Minister said we will continue to reduce emissions, we need to reduce emissions, but we need to reduce emissions, but we need to do so in a way that is proportionate, pragmatic and carries families with us who are finding life extremely difficult at the moment. Its also right that we put Economic Growth and Household Budgets and the cost of living ahead. And fundamentally , were ahead. And fundamentally, were not going to save the planet by bankrupting the british people. So joining us to discuss this is former Health Secretary lord james bethell. Morning, james. Great to see you. I it extraordinary you. I find it extraordinary when i see jeremy hunt sitting there bragging about fact when i see jeremy hunt sitting ther actually, maybe we need to put the brakes a little bit. The brakes on a little bit. Whats your personal take on it . Personal take is that it my personal take is that it is right losing some of this. There is a sense of fairness in the country. People want to know that we arent some ways know that we arent in some ways being being forced to being suckers, being forced to carry our burden when carry more of our burden when the rest of the world arent keeping up. I the politics keeping up. I think the politics of delicate for the of it are quite delicate for the younger generation, are extremely concerned by Climate Change a of families. Change as are a lot of families. And think theyve to walk and i think theyve got to walk a very delicate line a very, very delicate line between making pragmatic economic decisions and delicate political decisions. The cost of living crisis is the Biggest Issue facing this government for sure, and the cost of living crisis means a lot of families simply cant contemplate the cost of this dash to net zero, which starts in 2026 and 2030 with boilers and getting rid of petrol cars. They cant simply afford it for sure. And every quarter, when those Energy Prices come out of your bank account. Yeah, you know, you really, really notice it. And households up and down the country are feeling the pain and they want to know that their politicians get it and understand how much households are paying in terms of their energy. That said , i have found energy. That said, i have found the electorate do take a long view as well, and they can all see after this long, hot summer that our climate is changing and they do want to see leadership. They do want to see leadership. And its a question of getting the balance right. And thats why i think both rishi and jeremy have hit the right kind of zone on this. Even tony blair said theyve rushed to net zero by 2050 is pointless in this country because while china are building coal fired power stations, while china are ignoring Climate Change. And what are brazil doing . What are india doing . What america is doing, our contribution is piddling and pitiful. And he said, frankly, not worth it. Im not sure thats entirely right. I do feel a sense of resentment that the big carbon producers like china and brazil arent doing enough. They arent arent doing enough. They arent turning around, theyre not doing anything well. They are doing anything well. They are doing some things. Theyre creating electric cars and things that. Youre things like that. But youre right, building out right, they still building out their coal fired stations. Right, they still building out thei|i coal fired stations. Right, they still building out thei|i worryoal fired stations. Right, they still building out thei|i worry a l fired stations. Right, they still building out thei|i worry a loted stations. Right, they still building out thei|i worry a lot abouttions. Right, they still building out thei|i worry a lot about whether and i worry a lot about whether thats the big thing. But thats really the big thing. But if were going to show any kind of leadership, were going to be able put any kind of pressure able to put any kind of pressure on other countries to step up to their have their responsibilities, we have to some sort of to do that from some sort of example. We cant go mad and example. But we cant go mad and break the bank in trying to create a moral high ground for this. So i think that whats been announced today is proportion and under along the right lines. Right lines. What have you got . What have you got . I have just changed from my big box like Land Rover Discovery to an electric chincochento and im getting used to plugging it into the lamppost and enjoying the acceleration right. Acceleration right. Can we talk about doctors and consultants striking on pressing rented amounts of striking going on this week in the nhs . So difficult for patients . It felt like i dont know where i get this impression from, but the nhs was starting to maybe turn a bit of a corner post pandemic. Doctors were working really hard to get those waiting lists down. This is going to be two steps forward, three steps back, isnt it . Bev i think hit the nail bev i think you hit the nail on the head. There was a sense of collective endeavour try of collective endeavour to try to in innovation to start to bring in innovation to start hitting waiting lists hitting those waiting lists hard. And there were signs that a lot of it was was beginning to work. Suddenly ambulance waits are right down. And in terms of some of the diagnostic waits, theyre coming on better and then get hit by this double then we get hit by this double bubble be under no bubble strike and be under no illusion. The combination of Junior Doctors and senior doctors being on strike at the same time throws a massive spanner the works that will spanner in the works that will cost a lot of lives and will hold up the whole system. So are you blaming if people die . Is the bmas fault . Is the bmas fault . Is the bmas fault . I dont. Its very difficult in health to blame any one person for a death. I dont that kind of finger pointing i think is unhelpful. But i dont agree with the bma that problems that will result from the strikes are due to some kind of long term trend. I think these specific strikes will have a huge impact on lives and on the performance. This is political, isnt it, because we know the bma have accepted in scotland, which is managed by a different political persuasion government, the snp , persuasion government, the snp, a 17 pay deal over two years. Theyre still demanding a 35 in england. Difference being tory government, which they want to destroy. Destroy. Im i am baffled about the bma and senior consultants motivations. There is clearly motivations. There is clearly a big gap here. 17 other Health Health groups have agreed quite modest increases in wages. How can the Health Secretary look them in the eye after giving a socking great big wage increase to the bma and to the senior consultants who are the highest paid . And there isnt a discussion as there would be if you or i were having a salary negotiation about increases in productivity, about changes in the way of working practise in terms of trying to achieve common goals. And this is a common goals. And this is a brutal Old Fashioned pay negotiation , an going toe to negotiation, an going toe to toe. And frankly , it doesnt toe. And frankly, it doesnt speak well of the leadership positions in the nhs for professionals on big packages who will have substantial lifetime earnings to be holding the whole system to ransom like this. You see, i was talking to some doctors about this this week and i always think its so interesting to go to the people on the frontline to take some of the politics out of it, actually, to just look the actually, to just look at the human these stories. The doctors that i spoke to who were striking are those who are look, in are saying, look, im in orthopaedics, im in dermatol erg, in erg, you know, im in paediatrics or whatever. And erg, you know, im in paed say, s or whatever. And erg, you know, im in paed say, well, vhatever. And erg, you know, im in paed say, well, a atever. And erg, you know, im in paed say, well, a lot len and erg, you know, im in paed say, well, a lot of. And erg, you know, im in paed say, well, a lot of thed they say, well, a lot of the stuff to do, we stuff that we wanted to do, we werent really allowed to do it for pretty much two years. Dufing for pretty much two years. During the pandemic, ourjob wasnt to wasnt considered to be particularly at that particularly important at that time became nothing time when it became the nothing but service. So theres but covid service. So theres almost sense now in which almost like a sense now in which theyre with the theyre so angry with the government own jobs theyre so angry with the gove|madet own jobs theyre so angry with the gove|made to own jobs theyre so angry with the gove|made to feel own jobs theyre so angry with the gove|made to feel unimportant were made to feel unimportant dunng were made to feel unimportant during their own specialism was unimportant during that time. And their their lists are and their their their lists are so long. Those are the ones who were striking, who were striking, the ones who arent saying arent striking are saying we have and we need have this huge list and we need to got patients who are in to ive got patients who are in pain. Got patients who are pain. Ive got patients who are the dermatologists, children who cant at night because cant sleep at night because their itchy. So i their skin is so itchy. So i cannot leave those people. So i think all of this comes down to just individual choice as well as the unions, doesnt it . And somehow to bring somehow somebody has to bring together all those conflicts and emotions because it is emotional for doctors. If you are right that a lot of this is very personal and we say the strike actually strike adherence is very , very uneven. Adherence is very, very uneven. Some foundations have hardly anyone out on strike. Some have have a lot. And there are individual motivations in all of this. My experience is and by the way, the experience of the questionnaires that we did in the nhs is that during the pandemic , a lot of pandemic, a lot of professionals, as you say , had professionals, as you say, had to be agile and do jobs that werent in their usual job definition. But actually we got a very positive response because of the sense of collective action and i admire enormously our doctors and consultants for the incredible work they did. You know, my friend was a heart surgeon and he worked in an icu, not something he trained for , not something he trained for, but he learnt the skills and stepped up to the challenge. And that i hugely admire what i dont understand is this deliberate decision to coordinate strikes in a way that hits the waiting list operation as hard as it possibly could. And this is why steve barclay, your former boss, said yesterday that they will now bnng yesterday that they will now bring forward minimum Service Level legislation. Now, weve heard this in lots of other sectors. Are they really going to get on and do it . Because we keep hearing ministers saying it all. It seems all. Bethel and it never seems to happen. Well, andrew, i regret having to bring in additional regulations in order to cope with todays strike. Its clumsy. It doesnt do anything to improve relationships. Ultimately, were relationships. Ultimately, were all going to have to Work Together more. We depend on doctors and consultants, and i admire them for the work they do. But i think we have reached that point. What what is happening today is unconscionable. It is to my mind, immoral and taxpayers, voters, patient base should expect more from the professionals who lead our clinical delivery. And if clinical delivery. And if necessary, we should bring in regulations to make sure that the minimum service is there, which would stop a lot of these people going on picket lines and withdrawing their labour. Well, it if they it will make sure that if they want to make a protest on their wages, patient, they arent the ones suffer. Wages, patient, they arent the onewont suffer. Wages, patient, they arent the onewont suffejust leave and wont they just leave and go private . Theyll go and work for the service. The private service. I hear a lot of, of you know, i hear a lot of, of people wanting to move to australia. That is not my experience. When i talk to clinical professionals, they generally hugely enjoy work generally hugely enjoy the work. They do, the culture in the nhs is not good. The workplace is. They often complain about the rigid city, the rosters, the, the bureaucracy , but they the, the bureaucracy, but they greatly enjoy the work. And the greatly enjoy the work. And the nhs is a fantastically well resourced place to do that work. You get the private and you have a whole different set of constraints. So i think most would prefer either to stay in the nhs or to do blend of the nhs or to do the blend of work most of them do. We work that most of them do. We just need to make sure that we give them the working environment deserve. Environment that they deserve. James bethell, the thats james bethell, the former minister. Thanks former health minister. Thanks so coming always so much for coming in. Always good to you. Good to talk to you. Still to come, sir keir now still to come, sir keir starmer is meeting with french president macron. President emmanuel macron. Yesterday was brokered by none other blair. Might other than tony blair. Why might that be . Is this a brexit betrayal through the back door, let us know. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Betrayal through the back door, let us knornewsiews gbnews. Com. Betrayal through the back door, let us knornews britainsnews. Com. Betrayal through the back door, let us knornews britains newscom. Betrayal through the back door, let us knornews britains news. m. Channel looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Good morning, im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday, theres also the risk of some thunder for some us as a band of rain for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with bursts it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the get to the the time we get to the afternoon, be afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts southeastern affecting parts of southeastern england with something a bit brighter, perhaps following in behind across some parts of northern scotland and northern england, scotland and perhaps northern ireland, but also of showers here and also plenty of showers here and some of them heavy and thundery. Temperatures should around temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain with the strong winds , its not with the strong winds, its not going to feel that warm that heavy rain continues across parts the south east as we go parts of the south east as we go through this evening, parts of the south east as we go through this evening , eventually through this evening, eventually clearing away towards east clearing away towards the east overnight. It, clearer overnight. Behind it, clearer skies weve had through skies than weve had through some recent nights, but still the showers, the risk of some showers, particularly around some western parts, coastal particularly around some western parts, as coastal particularly around some western parts, as well, coastal particularly around some western parts, as well, because tal particularly around some western parts, as well, because of the fringes, as well, because of the clearer skies , temperatures are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto kies , temperatures are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto drop temperatures are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto drop aamperatures are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto drop a little � atures are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto drop a little bitres are fringes, as well, because of the cleareto drop a little bit lowers going to drop a little bit lower than they have done through some recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. Band on thursday morning. That band of through of rain that we have through today will have cleared of rain that we have through todaytowards. L have cleared of rain that we have through todaytowards the we cleared of rain that we have through todaytowards the east. Zared of rain that we have through todaytowards the east. And so away towards the east. And so its brighter for many its a brighter picture for many of tomorrow. Though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty showers out plenty of showers to watch out for, particularly into the afternoon. Notice across western parts here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have someere. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavyre afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing in and still pushing its way in and still some winds here with the some strong winds here with the risk of coastal gales. Temperatures paper down a temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as mornings from 930 on gb news is. Its 1025 with britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pearson bev turner lots of you getting in touch on lots of issues. Doctors in particular. Kevin in northumberland says the vision of so called doctors who took an oath to do no harm singing and smiling, waving flags while the people they vow to help, vow to help, are living in pain due to cancelled operations. While they disgust me and theyre a disgrace. Thats in northumberland. Me and theyre a disgrace. Tthink in northumberland. Me and theyre a disgrace. Tthink lot in northumberland. Me and theyre a disgrace. 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Looked very much like now, it looked very much like a match paris when a love match in paris when french saying french president macron saying that leader sir keir that labour leader sir keir starmer has the moral authority to Prime Minister after their to be Prime Minister after their meeting yesterday. Meeting yesterday. Who is he to say that, frankly . And seems we know in frankly . And it seems we know in fact the matchmaker none fact, the matchmaker was none other former Prime Minister other than former Prime Minister and arch remainer tony blair, whos ever come terms whos never, ever come to terms with the result of the referendum. He wants to go referendum. He wants to us go back so this a brexit back in. So is this a brexit betrayal by the back door . Betrayal by the back door . France and germany talking about a four tier member membership of the European Union. So lets get the European Union. So lets get the thoughts professor anand the thoughts of professor anand menon, uk, menon, the director of uk, in a changing europe. Morning, anand. Good to see you. Is this going to be a brexit betrayal by the back door . It certainly looks like its moving in that direction. Its moving in that direction. I mean, to be honest, absolutely not, because the one thing that keir starmer is about all things, and particularly about brexit, i think is cautious and all hes talking about when it comes to the european is a little bit European Union is a little bit of tinkering the edges of of tinkering around the edges of bofis of tinkering around the edges of boris deal, nothing of tinkering around the edges of boris than deal, nothing of tinkering around the edges of boris than that. Deal, nothing of tinkering around the edges of boris than that. Hes nothing of tinkering around the edges of boris than that. Hes explicitly more than that. Hes explicitly ruled Single Market ruled out Single Market membership, Customs Union membership, Customs Union membership , membership, Customs Union membership, anything like that. Hes simply talking about some very, very light touch fixes, as he would see it, to what Boris Johnson agreed to put forward this proposal. And i do have read about it whereby countries can be almost as associate members of the European Union, which would European Union, which would mean theyd have to pay into the European Union, theyd have to accept eu laws. And of course it would mean Free Movement of people that may be a very attractive to very, very many people in a Labour Government. I include that the leader keir include in that the leader keir starmer , who was the architect starmer, who was the architect of the second referendum plan. Of the second referendum plan. Well, i mean several things about the paper that came out yesterday. The first thing to note is it really it wasnt a paper that was meant to be about us. It was a paper essentially about how they deal with the challenge enlarging to challenge of enlarging to countries we countries like ukraine. We were a of afterthought one a sort of afterthought in one paragraph the end. And paragraph towards the end. And yes, did talk about yes, they did talk about associate membership , but associate membership, but i think authors of think a lot of the authors of that have gone on today that report have gone on today in public say its all very in public to say its all very hypothetical because keir starmer single starmer has ruled out Single Market clearly market membership. So clearly this keir this is not something that keir starmer at the moment at least is willing to countenance because he said thats simply not something on agenda. You would prefer him to go further you . Further though, wouldnt you . Well i dont think my preference is one way or the other. What i would say, though, is i think what hes doing is trying to respect what he sees as brexit, red lines around freedom about freedom of movement, about britain a rule taker britain being a rule taker across the board and saying, what id like to do is try and make the deal. We have work a little bit better. And what he what hes proposing steps to what hes proposing are steps to make transport of live make the transport of live animals and Meat Products across borders a little bit easier than they would otherwise be. Its not an absolute game changer. Itll make the life of some farmers traders a little bit farmers and traders a little bit easier are. Easier than they currently are. Thats all. Easier than they currently are. Thaso all. Easier than they currently are. Thaso as. Easier than they currently are. Thaso as the director of uk in so as the director of uk in a changing europe, what would you like to see our relationship be with europe as we go forward . And with that in mind, who would you like to see in number 10 . Well, as the director of uk in a changing europe, sadly im not allowed to express personal opinions because were simply meant to assess whats going on, not try lobby in favour not to try and lobby in favour of outcome or other. Of one outcome or the other. I would like, if you really want to know a little bit of honesty about what brexit means what about what brexit means and what people from brexit. So if people intend from brexit. So if you take Keir Starmers proposals, what proposals, for instance, what i find is the subtext find frustrating is the subtext to this is the labour party saying we are going to tackle the problem of growth by improving our relationship with the European Union. The sorts of things that the labour party is proposing will have proposing will not have a massive impact on growth. We know where the Brexit Impact comes from, it from being comes from, it comes from being outside Single Market. For outside the Single Market. For some legitimately outside the Single Market. For some outside legitimately outside the Single Market. For some outside the legitimately outside the Single Market. For some outside the single mately outside the Single Market. For some outside the Single Market being outside the Single Market makes sense because theyre opposed movement. Opposed to freedom of movement. Theyre paying money theyre opposed to paying money to European Union, theyre to the European Union, theyre opposed being a rule taker. Opposed to being a rule taker. But we at least be clear but we should at least be clear and honest and about what and honest and open about what the this debate are. The terms of this debate are. And they are a trade off between political autonomy and trade. Political autonomy and trade. Therefore, growth. Therefore, Economic Growth. Just briefly, what do you make tony blair is make of the fact tony blair is looming large behind the scenes . Many a lot of his former staff work, as you know, in Keir Starmers private office. And its clear he helped its pretty clear he helped broker meeting macron broker that meeting with macron , which was quite a coup for starmer to be in the in starmer to be there in the in the elysee palace with the french president. French president. I mean, tony blair certainly has influential friends in high places. Theres no doubt about that. And hes certainly doing what he can to, as he sees it, help keir starmer i dont think we should assume that there is some kind of blairite plot here to take over the labour party under keir starmer. I mean, the fact people worked for fact that people who worked for blair for starmer is blair now work for starmer is neither there. Sure neither here nor there. Im sure there are people who used to work for David Cameron who work in rishi sunaks in or around rishi sunaks number mean, thats just number ten. I mean, thatsjust how parties how Political Parties work. I think fact of the matter is think the fact of the matter is the interesting and important thing visit, thing about the starmer visit, i think, that keir starmer is think, is that keir starmer is trying to prime trying to look Prime Ministerial. Hes ministerial. Now hes, hes gained confidence go out gained the confidence to go out there look, i want there and say, look, i want people to see photos of me with president macron and think me president macron and think of me as of government, not as a head of government, not simply head opposition. Simply as a head of opposition. I that speaks to the fact i think that speaks to the fact that the party is that the labour party is becoming little bit more becoming a little bit more assertive has assertive now than maybe it has been past. Been in the past. Okay. Thank fascinating, okay. Thank you. Fascinating, actually, anand menon actually, professor anand menon there. You. Still to come, there. Thank you. Still to come, were to speak with gb were going to speak with gb news Political Editor christopher impact Christopher Hope on the impact of pushing back against of sunak pushing back against the net agenda. Here is the the net zero agenda. Here is the news. Though, with news. First, though, with rihanna and jones. News. First, though, with rihanna and jones. Good morning i its 1032. Em its 1032. Your top stories from the newsroom. The from the newsroom. The governments plan to deal with inflation is working. According inflation is working. According to the chancellor data out this morning shows the rate of inflation fell to 6. 7 in august. Thats down from 6. 8 in july. The bank of england had predicted the figure to increase to more than 7. It comes ahead of another expected Interest Rate increase tomorrow. It would rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks15th in a rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th in a row. 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Prime minister rishi sunak is pushing back against the net zero agenda, apparently as he delays the ban on petrol cars and gas boilers is saying hes still net by 2050. But the government has not been honest about costs and been honest about the costs and trade of its greens policy. Trade off of its greens policy. But chairman ford uk, but the chairman of ford uk, lisa brankin, has released this statement. Statement. She said our Business Needs three things from the uk government ambition, commitment and consistency. A relaxation of 2030 would undermine all three, but our chris hope joins us now. Hes in westminster. Christopher hope this is going to be cheered by the majority of tory mps, even if it has upset ford. Uk and i think it will be cheered by the majority of people watching this program and listening to. Yeah , i think were finally yeah, i think were finally seeing a bit of the kind of tory right wing side to the pm. Rishi sunak thats been missing for most of the year. We been sitting with these five targets andrew and bev havent that andrew and bev havent we, that the would deliver on the pm said he would deliver on halving inflation. The small boats, cutting waiting times, cutting debt and so on. But thats really kind of almost operational. Chief operational. Thats chief operating for stuff, not operating officer for stuff, not the actual strategy , the kind of the actual strategy, the kind of where im next as prime where im going next as Prime Minister and now were seeing actually what he believes in, which lets not which is saying lets not sacrifice this. The home home budgets against the issue of net zero. And i think thats why i think many are applauding it, of course, having lots of critics out there and the whatsapps are getting really, really the tory whatsapps are really somewhat upset the moment. Upset at the moment. It does also raise an issue of trust, though. Christopher i think because if the electorate believed that rishi sunak has just done this in response to what feels like a mood in the air about the British Public becoming a little bit infuriated by these sort of punitive measures on us and how we wish to live our lives being potentially imprisoned with the energy bill. If youve got the wrong type of boiler or log burner in your house, can we trust him that if he gets in on this ticket, that he doesnt then back to the globalist then go back on to the globalist agenda still aspire to the agenda and still aspire to the 2030 and the 2050 deadline . How does convince us he really does he convince us he really means it . Means it . Well, thats quite i mean, its whether you believe in what rishi sunak is saying, isnt it . I mean, i guess he is now saying theyve looked at the result of theyve looked at the result of the uxbridge by election how the uxbridge by election see how the uxbridge by election see how the seemed push the ulez vote seemed to push votes towards tories in votes towards the tories in a seat which labour thought they were hes were going to win. And hes trying that on a national trying to do that on a national level. Now. It comes on a day, level. Now. It comes on a day, of course, when Interest Rates are when inflation, are when we see inflation, forgive inflation falling forgive me, inflation falling back quite thats back and thats quite thats encouraging. May saying encouraging. So he may be saying hes some clear hes trying to draw some clear water here between labour water here between the labour and the tories, but there is some real upset behind the scenes amongst Senior Tories publicly only a few have broken coven publicly only a few have broken cover. Alok sharma we heard earlier chris skidmore. But earlier chris skidmore. But these tory mps behind the scenes are really upset about this. They think theyre giving a real a real gift here to labour. But of course tories will of course the tories will say, well the chance put well heres the chance to put household ads before household ads first before saving planet. Saving the planet. Arent of those mps who arent some of those mps who are complaining, the are complaining, chris, the usual suspects wed expect zac usual suspects . Wed expect Zac Goldsmith put the boot in. He goldsmith to put the boot in. He resigned government resigned from the government because said it wasnt because he said it wasnt committed enough to green issues. Rishi sunak support. And what rishi sunak support us is this is about us can say is this is about sticking up for people who are struggling the cost of living crisis. Thats right. Thats what he will say. And we dont know when that speech might be. Andrew, the rumours here in in westminster, could as soon westminster, it could be as soon as that, of course, would as today. That, of course, would see speech him bounced see the speech him being bounced into after the leaks into giving it after the leaks to the bbc overnight, but more likely to be later this week. To the bbc overnight, but more likeiwhat 3e later this week. To the bbc overnight, but more likeiwhat 3e idoesthis week. To the bbc overnight, but more likeiwhat 3e idoes say, neek. To the bbc overnight, but more likeiwhat3e idoes say, izek. To the bbc overnight, but more likeiwhat3e idoes say, i think we but what he does say, i think we are now seeing for me the beginning of the early salvos in the 2024 general election campaign. We finally have got some some some idea from mr sunak what he believes in on a kind of right wing, left wing basis, and thats probably to be applauded by a lot of tory mps. All right. Thank you, chris. All right. Thank you, chris. Long overdue. Long overdue. I hope theyre down at downing street right. Our guests are the studio this are here in the studio this morning feisty debate. Morning for some feisty debate. Director common sense director of the common sense society, emma webb, former labour round general labour mp and all round general mischief thrown out of the mischief maker thrown out of the common sense society. Common sense society. Im amazed they let you in. Im amazed they let you in. Did they ever let you in on probation . Yes. Yes. Well, is this a big this is a big move, isnt it . Politically Stephen Pound and its going to put labour under the spotlight because are going because they are not going to agree theyve agree with this because theyve already as reckless already described it as reckless and irresponsible. Another flip flop from its another flip flop from rishi, isnt it . The master your leaders, the master of flip subject . Flip flops on the subject . I just wanted something really weird on the weather forecast. You weve been forecast. You know, weve been battered hurricane at the battered by a hurricane at the moment. Its called hurricane lee. The lee. And next week, the hurricane coming, its hurricane thats coming, its called hurricane nigel. Now, does that what happened to em . Well, no , anderson well, you know, no, anderson farage has gb news infiltrated the meteorological office. Sorry, im not a great conspiracy theorist, but we have power beyond our size. Let me power beyond our size. Let me tell you that on this particular one, i think, andrew, you said the right thing for to say, well, give us some certainty. Its as if the dentist is drilling root canal surgery and halfway through the agony, he says no, i says, oh, actually, no, i changed mind. Dont bother. Changed my mind. Dont bother. Weve bullet. Weve changed my mind. Dont bother. Wevethrough bullet. Weve changed my mind. Dont bother. Wevethrough the 3ullet. Weve changed my mind. Dont bother. Wevethrough the paint. Weve changed my mind. Dont bother. Wevethrough the pain barrier. Gone through the pain barrier. Were all ready to, you know, drive for 45. People cant afford to do that. We havent the pain that. So we havent hit the pain barrier were facing the pain barrier we were facing the pain barrier we were facing the pain barrier working barrier and families working class struggling pay class families struggling to pay their , cant pay. Their bills, they cant pay. Is going to kill the patient. Yeah, very good point. Yeah. Yeah, very good point. Yeah. I mean. I mean, mean, i mean. I mean, thats i mean, how can people afford these expensive and expensive expensive boilers and expensive electric expensive boilers and expensive eleywell, i thought it was very well, i thought it was very interesting there, that statement it just i statement from ford. It just i mean, we know that this is the case anyway, but it just reminds us that there are a lot of big businesses are very businesses that are very financially invested in net zero. And so and i love the zero. And so this and i love the headune zero. And so this and i love the headline from the daily mail here that finally some common sense because it is. And i think the fact that rishi has quite rightly said, you know, that we need to put we need we need to although the way that he phrased that, i dont necessarily agree with, but he said that our politics must again put the long term interests of our country before the term political before the short term political needs which is needs of the moment, which is extremely sensible. The only thing that i would pick out of this i think is this that i think is questionable , to the least, questionable, to say the least, is fact that he still is the fact that he still remains. Of course he has to because those short term because of those short term political still political commitments, he still remains committed to net zero by 2050. Well, i think legally theyre legally bound by they are legally bound by they are legally bound by they are legally bound theresa may legally bound by theresa may in legislation, but its now in legislation, but but what is interesting, rather than saying as he could that we could this legislation, could repeal this legislation, maybe if we had another conservative government what this suggests is that the target of 2030 for banning diesel cars , gas boilers and petrol cars was not actually necessary in order to reach the goal of 2050. So this was putting people through unnecessary pain in the short term. Meanwhile, china and short term. Meanwhile, china and all of the other big global polluters just run amok continually increasing their output of co2. So even if you are not sceptical about Climate Change, none of this makes any sense. Yeah. Why do you think how do you think it will be received on a global stage this stage i think parts of the world will simply just look away and say, you know, it simply doesnt m atter. Matter. Its irrelevant to us. But look, i think in terms of the fact that we still have a small little bit of credibility left as nation, which, if anything, as a nation, which, if anything, weve given our language to half the still some the world, we still have some credibility. Look credibility. And people do look to an example, in some to us for an example, in some cases, i think rishi sunak cases, i think what rishi sunak has is hes actually has done is hes actually destroyed own argument by destroyed his own argument by saying about long saying this should be about long term, short term political term, not short term political advantage. Clearly advantage. This is clearly demonic, short advantage. This is clearly demcpolitical short advantage. This is clearly demcpolitical advantage. Hort advantage. This is clearly demcpolitical advantage. But term political advantage. But the point is that makes the point is that emma makes very well i mean, my very well indeed. I mean, my constituents say dont talk constituents who say dont talk to me about im more to me about 2030, im more worried 8 30. And that was worried about 8 30. And that was the but i think the situation. So but i think the situation. So but i think the business with boilers the business with gas boilers thats wall there thats run into a wall there because lot of places because theres a lot of places simply grid. They simply arent on the grid. They cant you cant do that. So i think we need to actually look at electric cars, at that. But electric cars, i mean, im not massively convinced but convinced by electric cars, but im convinced that im not massively convinced that actually for the actually better for the environment in terms of the upstream are pretty upstream costs are pretty massive production the massive. The production of the batteries creation of batteries and the creation of the thats all its the damage, thats all its doing displacing the energy doing is displacing the Energy Production elsewhere. Right. Thats right. Thats right. Batteries , the the lithium batteries, the production batteries production of lithium batteries and lithium the and mining, lithium and the producing is not producing those batteries is not Good Environment at all. Good for the environment at all. You theyre zero you can say that theyre zero emissions the point at emissions from the point at which know youre driving which you know youre driving them. Got to charge them. Youve still got to charge them. Youve still got to charge them. Still to have them. Youve still got to have them. Youve still got to have the electricity. News the electricity. The good news is actually going to is that were actually going to be most somerset into be turning most of somerset into a lithium battery factory. Forget who the mp for so i forget who the mp for nonh so i forget who the mp for North East Somerset is. It might be rees mogg. Be jacob rees mogg. Oh, thats the one. Oh, thats the one. Sure its in his im not sure its in his constituency. Its next constituency. I think its next doon constituency. I think its next door. Think i think door. Next. I think its i think its next door to jacob as much democratic net zero. Democratic support as net zero. Now whats your whats your leader up to. Starmer on leader up to. Yeah. Starmer on brexit. Trying to get us brexit. Hes trying to get us back isnt he . Back in isnt he . Of course he is. He is. He is. And how many times can you say, look, like a say, look, he like me, was a remainer, democrats. Remainer, but were democrats. The spoken. The the country has spoken. The people spoken. Of. The country has spoken. The peo hang spoken. Of. The country has spoken. The peo hang on. Spoken. Of. The country has spoken. The peo hang on. He ken. Of. The country has spoken. The peo hang on. He tried of. The country has spoken. The peo hang on. He tried twice. The country has spoken. The peo hang on. He tried twice to hang on. He tried twice to get a second referendum. How democratic was that . Didnt try. Democratic was that . He didnt try. Democratic was that . He did. Ill try. He did. He did. It he did. It was he did. He did. It was labours he did. It was labours policy and he articulated it as labours brexit spokesman in the last parliament. He was the architect of the second referendum. He was not how democratic was that . Second referendum. He was not hothat ocratic was that . Second referendum. He was not hothat whatc was that . Second referendum. He was not hothat what thiss that . Second referendum. He was not hothat what this story . Second referendum. He was not hothat what this story is what what this story is actually about is something much, much more interesting than having look having a bash at poor keir. Look what whats happening here is europe actually splitting up europe is actually splitting up in we now have, as in many ways. We now have, as you and poland are you know, hungary and poland are in a sort of an outer ring. And now the old Franco German axis are saying, actually want to are saying, we actually want to have onion europe have an onion ring. Europe with an outer and an inner. And one of the consequences of that is you associate you could have associate membership like i could have associate the associate membership of the common but common sense society, but probably and so people probably not so and so people are saying that it would are now saying that it would make economic sense us make good economic sense for us to be associated economically make good economic sense for us to beyouryciated economically make good economic sense for us to beyouryciated eactuallyally with your without actually taking the full ingestion of everything european. But whats happening to europe is much more interesting than what keir starmer is saying. I may say. Starmer is saying. If i may say. What do you make of it . What do you make of it . I mean, europe is obviously in trouble. Dont know whether in trouble. I dont know whether the of being an associate the idea of being an associate member something that is sort member is something that is sort of europe. Of almost the future of europe. But europe a big but regardless, europe is a big black and once you get black hole. And once you get sucked its the sucked into its orbit, the gravity will pull you in the European Union more and more as time goes saps the time goes by. Saps the sovereignty away from nations that close to its orbit or that are close to its orbit or within its orbit, as we previously were. I think that this is from a remainer perspective, smacks of panic. I think that this has been, you know , this has probably been know, this has probably been Keir Starmers intent all along to bring us into some kind of closer relationship with europe doesnt necessarily mean to, you know, maybe im sure he doesnt have a plan explicitly in the near future to try and get us to rejoin the European Union. I rejoin the European Union. I dont think that there would be any. I think even hes smart enough to know that theres not enough to know that theres not enough theres not political appetite for that. What appetite for that. But what hes trying is to us into trying to do is to pull us into closer relationship with his internationalist weve internationalist pals. And weve seen supine seen this strangely supine photograph of him shaking macrons hand where he looks like hes almost pledging fealty to the french king. And he said recently in an interview where he was asked westminster or davos, he immediately , without davos, he immediately, without skipping a beat, said davos, because the because he believes in the International Elite more than he doesin International Elite more than he does in the Democratic Institutions of this country. This is not a man who can be trusted to be Prime Minister and this is not a man who we can trust to be in any kind of position of authority over what sort of role we should play. Sort of role we should play. Know trusted the davos comment was made a long time ago, and the idea that hes doesnt matter. The idea is kissing ring there. Kissing macrons ring there. I think just think thats think i just think thats absolute nonsense. Hes just being hes meeting trudeau being hes also meeting trudeau. But forget all these. But dont forget all these lovely liberals. Boris johnson went and met these went round and met all these when he Prime Minister yeah, when he was Prime Minister yeah, we before he was prime we know. Before he was Prime Minister remember, minister if you remember, you know, actually going know, he was actually going around leading around and every leading politician, potential politician, every potential Prime Minister this country Prime Minister of this country has to say that this has to do that to say that this is some deep , has to do that to say that this is some deep, devious has to do that to say that this is some deep , devious scheme is some deep, devious scheme where going be sucked where were going to be sucked into great black hole. Into this great black hole. Think with respect to its i think with respect to its not nonsense. Its not its not its not conspire. Its not kind of conspire. Its not some kind of complex theory. It is the simple fact that starmer is a self identified international realist. He is. Theres no doubt about that. Theres no argument against that. It is a bad thing because i think that and brexit is , you know, part be a patriot is, you know, part be a patriot and an internationalist. You can and an internationalist. You can it depends. It depends on what it depends. It depends on what you mean. Well, it depends. If youre a patriot is a person who actually looks for the best interests their country. Interests of their country. Idea that we are not the idea that we are not going trade with the biggest going to trade with the biggest market, with them how. Now. Yeah, we should be. Yeah, we should be. Come not not nearly as come on. Not not nearly as freely as we were before. The idea shouldnt be part idea that we shouldnt be part of and erasmus and the of horizon and erasmus and the intellectual sharing programs there are we should be there are things we should be doing. A patriot this doing. Im a patriot of this country, but im also an internationalist. Im not a little also, this is little englander also, this is backward as as kemi backward because as as Kemi Badenoch be badenoch is, we should be looking indo pacific. Looking to the indo pacific. Looking to the we should be looking to the parts the world where there parts of the world where there is financial europe is is financial growth. Europe is lagging economy. Its lagging germanys economy. Its not lagging because of brexit. Yeah trading yeah shes talking about trading with ecuador, vietnam. That . Whats wrong with that . Whats and look whats wrong with that . And look at japan. What is japan going to buy apart from their own buy from us apart from their own cars . Buy from us apart from their own carzgermany in recession. Germany is in recession. Germany is in recession. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. The great the great superpower the of the superpower of the of the european is in recession. European union is in recession. Yeah, need to find yeah, i know. So we need to find other markets. Yes, but so they. Well, yes, but so do they. Well, yes, but so do they. Well, yes, but so do they. Well, and theres no reason why we would need to be an associate of the european associate member of the European Union able to union in order to be able to trade wed have to pay in trade and wed have to pay in and wed have to accept Free Movement people. And wed have to accept free moweient people. And wed have to accept free mowe wouldnt ople. And wed have to accept free mowe wouldnt be e. And wed have to accept free mowe wouldnt be able make we wouldnt be able to make any have input into any we wouldnt have input into the of rules that would be the sorts of rules that would be imposed. Impose on imposed. They would impose on them did for them like they did for membership light. Membership of the eu light. Wed have well, i have to say things would be a bit more peaceful on the border of ireland. Right. You, guys for right. Thank you, guys for starting. Didnt get to starting. We didnt even get to the safety bill which the Online Safety bill which well be talking about next time, next few time, right now, in the next few moments, to moments, were going to be asking blairs former asking tony blairs former adviser starmer is adviser whether starmer is planning to weaken we planning to weaken brexit. We are britains news are gb news britains news channel things are channel looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers, sponsors boxt boilers, proud sponsors of news. Of weather on gb news. Morning. Of weather on gb news. Morning. Im of weather on gb news. Morning. Im alex good morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you office on this you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for us as a band of rain for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some bursts in it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the time we get to the afternoon, likely to be afternoon, its likely to be affecting of southeastern affecting parts of southeastern england something england with something a bit brighter, perhaps following in behind parts of behind across some parts of northern scotland, and northern england, scotland, and perhaps ireland, but perhaps northern ireland, but also plenty of showers here and some them heavy thundery some of them heavy and thundery temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east, but under that rain with the strong winds , its not with the strong winds, its not going to feel that warm. That heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing towards the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies weve had through skies than weve had through some nights, but some recent nights, but still the of showers , the risk of some showers, particularly western particularly around some western parts, some coastal parts, perhaps some coastal fringes well , because of the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than have done through some than they have done through some recent could be recent nights. So it could be a bit to start first thing bit chilly to start first thing on morning. That band on thursday morning. That band of that we have through of rain that we have through today have cleared today that will have cleared away and so away towards the east and so its brighter picture for many its a brighter picture for many of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty to watch plenty of showers to watch out for, into the for, particularly into the afternoon. Notice across western parts scotland here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to scotland here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to haveand here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have someere. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavyre afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing its way in and still some winds here with the some strong winds here with the risk of gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures on down temperatures on paper down a degree two compared today degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Heating up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. So weve come this morning sir keir starmer meeting with french president was brokered by the ultimate eu ramona tony blair. During the meeting, starmer told macron that he would seek to build an Even Stronger relationship between the would labour the uk and france. Would labour betray brexit . Dont go anywhere join me. Camilla tominey on sunday mornings from 930, taking the politician to task and breaking out of sw1 to see how their decisions are affecting you across the uk. But ousting the westminster bubble every sunday morning only on gb news, the peoples channel britains watching. Watching. Good morning. Its 11 00 watching. Good morning. Its11 00 on wednesday, the 20th of september. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner net zero u turn. The Prime Minister has promised a better, more proportionate way of reaching net zero. It could mean a delay on the ban of new petrol and diesel cars and a paris bromance. The french president macron says. Sir keir starmer has the moral authority to be Prime Minister after their date yesterday and who is the matchmaker . None other than tony blair, of course. Blair, of course. Wales go slow. The labour run Welsh Governments decision to implement a default 20 miles an hour speed limit on residential roads has sparked out outrage and a huge petition and rewriting history. Childrens book claims that stonehenge was built by, youve guessed it, black britons. Guessed it, black britons. We love to know what you think of all of our stories this morning. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the email. But first, in the newsroom, heres Rhiannon Jones. Good morning. Good morning. Its 11 01. Good morning. Its11 01. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. The from the gb newsroom. The governments plan to deal with inflation is working. According inflation is working. According to the chancellor data out this morning shows the rate of inflation fell to 6. 7 in august. Thats down from 6. 8 in july. The bank of england had predicted the figure to increase to more than 7. It comes ahead of another expected Interest Rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks15th in a rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th in a row. Be the banks15th in a row. Chancellor jeremy be the banks15th in a row. Chancellorjeremy hunt says chancellor jeremy hunt says despite the fall , inflation is despite the fall, inflation is still too high. The path to lowering inflation is never easy because it doesnt happen in a straight line. But if you look at the overall picture since it peaked last autumn , it is now down 40. Last autumn, it is now down 40. And that says the plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their fuel pnces shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue to stick to that plan, deliver the Prime Ministers pledge and the bank of englands target, get it right to down 2. Consultants and Junior Doctors are holding their first ever joint strike today as they continue a walkout over pay or gb news. Reporter sophie reaper is at a picket line outside the manchester Royal Infirmary for us today is strike day as Junior Doctors and consultants have walked out together for the first time in the history of the nhs. Now in the coming days, its anticipated that over 100,000 appointments and operations could well be cancelled. And yet could well be cancelled. And yet it still seems that these strikes have the support of the public. Strikes have the support of the pubuc. A strikes have the support of the public. A new poll has found that 70 of english adults who were asked feel that talks should be reopened and that 63 believe that these professions should receive a pay rise as sophie reaper hour north west of england. Reporter for us there, the home secretary says plans by a social media giant to introduce end to end encryption will create a safe haven for. Meta which owns facebook, instagram and whatsapp, plans to make the encryption settings standard on all 1 to 1 chats by the end of the year. SuElla Braverman says the year. SuElla Braverman says the change will hamper efforts to carry out vital investigations. Shes calling on the company to work with the government to ensure adequate Safety Measures are in place. Cells will find a safe haven on in Facebook Messenger and instagram direct. They will be able to go dark. The Law Enforcement agencies will not have the access that they have today to stop them, to arrest them , to get justice and arrest them, to get justice and we will only see child abuse onune we will only see child abuse online and in person increase the Police Officer who shot chris kaba in south london in september last year has been charged with murder. The 24 year old was killed in Streatham Hill after the car he was driving was followed by an Unmarked Police car with no lights or sirens. The officer hasnt been named. He is due to hasnt been named. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on thursday. Magistrates court on thursday. The Prime Minister is expected to weaken some of the governments net zero commitments, a move that could risk igniting a row among mps. Hes expected to set out, revised plans in a speech this week. It could include weakening week. It could include weakening the phasing out of gas boilers as well as delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Some mps are reportedly preparing to pen letters of no confidence if mr sunak goes ahead with the plan. Sunak goes ahead with the plan. Households across the uk will soon receive their next cost of living payment from the end of next month. Those eligible will receive £300. Thats the second of three payments totalling £900. Some pensioners will also receive a further 300 later this year as an addition to the winter fuel payment. That money winter fuel payment. That money will be paid out automatically and directly. Police officers and directly. Police officers are being accused of failing to respond to Violent Attacks on retail staff after the criminals fled the scene. A coalition of businesses and workers is calling for a commitment to tackle rising crime in shops. It tackle rising crime in shops. It comes amid unprecedented levels of theft. The group wants it to be made easier to pass on evidence and apprehend repeat offenders. The former london offenders. The former london mayor, Ken Livingstone , has been mayor, Ken Livingstone, has been diagnosed with alzheimer at the age of 78. His family say he is being well cared for as he retires from public life. The veteran politician ran the capital from 2000 to 2008, nicknamed red ken for his left wing politics and the prince of wales says we need to hang on to optimism and hope in the fight against environmental challenges. Unveiling this years earthshot prize finalists in new york last night, Prince William said theres still a lot of work to be done. The prize aims to discover and scale up Ground Breaking solutions to repair our planet. This is gb news across planet. This is gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car and Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to andrew and. Bev now its back to andrew and. Bev but its 1106. Lets see what youve been saying at home. Lots of issues. Starmer in france, of course, a big, big story. Starmer in france, of course, a big, big story. Were going to big, big story. Were going to be talking about that in the programme. Still, the great betrayal is underway, says mike. Labour and the treacherous establishment sell us out to establishment was sell us out to the eu. I rather fear they will the eu. I rather fear they will if they can, on net zero as well, davies said. When more people get it into their heads, that net zero will achieve nothing, apart from destroying our economy, they have been even if the have been deluded even if the entirety humanity were to entirety of humanity were to cease emissions of every molecule co2 that would only molecule of co2 that would only amount to about 3 of atmospheric content. We havent seen his speech yet, of course, the Prime Minister was due to rethink, was going make speech on going to make the speech on friday, a leak friday, but there was a leak last so theyre last night, so theyre rushing around could get the around and we could get the speech today or maybe tomorrow. But seem positive , but it does seem positive, although of course a lot of you, of course, would rather get rid of course, would rather get rid of 2050 altogether. But you can thank theresa may for that because she signed it into legislation. Thank you for that i well, the king and queen will be travelling to france today to meet president macron a meet with president macron in a three state visit. Been three day state visit. Hes been busy on after their first trip to france was postponed march to france was postponed in march due to riots. Hes going be the first hes going to be the first British Royal to address the french both french senate. Speaking in both engush french senate. Speaking in both english just like english and french. Just like his late mother. Lets go now to charles rea, former royal correspondent at the on. Morning, the sun on. Good morning, charles. Lovely to see you, as always. Whats the significance always. Whats the significance of the king becoming the first British Royal to address the senate in both language ages . Hes very clever when it comes to languages, isnt he . King charles . Yes, he is. And good morning yes, he is. And good morning to both of you. Yes he is. And its obviously a very interesting that hes going to speak to the senate and speak in both languages. But these visits are, as you well know, andrew, are, as you well know, andrew, are, you know, filled with diplomacy. And its all about strengthening ties between the two countries and france , of two countries and france, of course, is one of our oldest enemies and is now one of our closest friends, although we do seem to have a few problems along the way , and not least of along the way, and not least of all, you know, brexit has strained relationships. So its all designed to do that. But, all designed to do that. But, you know, the fact that the king and queen are there, they will not be involved in discussing anything to do with brexit or Illegal Immigrants coming across this is purely a cosmetic visit that hopefully will lead to some better trade relations between the two countries thereafter, to have dinner at the palace of versailles, charles which is very significant to those of us. You know a little bit about history because of course thats where the last where where the revolution descended. And that was the end of the french monarchy. Courtesy of madame guillotine. Guillotine. Yeah, well, lets hope theres no storming of any palace in this case. And of course , lets also not forget course, lets also not forget that this this visit was put off. It was due in march. It was supposed to be happening then. And it was cancelled because of riots in the french, the french streets. They were supposed to streets. They were supposed to get the honour of the first visit of the new king and queen, which went to germany. Do you think theres any irritation at all, charles, in court circles about the fact keir starmer was there . The day before . Because i would have imagined that the king would have rather have the build up being about all about him and Queen Camilla . Yeah, i think thats probably right. I mean, irritate perhaps a bit, a bit strong. But its a bit, a bit strong. But its youre right, the palace would always want to have the build up based on their people rather than the political build up. And from what i can gather, you know, customers met macron and its supposed to be trying to renegotiate brexit in some form or another. Renegotiate brexit in some form or another. Um, renegotiate brexit in some form or another. Um, whether that or another. Um, whether that comes to pass will have to be wait and see. But i think this will go ahead hopefully without a hitch. Theres some rather entertaining details , charles, entertaining details, charles, about about about King Charless colour. About about about King Charless colour. Three demands while hes in france. Apparently hes ruled out asparagus because its not in season and that hes banned the french from cooking him foie gras because its because of the animal cruelty. He seems quite animal cruelty. He seems quite a bold move. He doesnt mind offending potentially his host by dismissing a french delicacy i well, well, no , i mean, this is well, no, i mean, this is quite common. Beverly, the late queen had exactly the same scenario. I exactly the same scenario. I mean, the principles are always asked what type of food are they happy with, what types of food are they not . I mean, the late queen never ate spaghetti, you know, for obvious reasons, certainly never in public. But for obvious reasons. So yes, they are they are asked about they are they are asked about the menu and there tastes are taken into consideration. We do taken into consideration. We do exactly the same. If macron was to come to come to the uk orjoe to come to come to the uk or joe biden was to come to the uk, its exactly the same scenario. Interesting. Interesting. Will there be any nervousness 7 will there be any nervousness . Of course they are, charles and charles and camilla. Its not quite same. And not quite the same. Glamour and pulling power as the queen. Will they be a little nervous to see how many people charles will actually out to see the actually turn out to see the king and queen on only what is their second state visit . I think thats a very but i think thats a very valid point, andrew. Uh they will be buoyed by the fact that when they went to germany , when when they went to germany, when the french visit was cancelled, they went to germany, which was they went to germany, which was the second part. They did get a good reception, but think good reception, but i think youre absolutely you youre absolutely right. You know , they are a new monarch and know, they are a new monarch and his consort. So they will be hoping that the people will be turning out on the streets for the right reasons and not the wrong reasons. And thatll be watched very carefully , me. Watched very carefully, me. And its just over a year now because just the other day it was the First Anniversary of the queens funeral. How would you mark his first year as monarch . Charles bearing in mind he had the longest apprenticeship of any prince of wales in history. Hes mean, andrew. He has always had and was always going to have a hard act to follow. Theres no question about that. But he hasnt done badly in in that year. I mean, hes hes completed a few things that he wanted to do the slimming down of the royal family, mainly thanks to the controversy with harry and meghan and prince andrew. But hes cut away an awful lot of spending on that point. I just wish he wouldnt go off and ask for ministers to fly up to scotland just so that he can go to a party at night. I dont think thats the wisest thing to do. But on the whole, i would say eight out of ten. So far, you know, he seems to be acing it at the moment. Charles of course, kate , charles is, of course, kate, there are pictures of her in the paper every day looking like shes just wows everybody wherever she goes. Shes an amazing emblem, isnt she, for the royal family. Oh just staggering. I mean, shes exactly like diana. I mean, you could put sackcloth and ashes on diana and the same with catherine. And youd get. Shed look fantastic. Youd get. Shed look fantastic. Those pictures of her with the life vests at the event. She was at the raf the other day were just staggering. The facial expressions on that girl were just fans tastic. And i have to say, her husband isnt doing too badly either. I mean, he is you know, hes doing very, very well as a as the new prince of wales i you, amanda patel writes in the daily mail today, charles, you may have seen it how william is turning into a bit of a hunky pin up all over again. Oh, this is just amazing. He was he he was always a hunky pin up right at the start. And then he sort of fell by the wayside. And to become an a dodi dad and everything else. And now hes becoming pin up again. Becoming a hunky pin up again. You unfortunate you know, its unfortunate things you well things about blokes, as you well know, we never know, andrew, we can never always hunky pin ups. Always be hunky pin ups. Sometimes weve just got to be normal dodi blokes. Normal dodi blokes. Right. All right. All right. I hope youre not addressing those remarks to me. I think you probably are. Probably are. Oh, not at all. Andrew good idea. Idea. Oh, lovely to talk to you. Oh, lovely to talk to you. Thats charles of course, thats charles rea, of course, was great royal editor of was the great royal editor of the sun. Great for talking to us. Us. Right. Still to come this morning, inflation has fallen. Liam halligan will join to us tell what that might mean for tell us what that might mean for you. Is britains newsroom you. This is britains newsroom on christys on gb news. Im gb news radio. Radio. 1190 with britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. So the labour run Welsh Governments decision to implement a new default 20mph speed limit on residential roads has sparked outrage. Petition now which theres a petition now which is up 230,000. Its the largest petition on a devolution issue since weve had devolution in this country since 1998. Thats right. We are joined now by mr davies. Andrew davies, now by mr davies. Andrew davies, thank you. Good morning, andrew. Thank you. Good morning, andrew. Now weve this is quite an astonishing public response. To astonishing public response. To 20 miles an hour roads in wales. You are a conservative representative down there. Please just explain to us what it is that has changed and why people are so angry. People are so angry. Well, far from me. The correct andrew, when he talked about the petition, i think he said it was at 230,000. It was at 230,000. Last night. Last night. As of this morning, its touching 280,000 signatures. Bearin touching 280,000 signatures. Bear in mind, we have a population of about 3 Million People in wales. Population of about 3 Million People in wales. And given the people in wales. And given the way they can research the signatures on the petition, 96 of those signatures have come from wales. Thats a of those signatures have come from wales. Thats a phenomenal number of people who show how angry they are about this policy i and its because its a harebrained policy delivered by the government, supported the Labour Government, supported by nationalists. By the welsh nationalists. Have damaging it will have a damaging impact on our economy by their own impact on our economy by their owrnearly billion will be nearly £9 billion will be wiped the economy wiped off the economy and equally, its debateable given some studies, whether some previous studies, whether the rate reduction will the casualty rate reduction will actually happen. We all to actually happen. We all want to see safer roads. We believe see safer roads. We all believe that outside schools , hospitals that outside schools, hospitals and sensitive sites , 20 and other sensitive sites, 20 mph a sensible compromise. Mph is a sensible compromise. But to have a blanket 20 mph across the whole of the country is just sheer madness. So of is just sheer madness. So of course the first minister has is impervious to criticism of this. He says hes not to going listen to the views of the people on that petition. He says this is about saving lives. Andrew well, and we all want to save lives and we all want safer roads. But as ive said, there are safe sites which require 20 mph, which we fully support. This isnt about saying 20 mph per se isnt about saying 20 mph per se is bad. Its the blanket rollout that the Welsh Government have undertaken of this policy. That undertaken of this policy. That is a bad move on their part and thats why nearly 280,000 climbing signatures have signed up to this petition to revoke these measures and its worth remembering that the Welsh Government put government have already put legislation only last week legislation down only last week to look at road charging and to look at workplace car park charges and their on the charges and their war on the motorists continue as im im very pro the motorist. Andrew and i and i think the car is a radical symbol of freedom and autonomy to be fair to take it to those sorts of levels. So it feels very, very control darling of the Welsh Government to tell people if they can drive at 20 miles an houn they can drive at 20 miles an hour. However, on my own road, 20 miles an hour has massively improved. I live in london, has massively improved the speed of traffic on our road and i feel that my children are safer playing outside now with that lower road speed limit. I think lower road speed limit. I think the majority of people who have families would feel similar. So is the problem here that theyve its the types of roads which are being slowed down in this way are nonsensical, all because its all residential streets. Its all residential streets. But obviously in wales you have much wider streets than we have down here in london. Theres often hedgerows that you can see clearly with no driveways coming out of them, no schools, etcetera. Is it the fact that etcetera. Is it the fact that those areas are considered residential when theyre actually quite safe go at 30 . Actually quite safe to go at 30 . Well bev, youve hit the nail on the head here. There, and youre in the point youve made. It is about the blanket nature which the welsh taken Welsh Government have taken to this policy by across the this policy by saying across the whole wales , all roads of whole of wales, all roads of which theres about 7700 miles of roads which were designated 30 miles hour before this 30 miles an hour before this policy came in, need to fall back to a default position of 20 mph. Now the defence is that they can say councils can make exceptions, but given the spaghetti nature of the way that councils have to apply through all Many Councils are just all this, Many Councils are just taking the default and taking the default position and just the blanket just adopted the blanket approach ultimately thats approach and ultimately thats whats so many motorists and whats got so many motorists and citizens across the whole of wales signing this petition because of it. Because of the madness of it. And theyre going to be and now theyre going to be enough cameras and police enough speed cameras and Police Officers, to enforce this. Andrew well, at the end of the day, the Welsh Government have come out and said in the first couple of weeks therell be touch. Be a light touch. We all know after the but we all know after the first couple of weeks people will be losing their licences and livelihoods. And losing their livelihoods. As i been told i said, weve already been told by Welsh Governments own by the Welsh Governments own figures the economy figures that the economy will have hit of billion in have a hit of £9 billion and in the were done in the surveys that were done in belfast, which introduced 20 mph on there, casualty on roads, there, the casualty rate wasnt great rate reduction wasnt as great as projected by the supporters of in belfast , just of the scheme in belfast, just so we know for a fact. Yeah, sorry. Can you explain what how how they reached a figure of. Its to going cost the economy billions of pounds. The 20 mile an speed limit. Why will it an hour speed limit. Why will it have that impact on the economy . Well, longer journey times, obviously more costs of business to move goods around. To move goods around. And its the treasury model theyve used to obviously arrive at figure and theyve taken at this figure and theyve taken at this figure and theyve taken a between a benchmark of between £3,000,000,009 billion. So at the higher estimate, its £9 billion. At the lower estimate its £3 billion. So over the penod its £3 billion. So over the period youre talking a significant hit to the welsh economy that is already struggling greatly through labours inaction over 25 years to reform the economy. To reform the economy. Can i ask you one last question . The percentage, your welsh assembly, the plan by Mark Drakeford is to increase the number of members from 60 to 96, which is a staggering increase. Has he gone completely power mad . Well 7 well , 7 well, were 7 well , were the . Well, were the only party thats standing up to try and stop this. The nationalists and labourin stop this. The nationalists and labour in bed together to try and bring through 36 more politicians. Its a typical left wing job creation scheme, isnt it . Talk about tenure with the it . Talk about tenure with the economy cost of living. Economy and cost of living. Crisis is so high peoples crisis is so high on peoples agenda and want to create agenda and they want to create 36 politicians is utter 36 more politicians is utter madness. Yes. 36 more politicians is utter ma which yes. 36 more politicians is utter ma which which will cost about which which will cost about £18 million a year to the senate. And of course, were at a time when people want more doctors. Weve got doctors striking. We need schools repaired. Theres need schools repaired. Theres so much that needs to be done with that money. And whats mark drapers justification in for that in numbers . That increase in numbers . Well, he wants more power because he wants to see criminal justice and policing devolved to cardiff. This is cardiff. And he says this is future proofing incentive future proofing the incentive for happens. If, god for when that happens. If, god forbid, came into forbid, labour ever came into Government Westminster and government in westminster and dont forget, keir starmer has said a blueprint for what a said for a blueprint for what a labour would do in Labour Government would do in westminster, wales. Westminster, look to wales. Well, the rest of the well, god help the rest of the United Kingdom if keir starmer ever into government. And ever gets into government. And when talk £18 million when you talk about £18 million over lifespan of the over the whole lifespan of the time, they theyve planned this. Its actually £120 million. Its going to cost and thats money not the senate would be paying money not the senate would be paying for. Its what taxpayers would paying for. Would be paying for. Thats davies , well, thats andrew davies, the tory leader on the welsh assembly. The senate, mark assembly. The senate, Mark Drakeford, course, isnt here drakeford, of course, isnt here to defend himself and would to defend himself and he would of maintain would of course maintain that it would be value money, although i be value for money, although i cant how having more cant see how having more politicians ever is value for money ever. Now inflation has fallen for the third month in a row 6. 7. Row to 6. 7. In a statement, jeremy hunt has said todays news shows the plan with inflation is plan to deal with inflation is working , plain and simple. Working, plain and simple. Plan is working. But even at plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And thatis their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue to stick to that plan. Plan. So joining us in the studio now is our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan with on the money. I find it with on the money. I find it really hard to believe , jeremy really hard to believe, jeremy hunt, when he speaks, is it just me . I have very little trust in that man. Well no, i trust the ons. I trust the office for national statistics. Nice to represent whats really happening in the economy to the extent they can. And the fact is that inflation is down and a lot of us thought it would be up today. And the reason we thought it would be up is because, as weve been discussing, bev, a lot in the newsroom during august, diesel prices august, petrol and diesel prices absolutely and they absolutely rocketed and they went average seven and went up on average by seven and 8pa petrol and diesel 8pa litre. Petrol and diesel respectively in a month. Thats the sharpest monthly rise in 23 years. And i thought, i thought that would feed into inflation and actually push inflation up. But inflation was 6. 8 in july. It was estimated to go up to 7. 1 in august. But actually in august it came down to 6. 7. So well take that. Its a step in the right direction in is this an end to the cost of living crisis . No. Well, if the fuel prices keep going up in this rate, liam, inflation is going to go back up next month. Isnt it . So let me just deal with the bank of england because thats tomorrow. Thats going to be a really big tomorrow. Weve had 14 big issue tomorrow. Weve had 14 interest since Interest Rate rises since december 2001 as every mortgage holder knows, unless you were lucky enough to fix back the lucky enough to fix back in the day, people with personal loans, people with agreements, you know, theyre all linked to flexible Interest Rates, business are almost all Business Loans are almost all flexible Interest Rates. So flexible Interest Rates. So weve had these big Interest Rate is because the bank rate rises is because the bank of england has been trying to rate rises is because the bank of ehold1d has been trying to rate rises is because the bank of ehold of has been trying to rate rises is because the bank of ehold of inflation trying to rate rises is because the bank of ehold of inflation and1g to rate rises is because the bank of ehold of inflation and push get hold of inflation and push down the fact that down on inflation. The fact that inflation is now unequivocally coming down means that, in my view, the bank of england should stop rates stop raising Interest Rates because its too much now because its doing too much now and damaging economy. And its damaging the economy. But meet tomorrow the but when they meet tomorrow, the Monetary Policy committee, i dont think theyll stop raising Interest Rates. I dont think theyve got the imagination to change their and listen to change their minds and listen to people Financial Markets people in Financial Markets who are them, youve done are telling them, youve done enough, enough. Enough, youve done enough. Youre serious damage youre now doing serious damage. And oil price, this is. And on the oil price, this is really important. Been really important. Weve been warning about this for some time because quietly , almost because quietly, almost unremarked over the summer unremarked upon over the summer , the price of oil went up by over 30 from 70 a barrel. To over 30 from 70 a barrel. To now 95 a barrel. Thats a huge percentage increase. And that percentage increase. And that feeds into not just petrol and diesel prices, but plastic , all diesel prices, but plastic, all kinds of other materials that are used in production. So are used in production. So inflation is in the right direction. I think the bank of england, unfortunately, will raise Interest Rates tomorrow, but were by no means out of the inflationary woods yet, given that oil price and the reality now that the opec exporters cartel are working with russia to push up that oil price, big dangen id wished you were here on monday morning when. Monday morning when. Oh, thats nice of you to say. Oh, we should here every morning, liam. But on monday morning, liam. But on monday morning, when Jonathan Ashworth was talking to us and he was obviously demanding obviously labour were demanding that list shouldnt be honours list shouldnt be recognised adhere to. And i recognised and adhere to. And i actually you and actually quoted you and i because she is so front and centre blamed for that economic downturn that we saw in the wake of her departure. Where do you see it as that . Because i said see it as that . Because i said to jonathan ashwood, i said, i think if Liam Halligan was here, hed have a different take on this. Well, i hold candle for well, i hold no candle for liz its my job to talk liz truss. Its my job to talk to all senior politicians. Ions whether its Jonathan Ashworth who i know well, or liz truss, who i know well, or liz truss, who quite well, or indeed who i know quite well, or indeed people lib people people in the lib dems, people in sdp. I gave a talk to in the sdp. I gave a talk to that nascent political party. They still going last, they were still going last, last, night ill talk last, last night and ill talk to anyone in politics if it helps me do my job. But what id say is that i think liz truss is on. I think liz truss should be listened to when she apologises for doing too much too soon. She did do too much too soon, but i also think its right to point out that those sky high Mortgage Rates that labour keep talking about that happened under the mini budget, theyre now even higher. Yeah. The gilt yield, the price of Government Debt is even higher than it was during that mini budget. And actually i think theres a growing body of opinion that had some of those policies that liz truss put forward with chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng been utilised. Then they may actually have caused more Economic Growth and thus more Economic Growth and thus more tax revenue. Im thinking in particular of her determination to keep the Corporation Tax rate at 19, right . It went up. Right . It went up. It used to be jeremy hunts view. Well, jeremy hunt, when he set it to 15, he wanted to cut it to 15 when he was running for running for tory leader. And then he raised it to 25. That that takes us out of competitive Corporation Tax brackets. That puts the middle of the puts us in the middle of the kind of eurozone of kind of eurozone blob of Corporation Tax. I personally think Corporation Tax should have stayed where it was. I personally think liz truss was right. She wanted to reform something called ir35 , which something called ir35, which would have cost no money at all. Its just making it easier for self employed to pay self employed people to pay their. Yeah, and it means their tax. Yeah, and it means they have to spend less time at their table trying to their Kitchen Table trying to deal with the tax paying accountant. Of money. Accountant. A lot of money. Indeed. Indeed. So i think there are lots of things that liz truss were perfectly truss said that were perfectly sensible. Shes sensible. But of course shes a very out there politician and she from the hip. Its she shoots from the hip. Its convenient for the labour party to blame her, but the reality is that Interest Rates were going up anyway around the an up anyway around the world, an Interest Rates now in the uk are much higher than they were, even though the so called sensibles jeremy rishi sunak are jeremy hunt and rishi sunak are now in charge. Now in charge. Thank you, liam. Right. Still to come this morning, the Online Safety bill passed through the house yesterday, house of lords yesterday, started years ago. Whats started six years ago. Whats it going to for us all . Were going to mean for us all . Were going to mean for us all . Were going discussing but going to be discussing that. But first, heres Rhiannon Jones with. News with the. News good morning. Its 1132. With the. News good morning. Its1132. Your top stories from the newsroom. Top stories from the newsroom. As weve been hearing , the as weve been hearing, the governments plan to deal with inflation is working. According to the chancellor data out this morning shows the rate of inflation fell to 6. 7 in august, down from 6. 8 in july. The bank of england had predicted the figure to increase to more than 7. It comes ahead of another expected Interest Rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks 15th rate increase tomorrow. It would be the banks15th in a row. Consultants and Junior Doctors are holding their first ever joint strike today as they continue a walkout over pay. Thousands of bma medics have stopped work at nhs hospitals across england , delaying across england, delaying operations and placing yet more pressure on Britains Health service. Junior doctors will continue their strike tomorrow and on friday, the Prime Minister has reportedly scheduled a last minute call with his cabinet ministers its understood he could bring forward an announcement regarding a possible change to net zero policies. Rishi sunak is expected to set out revised plans in a speech this week. They include weakening the phasing out of gas boilers as well as delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Some mps petrol and diesel cars. Some mps are said to be penning letters of no confidence in case mr sunak goes ahead with the plan. Sunak goes ahead with the plan. The Police Officer who shot dead chris kaba in south london in september last year has been charged with murder. The 24 year old was killed in Streatham Hill after the car he was driving was followed by an Unmarked Police car with no lights or sirens. Car with no lights or sirens. And the home secretary says plans via social media giant to introduce end to end encryption will create a safe haven for. Will create a safe haven for. Meta, which owns facebook, instagram and whatsapp, plans to make the encryption settings standard on all 1 to 1 chats by the end of the year. SuElla Braverman says the change will hamper efforts to carry out vital investigations. 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The peoples channel, britains news. News. The peoples channel, britains news. Channel its 1041. Youre with britains newsroom. 1141. Youre with britains newsroom. One gb news with Andrew Brazier bev turner that chuntering on the left from Stephen Pound, the left was from Stephen Pound, the former labour chanting away, former labour mp, chanting away, doing double entendre doing his usual double entendre , which would make Frankie Howerd blush, frankly. And of course , lovely and lovely emma , course, lovely and lovely emma, of course. Emma wolf is with us from the common sense society. You are incorrigible. You are stephen, right . Someone else. We love you for it. Thatll never stand up in court. Stop it. Stop it. Should we talk about the Online Safety bill . This was approved by the house. We need it house of lords. And it by the house of lords. And its very contrary. Partial. Emma, so . Emma, why so . The previous drafts of the bill included clauses relating to content that would be legal but harmful to adults. So not but harmful to adults. So not just specifically in relation to children, my view is they should have made this from the start very specific related to children not even calling it the Online Safety bill because thats too broad. And the upshot of this that now the bill has of this is that now the bill has passed through house of passed through the house of lords. Appoints ofcom, which lords. It appoints ofcom, which i find worrying in itself as a as the regulator to impose large fines so up to 10 of an organisations organisations global revenue and imposes criminal liability for non compliance on senior managers. If they put or allow put things online or allow things to remain online that are regarded as harmful to children. So this has been very much reshaped to focus on children. Im sure i havent seen the final draft of the bill as it currently stands. Im sure that there are still some things in there are still some things in there that could very well be open to criticism. Also in the open to criticism. Also in the news today , Suella Braverman news today, Suella Braverman pushing back against metas decision to so meta owned. It decision to so meta owned. It was previously. Facebook is owned by mark zuckerberg. It owns instagram and instagram, facebook and whatsapp. Whatsapp, of course, is already encrypted, but they were planning to encrypt other messaging services on their other apps. So instagram and facebook , which instagram and facebook, which arent currently encrypted, Suella Braverman has pushed back against this on the grounds of keeping children safe from online. But obviously you can see how there are privacy concerns for the adults if those apps are not encrypted. And i dont know whether she would push back against. Isnt this a lot of the argument about encryption . No. So this is an no. So this this is an example of how you can see this, the turn that this might take. So obviously Big Tech Companies like meta are the ones on whom these new duties will fall. So Ella Braverman now trying to push back against their decision to encrypt their apps. I dont know whether she would be against what is already the current encryption as standard on whatsapp and has always been since beginning end to end since the beginning end to end encryption which privacy, encryption, which means privacy, which privacy. Which is privacy. You pushing back on what are you pushing back on it for now . The flipping things just getting royal assent. Just got getting royal assent. This could potentially this this could potentially be as i say, im not be i mean as i say, im not familiar with the final draft of the bill, but you can see how this could be a way in which the online bill might be used Online Safety bill might be used to put limits on the sorts of decisions and policies that social, social media companies, Big Tech Companies , are the Big Tech Companies, are the onune Big Tech Companies, are the online publishing platforms can take. Now, of course, its very important to protect children online. We can all agree that thatis online. We can all agree that that is something that is very important. One of the issues important. One of the issues related to this is to do with children who have been encouraged commit encouraged to commit suicide onune encouraged to commit suicide online content that online and other content that children seeing. Children shouldnt be seeing. The for this legislation the reason for this legislation is internet is to make the internet the safest britain. The safest safest in britain. The safest place in the world for children to be online. But of course, the concerns that have been expressed the very, very expressed since the very, very first drafts bill are the first drafts of the bill are the ways which will impact ways in which this will impact adults. So that has tended to be how would impact out adults how it would impact out adults right to freedom of speech, expressing things that are perfectly express but perfectly legal to express but regarded as harmful. Now we can see how this might traipse also into debates around the right to privacy. You know, andrew, that exegesis there from emma should have been beamed to every parliamentarian in this country quite that was really quite seriously. That was really comprehensive. Makes comprehensive. Look, this makes a complete nonsense of parliamentary process because weve the white paper, weve had the white paper, weve had the green paper. Firstly weve got right the way through and just the final and were now just at the final stage to get monarchs stage about to get the monarchs said, decided to throw said, and shes decided to throw the whole thing out the window. Extraordinary its just extraordinary the home it now. Home secretary does it now. No, i couldnt agree well, no, i couldnt agree more. I cant remember you know, i cant remember about three years down the line. But look, the problem is that the access with children, the access issue with children, there be it has to be there has to be it has to be addressed. Real addressed. But the real dangerous nasty dangerous stuff, the real nasty stuff dark web. And its stuff is the dark web. And its the one that use tor. And theres various other ones and theres various other ones and theres out that is theres stuff out there that is vile dont forget interpol. Vile and dont forget interpol. The actually cracking vile and dont forget interpol. The down. Actually cracking vile and dont forget interpol. The down. Do ictually cracking vile and dont forget interpol. The down. Do younlly cracking vile and dont forget interpol. The down. Do you rememberg vile and dont forget interpol. The down. Do you remember that these down. Do you remember that all in europe were all the criminals in europe were actually encryption, actually using this encryption, this of communicating this method of communicating with other, which was then with each other, which was then cracked. There was huge cracked. And there was a huge number made. So number of arrests were made. So weve got the technological aspect it. But at aspect at that end of it. But at the parents should the beginning, parents should actually be monitoring their children bit more we children a bit more and we should some of , you should have some form of, you know what, stephen, this is going do absolutely nothing going to do absolutely nothing to seeing inappropriate. Do nothing in its going to do nothing in that regard. Aspects of this bill, that regard. Of aspects of this bill, that regard. Of which acts of this bill, that regard. Of which iss of this bill, that regard. Of which is dealing bill, that regard. Of which is dealing with one of which is dealing with things revenge , eye, that things like revenge, eye, that kind of thing, which , of course, kind of thing, which, of course, shouldnt. These things shouldnt. These things shouldnt should be taken down quickly by social media companies. So this would impose penalties they fail penalties on them if they fail to do that. But again, i think to do that. But again, i think this is from the very first drafts of this bill. And like i say, it has been improved and narrowed as time has gone on. Its been we have this habit and weve seen this recently with a lot of legislation. Theres this habit putting out putting out habit of putting out putting out legislation that is so broad and wide ranging that firstly, its not possible for mps to properly scrutinise it. Now this is narrow enough that mps could scrutinise it, but there have been examples recently where it isnt, where it tries to deal with these different with all of these Different Things that are clumped with all of these Different Things thbute clumped with all of these Different Things thbut the umped with all of these Different Things thbut the reality is if together, but the reality is if you want efficient legislation thatis you want efficient legislation that is safe and doesnt have all sorts of nasty implications, you have to be narrow and very specific. So for many of the things that i think are in this bill from the from the very, very start, they should have been portioned off in separate bills, dealt with and debated and scrutinised separately. Also think, stephen, if and i also think, stephen, if people if the people genuinely if the government to protect government wants to protect children inappropriate children from inappropriate content, i would ban the smartphone for the under 16 seconds. There is a campaign along lines with katharine along those lines with Katharine Birbalsingh them completely. But how do but how do you but how do you but how do you enforce good luck enforce it . I mean, good luck with how do you enforce. But you have to make sure you dont sell the phones to under 16. You have to have schools must confiscate the parent will buy phones, the will buy phones, but the parent will buy you criminals. You also create criminals. But the 16 year old kids will be robbed. But its about making it socially for socially unacceptable for children to have smartphone phones. Can phones. A phone where you can ring mum to say the boss is ring your mum to say the boss is late whatever. Fine. The late or whatever. Fine. The under 16 seconds because the addiction addiction in addiction its the addiction in the actually the concentration span actually parents it parents parents find it increasingly parents parents find it inc|wouldnt be nightmare wouldnt it be a Nightmare School on the school bus they used put phones down used to put their phones down their theyd get. Their socks because theyd get. People were nicking otherwise people were nicking the phones. Still do. Yeah to maybe make another reason to maybe make it for the another reason to maybe make it 16. For the under 16. But wouldnt it be easier to say to schools are not say to schools they are not allowed use they have hand allowed to use they have to hand their phone in when they get to school . Certainly wiseman on school . Patchnly wiseman on school . Patch does. Wiseman on school . Patch does. Precisely. Aman on my patch does. Precisely. Not sure they do go im not sure they all do go in the lockers. Well, thats all day allowed to happen day and not allowed to happen until the end of day. The vast be enforced easily. Vast majority of the absolute vast majority of schools that rule that schools have that as a rule that if you have if you are if you if you have if you are seen with your phone out of your bag, you will a detention or bag, you will get a detention or whatever. And some of them have tried of various ways, tried all sorts of various ways, but complicated it but its too complicated and it it but its not just it just and, but its not just about its not that its about its not really that its when get home at night, when they get home at night, its when theyre in their bedrooms. Its about making a smartphone socially smartphone for a child socially unacceptable, smartphone for a child socially unacythink le, smartphone for a child socially unacythink we should have. Emma i think we should have. Emma webster destroy the dark web. I think should have. Webster destroy the dark web. I thirit should have. Webster destroy the dark web. I thirit will;hould have. Webster destroy the dark web. I thirit will all|ld have. Webster destroy the dark web. I thirit will all yeah, e. Webster destroy the dark web. I thirit will all yeah, they will it will all yeah, they will always one step ahead of us always be one step ahead of us and we will spend a lot of pubuc and we will spend a lot of public lawyers trying public money on lawyers trying to take making Stupid Companies to. Yeah, anyway, to. Yeah, well, anyway, de banking so mps now, emma, have the regulator of have accused the regulator of whitewashing de banking whitewashing this de banking scandal. Nigel scandal. It started with nigel farage, to farage, of course, which led to light the touch paper on light in the touch paper on hundreds more bursting onto the scene of companies scene of thousands of companies and had their scene of thousands of companies and accounts had their scene of thousands of companies and accounts taken had their scene of thousands of companies and accounts taken off their scene of thousands of companies and accounts taken off them. Bank accounts taken off them. Yeah, is. Its really yeah, this is. Its really quite incredible given that the after the de banking scandal with document with nigel farage that document was released that shows to anybody who wants to read it that its very, very clear that he was de banking because of his political views and now the Financial Conduct Authority has said that they found no evidence that customers been that customers have been de banking political de banking for their political views, the fact that any views, despite the fact that any any can find any any layman can find overwhelming this. Overwhelming evidence of this. And kruger, mp has quite and danny kruger, mp has quite rightly made the point, to use stevens term when we were discussing this off air that they essentially asked the banks to mark their own homework. They just asked the banks , have you just asked the banks, have you been this . And bank been doing this . And the bank said no. And we know, we know what happened farage. Happened to nigel farage. He lost account because of lost his bank account because of his i mean, the his political views. I mean, the chief executive told the bbc Business Editor that and the story duly appeared hours later. And as soon as the as nigel farage managed to quite rightly subject access request make such make such a big story of this, there were reams of people coming out with evidence of this happening to them. So there is absolutely no and the children and children of mps to emma saying that they were being denied because saying your father or mother is there is no way that this is correct. And what does and im surprised what this does and im surprised the Financial Conduct Authority dont people who have dont have pr people who have advised them on this. Advised them on this. Well, i think they do. Well, i think they do. Putting this out is to going make not trust the make people not trust the Financial Conduct Authority because not stupid. Because people are not stupid. They can read the they can they can read the evidence know evidence themselves. They know that is true. And so that this is not true. And so people will now just it will be like the boy who cried wolf. They wont believe a word because talking to nigel farage about this and he said when he had you realise, says, had do you realise, he says, rose west still got a banker rose west has still got a banker thats right. So nigel, just remind murderers. Sorry, infamous yeah, sorry, infamous murderers prison for life. Murderers in prison for life. For mass murder. For mass murder. Yeah. Murdering children, a lot of them slaughtering children in gloucester. You know, shes okay. But so, you know, shes okay. But nigel farage and also they lied about dont forget, about this. Dont forget, initially the initially this came from the chief at a dinner. You chief executive at a dinner. You know, maybe the wine flowed chief executive at a dinner. You kn0\said,ybe the wine flowed chief executive at a dinner. You kn0\said, oh, the wine flowed chief executive at a dinner. You kn0\said, oh, no, wine flowed chief executive at a dinner. You kn0\said, oh, no, the e flowed chief executive at a dinner. You kn0\said, oh, no, the reason lowed and said, oh, no, the reason were chucking him out is because he hasnt got enough money, which is money, which was a lie, which is absolute you know, and absolute cobblers, you know, and the conduct authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the is right. People will now think its got too close to the banks. Its supposed to be regulating. Absolutely. Basically, supposed to be regulating. Said;olutely. Basically, supposed to be regulating. Said to utely. Basically, supposed to be regulating. Said to uteljbanks,ally, supposed to be regulating. Said to uteljbanks, have theyve said to the banks, have you anything absolutely you done anything absolutely shockingly the last half hour . And they said, check to see whether youre being debunked. Stephen pound, as a controversial former politician, should go . Should we go . We do this last story . Should we do this last story . So off the hook there, so get you off the hook there, steve, did see that about steve, did you see that about a childrens history book saying that was built by that stonehenge was built by black britons . It might have been, emma, how do they know . Well, how do they know . I mean, this is extraordinary. Anti historical propaganda, straightforward. This is historically what historically not true. And what i find so concerning about this is that its obviously a book for children , for seven year for children, for seven year olds who and presumably the idea is to try and make them feel as if theyre more at home in britain by saying that they have that black people have always been here from the very, very start. In fact, this it start. In fact, in this case, it says that they and white says that they proceed and white people britain. But the people in britain. But the problem with this that it problem with this is that it makes childrens sense of belonging dependent on historical myths. This is some kind of origin myth that is just simply untrue. This book has been promoted by the book trust, which is a charity that is funded by the arts council. And funded by the arts council. And just some quotes here. So the book states that britain was a Black Country for more than 7000 years before white people came. And during that time, the most famous british monument was built, stonehenge. It also says built, stonehenge. It also says that britain has been a mostly white country for a lot less time than it has been a mostly Black Country. This is historically are historically false. They are lying children. A novel lying to children. Is it a novel or it meant to be a textbook . Or is it meant to be a textbook . Its a childrens book. Its a childrens book. Childrens book. Its a kind of historical childrens book. So supposed you so its supposed to be, you could that all us come could say that all of us come from because originally from africa because originally the gorge something. From africa because originally thestephen,eorge something. From africa because originally the stephen, this; something. From africa because originally the stephen, this is something. From africa because originally the stephen, this is serious. � |ing. Stephen, this is serious. Stephen, this is serious. Yeah, but this is millions of years. This is brainwashing children, but its also dr. Bulstrode from who said that bulstrode from ucl who said that iron invented iron smelting was invented by black iron smelting was invented by bla you know, and the whole you know, and the whole technique has gone technique of that time has gone from stephen mid flow sorry, emma and i just agreed on something unusual. Right. Right. Up next, it the live desk up next, it is the live desk with Martin Daubney and pip tomson hi both. Whats coming up on program . Guys. On todays program . Hi, guys. Were live 12 till three. The big debate today after suella has said net Suella Braverman has said net zero will bankrupt britain. Were saying true . Is were saying is that true . Is it time to ditch our targets . Well a former well be joined by a former number 10 adviser whos love number 10 adviser whos in love with net zero and somebody else who its a multi million who thinks its a multi Million Pound project. Who thinks its a multi million p0lalso, project. Who thinks its a multi million p0lalso, sir project. Who thinks its a multi million p0lalso, sir keiriect. Who thinks its a multi million p0lalso, sir keir starmer has also, sir keir starmer has just and now the king just left paris and now the king and arriving. And queen are arriving. Well live with our royal well be live with our royal correspondent and well be back with britains newsroom tomorrow i oh, by the way, the Prime Minister is going to make a speech later today on this area. But well be back with you on britains newsroom tomorrow at 930. See you then. See you then i looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it by the time we get to the afternoon, likely be afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts of southeastern england something england with something a bit brighter, in brighter, perhaps following in behind some parts of behind across some parts of northern scotland northern england, scotland and perhaps northern but perhaps northern ireland, but also showers here and also plenty of showers here and some them heavy thundery some of them heavy and thundery. Temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with a strong winds, its not going to feel warm. That going to feel that warm. That heavy continues across heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies than weve had through some recent nights, still some recent nights, but still the some showers , the risk of some showers, particularly around western particularly around some western parts, coastal parts, perhaps some coastal fringes because of the fringes as well, because of the clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than they have through some than they have done through some recent could recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. That band of through of rain that we have through today will have cleared today that will have cleared away east. So away towards the east. And so its a picture for many its a brighter picture for many of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty of showers watch out of us tomorrow. Still, though, ple|particularlyers watch out of us tomorrow. Still, though, ple|particularly into watch out of us tomorrow. Still, though, ple|particularly into the tch out for, particularly into the afternoon. Across western afternoon. Notice across western parts here. Were parts of scotland here. Were going to have some heavy rain pushing way in and still pushing its way in and still some winds with the some strong winds here with the risk coastal risk of coastal gales. Temperatures paper down a temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as well. Well. Good afternoon. It is 12 00 and youre with the live desk here on gb news. Coming up this wednesday lunchtime, breaking news in the last few minutes, the Prime Minister will make a statement at 4 30 pm. This afternoon amid widespread reports that hes u turning on net zero targets, calling maker ford says delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars will undermine business certainty. Certainty. 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