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GBN Sunday July 4, 2024

Kyriazis will extol the delights of open air theatre, even during britains disappointing summer. After 12 00, well be debating whether dwindling british towns and cities should simply be left to decline. But before all of that, here are the latest news headunes that, here are the latest News Headlines with Polly Middlehurst i michael, thank you. Good morning to you. Will the top story from the newsroom is that the government is under renewed pressure now to tackle the migrant boat crisis after six people died crossing the English Channel yesterday. The home secretary Suella Braverman, described the incident as a tragic loss of life and confirmed she chaired a meeting with border force teams, officials. Campaigners also say officials. Campaigners also say the incident was an appalling and preventable tragedy. While and preventable tragedy. While mps from all parties are calling for action to stop criminal gangs profiting from the dangerous journeys, 59 people were rescued by french and british coast guards yesterday after an overload vessel carrying migrants got into difficulty off the coast of france. S k marsh, whos france. S k marsh, whos managing and support coordinator at the migrant charity samphire , says that there are safe and legal ways for migrants to come to the uk. To the uk. Not a lot of people do know what the options for safe legal routes are, but of course we use humanitarian visas with the ukrainian situation , people were ukrainian situation, people were brought here safely and legally , never having to navigate the asylum system or get into a small boat. So it can be done. We do have mechanisms available, but theyre very , very narrow but theyre very, very narrow and dont catch everyone and they dont catch everyone thatis and they dont catch everyone that is allowed to be here. So its we know now that nothing is going to work, nothing is going to deter people. So we need to start looking at how we get them here safely and process them quickly. Quickly. Now the health secretary, steve barclay, is open to requests , he said, for patients requests, he said, for patients from wales and scotland to be treated in england amid record waiting lists. Treated in england amid record waiting lists. Mr treated in england amid record waiting lists. Mr barclay treated in england amid record waiting lists. Mr barclay has ianed waiting lists. Mr barclay has invited both scottish and welsh Health Secretaries to discuss how all parts of the uk can tackle waiting times. In wales. Tackle waiting times. In wales. More than 73,000 people have been waiting over a year and a half for treatment and at least 21,000 people are waiting for about the same period for an appointment in scotland, said secretary of state for wales david davis says everyone should have access to the health care they need. It is a National Health service and theres a clue in the name there and everyone across the United Kingdom is paying across the United Kingdom is paying the same amount of tax towards the nhs and it is therefore manifestly wrong that some in parts the some people in parts of the United Kingdom waiting over United Kingdom are waiting over two for treatment that two years for treatment that would never happen where, frankly, conservatives are frankly, the conservatives are running the nhs. And were running the nhs. And so were offering to patients in offering to give patients in wales same rights that they wales the same rights that they would get in england, which is to theyre prepared to to if theyre prepared to travel, go to any travel, they can go to any hospital them hospital which can offer them the treatment need. The treatment they need. Pledged to recruit labour has pledged to recruit more than 6500 new teachers in a plan to tackle regional recruitment gaps. Supply Teacher Spending has doubled in the last year and labour says that its recruitment plan to create more opportunities for young people would more than fill teacher vacancies. An ad temporarily filled roles which would give stability for children worst affected by teacher vacancies. Affected by teacher vacancies. Well, the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, says that also ending tax breaks on private schools would put money into teacher recruitment, have to re establish teaching as a really valued and respected profession in our country. And labours plans would deliver more teachers into our classrooms. We would end the tax classrooms. We would end the tax breaks that private schools enjoy and put that money into recruiting more teachers. But alongside that, all of the different incentive payments and bursaries are currently bursaries that are currently available , we want to simplify available, we want to simplify that make it more effective that to make it more effective in teachers in the in keeping teachers in the classroom. Classroom. The government says its going to bring forward changes to regulations around single sex toilets in public spaces, all new non domestic, public and private buildings will now be required to provide separate single sex toilets for women and men , or a self contained private men, or a self contained private toilet as a minimum. Women an and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch says gender neutral toilets has removed the right for privacy in public facilities and the new regulations will protect the dignity and safety of everybody. His majesty, the of everybody. His majesty, the king says he is horrified over the devastation caused by wildfires engulfing hawaii island. The maui part of it island. The maui part of it particularly , and has offered particularly, and has offered his condolences to victims affected. Local government have affected. Local government have confirmed there at least 93 people have died making it the deadliest us wildfire in more than a century. Mauis governor josh green warned at a News Conference on saturday afternoon that the number of dead would continue to rise as more bodies were recovered. Search teams were recovered. Search teams with sniffer dogs sifted through the ruins of lahaina for days after a fast moving blaze levelled the historic resort town, obliterating buildings and melting cars as now stargazers were out in force last night as the annual summer poseidon meteor shower reached its peak fragments the size of grains of sand travelling at around 130,000 miles an hour, lit up the sky, up to 100 shooting stars. An hour could be seen. The shower is considered to be one of the best this year because it produces bright meteors and is one of the most active. The meteor shower will continue, particularly tonight and until. Continue, particularly tonight and until. The continue, particularly tonight and until. The 24th of august continue, particularly tonight and until. The 24th of august. Youre watching jb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. This is britains news. Channel thank you very much. Polly thank you very much. Polly middlehurst. As rishi sunak returns from his Summer Holiday in california, his mind must be on the upcoming parliamentary yeah on the upcoming parliamentary year. A Cabinet Reshuffle will offer the Prime Minister a last throw of the dice before next years general election. Labours polling lead is barely dented since he took over the leadership last october are now making political predictions is a fools errand. Who could have predicted what would ensue in westminster this time last year . But in the tradition of political punditry as entertainment to handsomely remunerated soothsayers will tell us three things that they expect in w1 over the next few months. Im expect in w1 over the next few months. Im joined by the Deputy Editor of a conservative home, henry hill and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Welcome both. Nigel, are you willing to play, willing to give us im willing to play, yes. I mean, fools errand, as you say, but this fool will have a go. Good. So i mean my three for good. So i mean my three for the year are that rishi rishi sunak will not stop the boats. Absolutely no chance. But i think that thats a pretty much a given at the moment. My second one, which is probably the more controversial, is i think the triple lock on pensions will be abolished , but maybe not abolished, but maybe not immediately because youve got an election coming up. But i think that it is doomed to go. Think that it is doomed to go. And my third prediction would be that Nadine Dorries will still be mp of mid bedfordshire up to the election. Up to the election , yes. And that she might hold the seat. Well, im not quite sure. She wont quit just before the election, but we will see an extraordinary situation that henry what do you think . A very controversial idea that the triple lock might be scrapped . I was going to say one of mine is it wont i think it should be. I think you could move it towards a more sensible sort of means tested system that targeted help where it was needed. But the triple lock is on to becoming part of on the way to becoming part of the at this point, the constitution at this point, the constitution at this point, the conservative party, just before election where before a general election where theyre behind theyre already 20 points behind in polls, i think theyve in the polls, i think theyve learned you aim learned from 2017, you dont aim for at your core and for square at your core vote and start firing at them when youre when struggling in 2017, when youre struggling in 2017, they out blue, they suddenly, out of the blue, proposed what was proposed this idea of what was more less a death tax wasnt more or less a death tax wasnt it was it was that people would have into their housing have to tap into their housing wealth social care. Wealth to pay for social care. And again, can make a you and again, you can make a you can make an argument for it if you like, if they have the housing but bad, bad housing wealth. But bad, bad politics. Prediction is politics. So my prediction is that that will in that one that will stay in place. Prediction, place. My second prediction, getting spirit of the getting into the spirit of the game and going quite specific, i think government going think the government is going to win. Supreme appeal win. Its Supreme Court appeal on policy and its on the rwanda policy and its still wont get anyone to rwanda. Right, because court rwanda. Right, because the court of appeal, the court of appeal judgement government judgement against the government was, suspect. Was, i think, quite suspect. And so suspect government will so i suspect the government will win. But nonetheless, the implementation hurdles going win. But nonetheless, the im be mentation hurdles going win. But nonetheless, the imbe huge. Tion hurdles going win. But nonetheless, the imbe huge. Tion dontes going win. But nonetheless, the imbe huge. Tion dont suspect ing to be huge. So i dont suspect well have got anyone there by christmas. Third one, christmas. And the third one, perhaps cynically, perhaps slightly cynically, is i think of the talk and think for all of the talk and all of the big speech and Everything Else and all the Beautiful People have beautiful graphics people have been twitter, dont been sharing on twitter, i dont think were to have make think were going to have make a single step closer single concrete step closer towards cambridge towards building in cambridge this Big Cambridge 2040 plan that developed with that michael gove developed with much much much announced with much fanfare. Think once we get to fanfare. I think once we get to christmas, well that its christmas, well see that its weve progress towards weve made no progress towards actually anything actually building anything and although my although people might say, my goodness, about goodness, a prediction about cambridge rather specific cambridge is rather specific when about when were talking about national when were talking about nafiorbe when were talking about natior be a when were talking about natiorbe a general point youd be making a general point about way that were not about the way that were not getting with building stuff. Getting on with building stuff. I mean, i could have done that, but i could have made that at any point in the ten at any point in the last ten years, have been years, and it would have been thats general point. Thats a general point. We werent build enough houses. Of course werent. Houses. Of course we werent. But of this but but the significance of this is that its not just about cambridge. Its not its not a local story. They want they want cambridge for uk cambridge to be the hub for uk global manufacture of global manufacture and export of high it is a high end tech. So it is a National Policy decision. Theyve said they to theyve said that they need to expand it. Expand cambridge to do it. I just dont think that they will. And people are wondering and if people are wondering what about, if you what were talking about, if you want to see Michael Goves future vision, looks awfully future vision, it looks awfully like to me. It looks like history to me. It looks like history to me. It looks like britain used to like its what britain used to look well, precisely. Like its what britain used to loo all well, precisely. Like its what britain used to loo all of well, precisely. Like its what britain used to loo all of these precisely. Like its what britain used to loo all of these beautiful all of these beautiful graphics made by graphics that have been made by i of beautiful and i have sort of beautiful and youre like cambridge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, like cambridge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, with. Ike cambridge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, with all cambridge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, with all of mbridge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, with all of the idge, i have sort of beautiful and youknow, with all of the stone you know, with all of the stone and streets and everything and the streets and Everything Else. It all looks lovely, else. And it all looks lovely, but dont think were but i just dont think were going build any of it. Going to build any of it. Nigel lets talk a little bit about the labour party and will the party come under the Labour Party Come under strain, you think, the strain, do you think, in the coming months . Mean as the coming months . I mean as the government off net government may be backed off net zero bit, will there be zero a little bit, will there be a strain in labour . Weve, weve seen some strain over ulez yes. The emission free zones, the migration be tricky migration issue will be tricky because keir starmer has committed to maintaining committed himself to maintaining barges , for example, some of barges, for example, and some of his people dont like that. Talk to me about the strains the to me about the strains in the labour this period. Labour party in this period. Mean all of those well, i mean all of those will come into it. I mean, if we start with with ulez, i think that that all politicians that the that all politicians were scared off by the uxbridge by election and what it shows is that people seem to be in favour of tackling climate change. And its the fourth Biggest Issue beneath beneath cost of living. Nhs and immigration. What they dont want to do is pay for it. So every time they confront kid with a payment, there becomes a problem. Hence uxbridge. So keir starmer is moving away from ulez schemes and i think that that i think thats unfortunate because hes based his entire Economic Policy around around turning britain into a green superpower i do you think labour will look as if its splitting, that its under strain . Well, labour look credible. Will labour be tested on its credibility before the election or yes, before , before, election or yes, before, before, before the election . So obviously, as we come up to the election, their manifesto is going to come under greater scrutiny. Thats think scrutiny. And thats why i think sir keir is being so sir keir starmer is being so concerned lviv small and concerned lviv small c and cautious about policies that cautious about the policies that hes because hes putting together because even hasnt even though he hasnt said it yet, he knows, jeremy hunt yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rolled over £30 billion of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts er £30 billion of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts into 30 billion of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts into the illion of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts into the 25 on of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts into the 25 six of yet, like he knows, jeremy hunt rollcuts into the 25 six fiscal of tax cuts into the 25 six fiscal yeah tax cuts into the 25 six fiscal year. Things like the conservatives popular conservatives very popular expansion care and not expansion of child care and not actually next actually funded beyond next yeah actually funded beyond next year. The moment labour year. So the moment if labour win next election, theyre year. So the moment if labour win to 1ext election, theyre year. So the moment if labour win to comelection, theyre year. So the moment if labour win to come intom, theyre year. So the moment if labour win to come into office yre year. So the moment if labour win to come into office and going to come into office and the going to be like, the obr is going to be like, well, jeremy hunt promised to set several Government Departments on fire to balance the you please the books. Could you please update how thats going . Update us on how thats going . So going to make so theyre going to have to make some very, very hard decisions, which is why hes reining in spending think spending commitments. I think the will come the real strain will come actually election, actually after the election, even win a fairly even if they win a fairly comfortable majority, because youre been comfortable majority, because youre power been comfortable majority, because youre power for been comfortable majority, because

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