Put on the back of a shrunken postage i think its postage stamp. But i think its an important story because a Football Club important Football Club is an important part the local community. Part of the local community. Maybe George Galloway could buy hes local mp. Yeah. Let hes the local mp. Yeah. Let us know your thoughts on on our talking today. Email talking points today. Email us at gbviews gbnews. Uk. But first, heres with heres your News Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Andrew, thank you and good morning. The top stories from the gb newsroom jeremy hunt says the gb newsroom jeremy hunt says the conservatives ambition to end National Insurance wont happen any time soon. Around £10 billion has been spent on a £0. 02 cut to the insurance rate, butits £0. 02 cut to the insurance rate, but its benefits are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. The non dom tax status has also been scrapped, meaning that wealthy Foreign Residents will no longer get a tax break. Two other news average house prices rose by 0. 4 last month. The fifth monthly increase in a row. Halifax Found Property prices grew by 1. 7 on an annual basis , grew by 1. 7 on an annual basis, compared with 2. 3 the previous month. The average british home now costs just under £292,000. It comes after the Government CutCapital Gains tax in yesterdays budget , which is yesterdays budget, which is expected to encourage more house sales. A new Train Service sales. A new Train Service between london and Central Scotland has been given the go ahead. The scotland has been given the go ahead. The rail regulator approved plans to operate four daily return services between london euston and the city of stirling. Itll create new competition for lner, which currently operates services on the route. Grand union trains is due to launch its new services by june next year , and by june next year, and nationwide Building Societies reached an agreement to buy virgin money in a deal worth £2. 9 billion. The planned takeover aims to create a combined lender worth more than 366 billion. It would eventually see the virgin money brand disappear, though nationwide says it has no plans to cut jobs in the near tum. For the latest in the near tum. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now news. Com slash alerts. Now lets get you straight back to carol and. Carol and. Andrew. Hello and welcome to britains news on gb news with Andrew Pierce. And just about Carole Malone, because she said, and i had to nip out. She did have to nip out. I had to nip out to the loo. I had to nip out to the loo. Now that was the make or break budget. But what you break budget. But what did you do it didnt do it very do for you, it didnt do it very much. Know, your paper said much. You know, your paper said it today, you know, we needed pirates six, but we didnt get in. And as paper quite in. And as your paper quite rightly pointed it said rightly pointed out, it said if this been government that this had been a government that was and if it had was like steady and if it had been like in charge and controlling, it wasnt an election it would controlling, it wasnt an electiprobably it would controlling, it wasnt an electiprobably a would controlling, it wasnt an electiprobably a woulisound have probably been a good sound budget, boring, isnt it . It was boring. It was dull. I really thought there had to be something in addition to the 2 billion the £0. 02 cut in billion to the £0. 02 cut in National Insurance, because it had widely trailed. Had been so widely trailed. Yeah, was a make or yeah, well it was a make or break budget. It was delivered yesterday. And here is the chancellor. Take a listen chancellor. Just take a listen to he was saying yesterday to what he was saying yesterday from 6th employee from april the 6th employee National Insurance will be cut by £0. 02 from 10 to 8. By another £0. 02 from 10 to 8. And self employed National Insurance will be cut from 8 to 6. It means an additional £450 a year for the average employee, or £350 for someone self employed. And when combined self employed. And when combined with the autumn reductions, it means 27 million employees will get an average tax cut of £900 a year. Yeah conservatives will abolish the non dom tax regime james murray, the labour mp for north ealing, gave his reaction on gb news breakfast show. Well, look, the conservatives position on the non dom tax is the most almighty u turn , you the most almighty u turn, you know, its a humiliating u turn. Ive been the shadow financial secretary for a few years now, and ive had minister after minister come in to explain why its a wrong policy. It doesnt add up. They cant possibly support it. It would be bad for our economy and on. Then our economy and so on. And then they lock, stock they just nick it lock, stock and so really , its and barrel. So really, its a humiliating u turn for the conservatives announce this conservatives to announce this policy yesterday. Were obviously review whats obviously going to review whats happened and adapt how were going to pay for our policies accordingly and set out our plans. Going into the plans. But going into the election, all of our plans will be funded and fully costed i well, hm well, that was exciting, wasnt it . And the former transport minister and the tory mp copeland, Trudy Harrison , mp for copeland, Trudy Harrison, she joined nigel farage on gb news night. He news last night. He was broadcasting in whitehaven in cumbria, course bev cumbria, where of course bev turner yesterday she gave turner was yesterday she gave her reaction to the, in my view, distinctly underwhelming budget, i the memo. Sticking to the i got the memo. Sticking to the plan. Dont want to go back to square one. Yes, weve ticked many of the boxes. Growth is up many of the boxes. Growth is up slightly better than germany , slightly better than germany, better than france, better than italy. I thought we were in recession, but its still up. Recession, but its still up. They try, dont they, to be loyal. Look, it was boring. Now. Bofing loyal. Look, it was boring. Now. Boring budgets are often better. But as if youre running a successful economy there better, potentially six months away from it. Because i think the idea now of the may election, ive wasted my £5 bet with paddy power. My £5 bet with paddy power. Actually, i had a tenner on a may election because i thought, they cant risk boat crossings throughout the summer. No, there were 400, by the way, the other throughout the summer. No, there werecrossed� y the way, the other throughout the summer. No, there werecrossed the e way, the other throughout the summer. No, there werecrossed the channel,e other day crossed the channel, interest could go the Interest Rates could go the wrong. Inflation could go the wrong. Inflation could go the wrong way. They cant risk it. Theyll itll go from a theyll go. Itll go from a election. There was nothing in that to that this that budget to me that this this was early election. That budget to me that this this wasthisaarly election. That budget to me that this this wasthis was election. That budget to me that this this wasthis was supposed to be the this was supposed to be the budget, it . That that was budget, wasnt it . That that was going to get tories going to get the tories re elected . Yeah, but i think what done is guaranteed the what its done is guaranteed the death dont you. What its done is guaranteed the daneah. Dont you. What its done is guaranteed the daneah. Othert you. What its done is guaranteed the daneah. Other thing, its yeah. The other thing, its just dishonest the just dishonest for the chancellor the exchequer chancellor of the exchequer to say the average family now will be better off thanks the be £450 better off thanks to the National Insurance because National Insurance cut, because council tax is going up by 5 in just about every council in the country. If you have the misfortune live labour misfortune to live in labour controlled birmingham, going misfortune to live in labour conbuted birmingham, going misfortune to live in labour conbut theyirmingham, going misfortune to live in labour conbut the othergham, going misfortune to live in labour conbut the other thing going misfortune to live in labour conbut the other thing is ing misfortune to live in labour conbut the other thing is the 20. But the other thing is the Tax Thresholds are not rising with inflation, so theyre not going to change until 2028. So more people are going to be taken into the £0. 40 tax rate. Yeah £0. 45 tax rate including pensioners pensions are going to be pay more tax. It interesting i mean it is interesting isnt that this this isnt it, that that this this was supposed to this budget was supposed us a reason to supposed to give us a reason to vote tory again. It was supposed to full of big giveaways. It to be full of big giveaways. It was to give the party a was going to give the party a real boost. Its going to do the very opposite. And was reading very opposite. And i was reading professor curtice today Professor John curtice today that, the big the that, you know, the big the pollster, pollster, the big pollster, the pollster, the big electoral and he, he electoral pollster. And he, he was about and you dont was talking about and you dont think going happen was talking about and you dont thinihe going happen was talking about and you dont thinihe was going happen was talking about and you dont thinihe was talking happen was talking about and you dont thinihe was talking about. En was talking about and you dont thinihe was talking about. They that he was talking about. They could election. They could call a may election. They could. You think thats going could. Do you think thats going to happen . I dont why not . Was possibility, i think it was a possibility, because have to hed have because theyd have to hed have to parliament march to dissolve parliament by march the yes. Youve got the 26th. Yes. Well, youve got the 26th. Yes. Well, youve got the youve got a plane up the will. Youve got a plane up in the air to rwanda. Thats a problem. Yeah and tax cuts, problem. Yeah and the tax cuts, the National Insurance cut announced wont have announced yesterday wont have kicked, announced yesterday wont have kickecpeople wont even, april. People wont have even, you and you talk to you know, and when you talk to people there, theyre not people out there, theyre not really interested the really interested in the national cut. National insurance cut. Know, all the polls that you know, all the polls that ive and all the people ive seen and all the people ive seen and all the people ive spoken to, they say is ive spoken to, what they say is they dont want cuts. They they dont want tax cuts. They actually want Public Services to be they want they be better. They want they want benefits people benefits cut. A lot of people want a lot want benefits cut a lot of people want the that we people want the money that we spend on immigration cut. And what dont is this. What they dont need is this. And you know, he already announced is twice in one announced this is twice in one yeah announced this is twice in one year. Hes cut national year. Hes cut the National Insurance. But dont care insurance. But people dont care about theyre about it because theyre not going it much. Going to feel it very much. And think he should have. And i think he should have. That was a brilliant the speech, the minister speech after the Prime Minister speech after the Prime Minister speech after the by election victory the rochdale by election victory for was for George Galloway was very good interesting. But for George Galloway was very go were going to cut it and this is how were going to do it. And why doesnt get and why sunak doesnt get that immigration is a big thing, i know. Lets go e i know. Lets go to westminster well, lets go to westminster because still buzzing. It because its still buzzing. It always day after the always is. The day after the budget. Talk budget. And were going to talk now political now to our political correspondent, utley, who correspondent, olivia utley, who i in the i was with her in the westminster studio only yesterday. What is the yesterday. Olivia, what is the reaction on the ground . Are tory mps buoyant they that mps buoyant now . They think that the delivered mps buoyant now . They think that the an delivered mps buoyant now . They think that the an election delivered mps buoyant now . They think that the an election winninged mps buoyant now . They think that the an election winning budget, them an election winning budget, or little bit underwhelmed . Well, definitely wouldnt well, i definitely wouldnt say the word. Say that buoyant is the word. I think underwhelmed fits the bill more closely. Lots of conservative mps are very annoyed jeremy didnt annoyed that jeremy hunt didnt do about those income do anything about those income Tax Thresholds that we were talking about yesterday. Yes, a2p cut in National Insurance puts a bit of money back in the average workers pocket , but average workers pocket, but thatis average workers pocket, but that is completely eclipsed by the fact that those income Tax Thresholds arent moving by 2027, people will be considerably worse off than they would have been had those thresholds risen with inflation over the last five years. Even when you take into account those those National Insurance cuts take into account to the rise in council tax , and the average council tax, and the average household is definitely worse off than it should have been at this point. Labour are making hay with that. Theyre pointing out that that Living Standards have gone down over 13 years of tory rule. What makes things quite awkward for labour is the fact that jeremy hunt decided to steal their non doms policy. Every time you hear a labour politician come on the on the airwaves over the last year or so, every single expensive policy that they have pledged is going to be paid for, apparently by scrapping the non dom tax status. Well, jeremy hunt has very much taken the wind out of labours sails by doing it in advance. So i think were going to expect to have to see Rachel Reeves come up with a pretty clever plan for how she is now going to pay for all the things that shes promised without raising taxes. I mean, as you said, andrew, yesterday, you and i were talking about, we assume that there to be some that there was going to be some big centrepiece of the budget, the insurance cut was the National Insurance cut was trailed in advance. So we thought, well, there must be something else. There be something else. There must be a rabbit that jeremy hunt is about to of the hat. There to pull out of the hat. There was no rabbit. He did suggest there hint. Moment there was a hint. For one moment i that was planning i thought that he was planning on combining National Insurance and income simplify the and income tax to simplify the uk tax code. Thats something which probably would go down pretty well with conservative mps. But he he ended up actually bottling it. He said that that would be a long time goal of the conservative party. Why didnt he do it yesterday. Well, for one it would be expensive one thing, it would be expensive and inflationary. But and possibly inflationary. But also pensioners pay income tax. They dont pay National Insurance. If you rolled two the into one, you would probably have to raise income tax. And have to raise income tax. And that would annoy the grey vote, as its known. And the grey vote turns up on polling day to vote. So that is not something that a conservative chancellor would do in an election year. It all felt very, very cautious. Not like an election budget, not like a party who sort of have nothing to lose, which you might think would be thinking at this would be the thinking at this point so, so far behind in point with so, so far behind in the polls. There were no the polls. But there were no bangs, were no whistles, bangs, there were no whistles, there no rabbits. Maybe there were no rabbits. Maybe theres to be another theres going to be another budget before the next election. Theyve spooked . Do you think theyve spooked . Because i talked to some tory mps yesterday, they were mps yesterday, olivia. They were spooked what . The reaction of spooked by what . The reaction of the the liz truss the markets to the liz truss mini budget. The pound went crashing the floor. Crashing through the floor. Interest rates soared, Mortgage Rates went people directly rates went up. People directly blamed the tories for that. Do you . If so, if he had cut income tax as well, was he worried that would spook the markets and then thered be another meltdown. And thats what couldnt risk, thats what they couldnt risk, which we had this utterly which is why we had this utterly risk approach. Risk averse approach. I think there is definitely an element of that. Jeremy hunt is terrified of doing anything like what liz truss and Kwasi Kwarteng did , and possibly hes kwarteng did, and possibly hes ended up going too far. The other way. Didnt dare to be bold because of the risk of spooking the market. Jeremy hunt has said over and over again that th