channel hello and welcome to a very good afternoon to you. i'm angela rippon and i'm sitting in for alison stewart this afternoon and indeed, for the next 2 hours, it means i'm going be keeping you company here on tv radio stories that really radio with stories that really matter all over the country and we've certainly got plenty coming . and strikes coming up. more and more strikes are planned the country and it's not just the trains the passport is now getting ready to strike for an incredible five weeks. so

how does this affect you.7 well, how does this affect you? well, we're going to be discussing that and so much more. but first, let's have the news from armstrong . good afternoon. it's armstrong. good afternoon. it's 1:00. i'm out on patrol in the gb newsroom. the home secretary suella braverman is planning to deport the first migrants to rwanda by the summer. speaking in kigali, she says the timing depends on pending legal battles and has indicated the uk could move away from the european of human rights if it hinders the plan. the agreement rwanda has been expanded to include all illegal migrants , not just illegal migrants, not just asylum seekers. progress is being made rapidly and i'm really confident on the back of the progress that i've seen here in kigali that we will be able to operationalise this world leading agreement very, very soon. the big point here is that will be a package of , soon. the big point here is that will be a package of, high quality humanitarian support for

people who will be relocated to rwanda. that with our robust new laws will be will enable us to break the business model of the people gangs. break the business model of the people gangs . well the deal with people gangs. well the deal with . cost £140 million. the shadow up secretary lisa nandy says could have been better spent. we think you should take that money? put it into the national crime agency , create crime agency, create a cross—border cell that disrupts the criminal and send the clearest possible message to those criminal gangs that their behaviour won't be tolerated , behaviour won't be tolerated, that will bring them to account should they persist. instead, we had more and more of the tough talk from this government. and last year the boat crossings hit a record high of. 45,000 is not working. and it's about time the government recognised that . government recognised that. former chancellor kwasi accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini—budget autumn, which triggered market turmoil? in an exclusive with gb news, he says the chancellor jeremy hunt

has done a good job of stabilising the economy . i think stabilising the economy. i think jeremy rightly perhaps has adopted a cautious approach given what happened last winter . and he's also very much, i think , looking at the markets, think, looking at the markets, looking at what treasury officials are doing and trying to do it in a methodical way. and that's where i think i and liz got it wrong . boris johnson liz got it wrong. boris johnson will publish evidence in his defence over he misled parliament over the partygate scandal. he's expected to submit a 50 page dossier to commons privileges committee tomorrow before being questioned by mpc wednesday. the investigation is being chaired by labour's harriet harman, but the panel has a conservative of majority cabinet minister. has a conservative of majority cabinet minister . dowden cabinet minister. dowden believes the former minister will provide compelling evidence having worked with boris for many years in different capacities , i'm quite sure that capacities, i'm quite sure that he will put forward a very robust defence of his case when he appears before the committee

on wednesday. ultimately this is a procedure of the house of commons. it's always been the case in this sort of things. it's up to individual members make up their own mind. so first of all, will be for the of all, it will be for the committee make a committee to make a determination if that determination and if that necessitates it goes to the floor of the it will be up floor of the house it will be up to each individual mp to make up their . vladimir putin's their mind. vladimir putin's a surprise visit to the ukrainian city of mariupol . russian state city of mariupol. russian state media have showed putin taking a tour. media have showed putin taking a tour . the city media have showed putin taking a tour. the city his first media have showed putin taking a tour . the city his first visit tour. the city his first visit tour. the city his first visit to a newly occupied ukrainian territory since the start of the war. the port city was destroyed by one of the most violent sieges of the conflict. the international criminal court issued an arrest for the russian president. that was saturday. police searching for a missing teenager have released an image of her leaving a bus station in glasgow with an unknown . 15 year glasgow with an unknown. 15 year old faith marley hasn't been seen since travelling from edinburgh to glasgow on wednesday morning. the pair left

buchanan at bus station shortly after 11 am. police are concerned for her wellbeing but say there's nothing to, suggest she's come to harm and an emergency alert will be sent to . mobile users across the uk month to test a new public system . yes, you'll be hearing system. yes, you'll be hearing this on the 23rd of april. that siren users will not be able to use their phones again until they acknowledge . it has been they acknowledge. it has been designed to make people aware of potentially threatening potentially life threatening situations , such as floods and situations, such as floods and wildfires . and the kings paid wildfires. and the kings paid tribute to the late queen on the first mother's day since her death last september. the royal family tweeted a picture of charles as a baby standing on his mother's lap. a picture of the queen consort with her mother has also been posted. the prince and princess of wales shared a picture of their children with kate and a message . happy mother's day from our to

yours . if happy mother's day to yours. if happy mother's day to everybody watching , this is gb everybody watching, this is gb views. more as it happens. but now it is over to angela angela thanks, irene, and good to you all. thank you for your company this afternoon. i think it's true we've all been victims in some way or. another to the mass industrial that's been taking place across of our public sectors in recent months. now, from rails , teachers, university from rails, teachers, university professors , doctors, nurses, professors, doctors, nurses, ambulance servants, airport staff , and now the passport staff, and now the passport office staff who say they're going to go on strike. well, the list just goes on, doesn't it. the biggest day of industrial since the current wave of strikes began last year took place as the chancellor, jeremy hunt revealed his spring budget on march the 15th, before that

february saw the uk's biggest of industrial action in than a decade. as teachers, university staff . train driver, civil staff. train driver, civil servants, bus drivers and security guys all went on strike. and yesterday there was a 24 hour walkout by rail workers from 14 of the train operators that are affiliated with the rmt union in has been, as we all know, i think, a long running dispute over pay jobs and working conditions. running dispute over pay jobs and working conditions . and and working conditions. and there was a similar strike on thursday and no subsequent scheduled for the 30th of march. and 1st of april, just right at the beginning of the easter holidays . now, the rail delivery holidays. now, the rail delivery group have called totally unjustified , but the rmt union unjustified, but the rmt union general secretary, mick lynch, says that ministers must offer new money. now there's also been ongoing strikes . the teachers ongoing strikes. the teachers across the uk , but the across the uk, but the government and the education have held intensive talks on the issues which certainly have

sparked series of strikes by teachers in recent months. the talks which are expected to focus on pay conditions and workload reduction again to involve unions, include including the national union, whose members were on strike in england earlier this past week and now we're expected to see the longest strike of all with passport office expected to strike for five weeks with more than a thousand of their staff walking out in an escalation , a walking out in an escalation, a dispute that's been going on for some time. overpaid jobs and conditions and they'll be on strike from the 3rd of april to the 5th of may. the union has said that the action is a significant escalation in the long running dispute as it warns that the strike will have and i quote , a significant impact on quote, a significant impact on the delivery of passports as summer holidays approach. alongside passports , heathrow alongside passports, heathrow airport security staff also planned walkouts , they say going planned walkouts, they say going to disrupt some travel during

the easter break. but government has said demands civil servants could cost £2.4 billion and unaffordable . now, i don't know unaffordable. now, i don't know about you, but it does seem to me that all of these strikes are just never ending and we are all in some way going to be affected. and it does beg the question is there a way of solving disputes before this gets too far or are all of these strikes actually really necessary ? well, i'm going to be necessary? well, i'm going to be joined by guest who's going to be able to answer all of your concerns and thoughts on this matter. so just remember, you can join in on conversation. it's not just me here in the studio. you can get in touch by emailing me to gb views gb news dot uk . and kicking off by being dot uk. and kicking off by being joined by steve hadley. steve is the former assistant general secretary of the rmt union. thank so much forjoining me,

steve. steve i could be wrong, but as i understand it, there's offer on the table to the rmt of 14.4% for the lowest workers and 9.2% for the highest workers and been the membership have been asked to vote on this with a decision coming out at midday tomorrow. if that is the case, why do we still so many rail strikes hanging over heads? well, leigh, the offer that's actually been put on the table is over two years. that's the first thing to it's not near the figures that you're describing. it is . it's 5% sorry, 5% for it is. it's 5% sorry, 5% for last year and 4% plus a bonus of 750 points going forward . so 750 points going forward. so over the past two years, if you look at inflation's been 11 and a half % last year. stoke a half% last year. stoke currently 10% this year. so that would mean a real terms pay cut of 11. and i would urge all our team members before this don't

interrupt and it's been stitched up interrupt and it's been stitched ”p by interrupt and it's been stitched up by a lot of bureaucrats . are up by a lot of bureaucrats. are not going to be you put their pay not going to be you put their pay rise they're going to get a pay pay rise they're going to get a pay rise they're going to get a pay rise and i ask people to reject that it's a real terms pay reject that it's a real terms pay cut that's not what you went for and going to be paid for. and jobs and the smashing up of your terms and conditions. steve these strikes been going on since summer . these strikes been going on since summer. you are, since last summer. you are, i think by everything i read online, , the support of the online, lou, the support of the general where this is concerned. what do you want? because it has to come to a conclusion at some point. well i mean, look, there's 42 billion planned out there's 42 billion planned out there and afford it. and evaded taxes. there's plenty money. they have a one ukraine, billions of pounds have been sent over there, which has seen a budget it's cut. corporations taxes by billions of points. so there's money enough to every pubuc there's money enough to every public sector worker and in fact, we can't have a situation where working people are year on more impoverished, while a smaller a society get welfare

and welfare just not on it's not and welfare just not on it's not a good economic model and something's to change. something's got to change. i think what's got to change is people have get at least an inflation pay these add no cost that are tamzin adaptations and not reskill and jobs. i mean that to me is the starting but i know mick lynch has said that he's not prepared accept job losses he's not going to have an attack on pensions or changing in working conditions but you know as well as the general now know as well as the general now know because this has been made pubuc know because this has been made public on so many occasions that the railways are actually losing , they have to modernise and there is going to come a point surely where there is going to have to be a compromise. they the reason why the railways are losing money that billions of pounds every year are getting pumped under the pumped straight under the private pockets of private sector, the pockets of shareholders , they didn't do the shareholders, they didn't do the tap the pandemic doesn't tap during the pandemic doesn't keep running it. keep this country running it. it's a money making scam. what we it's huge scam we have is it's a huge scam where government are paying taxpayers money, the pockets of shareholders , of them, tory

shareholders, of them, tory party supporters inhabit these private companies and it's not on the money in the railway industry . there doesn't need to industry. there doesn't need to be any more money put into the railway industry to solve this dispute. all it will need is this to be put towards the workers that are actually doing the job and stay out of the shareholders off shareholders are creaming off the but the government the profits. but the government has said and indeed the railway industry has said , that they industry has said, that they have got to have modernised and this seems to be the sticking . this seems to be the sticking. can you not accept that if you are going to go further into the 21st century with a regardless what you say about where the money may be going, that actually you are going to have to modernise the whole system , to modernise the whole system, and that that is the point to which is to have to which is going to have to compromise . of course, compromise. of course, the system has to be modernised, but what modernisation mean and what the introduction new technology should mean is not a loss of jobs. what it should mean as an easier life for the staff of there at the minute, less arduous work, less hours into

and we that's what new technology be used for not to attack workers rights and conditions not to keep on ever decreasing pay scales. it's absolutely appalling . we're absolutely appalling. we're seeing the knock on effects of these things in the nhs. no word . so 130,000 vacancies because the money being paid just can't attract people . how? i mean, as attract people. how? i mean, as i said earlier, you are losing the support of general public and the travelling public . how and the travelling public. how much longer can this go on. well, i've never known a dispute to be won by the, you know, the goodwill of general public, to be quite honest, mean look at where we are. but the nurses, we've got an appalling situation where. union where. once again, union bureaucrats leaders trying bureaucrats and leaders trying to the nurses down the to sell the nurses down the river. got massive river. they've got massive pubuc river. they've got massive public support. river. they've got massive public support . they're trying public support. they're trying to down the river for to sell them down the river for a non—consolidated bonus mean, it's shocking and it's absolutely shocking and again, i would i would say to nurses and everyone else in the nhs these horrible offer nhs reject these horrible offer don't be misled on this alternative care steve. what i asked is how much longer you

think this can go on. well it'll go it'll go on until anti members have a just solution then they've got i hope an inflation pattern . i hope inflation pattern. i hope there's no job cuts . obviously there's no job cuts. obviously there's no job cuts. obviously there can be introduction of new technology with job cuts in the working week . so really i hope working week. so really i hope rmt members have got the fight and every union out there, the members have got to fight to keep going , keep pushing this keep going, keep pushing this government this there's plenty of money there also need to do is redistribute it the working people instead of their friends and flunkies to train and the flunkies to train operate companies and these these that are getting huge tax breaks . steve hadley thank you breaks. steve hadley thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i think we'll all be interested to see what does happen at midday when midday tomorrow when that decision comes. thank you for joining us on the programme. that was steve hadley, who is the of the former general secretary of the former general secretary of the and of course, it the rmt union. and of course, it is not just the rail workers who are passport, are striking the passport, office now set to work, office workers now set to work, walk out for five weeks and

heathrow's staff are also taking industrial , heathrow's staff are also taking industrial, including over easter break. so joining me now is the travel commentator, christian woolmer. christian, thank you so much for joining us. five weeks of a strike and they're not mucking about. are well, that's the passport workers . no, but what happened workers. no, but what happened last time, of course that? the border agency on strike, was that they simply checking the passports pretty much. and everybody just through rather smoothly . but, you know, the smoothly. but, you know, the wider point is that of there is money to be found to pay these workers. the idea that the government really up against it can't afford a billion pounds here or there. i mean they've just given a fantastic pension tax break to the top one or 2% of the population when they could have just confined to doctors. so hadley does have a point, although i don't entirely

agree what he says . i mean, agree what he says. i mean, there isn't actually that money leaking out to the private sector in, the industry. i mean, i think the railways have been privatised in a very clumsy way and i think it's rather unnecessary. but that's not where the pot of money is or the pot of money is available for the government to pay these workers. what they but they deserve. and it won't be inflation and it won't be 10. nobody's really they'll get 10% per year, but they should get a decent pay . well, i heard one of decent pay. well, i heard one of the union representatives i want to talk to you particularly about passport office situation , saying, first of all, that they could sustain a five week strike because they had built up over some considera time rather large war chest which meant that people would not lose any . as people would not lose any. as i said, they are not mucking about this. they are also saying that they want this to have a significant impact and that it's going to be with as high a

profile as possible. now they are targeting holidaymakers basically here so that they can make their point up. they well, you know , strikers do have to you know, strikers do have to target the audience that is likely to influence the government and i somewhat suspect that , you know, this suspect that, you know, this will get resolved in the same way have begun to see a change in attitude where, you know the nhs staff now getting more. that was been a part of money found although we're not quite sure that money is coming from. i suspect that the government is in a mood to start to solve these issues because , you know, these issues because, you know, they had expected that they would be able to paint all these strikers. this as of, you know, militant activists who were just intent on causing trouble . and intent on causing trouble. and that hasn't worked, has it ? i that hasn't worked, has it? i mean, by and large, people are still quite sympathetic . i think

still quite sympathetic. i think you're right to say that the rail workers losing a bit of support, but they are and large sympathetic to the people on strike or are kind of taking industry action. so i think the government will change tack they won't ever give a totally to these demands but i suspect that they will not want to see lots of people not able to go on houday of people not able to go on holiday because of that. and when the when the passport are actually asking for something that isn't even inflation. yeah i did hear a union rep refer to the people in the passport as living in poverty. i mean they are using very emotive now aren't they, to make their case. well know the i mean i'm it myself. i mean i did a bit shopping today and you know, i that everything i bought is kind of 50 people than it used to be. and there's no doubt that all

sorts people are using food banks who are not unemployed who are in jobs and yet they need the help . food banks, i think , the help. food banks, i think, got a benefit system that actually has not kept pace with inflation for the last or 12 years. and you know, people are afraid of this and that's just the benefits. remember do go as a to people in as well as working tax credits and stuff and so i see think we're seeing that situation come to a boil because of the high rate of inflation so i don't think it's any surprise that people are still broadly sympathetic to this. and they do accept they emotional language. it is emotional language. it is emotional are, you know, living on the breadline to a large extent even. those who are in jobs that we all need christian, thanks very much indeed for joining us. i think perhaps what we should add is that who is worried about whether or not

they're going to have a passport to be able to go on holiday this year? they should take a look at the government website, which will tell them what the rules are and hopefully they won't be too for people to too difficult for people to understand. there's understand. i think there's a lot of controversy about which countries not countries will or will not accept passports. accept certain passports. christian, thanks very much indeed for, joining us. thank you. i'm joined by you. well, finally i'm joined by professor roger siefert , who is professor roger siefert, who is the professor of industrial relations at wolverhampton university. professor, what is going at the moment do you think that has led us to a situation where we have a perfect storm at the moment where so many different unions prepared to take industrial action all at once ? well, i think we all know once? well, i think we all know what happened is that the trigger was the huge surge in inflation last summer during from 2% to so very quickly suddenly everybody found themselves much worse off. and people have plans. they have mortgages. they have holiday plans to have a budget plans. and they were all completely by

that surge in inflation. and when in the private sector , a when in the private sector, a great number of employers , great number of employers, particularly in the supermarket sector, for example, just said that's fine, we understand, and gave ten, 12% pay rises . but in gave ten, 12% pay rises. but in the public sector, the government decides to dig in saying there wasn't enough money, as we've heard, that these were inflationary rates. and in the case of teachers and, nurses, that they were sticking with the pay review, body reports and was their initial reaction . i think as time has reaction. i think as time has gone by, the strikes continued , gone by, the strikes continued, the government's come under more and more pressure . and i also and more pressure. and i also think that the prime minister , think that the prime minister, who is a more of a pragmatist himself , who is a more of a pragmatist himself, colleagues, has decided take charge. and that's why we've seen settlements now . we've seen settlements now. professor, you've been involved industrial relations, i think, since about the 1990s. can you remember relations in the state that they are at the moment ever being quite as bad tempered and

protracted as they seem to be at the moment . well, public sector the moment. well, public sector strikes always tend be bad tempered because on the one hand, the realise harm they're doing to people and they don't like that and they get upset. and on the other hand, governments tend to take quite a strong line and tend to use extremely inflammatory language , accusing the strikers of all sorts . so the rhetoric tends to sorts. so the rhetoric tends to get harder and harder is destroying goes on. but as you've said, all strikes are ultimately resolved and. at the moment. what's happened is the prime ministers, i'm sure, of this said to his own colleagues , we've got an election coming in a year. we've got it. , we've got an election coming in a year. we've got it . and in a year. we've got it. and these strikes sorted because we've got other things to push on with . and he's overriding the on with. and he's overriding the objections of some of his right wing backbenchers and saying there is a bit more money this is not inflationary . we can put is not inflationary. we can put to one side the pay review bodies and that's what's happenedin bodies and that's what's happened in the house survey. so it looks like that's what's going to happen to the

schoolteachers . so that really schoolteachers. so that really leaves the civil servants are at the shop head now. they've the worse the only two or 3. and at the end the day government wants an efficient and effective a success if they want their policies actually implemented. you need a decent civil service. and i think that's what's being said to them. mm i mean i find it interesting that someone who's been involved in industrial and you understand about what is required in negotiation means that what you're suggesting is that the government and not unsurprisingly labour has decided that because it's so behind in the polls at the moment, it's something moment, it's to do something really decisive to get really quite decisive to get over this, to have any possibility at all of even survive at the next general election . where do you think election. where do you think they go wrong in their industrial that we have to get to the point where as you say the prime minister has take control because he knows he's running time. well, let's running out of time. well, let's expect to see this not really be in a public sector pay strategy

for some time. it's hand—to—mouth and that's not a particularly good look. and that's because it's a very difficult area . they don't difficult area. they don't really know what to do . really know what to do. secondly, historically where the governments taken on the unions in this sense , governments in this sense, governments always lost. i think the first major reaction of government was to try and take on the unions and to try to sabotage what they were doing , changing the strike were doing, changing the strike laws . but it just hasn't worked. laws. but it just hasn't worked. and i think the end they decided that they can't win these strikes, that they have to put more money on the table and the final not to crack . it's the final not to crack. it's the civil service and not the civil union, particularly dcs . the union, particularly dcs. the sort of eating prospect of doing, oh, say, you know, there's certain types of civil servants who if they go on strike, have an immediate and significant impact on the public and that should be able to put pressure on the government and that's why they passport office guards and others because a lot of the civil work for instance

in procurement , the ministry of in procurement, the ministry of defence if they go on strike no one would notice for years they would have an impact that the pubuc would have an impact that the public would so that choosing those groups it would have a big impact on immediate needs. and as they've said it's a relatively small number of workers on strike in large union and so they can sustain strike pay and so they can sustain strike pay for. that's what they're going to do and it's going to be very difficult, i think, for the government to resist particularly they've made such a low. often first as you low. often the first case as you say small number of people say a small number of people involved , but a major impact involved, but a major impact they're have on those they're going to have on those people who are to plan people who are trying to plan their after two their summer holidays after two years empowered and years of being empowered and probably being to probably not being able to travel. thank you travel. all professor, thank you so for joining and your so for joining us and for your point thank you point of view on this. thank you so that professor roger so much. that professor roger seifert, who's of industrial relations at wolverhampton university. now you're watching and listening to alison stewart and listening to alison stewart and friends with me , angela and friends with me, angela rippon, we've got an awful lot

more coming up on today's program. a week is a long time in politics and this week is no different . home secretary is in different. home secretary is in rwanda this weekend in her visit to the african in the role that she said the first asylum seekers could reach the country by summer. we'll have all the with our political reporter next. but first let's take a look at what the weather's this weekend. hello there i'm greg dewhurst and welcome our latest broadcast from the met office we will see rain or showers over next few days. increasing winds, particularly in the west. temperatures around average for the time of year. looking at the bigger picture, sunday's high pressure moves out of the pressure system moves out of the way to be replaced by low way only to be replaced by low pressure, which outbreaks pressure, which means outbreaks of rain , strong winds. winds of rain, strong winds. the winds really up by the middle really picking up by the middle of the week. large waves around western rainfall western coast and rainfall totals this evening totals building to this evening . we've already got outbreaks of rain moving eastwards across northern parts of northern ireland, parts of scotland northern england, northern ireland, parts of scotlacouldorthern england, northern ireland, parts of scotlacould be |ern england, northern ireland, parts of scotla could be heavy|gland, northern ireland, parts of scotlacould be heavy|glttimes which could be heavy at times clear the high ground, some localised possible. localised is possible. cloud increasing across the rest of

england and wales. some damp weather here too. under any clear cos the foreign is clear skies cos the foreign is scotland. perhaps a touch of frost for one or two to begin monday morning, but most monday morning, but for most a cloudy damp start to the day. again, this band rain giving again, this band of rain giving some heavier spells over to higher ground as slowly higher ground as it slowly pushes eastwards pushes north and eastwards further rain pushing in across southern parts , england and southern parts, england and wales through the day, which could times in could be heavy at times in between these weather systems. we a few glimmers of we could get a few glimmers of sunshine, particularly across central and here central areas. and here temperatures reaching 14 15 temperatures reaching 14 or 15 degrees, just little bit cooler across the far north scotland. but some sunny spells into the evening on monday. further, evening time on monday. further, as bands of rain push and eastwards, which could be heavy at times , winds start to pick up at times, winds start to pick up across southwestern areas around the be the coast. the rain could be heavy times as we move into the early hours, again, over the higher ground of, northern england to some england could lead to some localised flooding. perhaps southern to southern parts of scotland to perhaps end of perhaps drier towards end of monday night into tuesday morning, but very mild nine or ten celsius to start tuesday .

ten celsius to start tuesday. but a cloudy stuff for many, however , we will start to see however, we will start to see some bright spells into parts of northern ireland. south western parts of england and wales as go through the day. as this showery rain slowly pushes north eastwards, rain holding on eastwards, the rain holding on across north—east scotland and temperatures again around temperatures jemmy again around average the time of year. average for the time of year. but windy but further wet and windy weather towards .

welcome back. it is just after 1:30 hour at armstrong here with you in the gb newsroom. the home secretary suella braverman is planning to deport the first migrants to rwanda by the summer, saying the country is ready to start receiving them. speaking in kigali, she says the timing depends on pending legal battles and has indicated the uk could leave . the european could leave. the european convention of human rights if it

hinders that plan . the agreement hinders that plan. the agreement with rwanda has been expanding it to include all illegal, not just asylum seekers . former just asylum seekers. former chancellor kwasi kwarteng has accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini—budget autumn, which triggered turmoil and. an exclusive interview with gb news. he says the chancellor, jeremy hunt delivered a good budget , jeremy hunt delivered a good budget, although he has called for faster tax and criticised the hike in corporation . boris the hike in corporation. boris johnson will publish evidence in his over allegations . he misled his over allegations. he misled parliament on, the partygate scandal. he's expected to submit a dossier to the commons privileges committee tomorrow before being questioned by mp . before being questioned by mp. on wednesday vladimir putin has made a surprise visit to the ukrainian city of mariupol. that is according russian state media. if confirmed, it would be his first visit to territory annexed from ukraine since the start of the war. the port city in donetsk fell last may after

being devastated by russian in one of the longest battles of the conflict. on saturday, the international criminal court, an arrest warrant for russian president. tv, online and dab+ radio. this is gb news, but it is back to angela . is back to angela. things are now a week is a long time in politics and this week has certainly been no different and an awful lot has happened. the first asylum seekers apparently could be flown from the uk to rwanda by the summer as the home secretary confirmed, there was every possibility that we can move quickly . she was we can move quickly. she was speaking in the rwandan capital, kigali, on her first official visit as home secretary. suella braverman also warned that the government could still leave the european of human rights if. it proved impossible to move forward with the plan to tackle

the small boats crisis. now to discuss that and so much more is our political catherine foster . our political catherine foster. catherine, she's she's coming out with fighting talk here isn't she. she wants people to be sent to rwanda by the summer . is she going to be able to actually achieve that considering the amount of discontent there is with this particular policy and the number people who frankly say that it is illegal . well that really is illegal. well that really depends on the court. of is illegal. well that really depends on the court . of course, depends on the court. of course, this was the former home secretary priti patel policy , secretary priti patel policy, last year. there was a flight that was supposed to take off for kigali, rwanda, last june. the end, not a single person was sent and the government has spent £140 million on this. so current time secretary suella braverman in rwanda this weekend basically making clear it is all systems go . the hotel beds are systems go. the hotel beds are ready. there are house is being built. they're showing that the accommodation is of a good

standards. now the legislation was blocked last year by the european courts. then the government , one in the european courts. then the government, one in the high court is now gone to the court of appeal. if government wins that , then there will that, then there will potentially be clear to send people this summer. and of course , rishi sunak has said course, rishi sunak has said it's one of his five priorities to stop the boats as numbers have gone and up and up over a thousand and have already crossed this year. it's really very urgent. the government wants to show action and show action on this. does the labour party have a point when says that £140 million would be better spent in as rishi sunak says stopping the boats coming by actually just increasing the number of border force officials that we have on the french side who could actually process those people who want to come here as genuine and genuine asylum seekers . well, they are spending

seekers. well, they are spending a lot more money with the french as well. rishi sunak pledged over £500 million over the next few years , step up patrols to few years, step up patrols to put british on the ground in france. but of course, the several prongs to stopping people on. one of these basically is if you come here illegally, you cannot possibly stay and you will be deported to a safe country. and at the moment, the only one that we have a returns agreement with is rwanda. we don't that with france or france with , french france or france with, french would not be keen to be processing them there. side. so this is designed to act as a deterrent. i hope is that they won't be deporting large numbers of people that when migrants coming illegally start to see people being deported. so rwanda they will decide that really rather stay where they are or claim a in another country one of the countries that they've come through in europe, perhaps on their to come to britain . i on their to come to britain. i have to ask you about what's

happening on wednesday when bofis happening on wednesday when boris johnson appears before the select committee. we're expecting this to be a quite a difficult for him. only 5 hours in front of the committee live television. not going to get an easy ride, is he ? no, he's easy ride, is he? no, he's certainly . this committee of certainly. this committee of seven mps for to labour, one snp that hold the face of boris johnson's political career in their hands. now he will be speaking oath. it will be televised from 2:00 onwards on wednesday afternoon. but the cabinet minister, oliver dowden, said today he will be mounting a robust defence. he is apparently putting about 50 pages of information out sending to the privileged committee whatsapp messages , which they say will messages, which they say will prove that boris johnson was simply on acting on advice of,

his advisers and that he didn't know , that rules were being know, that rules were being broken . clearly rules were broken. clearly rules were broken. clearly rules were broken . but the thing is, broken. but the thing is, whether boris knew that and no only misled parliament if they find that he did , it could be find that he did, it could be very serious. ultimately it could trigger a by—election at oxbridge he could potentially lose his seat . catherine, thank lose his seat. catherine, thank you. i think it's going to be riveting television, whichever way goes . that way it goes. that was our political correspondent catherine foster joining political correspondent catherine fosterjoining us live there from york. they are watching , listening to alastair watching, listening to alastair stewart friends with me, angela stewart& friends with me, angela rippon, afternoon . rippon, this sunday afternoon. plenty still to come, plenty more still to come, including vladimir putin has made a surprise visit to the ukrainian of mariupol. according to russian state media. now this confirmed it would be his visit to a newly occupied ukrainian territory since start of the war. and we're going to have the very latest on that conflict and grain exports coming up next. but first, we're going to take a

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welcome back. it's 20 minutes to two and you're watching and listening. alison stewart and friends. but with me, angela rippon for this weekend here on gb news. now you've been getting in touch on the big topic of the day that we've already discussed , that's mass in drill , and that's the mass in drill action. sarah says so steve hadley says they want more money for less money and less hours. saysit for less money and less hours. says it all. really? john all the civil servants , trade unions the civil servants, trade unions and far left trying to destroy this country after. and far left trying to destroy this country after . all they this country after. all they only became public service workers for an easy ride . well, workers for an easy ride. well, jim says the rmt representative was basically saying would you new technology to allow those currently employed to work a few shorter working hours more pay but no redundancy says of outdated jobs fantasies socialist thinking . do keep your socialist thinking. do keep your views in and do subscribe to our

youtube channel because we're at gb news. and we'd like to hear you have to say about the people that appear on our programs. now russian state media has reported that putin has paid a surprise to mariupol , ukrainian port to mariupol, ukrainian port city. that was by russian forces early on in the conflict. if confirmed , it would be his very confirmed, it would be his very first visit to a newly ukrainian territory since the start of the war. the visit comes a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him for his involvement in the alleged kidnap of ukrainian children , which they deemed to children, which they deemed to be a war crime. so what is the latest on the ongoing conflict in ukraine? well, joining me now is the defence editor of the telegraph con coughlin. con occurs to me that as the situation in the ukraine is escalate public interest actually decreasing . i heard actually decreasing. i heard about someone who wanted have

fundraiser for ukraine and he can't get anybody to sponsor it. now all we getting ukrainian fatigue do you think . good fatigue do you think. good afternoon angela . good to be afternoon angela. good to be with you. i think there's always a risk of this. and i think, you know, when look at the impact the ukraine conflict had on the everyday lives and family budgets of ordinary people. of course , going to get sick and course, going to get sick and tired of it . they the increase tired of it. they the increase energy bills, the increase shopping bills, etc. people want to get on with their lives . but to get on with their lives. but i think at heart the british people do understand that there's an important principle at stake , which is the defence at stake, which is the defence of democracy . and that is why of democracy. and that is why polling has shown consistently since the start of this conflict that the british public support the british government involved in the conflict. it's the weapons were given to ukraine etc. and standing up to an

international body like vladimir putin. so it's very complicated situation . and of course, angela situation. and of course, angela putin calculation is the west is weak and eventually we will lose interest. and if he just continues with these appalling human wave tactics, just changing russian men to their they are mainly men to their to their deaths that ultimately he will prevail, which is why they've got this grandstanding in. mariupol today. it does seem as if we reach some kind of extraordinary deadlock , doesn't extraordinary deadlock, doesn't it? because, yes, the russians are continuing to bombard and continuing to be very aggressive live but don't seem to have taken too much more territory. the ukrainian appear to be digging in and defend their country really incredibly . but i country really incredibly. but i mean, are we going stay with this kind of deadlock? what is your reading of the situation there at the moment ? well, there at the moment? well, i your analysis is spot on. and i

think both sides are in a position where they can't win this war. i think that the russians are exhausted. i mean, the figures are absolutely alarming when you look at the destruction. the russians have suffered something like 9, 90% of their heavy armour. that changed the fighting vehicles, etc. destroyed more than half the army . the russian army the army. the russian army killed , or injured, unable , killed, or injured, unable, continue the fight. so they're now relying on a mixture of conscripts and convicts. i mean, this is this is not a force that's going to win a war, but they contend can continue to cause a lot of trouble . on the cause a lot of trouble. on the ukrainian side, they are short of weapons. we a attempts last week of the true casualty figures that the ukrainians are suffering in places like bakhmut but with the equipment as a whole battalion wiped out in a matter of weeks. i mean the attempt this but they are taking heavy casualties. they're running it on ammunition. some

the western powers are coming in writing about supplying more weapons , fast jets seen to weapons, fast jets seen to frontline european states. slovakia . and poland offer offer slovakia. and poland offer offer jets . but you know, the big jets. but you know, the big contributor , the americans are contributor, the americans are saying no . so, you know, again saying no. so, you know, again it's a difficult situation. so as you say , poland saying, yes, as you say, poland saying, yes, you can have jets . america you can have jets. america saying, no, we're not going to give you that kind of armoury . give you that kind of armoury. what is it going to take? do you think, to make a shift in balance of power here where we can see an end to this war with ukrainians being being on top and defeating russia . well and defeating russia. well i think i think a lot will hang on. what happens this summer ? i on. what happens this summer? i mean, the fighting season , which mean, the fighting season, which is a terrible time, but that's the way it is , will begin in the the way it is, will begin in the spring. now, if they ukrainians

have the weaponry and the resources to launch an effective counterattack . there's a lot of counterattack. there's a lot of people who think the russians were just a lapse because russian is very low. we've had lots of examples of russian . lots of examples of russian. people just refuse. ordinary soldiers refusing to be sent a pointless to their deaths for commanders who know what they're doing. so i mean, that that is what we're going to be looking for. and if the west has any sense of , watch this conflict sense of, watch this conflict over so it can get back to our lives, then should give the ukrainians the heavy armour, the heavy weapons , even the aircraft heavy weapons, even the aircraft they need to make a decisive breakthrough in this conflict , breakthrough in this conflict, teach the russians a lesson and get it over . i have to teach the russians a lesson and get it over. i have to ask you about the injunction been taken out about him because of the in which the children are being kidnapped and taken to russia.

now we've heard that he's going to be tried if it's ever possible , for war crimes. now, possible, for war crimes. now, as i understand it, it's not. but this is not actually being reported in russia. so what effective any is this decision actually going to have on . putin actually going to have on. putin it isolates them. number one, i mean, under covered the bosnian conflict back in nineties and nobody ever thought we'd see slobodan milosevic and the rest of them standing trial karadzic . and you know 20 years later they were in the hague . so it they were in the hague. so it all depends on the politics change. if change, putin's not in russia. the reason the icc is not being covered in russia is because the most the media dominated and controlled by the kremlin . they're not going to kremlin. they're not going to broadcast the story which be an own goal for them. but i mean, putin can't now grandstand on the world stage this severely limit his travel. it will impact

those around him. and, of course what keeps what has kept putin in power, the moneymen, the oligarchs . they are looking at oligarchs. they are looking at a russian economy that's tanking that private wealth is demeanour showing they are isolated . showing they are isolated. they're starting to come a breaking point for putin and i i'm saying that you know in a year or two, you know what? he'd still be in power . if he year or two, you know what? he'd still be in power. if he is not in power, then may well find himself in the hague . well, himself in the hague. well, cornwell , back to you before he cornwell, back to you before he isfime cornwell, back to you before he is time , but certainly in a is time, but certainly in a years time to see whether or that prophecy comes true. khan thank you very much indeed for joining us. indeed that was colin coulson, is the colin coulson, who is the defence the telegraph . now defence of the telegraph. now today the saudi arabian today marks the saudi arabian grand prix and after yesterday's qualifying , it's looking to be qualifying, it's looking to be a rather interesting. red bull's sergio is going to start today in pole after his team—mate max verstappen had a problem with his car meant that he

unfortunately had to give up. although it was a good day . one although it was a good day. one british driver, george russell , british driver, george russell, who will start in p3 with his hamilton starting eighth position. but it was not such a good day for lando norris, who will start in. so with all of that being said, let's get to the very from the paddock now with pace formula one correspondent philip duncan who is live for us in, saudi arabia. thank you much for joining is live for us in, saudi arabia. thank you much forjoining us. thank you much for joining us. us george russell in p3 . this is us george russell in p3. this is good for british racing, isn't it. yeah george russell had a had really good day yesterday and i mean it's been a difficult season for mercedes. it's been a difficult couple seasons for mercedes now . but yeah, george mercedes now. but yeah, george russell really well in qualifying to get his mercedes onto the on onto the second road the grid for today's race so he sets in with a chance of doing something from there whether that's just getting on the podium which would be a good result given that his mercedes probably is in quick enough to

challenge win . but yeah, challenge for the win. but yeah, george was a talented george russell was a talented driver , a good young brit and driver, a good young brit and one for the future. you know, he thinks he win a world championship and hopefully he will be able soon. it was even impressive yesterday that he finished 4/10 ahead of lewis hamilton in same car. and hamilton in the same car. and the mistake we the other mistake and we all know how good lewis hamilton is his record also speaks for itself with its with his seven world championships. so yeah tremendous yesterday tremendous performance yesterday from russell and he was really enthused qualifying the same quite be said for hamilton who was obviously disappointed to be a lot further down the grid and also to lost out to his team—mate not not just further down grid hamilton but apparently he some he split with his coach and now what's going on there that's a very good question and one that people have been asking throughout the weekend here in saudi arabia. i mean, they've been so close for the last seven years. you know if you ever saw lewis in the

paddock or on the grid or before race or in the garage and it was neven race or in the garage and it was never, never far away . it was never, never far away. it was very surprising to hear that that the two of them have split . it seems to be amicable . . it seems to be amicable. they're both saying that they're still friends and they're wishing each other well for the future. but i think it was just a surprise that it was so that it was so sudden. i mean, lewis hamilton doesn't have many people in his small inner circle . and angela cullum was one of those so to see her is certainly strange also given she was in bahrain two weeks ago for the opening race and she isn't here so that certainly it does seem a bit odd . but as i say , parties bit odd. but as i say, parties seemed to suggest it was a it was an amicable amicable was bliss. i think people are going to find out was the real reason behind , the two of them parting behind, the two of them parting ways . yeah. she got to get out ways. yeah. she got to get out there on the track and find out what the goss is there. haven't you philip? now let's have a look at verstappen because he was to favourite, but

was set to be favourite, but that happened, has it? so that hasn't happened, has it? so that's red bull. that's not good for red bull. no, but good news for the sport actually and for the for neutrals. watching today's race . i mean, max verstappen's , been . i mean, max verstappen's, been in a class of his own really for the best of a year. he won last championship last year's championship last year's championship very easily. and he dominated the race here. sorry the first race of the season in bahrain, two weeks ago. so the fear really is that he's going to run away with this world championship, which would his championship, which would be his third in row. and no one loves third in a row. and no one loves no one really likes it. it's dominant streak in formula one because it to lead to because it tends to lead to quite processional boring quite a processional boring field. so it will be great to see verstappen coming through the field. he starts way down at 15, so he'll be coming back through at a track here in jeddah, which is known as the fastest streets in formula one. so that it's exciting to see him fighting his way back through it. don't rule out win. i mean, he's a long way back. given how speed he is, he must answer to something very special from that

. well, as you say it'll make it very exciting if he can come all that from number 15. philip that way from number 15. philip duncan, the media's formula one correspondent. thanks for correspondent. thanks much for joining us. now you're watching and listening to alastair stewart& friends with me, angela rippon. we've got an awful lot more coming up on the show this afternoon. among we're afternoon. among others, we're going discussing all going to be discussing that all important inquiry on important partygate inquiry on bofis important partygate inquiry on boris johnson to take boris johnson is going to take place plus, place on wednesday. plus, how can treat this mothering can we treat this mothering sunday without breaking the bank? some of you have done it. i think we'll find out how you can do it next year as well. but first, let's take a look. the weather i love. you weather i love. see you a moment. hello i'm greg ju hurst and welcome to your latest from the met office. we will see or showers over the next few days increasing winds particularly in the . temperatures around increasing winds particularly in the for'emperatures around increasing winds particularly in the for the yeratures around increasing winds particularly in the for the timeires around increasing winds particularly in the for the time year. 'ound average for the time year. looking at the bigger picture , looking at the bigger picture, sunday's high pressure system moves out of the way, only to be replaced. low pressure systems, which means outbreaks rain which means outbreaks of rain and winds . winds really and stronger winds. winds really picking up by the middle the

picking up by the middle of the week waves western week large waves around western coast. totals building coast. rainfall totals building to this evening. we've already got outbreaks of rain moving eastwards across northern parts of scotland, northern england , of scotland, northern england, which be heavy at times, which could be heavy at times, particularly higher particularly over the higher some localised flooding is possible across possible cloud increasing across the rest of england and wales. some weather here under any some weather here too under any clear skies across the far north of scotland, perhaps a touch of frost for one or two to begin monday morning, but for most a cloudy, damp start to the day. again, band rain , some again, this band of rain, some heavier over to higher heavier spells over to higher ground it slowly pushes north ground as it slowly pushes north and eastwards. further rain pushing in across southern parts , england and wales through the day, which could heavy at day, which could be heavy at times between weather times in between weather systems. could get few systems. we could get a few glimmers sunshine, glimmers of sunshine, particularly central particularly across central areas here temperatures areas and here temperatures reaching or 15 degrees, just a little bit cooler across the far north of scotland. but some sunny spells here into the evening time on monday. further bands of rain pushing off and eastwards, which could be heavy at winds to at times. the winds start to pick across southwestern pick up across southwestern areas coast. the rain areas around the coast. the rain could heavy times we

could be heavy at times as we move the early hours, too. move into the early hours, too. again the high ground of again over the high ground of northern could lead to northern england could lead to some flooding, perhaps some localised flooding, perhaps southern perhaps southern of scotland to perhaps towards end of monday night towards the end of monday night into tuesday morning. but very mild temperatures nine or ten celsius to start tuesday, but a cloudy stuff for many however, we will start to see some spells pushing into parts of northern ireland, southwestern parts of england , wales as we go through england, wales as we go through the day this showery rain the day. this showery rain slowly pushes north eastwards, the holding on across the rain holding on across northeast scotland and temperatures generally again around for time of around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. but further wet and windy weather to come towards midweek . jacob rees—mogg, the . i'm jacob rees—mogg, the member parliament north member of parliament for north east a former east somerset and a former government years government minister. for years i've corridors of power i've walked corridors of power in both westminster , the city of in both westminster, the city of london. i campaigned , in the london. i campaigned, in the largest vote in largest democratic vote in ireland's story. i this ireland's story. i know this country has so much to be proud of. need have the arguments, of. we need have the arguments, discussions on how make it better. the wisdom of the nation is in its people. vox populi vox day. that's why i'm joining the

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aaron armstrong. yes, good afternoon. it's 2:00. i'm aaron armstrong in gb newsroom. let's get you up to date with. the headlines. the home secretary suella braverman is planning to deport the first migrants to rwanda by the summer. speaking in kigali, she says the timing depends pending legal battles depends on pending legal battles and has indicated the uk could move away from the european convention of human rights if it hinders the plan . the agreement hinders the plan. the agreement with rwanda has been expanded to include all illegal migrants and not just asylum . progress is not just asylum. progress is made rapidly and really confident on the back of the progress that i've seen here in kigali that we will be able to operationalise this world leading agreement very very soon. the big point here is that there will be a package of high quality humanitarian support for people who will be relocated to rwanda . that combined with our rwanda. that combined with our robust new laws , will be able

robust new laws, will be able will enable us to break the business model of the people smuggling gangs. well deal with rwanda has already cost £140 million on shadow levelling up. secretary lisa nandy says it could have been better spent. we think you should take that money, put it into the national crime agency, create a cross border, so that disrupts the criminal gangs and send the clearest possible message . those clearest possible message. those criminal gangs that , their criminal gangs that, their behaviour won't be tolerated and that will bring them to account should they persist. instead, we've had more and more the tough talk from this government and last year the boat crossings hit record of 45,000 is not hit a record of 45,000 is not working and it's about time the government recognised that. former chancellor kwasi kwarteng has accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini—budget last autumn, which triggered market turmoil. in an exclusive interview with gb news, he says chancellor jeremy news, he says chancellorjeremy hunt has done a good job of stabilising the economy. i think jeremy rightly, perhaps as

adopted a cautious approach given what happened last winter . and he's also very much, i think , looking at the markets, think, looking at the markets, looking at what treasury officials are doing and trying to do it in a methodical way. and that's where i think i and liz got it wrong . boris johnson liz got it wrong. boris johnson will publish evidence in his defence over allegations misled parliament on the gate. scandal is expected . submit a dossier to is expected. submit a dossier to the commons privileges committee tomorrow before being questioned by mp on wednesday . by mp on wednesday. investigation is being chaired by labour's harriet harman . but by labour's harriet harman. but the panel has a conservative majority . cabinet minister majority. cabinet minister oliver dowden believes the former prime minister will provide evidence . having worked provide evidence. having worked with boris for many years in different capacities, i'm quite sure that he will put forward a very robust defence of his case when he before the committee on wednesday. ultimately, this is a procedure of the house of commons . it's always been the commons. it's always been the case in these sort of it's up to individual members to make up

their own mind. so first of all, it will be for the committee to make a determination. and if that necessitates it going to the of the house, it will the floor of the house, it will be up to each individual to make up vladimir putin's up their mind. vladimir putin's made a surprise visit to the ukrainian city, mariupol. russian state are showing him walking around taking a tour. it has his first visit to a newly occupied ukrainian territory since the start of the war. the port city was destroyed in one of the most violent sieges of conflict. and it comes a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian on charges of . for the russian on charges of. war crimes. police searching for a missing teenager have released an image of her leaving a bus station in, glasgow, with an unknown man 15 old faith, unknown man. 15 year old faith, miley been seen since she travelled from edinburgh to glasgow on wednesday morning . glasgow on wednesday morning. the pair buchanan bus the pair left buchanan bus station shortly after 11:00. police are concerned for her wellbeing, but there's nothing to suggest she has to harm and

an emergency alert will be sent to mobile users across the uk next month to test a new public warning system . yeah, you'll warning system. yeah, you'll hear that on the tv 3rd of april. it's a siren and users won't be able to use their phone until they acknowledge . it's until they acknowledge. it's been designed to make aware of potentially life threatening situations such as floods and wildfires . and the kings paid wildfires. and the kings paid tribute to the late queen on the first mother's day since her death last september. the royal family tweeted a picture of charles as a baby standing on the queen's a picture of the queen consort with her mother was also posted on prince and princess of wales. have a picture of their children with kate with a message saying . kate with a message saying. happy mother's day from our to yours. this is gb news. we'll bnng yours. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. but now let's get right back to angela .

angela. thanks are now hour. i want to cast your mind to the pandemic and partygate scandal that saw then prime minister boris johnson in a lot of trouble . johnson in a lot of trouble. it's been 11 months since the privileged privileges committee launched its inquiry into boris johnson to establish whether or not he misled parliament over parties in downing street and. the next step now is to take oral from boris himself, along with others who were involved in that's going to take place on. now, the observer this morning that the former pm's legal team intend to publish written evidence, including new witness statements supporting . johnson's statements supporting. johnson's claim that he did not knowingly mislead mps over lockdown parties , as well as examples of parties, as well as examples of the advice that he was given at the advice that he was given at the time. now it's expected to be quite explosive if as earlier this month, the committee

published its initial report saying that the commons may have been misled multiple times. now the sunday times one source saying that the messages show in black and white that what mr. johnson told parliament was what he had been advised to say by officials and his number 10 team, claiming that he was forced to rely on advice because he was not at some of the events. well, speaking camilla tominey on gb news cabinet minister oliver dowden says that he is expecting boris johnson to put up a robust . also speaking put up a robust. also speaking to camilla today the former chancellor kwasi said we mustn't write boris johnson off and even his constituency uxbridge have already decided that they do want him to stand as their mp in the general election. so what can we expect from the inquiry on wednesday? i'm going to be speaking to a conservative mp and political commentator a bit next. but i'd also like to hear from you. you tell me what you

think about this story. email me here at gb views at gb news. dot uk. but before that, let's get the thoughts from our political correspondent catherine foster. foster. catherine we're talking about this event on wednesday . i about this event on wednesday. i think it is going to be quite explosive one way or another. 5 hours in front of the select committee televised live. just give us the background to what is actually going to happen at that meeting . yes a big moment. that meeting. yes a big moment. bofis that meeting. yes a big moment. boris johnson this wednesday front of the privileges committee under oath televised you said from 2:00 through to potentially six or seven and basically this is the culmination if you like of an 11 month investigation into whether bofis month investigation into whether boris johnson , former prime boris johnson, former prime minister, knowing he misled parliament over the partygate now, the interim report that came out just a couple of weeks ago appeared to be fairly in

that they said that rule breaking should have been obvious and people quoted like jack doyle, who at the time the number 10 director of communications . what's communications. what's happening? i'm struggling to come up with a way that this one is within the rules in head. however boris is boris johnson's team are going to be mounting, as oliver dowden said earlier, a very robust defence. they're handing over a 50 page dossier explaining as they it advice that the former minister was given, telling him, that what had happened was within the rules and of course, bear in mind that boris johnson was not physically at a lot of these events . the one the night before events. the one the night before prince philip's funeral particularly notorious. boris johnson at chequers at the time . so their argument will be he didn't know and he was purely saying what been told by his and

what he believed to be true. now the committee will then consider , he said, and all the evidence for several more weeks before . for several more weeks before. we get their recommendations. but at that point, they can anything from a simple they might find that they don't that he was in contempt of parliament at all. they find that he was they might recommended apology or suspension if they recommend a suspension of ten days plus that could potentially trigger a by—election in his seat of uxbndge by—election in his seat of uxbridge he could potentially booted out and conservative mps will be given a free vote on this. it will be up to them to determine individually what they think. an appropriate sanction should be, if any. and that's part because, of course, the owen paterson debate mark, when bofis owen paterson debate mark, when boris johnson forced conservative mps to vote against owen paterson being suspend and that backfired massively and really was the beginning course

johnson's troubles so watch this space on wednesday . it is going space on wednesday. it is going to be quite explosive , isn't it? to be quite explosive, isn't it? because harriet harman, who's chairing that committee, i gather she's already gone on record as saying she already believes he's guilty of contempt. so i think that's going be quite few fireworks going to be quite few fireworks at meeting. i do just want at that meeting. i do just want to ask you very quickly about what is happening up in scotland where we've got nicola sturgeon, of has and her of course, who has and her husband, peter who was husband, peter murrell, who was the co—chair of the snp the co executive and. they were the sort of power couple in. and since that joint resignations i think is it 30,000 people have lost the snp their membership has dropped what is happening up there and does that say about there and does that say about the claim that nicola sturgeon still wants scotland to be independent . yeah. i'd just like independent. yeah. i'd just like to come briefly angela if i may, on the about harriet harman. there have been concerns raised . what she actually said was that did appear to have misled

the house of commons. she said that last year, but she didn't say whether he'd done this deliberately. and that really is at crux of the matter and at the crux of the matter and regarding the scottish national party they really do appear to having something of a meltdown at the moment, don't they. we've got this leadership debate . we got this leadership debate. we will find out who's going to be the snp new leader in just ten days time. and that has been quite bitter and acrimonious , to quite bitter and acrimonious, to put it mildly. and then we have the very spectacular resignation of mr. stuck. mr. nicola sturgeon, if you like, peter murrell, who was the chief of the snp for the last 20 years. that's over a vow about membership numbers which have dropped 30,000 over the last couple of years from hundred thousand to circa 70,000. now that drop had been denied when it turned out that that was indeed true, the media had media

resigned and then peter murrell was basically forced to resign. otherwise they would have been a of no confidence. so they really are currently in really a state the scottish national party . the scottish national party. catherine, thank you very much indeed for that. catherine to us there live from york now. joining me now is john redwood, who's the conservative mp for wokingham . mr. redwood, thank wokingham. mr. redwood, thank you so much indeed joining us. i'm going to ask perhaps about bofis i'm going to ask perhaps about boris a bit later on, but want to concentrate, first of all, on your feelings about the because i know you have been tweeting quite a lot about what you feel about what jeremy did, and you are certainly somebody who seems to feel that the conservative party have not been bold in reducing taxes is the one thing that we expect conservative party to do . i can't hear any of party to do. i can't hear any of your question and it's all very garbled and it's very bad. let me tell you about the budget,

because i think that is what we were meant to be talking about. and i thought the budget made the right moves in to sort out the right moves in to sort out the labour market. we do need to encourage and provide incentive and help to more people to come back to work. and there was some interest in ideas there. i wish them very well. the government rightly be a budget rightly it should be a budget for and that require for growth and that will require a separation investment. a bigger separation investment. we chronically short we are chronically short capacity of all kinds in this country . we're short of country. we're short of electricity . show the water. we electricity. show the water. we are short oil and gas. electricity. show the water. we are short oil and gas . we are are short oil and gas. we are short of home—grown food . and i short of home—grown food. and i want you to see rather more to promote that wide scale investment we need. there were some incentives in the form of the first your initial allowances. so a company makes an investment they will get a tax break if they have taxable already in the country. on that investment but of course there is a big increase proposed in the overall corporation tax rate. a 31% increase in business tax rate is just what we don't

need at the moment, and that will damage investment as the forecast said. well, i hope you can hear me now, ms. mr. redwood, i'm sorry that you weren't able to hear me before. and one of your colleagues kwasi kwarteng was talking earlier to one of my colleagues on her programme a little earlier today. i just want you to hear what he said about conservatives and reduction in income tax . the and reduction in income tax. the board aim to have a lower tax higher more productive economy . higher more productive economy. now the question and that strategic goal was one that this had that one i share. i think also rishi sunak and hunt ultimately want to see the tax burden come down. but question but the question is you do that from where we are now . how do from where we are now. how do you actually get there . and i you actually get there. and i think jeremy perhaps has adopted a cautious approach given what happened last winter . and he's happened last winter. and he's

also very much, i think , looking also very much, i think, looking at the markets, looking at what treasury officials are doing and trying to do it in a methodical way. and that's where i think i and liz got it wrong. i think we should have had a more methodical, a more process dnven methodical, a more process driven way of getting to strategic goal, which, as you say , is lower taxes and say, is lower taxes and incentivising economic activity . interesting that he says he knows that they got it wrong. but what he was saying was that the conservatives are a party of low taxes . so what i'm asking low taxes. so what i'm asking you is whether or not the conservative government be now a lot bolder and take the opportunity to reduce because again reading comments this weekend, people saying that people are really prepared to go on having austerity. we don't want austerity anymore. we need to have taxes reduced. if you are a conservative that is

presumably you want. are a conservative that is presumably you want . well, i presumably you want. well, i agree. and i think quite a few of the tax proposals in kwarteng trust budget very sensible and i offered them advice and budget proposal which should have had rather smaller budget deficit and they were proposing i wouldn't been as generous on the spending side. they were and i didn't think one pay reduction income tax was that or sensible at that juncture . the other tax at that juncture. the other tax proposals were very . the budget proposals were very. the budget , of course, was blown out of the water mainly by the of the bank of england because it was the bank england who decided on the bank england who decided on the eve of the budget to announce a big increase in interest rates, to say that it wanted long bonds to settle massively and in to massively and in order to make sure did sell off sure the long bonds did sell off the of england announced the bank of england announced that sell £80 billion that they would sell £80 billion worth of them over the upcoming year and that naturally a big downslide in the bond market. the fed was doing the same thing in america and i mainly the

central banks. what happened and i think it's very bad central banking and we're now seeing of the strains abroad coming out from that bad central with banking in america and, in switzerland as we see this . so switzerland as we see this. so i would yes, of course, you should cut tax . and where cut tax rates cut tax. and where cut tax rates on the right tax as with some business and some income rates, you will collect more revenue . i you will collect more revenue. i do not believe for one moment that the 31% increase in corporation tax will yield 18 billion more in a couple of years time. i think it will depress revenues because it will depress revenues because it will depress business activity this country. look at the republic of ireland. they went for 12 and a half% tax rate and they collect four times as much business tax per head of population . we do per head of population. we do because they get so many inward investors and so much more investment. well it's the party wants to improve of its possibility of at the next

election is running out of time to do any of these things isn't it. and mean one of the things that rishi sunak has always said is that he does not want to have a huge deficit to pass on to future generations . but are we future generations. but are we getting to the point where? perhaps we should accept that we are going to have to live with debt after it was only 2006 when we finally paid off. 60 years later, the of money that we owed to america . and so reparations to america. and so reparations at the end of the second world war. why i'm asking you war. that's why i'm asking you whether or not feel we are whether or not you feel we are just running out of time now, or is the chancellor to be able to pull something, a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute? well, i don't think it's a good idea to try and do it at the last minute. i think you need the tax rate reductions now, the kind i've specifying , and kind i've been specifying, and that cut the deficit that would cut the deficit more . don't disagree the . i don't disagree with the government they say we government when they say we borrowed much past. borrowed too much in the past. we need in the future. we need far less in the future. that's exactly right. the question how do you it? question is, how do you do it? there also? right in saying that

they growth, they've not they want growth, they've not only got to want growth, but they've got to put through the means get the extra growth. means to get the extra growth. and that is where lower tax rates on people who earn money and companies who earn money can be absolutely critical every time past conservative governments cut income tax rates and cut business tax rates, we collected money. and one of the secrets about the rich and it's the rich. you've got to tax is that they're the people with the money to tax is if you charge them a rate prepared to pay and they're prepared to stay in this country, you get a lot more out of them than if you try and overtax them and then they disappear or they don't do things here and you end up getting much less money in rather more. they used to rather than more. they used to call brain drain. people call it the brain drain. people who really talented who were really talented just let the country the rates let the country is the tax rates were the labour. we were too high on the labour. we don't to go back there we want to learn from the lawson experience experience experience thatcher experience cutting the top rates brought in huge amounts of extra money,

which is what need because we are borrowing too much . well, are borrowing too much. well, let's hope that the chancellor, listening and indeed the listening to you and indeed the prime minister. i do have to ask you about what is going to happen think not happen on wednesday. i think not only , the house of only everybody, the house of commons to be tuned in commons is going to be tuned in for 5 hours, but also quite large country. what large part of the country. what do think is going to happen do you think is going to happen on wednesday with regard to bofis on wednesday with regard to boris appearance boris johnson's appearance in front the select ? is he front of the select? is he guilty , innocent? is he the guilty, innocent? is he the victim of a stitch up? which way do you think this is going to go? well, boris will last have a chance to present his view of what's happened , provide what's happened, provide evidence to say that he did not mislead parliament. and i'm a great believer in hearing sides of an argument before coming to a conclusion on it. we know that labour have been trying to throw bofis labour have been trying to throw boris out of everything ever since he became minister and they're going to carry on. he now has a right to reply, but what i will be doing on wednesday and what a lot of my

colleagues on wednesday is not in to this committee. i mean, bofis in to this committee. i mean, boris , because we know all the boris, because we know all the you don't like him very much . you don't like him very much. what we will be doing is dealing with the northern ireland protocol, which is what thought you might be talking about, because think the because i do not think the government's right government's got agreement right . it's a fundamental constitution final issue. i don't think we're being offered enough time or enough information to debate it properly on wednesday. and so i and my colleagues will be mainly preoccupied with the northern ireland protocol, pointing out that the so—called stormont brake is very unlikely to be used and is not sufficient reassurance for all the laws that the eu intends to keep upon part of the united and for the remaining restrictions that they wish to impose on trade between gb and northern. that shortly is what matters. on wednesday . i what matters. on wednesday. i agree and it's pity that i haven't got an opportunity to talk to you about it. now, mr. redwood , but perhaps you will redwood, but perhaps you will come back onto the programme and we can discuss this in much

greater length a bit later on. thank much indeed for thank you very much indeed for joining you. that joining us. thank you. that was john the conservative john redwood, the conservative mp well, mp wokingham. well, let's discuss further with our discuss this further with our political commentator leigh harris. heard there , he harris. as you heard there, he doesn't want to. john redwood did not want to discuss this, leigh, i think an awful lot leigh, but i think an awful lot of people do want to discuss this. i mean, i boris is this. and i mean, i boris is already making it quite clear that he's going to come out fighting on near the front page, the guardian today. there's a defiant johnson is preparing extraordinary defence of his actions and members allies of his already saying that the parliamentary inquiry into the affair is relying weak evidence compiled by a former civil servant now by the labour party referring sue gray , of course. referring sue gray, of course. what do you think is going to happen on wednesday ? is he happen on wednesday? is he guilty? is he innocent ? is he guilty? is he innocent? is he being stitched up ? and we're being stitched up? and we're going to have fire. so we absolutely. yeah. wednesday is going to be, you know, a four

hour long televised showdown heanng hour long televised showdown hearing on whether boris, knowing he misled parliament politics. that's a huge moment, could have serious ramifications for boris johnson's future. so, of course, it's very if he's found to have misled parliament, there will be a free vote. and if he gets something like a ten day suspension, as i understand that he could face a by—election in his so it is a big deal but you're right to say it's going to be explosive . he's exposed, to be explosive. he's exposed, as you've already said, he's expected to produce a 50 page dossier to the cross—party privileged committee that provides apparently quite conclusive evidence that his advisers , senior members of advisers, senior members of staff in number 10 and all believe gatherings were within the rules, which basically destroys the arguments that must have known that this was not in the rules. but you know, so far in boris's defence, this has been an 11 month investigation and according to boris's team, and according to boris's team, and i'm pretty sure we would all know about it if, it was the case, not a single shred of

evidence has been presented that shows he knowingly misled parliament. so yeah, i think it's going to be explosive and it's going to be explosive and it's going to be, you know, i can give you my view on it. you know, my view is that actually, you know, boris johnson and for that matter, you know , have got that matter, you know, have got fpns in the first place at the time i thought the whole thing was ridiculous. i know that a lot of the public thought was lot of the public thought it was ridiculous, , although i can ridiculous, too, although i can understand why they were outraged and much as outraged at the time and much as it wasn't a great look , it's it wasn't a great look, it's more evidence as time has gone on. i think that it's just starting to look a little bit like a show trial. it's a bit of a stitch up, in my view. the privileges committee is being chaired by harriet harman, who openly boris. you know, if you look at previous tweets , she's look at previous tweets, she's already made up her mind that she's guilty. you know, sue gray who investigated party case is now keir starmer's, chief chief of staff is eric of your views on boris the process, in my view

is clearly unfair. it does look like a bit of a witch hunt and the parliament. a parliamentary appears to be relying on weak evidence by former servant who's now being recruited the labour party. the optics are terrible and actually you could argue it's frankly a bit of an embarrassment to this country . embarrassment to this country. it's even happening. priti patel right. to say that. this puts our democracy in a very bad light and. this hearing would frankly not be acceptable outside a parliament. you know, it's clearly unsatisfactory to have a judge of the process, say is guilty before saying the evidence . but yeah, a lot of evidence. but yeah, a lot of people want to bring down boris and you those are clearly what's what do you think we're going to what do you think we're going to what sort of boris are we going see? because the man is a bit of a chameleon. he. i mean, is he going to be statesmanlike or we going to be statesmanlike or we going to be statesmanlike or we going to get the bumbling that

we very often get trying sort of get round the committee? what would you what do you expect from him in terms of his performance on wednesday ? i performance on wednesday? i think we'll probably see a mixture of the two because boris knows that the kind of bumbling side of boris that's why partly why he's popular but i think we will see a statesmanlike approach going to be there with his with his who will going through like , say, this big through like, say, this big dossier of evidence . so i think dossier of evidence. so i think he's going to be approaching this quite seriously and he knows himself how important this is his career. so yeah, is to his own career. so yeah, i think we're going to see boris come out and with this in professional growth up play, but i hope i, actually hope we i do hope i, actually hope we see of bumbling. see a bit of bumbling. boris that's we him. yeah and that's why we love him. yeah and he seem still to have he does seem still to have a huge following in certain sections of the community, in spite of the fact at the time it did appear that boris was sort of saying, well, there's one rule for all of you and one rule for number 10. he's never lost

that appeal, has he ? no. boris that appeal, has he? no. boris has always . it was always has always. it was always boris's. is popular because people see him . and i'm basing people see him. and i'm basing this on focus groups. do we stay dunng this on focus groups. do we stay during the election when boris became prime minister people will quite rightly mention his hair and say that he was a bit of a bumbling fool. but that's something that they could relate to . people are fed up of to. people are fed up of politicians with pre—scripted answers, all saying the same thing, all following the same . thing, all following the same. and whether you like , boris or and whether you like, boris or not, he certainly did have that impression about him . he was impression about him. he was a bit of a bit of rebel. and i think people like that. but the people on his side in this procedure are the right of the party probably the majority of the i would say a large proportion. the tory membership , especially those who voted for bofis , especially those who voted for boris to be prime minister in first place. but in my view , i first place. but in my view, i think people supporting boris will have a strong sense of fairness and whether they like

him or not happens on wednesday. lee, thank you very much indeed for that. political commentator lee harris there. we've got plenty more to come this afternoon on alison stewart. friends, after the break. we know all how expensive could be, but what do you do when you're struggling with the cost of living? well, we'll hear from the charity trying their the charity trying to help their community offering free community by offering free furniture next. but first, a quick .

break welcome back . it break welcome back. it is just break welcome back . it is just after welcome back. it is just after 2:30. i am . aaron armstrong in 2:30. i am. aaron armstrong in the gb news the home secretary suella braverman is planning to deport the first migrants to rwanda by the summer saying the country is clearly ready to start them. speaking in, she says the timing depends on pending legal battles and has indicated the uk could leave the

european convention of human rights if it hinders the plan. the agreement with rwanda has been expanded to include all illegal migrants , not just illegal migrants, not just asylum seekers . former kwasi asylum seekers. former kwasi kwarteng has accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini budgets last. truss made mistakes with their mini budgets last . autumn, which mini budgets last. autumn, which led to turmoil. in an exclusive live interview with gb news, he says chancellor jeremy hunt delivered a budget. although quite and called for faster tax cuts and has criticised the hike in corporation tax. boris johnson will publish evidence in his defence allegations he misled parliament on the partygate scandal. he's expected to submit a 50 page dossier to commons privileges committee tomorrow before being questioned . mps on wednesday . vladimir . mps on wednesday. vladimir putin's made a surprise visit the ukrainian city of mariupol all according to russian state media. if confirmed, it would be his first visit to territory

annexed from ukraine since the beginning of war. now the port city fell last may after being by russian forces one of the longest battles of the conflict . on saturday, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president . tv and dab plus president. tv and dab plus radio. it's gb news here. but now time for angela . now time for angela. thanks, ira. now, we all know how expensive furniture can be, but what do you do when you're struggling with the cost of living? well, one charity in bromsgrove is to help their community by offering free furniture , heavily discounted furniture, heavily discounted white, to give those who need a home with more than just four walls. all west midlands reporter jack collison went to visit charity new stops to find out more about how it works . i out more about how it works. i think that some of the

mattresses have actually quite low on them the moment, but how much do you value a good night's sleep for people on low incomes buying bed is a cost they can't afford . there is extensive afford. there is extensive support , food and fuel costs, support, food and fuel costs, but to charity and furniture, poverty one in four people in england are unable to get help with essential furniture and white goods. one charity in the west midlands is trying change this narrative in their local community. chief executive of new starts in bromsgrove marion kenyon says furniture needs play a bigger part of the welfare canvas and going forward. so at the moment we're providing about 300 households a year with and we find that we go into places and it is not common. we do find people whether sleeping on cardboard and they have a sleeping bag and that will be children as well. and all they've got in the corner is a lamp and that's literally the furniture they have is one lamp. so much like the private sector, you have furniture. having you can have furniture. having that within the that possibility within the social housing sector would be

quite useful and trying to work with housing associations to sort of look at how they might do that. over past ten years, the cost of furniture risen by 32% and the cost of appliance has increased by 17. across west midlands, the city of wolverhampton said it had provided almost 900 beds for children in the city as families struggled to afford them . new struggled to afford them. new starts, say living without a furnished home, can have a serious impact on health and wellbeing for people who don't have furniture, they're very insecure , their tenancy. so is insecure, their tenancy. so is their sort of thinking to themselves, how can i prove that i live here. and they're frightened that their landlord might take away the tenancy because haven't because they haven't got furniture for people, not furniture for other people, not having curtains. is real issue because they don't feel safe . because they don't feel safe. they can't close the curtains, so they don't safe. for others, it causes social isolation because . they don't invite because. they don't invite people into their house because . they haven't got furniture and that also means that furniture, poverty, very hidden. and i

think we don't really understand all of that. and there's probably needs to be more research about what what effect it . this charity, it does have. this charity, which relies on donations from the local community, are doing their best to keep up with demand give some of the most demand and give some of the most vulnerable a home with vulnerable people a home with more than walls. jack more than just walls. jack carson . gb news. nice positive carson. gb news. nice positive story then . now today, as many story then. now today, as many of you will know, is mothering. and i hope that means that many of you have had opportunity of spending quality time with your mum and as it's arguably the most day the year for most important day the year for many mums around the many families, mums around the country their country will be putting up their i well, things run by i hope. well, things run by their nearest and dearest well so they should be brits spend . so they should be brits spend. more than £1,000,000,000 on gifts to the occasion year. of course not everyone to relax with flowers. the most popular mother's day present florists have working flat out to make sure that even people who've forgotten right until today can still thank their moms. our east midlands reporter will hollis

has more forgotten mother's day . well, forget heading to the petrol station at boutique flowers in in nottingham. mothering sunday means non—stop work for sally . her fellow work for sally. her fellow florists . it's a predominantly florists. it's a predominantly busy day today , busy all year, busy day today, busy all year, but mother's day, everybody fighting for the moment the dad survives the children's gift to the moms. and it's just a lovely like each bouquet every is unique . moms like each bouquet every is unique. moms like all like each bouquet every is unique . moms like all different unique. moms like all different things this . one's for some. do things this. one's for some. do you like to a bit of blank but mother's day when you've left to the last minute you can't be too picky. some people are disappointed because they haven't ordered beforehand, so it is what we have in the shop, but always have a vast array of everything. on mother's day sales bloom by 70% and here at the shop that means needing to

call in. like debra . this is call in. like debra. this is condition of the flowers and preparing them. so the florist ready for them to just get together and put them all into the bouquets and that presents . the bouquets and that presents. so just getting the regularly prepared animals for the girls , prepared animals for the girls, that makes it easier for them. brits spend more than £1,000,000,000 a year on gifts for the occasion and apart cards. flowers are the most popular purchase . what i'm doing popular purchase. what i'm doing it for mother's day and actually i get some flowers a mum because i get some flowers a mum because i think she deserves it i thought flowers for my but actually on behalf of my children obviously although it's unlikely that i'll get any money for them i might look for like a bright kind of bouquet while being a florist means working on mother's day. family isn't too far away, so if you go and put the balloon onto that one, make sure it's all, well, ready to go. just like the card for it. you have a brilliant thank you, emily. daughter helps every

yeah emily. daughter helps every year. oh, it's very special to be working with my mum on mother's day so she says that . mother's day so she says that. yeah they're . not for me. it's yeah they're. not for me. it's hard to argue against the importance . mother's day importance. mother's day thanking mums for the enormous gift they give, isn't a small step to repaying their moments. want their children them. they want to spend a little time with the children. it's nice to. get a gift from them, but all they want is your time. well hollis gb news from carlton in. nottingham it's always nice to get flowers there, isn't it? you all watching and listening . all watching and listening. angela rippon, who's standing in for alastair stewart this sunday afternoon here on gb news. and there's still plenty more to come afternoon, including come this afternoon, including as you just heard in will hollis report. today marks , mother's report. today marks, mother's day. and if you've left your buying to the very last minute, we'll still have some tips . how we'll still have some tips. how to pick up a bargain. this but first, let's a look at the weather. hello there i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest broadcast from the met

office. we will see rain or showers over the next few days increasing winds, particularly increasing winds, particularly in the west. temperatures around average time year. average for the time of year. looking bigger picture . looking at the bigger picture. sunday's moves out sunday's high pressure moves out of the way only to be replaced low pressure systems which means outbreaks of rain and stronger winds winter really picking winds of winter really picking up winds of winter really picking ”p by winds of winter really picking up by the middle the week. up by the middle of the week. last around western coast last waves around western coast and building to and rainfall totals building to this evening. we've already got outbreaks of . rain moving outbreaks of. rain moving eastwards across northern ireland parts of scotland, northern could be northern england, which could be heavy particularly heavy at times, particularly over higher ground's some over the higher ground's some localised possible localised flooding is possible cloud increasing the rest cloud increasing across the rest of wales. some damp of england wales. some damp weather here too under any clear skies across the far north of scotland. perhaps a touch of frost for or two to begin frost for one or two to begin monday morning, for most monday morning, but for most a cloudy, damp start to day again. this rain , some heavier this band of rain, some heavier spells higher ground as spells over to higher ground as it slowly pushes north and eastwards further rain also pushing in across southern parts of england and wales through the day, be heavy at day, which could be heavy at times in between these weather we could get few glimmers of we could get a few glimmers of sunshine in particular across

central here. temperatures central areas here. temperatures reaching 14 or 15 degrees, just a bit cooler across the a little bit cooler across the far north of scotland. but some sunny here into the sunny spells here into the evening time on monday. further bands pushing off and bands of rain pushing off and eastwards, could be heavy eastwards, which could be heavy at times. winds start to at times. the winds start to pick up across southwestern areas, around the the areas, around the coast. the rain times as rain could be heavy at times as we move into the early hours, too. over high ground too. again over the high ground of england could of northern england could lead to flooding. to some localised flooding. perhaps southern of perhaps southern parts of scotland perhaps drier scotland to perhaps drier towards monday night into towards end of monday night into morning, but very mild temperatures as nine or ten celsius to start tuesday . but a celsius to start tuesday. but a cloudy stuff for many, however , cloudy stuff for many, however, we will start to see some bright spells pushing into parts of northern ireland southwest, spells pushing into parts of northern ireland southwest , then northern ireland southwest, then parts and as we parts of england and wales as we through day as this showery through the day as this showery rain north rain slowly pushes north eastwards, holding on eastwards, the rain holding on across northeast scotland . across northeast scotland. temperatures generally again around average for the time of yean around average for the time of year, but further wet and windy to come midweek midweek to come towards midweek midweek

welcome back. notes sort of coming up to about a quarter three and i rather hope by now that many mums across the country going to be relaxing, enjoying some lovely treats given to them by their families . but the cost of living is here. the long haul and gifts come a high cost that many just budget. for now, if you're still hunting around for a last minute gift , how can you give hunting around for a last minute gift, how can you give mum hunting around for a last minute gift , how can you give mum the gift, how can you give mum the lovely treat she deserves without breaking the bank ? well, without breaking the bank? well, who better to ask than gemma bird , who's also known as money bird, who's also known as money saving mum ? she joins me now to saving mum? she joins me now to go through the best tips. if you have forgotten , gemma, have you have forgotten, gemma, have you had nice mother's day . i thank had nice mother's day. i thank you so much for asking a really chilled, relaxed swan i thought this morning, a four year old and a ten year old and brody and came upstairs , gave me a lovely came upstairs, gave me a lovely

call that i'd made from skull and i'm proud will be some which i'm wearing now actually just lots of little things . then lots of little things. then we've just come out with my mum to my mother in laws and we've all had a meal together. so it's nice to get it off . i mean, nice to get it off. i mean, mother's day is virtually almost ovenisnt mother's day is virtually almost over, isn't it? but there are perhaps some people who haven't done anything for their mum yet and we've seen that report just now from one of our colleagues that something like £1,000,000,000 is spent on mother's day . but isn't it true mother's day. but isn't it true that actually some times are rather sort loving experience rather sort of loving experience and gesture might be and thoughtful gesture might be better than actually spending money on an expensive, pricey i personally, especially because i think any mum with this out there will say this the most important is time from your children whether that's you've got on spending time my mom and obviously on the muscle gaze and then my children spending time with me and the little moments of them bringing the car the things from things that might need from school or just me giving my mom school orjust me giving my mom a cup of tea thing i you

a cup of tea first thing i you know up to that level of because know up to that level of because know all those things you know that's what really really appreciate is the time yeah you know the mind as well and then on on a mother's day you to have a life and you don't get enough e i think that's probably one of the best gifts a mother can get like my velupillai in and you know just by hand my face. i never think it's about money these these days just so that people are getting together their loved ones and just sharing some great memories because time is prices you can't put a price in it can you know? you can't not. i mean what i found interesting. was that an awful the shops that i awful lot of the shops that i deal with online were sending out emails saying, we're up to mother's day, but recognise that people sadly no longer their mothers with them and it is quite a sensitive day for people who have lost their mum and not so much of a happy day them as it would be for families like your own for instance you've got to get a tip, haven't you . yeah,

to get a tip, haven't you. yeah, i think that's it's more i put something on my instagram, the first one, i was happy about it and.the first one, i was happy about it and. the next i put thinking about all of those that have lost their their moms because , lost their their moms because, you mother's day, father's you know, mother's day, father's day, are day, all these days are absolutely when you're absolutely lovely when you're living in the mine, men. and that's why i think thomas poor with your little with your parents your little ones everyone that's ones because yes everyone that's lost if you ask them lost a parent if you ask them today love it would be today what i'd love it would be spend five my 5 minutes with that person so it can a really really hard day for some people and heart really does out and my heart really does go out to all of them because. it must be absolutely heartbreaking. you are mum. the are not having your mum. the days must be not just wouldn't even about it. even want to think about it. yeah, but you mentioned father's day. one day. that's the next big one coming i mean coming up isn't it. i mean they're wonderful commercial they're all wonderful commercial opportunities there but bearing in mother's in mind we just had mother's day, day is coming up. day, father's day is coming up. what tips for what would be your top tips for actually a very, very actually making a very, very special for your for your special day for your for your mum next year and for your dad coming up ? yeah i think coming up? yeah i think definitely allocate . as we said,

definitely allocate. as we said, you can't buy time personalising things maybe you know even when you going to buy a car it does cost money. you can still card maybe your create event and you can write a poem that something personalised might be like a special you know, special chocolate, you know, maybe could them maybe you could get them something up , maybe you could get them something up, have something can wrap it up, have it or you, you write it handmade or you, you write something on it. maybe it's a sentence flower. they be like, is lots of ways you can do things and it's more on a budget andifs things and it's more on a budget and it's more personalised. that person because think most person because i think most people always remember like a special gift. like if like maybe it's a photo book you and it's a photo book of you and your mom all the things you've done over your life, you and your the special memories your dad, the special memories that to out all that you've got to give out all these little things just think you cherish a parent and you do cherish as a parent and there's you can look there's something you can look back that over. back that ties over. i obviously, as we saw that everybody was buying flowers for their mum . you think about their mum. you think about flowers dad . i think men flowers for dad. i think men quite like to have flowers sometimes they . yeah, i always sometimes they. yeah, i always think it's a strange one for men i guess like i would buy my dad

flowers . nothing wrong with that flowers. nothing wrong with that because i'd probably buy my dad like a big and also he's into i guess it's like where it's like my mum's dad loved the gardens he would have like something for his garden and flowers again he's thinking think about individual person. i don't feel this lack of aroma. there's life . you need to buy. . this is what you need to buy. i it's think presence i think it's i think presence are much more amazing when are so much more amazing when they they tell you it for that individual. you not find buying that that person . so, that gift for that person. so, yeah, i think if your dad loves flowers , he loves the garden, flowers, he loves the garden, that it's a fantastic gift. but again, it's, it's time we need to that passing is probably moment flowers right let me moment flowers all right let me be that's what he's doing but that's not saying that, you know, i'm right or wrong . it's know, i'm right or wrong. it's just that that's what i would buy my dad, you know. yes and also, i suppose there's that always the risk that it's going to become so over commercialised but actually it lose is some of some of the charm and some of the love that should be associated this special day like

this . yeah. and do have to be this. yeah. and do have to be really, really careful about that you know is assignment christmas one of these days each just one dice meant to be just a special token? yeah. you don't need to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds and find bits is bits and bobs like it is literally about a gesture to your parent. how you love them. you value, them. and it can be called it could be a phone call, it words. can be it can be words. it can be dropping at five, for dropping around at five, for example , mum loves to have example, mum loves to have a ball you that just ball for you that he's just little tokens , the little little tokens, the little gesture. that's all ever gesture. that's all we've ever down and as a site then to being a mum now i get well my mum is always said it's maybe because that's the things i like most small was like some little small was like some silly little socks and brody i keep saying like mom and like little like best mom and like little handmade and from handmade hearts and bronte from school these two school she's she put these two on it and not to me that's that's the best present i could have that over all the have got that over all the presents deposit. so i'm presents they deposit. so i'm going . yeah. as well going to remember. yeah. as well . it sounds as if you've had a lovely mother's today and lovely mother's day today and i hope that all mums watching,

hope that all our mums watching, they've had lovely as well. they've had lovely day as well. thanks much indeed . joining thanks very much indeed. joining us, over there, money saving us, gem over there, money saving mum know each year how thousands of fans to cheltenham festival to watch the 28 races that are spread across days now the four day bonanza that took place this weekend saw some very famous including the queen consort who visited the racecourse on ladies day and it was said that she will carry on the late queen's relationship with horse racing events . as much fun as it can be events. as much fun as it can be for those in there racing for years, there has been much concern about the horse's safety and, their welfare. and joining me now is kate tracey, who is a horse broadcaster and a journalist . horse broadcaster and a journalist. thank you so much for joining me in the studio. forjoining me in the studio. first of all, we always refer to cheltenham as a festival not, just another horse racing event . what is for those people ? and . what is for those people? and i'm sure there are some who aren't aware of it. what is so special about the cheltenham festival? it really is. it's a cliche in itself, but it really

is olympics of horse racing. our whole entire season for young horses culminates in horses or just culminates in these days. so we have the champions, each division coming together facing off in each of their races . and there's a huge their races. and there's a huge divide between british horses and irish. we don't really and the irish. we don't really get to see them facing off often throughout the season. so it finally together. then finally comes together. then at cheltenham the in recent cheltenham, the irish in recent years tend to kick us out of the way, be honest. but they do way, to be honest. but they do produce brilliant. do, produce some brilliant. they do, because had over the because what we've had over the years have been i mean, even if you're not a huge fan, there are names desert orchid that names like desert orchid that everybody knows that. yeah, there so many . that's the there are so many. that's the beauty it, that allows beauty of it, is that allows these horses to become household and lights and people have heard of desert orchid, they've heard of desert orchid, they've heard of hopefully then ty of red rum. hopefully then ty grove , you our national grove, you be our national champion and we've had horses this year. the one of which that hopefully become a household name country , certainly, name in this country, certainly, as is a horse called as in ireland, is a horse called honeysuckle mare and she honeysuckle she's a mare and she won the mares on the won the mares hurdle on the tuesday and a huge back story behind her trainer henry de bromhead unfortunate . he lost

bromhead unfortunate. he lost his 13 son only a few his 13 year old son only a few months in a pony racing accident, a freak horrific accident, a freak horrific accident . but the whole of the accident. but the whole of the racing community together and this mares, the super she was a dual champion hurdle winner but she finally was defeated this season. she was never defeated . season. she was never defeated. she came into the season to face first defeat. people were calling. maybe she should be retired. she doesn't anything more to give to the sport and she doesn't really want anything but for her to come back a final race she retired and she won . race she retired and she won. i've never experienced an atmosphere like that i have to tell you. i've ridden red rum or i him. yes whoa, whoa, yes. i rode him. yes whoa, whoa, yes. i'll tell you that story about another time. but what do have another time. but what i do have to ask you, because we mentioned there about the horse as well, fat horses in the history fat and 70 horses in the history of have there. of cheltenham have died there. and recent one was and the most recent one was a horse called ballinasloe who died. i think quite early on. there's people do worry about there's a people do worry about the welfare of the animals in races like these and there is always a call for racing to be

banned yep. where do we stand on that. yeah, i completely and because a nation of animal lovers it's brilliant. we should be concerned and we should be asking these questions of horse racing and the welfare behind . racing and the welfare behind. and as a sport, we want to be as transport as we possibly can be about it. because, i mean, i've dedicated my entire life to this for because of a love of the horses . and 99.9% of the horses. and 99.9% of the industry, i can guarantee you will be in the exact same boat as and we trying to put to practise every single year trying to improve the safety trying to improve the safety trying to improve the safety trying to modify what we possibly can and i worked within one of the yards. then this time around took my time off for the media work to go work with the horses and morning each of these horses, they their hearts horses, they had their hearts checked. had their legs checked. they had their legs checked. they had their legs checked. they had their legs checked. they were trotted up. the gave single one the vets gave every single one out of the cheltenham festival a full before they ran to just make sure that everything was completely sound going into it. and as sport we want to be as and as a sport we want to be as transparent we can say

transparent as we can say questions like that, we, we welcome, express it welcome, we want to express it and we've had modifications in whip because the whip itself it's an air cushioned device where it's used for encouragement , doesn't inflict encouragement, doesn't inflict any sort of pain whatsoever . but any sort of pain whatsoever. but we know that's how it looks. the kind of outside the people who've never held a racing whip before, how it looks. so we're trying make modifications before, how it looks. so we're tryinthey'veike modifications before, how it looks. so we're tryinthey've lessened cations before, how it looks. so we're tryinthey've lessened the )ns before, how it looks. so we're tryinthey've lessened the amount that they've lessened the amount strikes you can have with a whip they've sort where you they've lessened sort where you how high a jockey can bring the whip up to then inflict the strike on the horse as well. so there are so things that racing are trying to do just to move in line with the way that the world is going. yeah, i'm going to ask you very, very briefly, the queen, a huge queen, of course, a huge supporter. the track and camilla was there. are we going see a continuation of her involvement 7 continuation of her involvement ? really so, ? really, really hope so, because of course. the queen's horse horses to the king's horse horses moved to the king's name but the queen consort name now, but the queen consort is taking massive is obviously taking massive parts ownership it's going is obviously taking massive pa be ownership it's going is obviously taking massive pabe a ownership it's going is obviously taking massive pa be a jointarship it's going is obviously taking massive pa be a joint between:'s going is obviously taking massive pa be a joint between the oing is obviously taking massive pa be a joint between the pair to be a joint between the pair of we should still see

of them. so we should still see the royal family represented at the. kate, thank you very for joining i'm afraid that's joining us. i'm afraid that's all we've got time for today . so all we've got time for today. so be back next saturday. you enjoy the rest of your day. thank you for being with me today. bye bye. i'm greg ju bye. hello there, i'm greg ju hurst and welcome to your latest broadcast met office. broadcast from the met office. we see rain showers over we will see rain or showers over the increasing the next few days increasing winds, the west. winds, particularly in the west. temperatures for temperatures around average for the year. looking at the the time of year. looking at the bigger picture. sunday's high pressure system moves out of the way only to be replaced. low pressure systems, which means outbreaks and stronger outbreaks of rain and stronger winds winds really picking winds of. winds really picking up winds of. winds really picking ”p by winds of. winds really picking up by the middle the week. up by the middle of the week. large around western coast large waves around western coast and totals building to and rainfall totals building to this already got this evening. we've already got outbreaks of rain moving eastwards across northern ireland of scotland, northern england, be at england, which could be heavy at times, particularly the times, particularly over the high. flooding is high. some localised flooding is . cloud increasing across the rest england and wales some damp weather here too under any clear skies the far north of scotland, perhaps touch of frost for one or two to begin monday morning, but most a cloudy, damp but for most a cloudy, damp start the again, this

start to the day. again, this band rain giving some heavier band of rain giving some heavier spells over to higher as it slowly pushes north and eastwards further rain also in across southern parts of england and wales through the day, which could heavy at times in could be heavy at times in between these weather systems could get a few glimmers of sunshine, particularly across central here, central areas. and here, temperatures 14 or 15 temperatures reaching 14 or 15 degrees, just a little bit cooler across far of cooler across far north of scotland, sunny here scotland, but some sunny here into evening time on monday. into the evening time on monday. further bands of rain pushing north and eastwards, which could be at the winds be heavy at times the winds start up across south start to pick up across south western around coasts western areas around the coasts the rain could be heavy at times as we move into the early hours, too. again, over the higher ground northern could ground of northern england could to flooding, to some localised flooding, perhaps of perhaps southern parts of scotland to perhaps drier towards end monday night towards the end monday night into tuesday morning . but very into tuesday morning. but very mild temperatures nine or ten celsius to start tuesday. but a cloudy start for many however, we will start to see bright spells pushing into parts of ireland, southwestern parts of england and wales as we go through the day. this showery through the day. as this showery rain pushes north

rain slowly pushes north eastwards, holding eastwards, the rain holding across north—east scotland and temperatures generally again around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. but further wet and windy weather to towards midweek weather to come towards midweek

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