Get into it, lets grab tonights latest headlines. Tonights latest headlines. Michelle thank you. Good evening to you. Well, the top story from the newsroom is that a man who broke into Windsor Castle armed with a loaded crossbow in order to kill the late queen has been sentenced to nine years in jail for treason. Jaswant singh wandered around the grounds of Windsor Castle for about two hours on christmas day, 2021, while the late queen was still in residence. The old bailey in residence. The old bailey heard today hed been encouraged to do so by an Artificial Intelligence virtual girlfriend with which he had exchanged thousands of messages. The judge said jail was non psychic chaotic and therefore culpable when he devised his plot. But had lost touch with reality and become psychotic by the time he carried it out. Sir, Justice Hilliard delivered the sentencing earlier on today. Sentencing earlier on today. The defendant harboured homicidal thoughts, which he acted upon before he became psychotic. There is psychotic. There is a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm occasioned by the commission, by the defendant of further specified offences. Specified offences. Now, the coach driver in the wirral bus crash has been described as having suffered an event at the wheel before which the incident before the incident killed both him and a 15 year old girl, according to a Coroners Court today , cctv Coroners Court today, cctv footage from inside the cab of the coach showed the driver, David Shrimpton , slumped to the David Shrimpton, slumped to the left while he was driving. 54 left while he was driving. 54 people were on the bus when it overturned on the m5 three last friday. Sir keir starmer has revealed an extra 700,000 urgent dental appointments would be introduced under labour in plans to improve the nations oral health. The party would also introduce supervised toothbrush washing sessions in schools across england to tackle preventable tooth decay in children. People in most need of treatments, including fillings and root canal work, would be prioritised under proposals aimed at rescue paying nhs dentistry as its called. The plans would be backed , labour plans would be backed, labour says, by £111 million a year, which they said would come from abolishing non domicile tax status. Sir keir says labour wants to target areas where people cant get a dental appointment. Too many places across the country theres a desert where you cant get an nhs dentist, so we also have a scheme in place to ensure that we get newly qualified dentists into those areas. So thats the immediate fix. But obviously in the longer term we need to do preventative measures. So the third limb of measures. So the third limb of this is tooth brushing at schools where weve got the biggest problems in our breakfast clubs to make sure that children are brushing the right way and therefore we prevent some of the problems. Sir keir starmer now the cost of renting a property has increased to the highest level on record , and the average on record, and the average charge for a place to live, excluding london, is now almost £1,300 a month, which is the 15th consecutive quarter that that record has been broken. And that record has been broken. And its worse still in the capital with average rents rising to more than £2,600 a month. Thats double. The research by property website rightmove also shows that demand is higher with 25 enquiries per dwelling compared to just eight before the pandemic. The Prime Minister pandemic. The Prime Minister says he wants european leaders to unite and target people smugglers. Rishi sunak is in smugglers. Rishi sunak is in spain for the European Political Community summit, where hes going to be co chairing talks with the italian Prime Minister on the rising levels of illegal migration towards europe. The Prime Minister also spoke to ukraines president , Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying europe must face down the threat from russia. Now, the transport secretary says cancelling the northern leg of hs2 will allow for investments that fit the needs of the country. Thats after the Prime Minister unveiled a £36 million plan for a transport network called Network North to replace the northern section of the line. Former Prime Ministers bofis the line. Former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and david cameron. However, both criticised the decision, saying that a once in a Generation Opportunity had been lost. Mark harper told gb news the facts, though, have changed. Every penny that we save from cancelling that, thats £36 billion and reinvesting every penny across the north, the midlands and the rest of the country on important transport, transport, infrastructure that the people of this country want. So i think thats just changing what were investing and still investing in transport, but having investments that fit the needs of the country and recognise the facts have changed about the costs of hs2 to now going back to events in ukraine and russia. At least 51 people have died after a Russian Missile hit a cafe and Grocery Store in the north east of ukraine. Its reported the victims had been holding a Memorial Service at the time. Ukrainian officials the time. Ukrainian officials have called it a heinous crime. It appears to be one of the biggest single civilian death tolls since the start of the war. Now in use here at home, the princess of wales has joined some of englands world cup winning Wheelchair Rugby League squad. She got stuck in as well at the event in hull, where she sat in a wheelchair for herself and gave the game a go. Kate, and gave the game a go. Kate, whos patron of the rugby football league, is there to promote inclusive equity in the sport , much to the delight of sport, much to the delight of the participants involved. The participants involved. Youre with jp news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news this is britains news channel. Thanks britains news channel. Thanks for that, polly. I must confess , when the i must confess, when the headunes i must confess, when the headlines are on sometimes im busy organising my bits and pieces before i talk to you, but im sure i just looked up then and saw kit in a wheelchair. Did i . Is that. Did i just see that . I . Is that. Did i just see that . I . Is that. Did i just see that . I think i did. And if i did see that, is that a little bit odd . I dont know. I dont know what the rules are around these things. Get in touch. You tell me. I am Michelle Dewberry and i am with you until 7 00 tonight. The of the First Property the ceo of the First Property group, alongside group, ben habib, alongside me and the academic and ethnographer Lisa Mckenzie. Ethnographer Lisa Mckenzie. Every time youre on, people email in and go, whats an ethnographer . So lets get this out before we start. Its just a research method. Its just a way that i do research. So whether you do research specifically, not well, not well , not me, but all ethnographers, its about being embedded in a community. So i do community research. So i do community research. So i do community research. You any the wiser . Yeah you get in touch, you tell me whats on your mind tonight. Vaiews gbnews. Com is how you get hold of me. Or you can tweet me at gb news. I want to ask you about the working class tonight. Lots of you are already getting in touch with me about that topic. It seems to have got you all talking already. Many of you all talking already. Many of you are asking what does the working class comprise of these class even comprise of these days . The definition many of you suggesting seems to have shifted. Is it fit for purpose anymore . I dont know. I would add i would describe it probably the working class. If you need to go to work and earn a living, then to me, youre working class. If youre a trust fund baby or whatever, then obviously youre not. Thats how i would define it. And i also think even as you move up the income income levels, i still think youre working do you . Can working class. Do you . You can get in touch with me and tell me your thoughts on and well your thoughts on that and well come to that very come to that story very soon. But want to talk to but for now, i want to talk to you about property. Get this the average the are now average rents in the uk are now well, average rental well, the average rental property, should i say, has got 25 people inquiring about it. And average rent get this, and the average rent get this, outside of london now is £1,278 a month in london, £2,627. I mean, Goodness Gracious me , that mean, Goodness Gracious me, that is pretty eye watering stuff. Its led to a Big Conversation today. Ben habib and theres a real kind of dividing line in among people that are commenting. One school of thought is that landlords are taking the mick now and they are exploiting people and basically profiteering. And the other profiteering. And the other school of thought is that actually basic supply and demand , fair profiteering, fair capitalism. Hmm. Where are you capitalism. Hmm. Where are you on it . Well, i cant rule out the possibility that some landlords are taking advantage, but you know what were seeing playing out more generally. And i think is the root cause of this problem , is a spike in inflation problem, is a spike in inflation action. And with that spike in inflation has obviously come a massive increase in Interest Rates. And landlords who were used to paying close to nothing for their property are now having to finance very expensive mortgages as the 13 years only. If there was on a deal thats just expired and need needed redoing or if there was on a tracker or something. All mortgages as any mortgage taken before 2022 will go up in price. Consider doubly so if youve cut your cloth according to what Interest Rates were in 2021 or any of the prior 13 years before 2021, you will now be facing difficulty. Everyones mortgage has gone up. So i think thatis mortgage has gone up. So i think that is the fundamental everyone. If youve fixed yourself in for i dont know, a five year deal or a ten year deal or whatever, then your mortgage hasnt increased just because the no. The base rates have no. Okay. Thats quite rare, though. Most fixes to the extent people 2 or 3 years. People do fix the 2 or 3 years. So everyones rate is going to is going to go up imminently or has gone up and so that is i think thats the principle biggest component of the rise in in rents. The other big component, of course, is the drive towards net zero and the required for landlords to make their properties compliant with an epc with an Energy Performance certificate of at least c by the time we get to 2027 or theyll be prohibited from leasing it. And then the third big driver of rents has been a move in taxation against landlords. So so if youre a private renter of property , you private renter of property, you own another property, you have to pay 3 extra stamp duty. If you own it in a corporate structure, you pay a greater stamp duty. Well, you used a landlord. You used to be able to offset the you used to be able to offset your interest costs and your operating costs against the income tax. Income before you pay tax. Now you cant do that. So and now you cant do that. So theres been a move against landlords. By the way, landlords. And by the way, successive governments have raided order raided landlords in order to finance their positions. And so finance their positions. And so were you the were seeing, you know, the result all those all those result of all of those all those things coming together. So in your mind, its all basic for above board . Well, im not above board . Well, im not saying its all above board, but im saying the general trend is dnven im saying the general trend is driven by factors outside the control of would be profiteering, rapacious landlords as well. Obviously, im not going to agree that at all. Agree with any of that at all. All i can agree that this is a problem thats been happening for many, many i mean, 40 for many, many years. I mean, 40 years we had right to buy years since we had right to buy since 1979. Whats happened is we just dont have enough affordable , good quality housing affordable, good quality housing for everybody , no matter what for everybody, no matter what income youve got. What i grew up, i lived on a Council Estate. Everybody on my Council Estate worked. We were all working worked. We were all working people and we had decent, good quality housing. And what has happened from right to buy successive governments, labour, tory, theyve all been the same. None of them has invested in housing and also weve had this shift from housing, meaning everything but home. So what housing is now, its Peoples Pensions is housing is , you pensions is housing is, you know, because weve accepted low wages, theyll think, well you know, my house prices are going up. So we always think that housing is perhaps savings or pensions more of an asset. Yeah an asset. Something to give your kids when actually a house should be a home. Do you think its a responsibility of the state of the government to provide working people with a home thats so i dont think that theres a responsibility to provide. Provide. But i think that housing is a human right because othennise, if you have no home, you have nothing. If you have no home, then investing in education or health care , none of that will health care, none of that will matter because you havent got a home. So how in its like a basic need , its like water. Basic need, its like water. Do you agree with that . Housing is a human right. I dont know if its a human right, but it is an absolute basic need. You need a roof over your head and need a food on your head and you need a food on your head and you need a food on your plate. Then whose responsibility so then whose responsibility is provide that . Is it to provide that . Well, ultimately, we well, ultimately, what we need successful economy and need is a successful economy and an meritocratic an economy which is meritocratic based. Were going based. And i think were going to of the subjects were to one of the subjects were going to talk about is meritocracy. And and im meritocracy. And i and im delighted talking about it delighted were talking about it because need meritocratic because we need a meritocratic based which based economy system which allows the entire economy to grow so we can create the wealth required to create the housing for the population. So for the population. So i completely agree with you , lisa, completely agree with you, lisa, by the way, that weve had 40 years of neglect in the housing market. We simply havent market. We just simply havent built enough but built enough housing. But the most spike in costs isnt most recent spike in costs isnt as a result of a long term failure that failure has been underlying and, you know, getting worse. But you know, the spike in costs has happened really in the last 12 months. And that, i think, is more to do with inflation. Interest rates. The driver i do think landlords are profiteering as well. I do think theres some profit earring. Were in a housing crisis were in a major housing crisis. Were in a major housing crisis. Were in a major housing crisis. Were in a major housing crisis. Sunak has housing crisis. Rishi sunak has said nothing about this this week. And there is some profiteering happening. Profiteering happening. Yeah, theres one other issue which i must mention is that weve had rampant immigration and, you know, last year we had and, you know, last year we had a net 600,000 people come into the country. Thats at least the country. Thats at least another 150,000 homes. You know, youve got a lot of were going to talk about immigration in particularly about solution to it, about the solution to it, whether not its more whether or not its more european cooperation. But anyway, youve companies anyway, youve got Companies Like i think serco and Companies Like i think serco and Companies Like that that are now proactively going into towns , proactively going into towns, cities, whatever, putting on events , as i understand it, and events, as i understand it, and actually almost marketing to landlords. Look you can come to us, we can give you long term contracts, we can give you fantastic rents, yada, yada yada, in order to put so called Asylum Seekers into to these properties. And a lot of people are getting quite tempted by that because the money on offer , why wouldnt they be attractive to them . The challenge is with that, obviously it then takes out that Housing Stock from people Housing Stock from local people that been living there that have been living there wanting to get the housing wanting to get on the housing ladden wanting to get on the housing ladder, says. Did you ladder, debbie says. Did you know that some landlords are now asking for pet rent . No, i did not know that, she says. And i shouldnt laugh. Its not funny, but i just think its a bit ludicrous. Shes telling me she looks at a property for £1,000, but no pets. Was allowed. But then said h