First muslim to be appointed to the Scottish Government, he worked as a political adviser before becoming scottish justice political adviser before becoming scottishjustice secretary. Mp political adviser before becoming scottish justice secretary. Mp for nine years, elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2016 and party leader a year ago when he set out a path to achieving welsh independence, the leader of plaid cymru, adam price. Jonathan bartley, co leader of the green party in england and wales, co founder of a christian think tank had co founder of a christian think tank ha d rece ntly co founder of a christian think tank had recently arrested during the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in the city of london. And city trader, former leader of ukip, mep for 20 years, he led the campaign for 20 years, he led the campaign for a referendum on the uks bishop of the eu, leader and founder of the brexit party, nigel farage. The uks membership of the eu. There are only three days to go, and s
Pounng unis and tributes have been pouring in for the greatest chat show host of them all, sir Michael Parkinson , who has died Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88. Well also have news on prince harry, whos about to star in another Netflix Documentary. But first, heres all the news with aaron armstrong. Armstrong. Good afternoon to you. Its a minute past three. Aaron armstrong here in the newsroom. Gb news dont kill cash petition has been delivered to downing street in the last half an hour or so. The chancellor, jeremy hunt, received more than 296,000 signatures on behalf of viewers and listeners. The letter is calling on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. Tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster, sir Michael Parkinson, who died at the age of 88. Sir michael became one of the countrys most famous faces through long running talk through his long running talk show , interview
It this, you can get a deterrent into place, get flights off to rwanda and people are then dissuaded from crossing the channel in small boats then in due course the cost of the Asylum System will fall and they say that if they did nothing, if they simply took this rwanda policy out of the equation, then the cost of Hotel Accommodation in any case is set to soar. Of Hotel Accommodation in any case is set to soar is set to soar. Thank you very much indeed for is set to soar. Thank you very much indeed forjoining is set to soar. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. Its three years since two brothers from blackburn in the north of england bought supermarket giant asda. Mohsin and zuber issa made a £5 billion fortune building a global Petrol Station empire, which they stilljointly own, with a private finance company. Buying asda though has put them under a glare of publicity and scrutiny partly because of the large amount of debt they used to do it. Theyre notoriously publicity shy. B
Spending around ten or 20 lower in real terms than it was in 2010. Other parts of the Public Sector are spending more. Finally we need to note that demand for services are going up with the population getting older and growing. Many people have needs they have to have where councils have to provide services. In a sense it has reduced resources and greater demand. And in the end some way will have to be found in National Politics to change the Local Government funding model or get Local Government doing less. To Local Government funding model is very different in other countries. It certainly is. In other countries you have a local income taxes. In scandinavia, famously, norway, sweden and denmark, local income taxes. Even in the united states, more local taxes are available so local decisions are made. Thats another issue. What Local Governments spend is heavily constrained by Central Government, and Central Government has wanted Local Government to cut its spending over time and that
Prince harry cries racism also at 10 pm, polling closes in the rochdale by election. We will be covering that live. Yes. And of course on my panel tonight it is the star telegraph columnist Allison Pearson, director of popular conservatives Mark Littlewood and ex labour advisor matthew laza. Oh, and whats all matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get ready matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get ready britain, here we this. Get ready britain, here we go. Go. The abdul ezedi case exposes something astonishing. Next. Something astonishing. Next. The top story on gb news tonight. Voters in rochdale in Greater Manchester have got less than an hour now to cast their ballot in tonights by election, with polling stations closing at 10 00. The ballot will decide who will replace veteran labour mp sir tony lloyd, who died in january. There are 11 candidates on the ballot paper. The results are expected tomorrow for full coverage right through the nigh