Establish the cause. The pm says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times that hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work currently, and he says , quote, currently, and he says, quote, that just doesnt strike me as a system thats working properly. System thats working properly. He insists hell end National Insurance contributions if he wins the next general election. Wins the next general election. Well, the uk was involved in a joint operation overnight which saw dozens of drones downed in the red sea. Defence secretary grant shapps confirming that hms richmond shot down two of those drones, repelling an attack by iranian backed houthis. The us says in total , Coalition Forces says in total, Coalition Forces hit 28 unmanned aerial vehicles. In
Spence, the conservative commentator, scarlett maguire, the Director Ofjl Partners and a really interesting call from steve in burnley. Tell the audience why you like lee anderson . Basically because he just says what everybody is thinking. And hes got to say it. We listen to rishi sunak saying, we are going to do this, we are going to stop the boats. He is not stopping the boats. He says they have them down by 30 . Let me bring you some breaking news. This has been the Talk Of The Town in news overnight and this morning. The photograph that was released on mothers day by the Princess Of Wales with her kids. People spotted discrepancies, saying it was photoshopped and then the Press Agencies withdrew it. This has just come in. Like many amateur photographers, i do experiment with editing. I do want to apologise for any confusion by the photograph issued yesterday. Lets go to that Press Conference from reform uk. We are Press Conference from reform uk. Are very proud of it, or largely a
Demand the release of hostages being held in gaza. They joined being held in gaza. They joined jews around the world, blowing shofars traditional rams horns, which are normally used at the holiest moments of the jewish calendar. The last pause in fighting between israel and hamas was back in november, when hamas was back in november, when hamas released more than 100 hostages. Its believed that hamas still holds around 134 people kidnapped during the october 7th terror attacks. A october 7th terror attacks. A group of mothers are staging a Hunger Strike outside parliament. The five day protest aims to draw attention to parents who cant afford to eat and are skipping meals to feed their children, their list of demands include enforcing Free School Meals and universal credit to guarantee lifes essentials. Mps are due to essentials. Mps are due to address this issue on tuesday. Address this issue on tuesday. And finally, the princess of wales has thanked the public for their support as th
Order disturbance, but six people were arrested and one man was later de arrested. The was later de arrested. The ministry of defence has confirmed reports of a fire on board its flagship aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, this morning. The Royal Navy Vesselis this morning. The Royal Navy Vessel is currently docked at glen mallan in scotland. The mod said the fire was quickly brought under control and there are no reported injuries. No ordnance was involved in the incident. Theyre now working incident. Theyre now working with scottish fire and rescue to establish the cause. The pm says establish the cause. The pm says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times that hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work currently, and he says , quote, cur
Casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home office casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home office has been chairing an emergency meeting of the small boats Operator National gold command, this morning. Home Operator National gold command, this morning. Home secretary this morning. Home secretary Suella Braverman saying , my Suella Braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. Charlie rowley is a former special adviser to michael gove. He told us this is a europe wide problem, a dangerous route into the uk. Its not something that people do lightly and it follows the incident that we had just last week in italy where an ambulance lost their lives because of the crossings that are taking place, not just across calais and dover , but across calais and dover, but across calais and dover, but across europe. It is a European Crisis that were seeing. But as crisis th