Outdoors, for example , bin men. Outdoors, for example, bin men. And so equal pay claims are plenty , came along and the plenty, came along and the councils had to splurge £1 billion on back payments. Its billion on back payments. Its quite incredible. Despite the fact that theyre different jobs , because the equal pay legislation in the equal pay act and the equality act arent about equal pay for the same jobs, theyre equal pay for this nebulous concept of the same value, which means different jobs can ensue. Uh, a local authority or whoever else, and say we must be paid the same, even though theyre different jobs. I mean, its quite incredible, isnt it. 7 and what happens now. 7 what and what happens now. 7 what happens of happens to the people of birmingham . They will have their lights dimmed. Most likely they will have their bin collections go from weekly to fortnightly and what else . Theyll have to pay and what else . Theyll have to pay huge amounts more tax, by the looks of thi
Galloway has to say. It will be very interesting, though, to see what the reaction is in the room, in the building, in the commons , to see if people arent commons, to see if people arent too happy to see him there. Well, precisely. Well, precisely. Its been quite a while, almost nine years since he was last a member of parliament, but he will be being introduced dunng he will be being introduced during our airtime. We will show you him walking in to the house of commons, flanked on one side by sir Peter Bottomley, the father of the house, and on the other side, Jeremy Corbyn. Now not everyone there were other people asked, werent there other politician was asked to accompany him. To accompany him. Initially, david davis was going to be the man walking to his left, taking him in. But hes backed out of that commitment and left it to the father of the house. Yes. So let us know. Do you think hell be shunned entirely, or do you think actually he might find a few allies in the house that a
Order to tackle channel crossings. The home secretary has been meeting with the calais group of Northern European countries , which are trying to countries, which are trying to prevent materials used to make the small boats from being shipped to northern france, from where theyre then launched. James cleverly said the partnership demonstrates our endunng partnership demonstrates our enduring commitment to smashing the Business Model of criminal gangs and stopping the boats as well. In other news today, education leaders have called for a double digit pay rise for all teachers across england. All teachers across england. Its after the government said schools salaries should return to a more reasonable level. The National Association of head teachers says english currently has the highest number of unfilled teaching positions in over a decade. It says a raise of at least 10 would counter the recruitment and retention crisis , and the rnli is crisis, and the rnli is celebrating saving mor
Next. Good evening. At a minute after nine, im Polly Middlehurst. Well, our top story middlehurst. Well, our top story today is the government has suffered a string of defeats to its flagship immigration policy. The rwanda bill in the house of lords tonight peers have been voting variously in favour of monitoring mechanisms which would ensure safeguards in the bill would be fully implemented , bill would be fully implemented, and making sure the bill is fully compliant with international and domestic law. Nearly 50 amendments were put forward , with more being voted forward, with more being voted on wednesday. Well, the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, previously warned the lords against frustrating the will of the people by hampering the passage of safety of rwanda passage of his safety of rwanda bill. Meanwhile, a record 385 migrants crossed the English Channel today. Thats the largest number on a single day this year. Gb largest number on a single day this year. Gb news understands a se
Sale. And thats all coming up in your next hour. Sale. And thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to in your next hour. Welcome to the show. Hope you had a fantastic weekend. We got a massive week ahead and weve got loads starting in Parliament Today. Galloway is back but is he a monster of westminsters own making or is it democracy in action . Well have his speech live in about 20 minutes time, and the full reaction . Could it and the full reaction . Could it signify a holy or unholy reunion of the hard left Jeremy Corbyn . Diane abbott was spotted earlier in parliament, delighted that galloway is back. All that to discuss and loads more. But first its time for your latest News Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Martin, thank you and good afternoon. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. The chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy, but will only do so in a responsible way. Jeremy hunt made the comments while visiting a plant in wiltshire , where he also w