gets under way today, with england hoping to end australia and new zealand s dominance of the competition by lifting the trophy. hollywood history under the hammer. we ll get to see the movie memorabilia expected to fetch millions. good morning. the heavy overnight rain pushes northwards and eastwards, already heavy showers following behind into the south west. and the strong winds in the south will continue as we go through the day. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, the 1st of november. our main story. the chief inspector of prisons has told breakfast the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today, says back injuly the facility at manston was working reasonably well, but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched. meanwhile, opposition mps have condemned the home secretary, suella braverman, for describing the arrival of migrants into britain as an invasion.
think miss braverman would rather talk about some of the policy issues because she believes she has the backing of the public and other voters when it comes to cracking down on asylum applications. meanwhile, still so many questions about the economy and the government s economic policy. and warnings this morning from the treasury that tax rises are inevitable for everybody? yeah, two weeks on thursday inevitable for everybody? yeah, two weeks on thursday we inevitable for everybody? yeah, two weeks on thursday we are inevitable for everybody? yeah, two weeks on thursday we are going - inevitable for everybody? yeah, two weeks on thursday we are going to l weeks on thursday we are going to get the autumn statement from the chancellor. the prime minister and the chancellor are still working on that at the moment. i think what we re seeing is the treasury trying to roll the pitch i bet, to try to prepare the to prepare us all for difficult announcements. last week we were talkin
economic picture is not good. i think, frankly, they are trying to prepare us for some bad news in a couple of weeks when we get the autumn statement. so what we have heard from someone in the treasury, a treasury source, overnight, is that of the size of the black hole in the country s finances is eyewatering. that tough decisions are going to be made. and that the size of the challenge means it is inevitable that everyone will need to contribute more tax in the years ahead. now there are some suggestions that things that could be looked at include public sector pgy- be looked at include public sector pay. they could include freezing tax bands. none of that has been confirmed by the government. but some of that has been made to the newspapers this morning. a couple of weeks until we find out the exact details, but i think it is fair to say that we treasury is preparing us for some bad news in a couple of weeks. . ~ for some bad news in a couple of weeks. ., ~ , ., for some bad news in
the home secretary, suella braverman, is accused of using inflammatory language after describing the influx of migrants on britain s south coast as an invasion . everyone will need to pay more tax in the years ahead, according to the treasury, to plug what s been described as an eye watering black hole in the public finances. are energy company profits still going up, as households continue to struggle? we get the latest figures from the oil and gas giant bp in the next few minutes. the women s rugby league world cup gets underway today, with england hoping to end australia and new zealand s dominance of the competition by lifting the trophy. good morning. the overnight rain continues to push northwards and eastwards through today. still heavy in places. behind it, heavy and thundery showers marching in. strong winds will also continue in the southern half of the country as we go through today. details coming up.
being as tough as possible on the small boat double coming across the channel. the view is that of the public are on her side, they want to crack down on this. frankly, she would much rather talk about that than some of the issues we were talking about yesterday, like overcrowding at the asylum processing centre in manston. suella braverman denied yesterday that the accusations that she had blocked hotels being poked to get people out of that a short term facility. but there are still claims being related to the bbc and others that she didn t act quickly enough to make sure that the government was acting within its legal responsibilities. we re also hearing the treasury are warning of inevitable tax rises. what more can you tell us? yeah, over the last week or so, since rishi sunak took over as prime minister, there have been warnings coming out of the treasury that the