Taxpayers generally . How do we now all pay for britains second taxpayers generally . How do we now patrick for britains second taxpayers generally . How do we now Patrick Christys ins second taxpayers generally . How do we now Patrick Christys. 1s second taxpayers generally . How do we now Patrick Christys. Gb;econd taxpayers generally . How do we now Patrick Christys. Gb newsi city, Patrick Christys. Gb news get your views coming in gb views and gb news dot com. I think a couple of big ones for you today. Should we be thanking our mps for anything . Do they deserve more praise as also as well . The idea of tony blair . Mark two the return of the blairite, that good thing . Blairite, is that a good thing . Gb views gbnews. Com but right now its your headlines with tatiana. Patrick. Tatiana. Patrick. Thank you and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom bringing city council has effectively declared bankruptcy. In a statement , the bankruptcy. In a statement, the council said its issued a section 114 notice which prevents all but essential new spending. It says its part of plans to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay liabilities relating to equal pay claims. Liabilities relating to equal pay claims. The council liabilities relating to equal pay claims. The council also pay claims. The council also says its facing a financial gap within its budget. Currently within its budget. Currently standing in the region of £87 million in finances related to protecting Vulnerable People. Protecting Vulnerable People. And Statutory Services remain in place. However, all other new spending will cease with immediate effect. Itll be immediate effect. Itll be easier to build onshore wind farms across england. Under new farms across england. Under new rules announced by the government this afternoon, the changes will see project supported by local people approved more quickly. Local approved more quickly. Local areas will also have a greater say in how developments are considered and may even benefit from cheaper energy. The new from cheaper energy. The new rules come after mounting pressure from downing street pressure from mps downing street says its position hasnt changed, despite rishi sunak saying in october that hell keep a ban on new wind farms built onshore. The government says Renewable Energy is fuelled 42 of the uks Electricity Generation last year up from just 7 in 2010. The schools minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools and has been issuing guidance to schools since 2018. Speaking to gb news nick gibbs comments come after the education secretary apologised for using Strong Language while expressing her frustration at the situation. Both rishi sunak and Gillian Keegan are under growing pressure as schools across the uk have fully or partially closed. Mr gibbs says Gillian Keegans comments were off the cuff. Off the cuff. If she was frustrated by the fact that the department for education and the Civil Servants have been working very hard in terms of dealing with rac issue, weve been very proactive in deaung weve been very proactive in dealing with rac since 2018. Weve issued very detailed guidance to responsible bodies and these are the bodies that are legally responsible for School Buildings , which are the School Buildings, which are the local authorities , the academy local authorities, the Academy Trusts diocese says. But we provide them with the best advice based on the Technical Advice based on the Technical Advice that we get about how to identify and monitor. Rac shadow paymaster, general Jonathan Ashworth says the governments handung ashworth says the governments handling of the matter is an abdication of response ability. I think today look, when youve got sort of roofs at risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried. Youve got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratulated and parents across the country, teachers who work in schools and pupils , because in schools and pupils, because some of these pupils are old enough to understand what is going on. Want you to fix this and dont want any more your and dont want any more of your saying, oh, nothing to do with me, that is frankly an me, guv. That is frankly an abdication of your responsibilities. Responsibilities. Discount retailer b m has agreed to buy up to 51 wilko stores from administrators for £13 million. It comes nearly a month after wilko collapsed , month after wilko collapsed, putting thousands of jobs at risk across its 400 stores. Its understood that the majority of the new stores are expected to rebrand as b m. Social media rebrand as b m. Social media giant tiktok is attempting to allay fears over its links to china as it opens its First Data Centre in europe. Located in centre in europe. Located in dubun centre in europe. Located in dublin is the first of three to be built in europe and will house data from tiktok users from across the continent, including the uk. Tiktok is owned by chinese firm bytedance, but has long said it doesnt share information with china. Critics, however , fear it could critics, however, fear it could be compelled to hand over data to beijing. Kim jong un is to beijing. Kim jong un is expected to travel to russia in an armoured train to meet president vladimir putin. The nonh president vladimir putin. The north Korean Leader could make the trip as early as this month, near to the border between the two countries. It comes as the us claims the kremlin is attempting to acquire military equipment for its war in. Equipment for its war in. Ukraine and the hottest temperatures of the year could be seen this week, possibly even hotter than ibiza. The met office is predicting maximum temperatures of 32 degrees tomorrow and thursday, potentially matching the years record during the heatwave in june. It says the Uk Health Security Agency issued a yellow alert across the whole of england. Apart from the north east yesterday north east from yesterday afternoon until sunday night. Afternoon until sunday night. And a section of the great wall of china has been damaged by vandals who were looking for a shortcut. Two people used an shortcut. Two people used an excavator to dig a shortcut through the historical site located near suzhou city. The located near suzhou city. The suspects have been detained. They claimed they wanted to save time and space. This is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now its back to. Patrick Gillian Keegan sweary outbursts yesterday got me thinking do politicians ever deserve a thank you . I actually deserve a thank you . I actually liked keegans quite human reaction yesterday. I know a lot reaction yesterday. I know a lot of our viewers did too. Even if they dont actually think shes doing a particularly good job. But argument would be that but the argument would be that they public servants, mps they are public servants, mps who dedicate their lives to the nafion who dedicate their lives to the nation their constituents. Nation and their constituents. They dont rich. They give they dont get rich. They give up right to a life up their right to a private life , entire and their , their entire family and their finances is under the finances is put under the microscope and when they get a ministerial position, they often inherit absolute and inherit an absolute mess and have carry the can for it. So have to carry the can for it. So if look at it like that, if you look at it like that, then it is quite literally a thankless task. But i think thats looking at it through thankless task. But i think thattinted ng at it through thankless task. But i think thattinted glasses, through thankless task. But i think thattinted glasses, isntgh rose tinted glasses, isnt it . Because where im sitting, because from where im sitting, the job of politician should the job of a politician should be the public votes be to do what the public votes for and then act in their best interests. Dont think interests. And i dont think that happens. The people voted that happens. The people voted for brexit. Do we thank our politicians for making an absolute horlicks of it, trying to overturn it, talking britain down sabotage this down and trying to sabotage this countrys future because they didnt get the result they want countrys future because they didrpublic the result they want countrys future because they didr public theeveryt they want countrys future because they didrpublic theevery opportunity the public at every opportunity vote for a party that says it wants to reduce net migration and illegal immigration. And stop illegal immigration. And weve opened the floodgates. Record at record levels of immigration at the of all of our public the expense of all of our public services, our Housing Stock and our we are unable to our culture. We are unable to get to grips with whats been going the channel and going on in the channel and quite the world clearly quite frankly, the world clearly thinks have open borders and thinks we have open borders and we there for the taking. We are there for the taking. Should we be thanking politicians should we politicians for that . Should we be for letting be thanking them for letting britain mullered the britain get mullered by the world . Similar note about world . On a similar note about immigration, politicians are terrified of the word recession. Theyre terrified of spreadsheets. So they want mass spreadsheets. So they want Mass Immigration so that they can talk about growth and gdp , talk about growth and gdp, conveniently ignoring the fact that we are actually worse off per capita in that very direct sense. Chancellors especially sense. Chancellors especially put their own vested interests above that of the nation. Thank above that of the nation. Thank you very much for making us poorer so that you look better to your banker mates. Ulez another net zero big green agenda stuff saying its all about clean air. Agenda stuff saying its all about clean air. And the planet. About clean air. And the planet. Are we supposed to say thank you for . Sometimes. Sometimes using quite questionable science to inflict financial pain on the poorest in society or not bothering to actually update the infrastructure . We need to hit infrastructure . We need to hit the arbitrary targets that you came up with. Thanks a lot. Came up with. Thanks a lot. Covid lockdowns and the vaccine pressure. Thanks a lot for not giving a benefit giving us a cost benefit analysis lockdown for caving analysis of lockdown for caving in lot of media pressure in to a lot of media pressure for scaring the heck out of everyone. Again, with at times pretty sketchy data. The schools issue right now sums up the calibre of Political Leadership that weve had for a very long time in this country. The dodgy concrete has been known about for a heck of a long time and nobody did anything about it because they didnt want have because they didnt want to have to handle it on their watch. They if they kick that they knew that if they kick that can down the road long enough , can down the road long enough, then it would be somebody elses problem. And it isnt just schools where is the case. Schools where this is the case. The nhs housing, public transport, they let it get to crisis before they have to crisis point before they have to act. Should be thanking them act. Should we be thanking them for being too scared for that, for being too scared to grasp the nettle of a bit of bad press . Odd negative bad press . The odd negative headune bad press . The odd negative headline putting headline instead just putting sticking plasters over gaping wounds until it just gushes out like a severed artery. Wounds until it just gushes out like a severed artery. Thank you. Thank like a severed artery. Thank you. Thank thank you. These you. Thank you. Thank you. These are just few examples. You. Thank you. Thank you. These are just few examples. Now, if are just a few examples. Now, if our politicians want our thanks, then frankly , they have to do a then frankly, they have to do a better job. If they worked in business or in your job, if they were managing your department and they ran it as badly as they run this country , theyd be run this country, theyd be getting their p45 sharpish. Getting their p45 sharpish. Well, thats what i think i want to hear from you. Email me gbviews gbnews. Com. If you think that there are cast iron examples of politicians and im sure there will be, who do deserve thanks. I know ive used quite broad brush language there. Then get in touch. Let me know. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Do they for the they deserve more praise for the job do . Lets get job that they do . But lets get straight this ongoing row straight into this ongoing row over crumbling concrete in schools and youre going to hear im not sure if it is just schools actually. I think there is a much bigger story here. The Prime Minister is coming under increasing pressure to reveal Prime Minister is coming under incrextent pressure to reveal Prime Minister is coming under incrextent ofzssure to reveal Prime Minister is coming under incrextent of there to reveal Prime Minister is coming under incrextent of the problemeal the extent of the problem and how government dealing how the government is dealing with much is being of how the government is dealing witifunding h is being of how the government is dealing witifunding that being of how the government is dealing witifunding that mr1g of how the government is dealing witifunding that mr sunak of the funding that mr sunak provided schools provided for the schools rebuilding he reBuilding Programme when he was chancellor some people, and chancellor so some people, and i find this quite interesting are today reporting that the schools minister has actually backed, criticised of mr sunak that he only provided cash to rebuild 50 schools a year when the problem warranted work on 200 a year. Take a look at this. Take a look at this. In building or refurbishing 50 schools a year from the beginning when we came into office right through our period in power and so we had this the Priority SchoolBuilding Programme for the first five years, we built and refurbished 260 schools, and then the school , the Priority SchoolBuilding Programme , too, which is another programme, too, which is another 272 schools. And one of the first things that rishi did as chancellor was set up the school reBuilding Programme, 500 schools to be built, rebuilt or refurbished between 2020 and 2030. Now, of course , we always 2030. Now, of course, we always put in bids for more. Thats what all spending departments do. But weve kept that 50 a year Building Programme right through covid. Yes, it was that last bit there. Theres a lot of people to jump on it and say, oh look, theres a chasm now theres a chasm in government. What hes saying there, isnt he, is that every Single Department will shoot theyll go, shoot for the stars. Theyll go, look, funding for this. Look, we need funding for this. We then you we need everything. And then you have that for reality. Have to adjust that for reality. And i think its unfair , and i think its unfair, genuinely. Its unfair genuinely. I think its unfair to that split to say that theres a split there. You can criticise them for loads of other stuff, dont get me wrong, but i think its unfair to say that theres now this divide there in this chasm and a divide there in government rishi sunak didnt do enough. Was quite enough. I think it was quite a realistic spending expectation, but labour certainly hasnt been holding criticism holding back in their criticism and on news spoke to and earlier on gb news spoke to the shadow paymaster, general Jonathan Ashworth. Well, he called the situation a shambles. Today look, when i think today look, when youve got sort of roofs at risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried. Youve got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratu , elated and parents congratu, elated and parents across the country, teachers who work in schools and pupils because some of these pupils are old enough to understand what is going on. Want you to fix this and dont want any more of your saying, oh, nothing to do with me. Gov. That is frankly an abdication your abdication of your responsibility. Liz yeah. Responsibility. Liz yeah. Look, i think theres a bigger issue at play here. I mean, the idea of schools collapsing around kids of collapsing around kids is, of course terrible and hopefully course is terrible and hopefully that hopefully that doesnt happen. Hopefully that doesnt happen. Hopefully that prevented now with that is being prevented now with whatever action government whatever action the government is going take. And think is going to take. And i think the of probably the cost of this is probably going the next big going to be the next big question. Yet a question. We are yet to get a serious cast iron idea of how much going cost, but much this is going to cost, but this concrete that was used wasnt in schools. In wasnt just used in schools. In fact, it was very widely used in a whole host of other public buildings, well. I buildings, hospitals as well. I suspect it will have been used elsewhere as well. Are we actually looking at a much bigger prob