Debating whether the oil industry has been a good thing for the world. And before all of that, here are your latest news headunes that, here are your latest News Headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Thanks, michael. Good thanks, michael. Good morning. Its 11 01. Thanks, michael. Good morning. Its11 01. Our top stories this hour. The Prime Minister will work to convince voters and the Party Faithful that hes ready to make tough decisions for the country. As the conservative Party Conference gets undennay. You conference gets undennay. You are not welcome in manchester, where protesters are making it clear that they want their voice heard during the four day event, which starts this afternoon as questions continue over the future of the hs2 rail project and levelling up in the north. Rishi sunak is announcing a £1 billion fund to help regenerate high streets across the uk. 55 high streets across the uk. 55 towns will be given £20 million towns will be given £20 million to help improve their communities over the course of a decade. Communities over the course of a decade. Well meanwhile , former decade. Well meanwhile, former Prime Minister liz truss will urge the government to cut Corporation Tax during her speech , she will say the tory speech, she will say the tory party must position themselves as the party of big business again. Shes also one of more than 30 tory mps whove promised not to support the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Levelling up secretary michael gove told us theres a more urgent priority. Theres a more urgent priority. I think every conservative wants to bring taxes down and to reduce the tax burden. But at the thing we must do first is to bnng the thing we must do first is to bring inflation under control. The biggest tax cut that we can give to the country is bringing inflation down. Well, meanwhile, Shadow Health secretary wes streeting says tory mps are right to question rishi sunaks tax policies , including inheritance policies, including inheritance tax. Tax. After 13 years of conservative government , we end conservative government, we end up in a position where even its own mps are having to campaign against their unfair tax policies. And i think policies. And i think conservative mps are quite right to say how is it that weve got the worst, highest tax burden in 70 years . They should also be asking rishi sunak why now . Instead of thinking about cutting taxes for working people, hes looking to give himself another super rich people a tax break by cutting a tax that affects 4 of people in this country. A tax cut that would earn him personally £300 million, a key part of the Windsor Framework has come into effect for Northern Ireland with a green and red lane system to move goods from Great Britain. Our Northern Ireland reporter Dougie Beattie has more. As the protocol grace periods end, the framework document comes into place. Although we comes into place. Although we must say this is a phased approach. This today really affects the retailers , the large affects the retailers, the large supermarkets that have had problems with their supply chains as those using groupage may still face problems and that will really hit smaller retailers. But the real battle lines here will be drawn in january and right through to october next year when customs not only look at goods travelling from gb into Northern Ireland, but also from goods leaving ireland to go back in to the uk. The uk. Ofgems Energy Price Cap has now fallen across england, wales and scotland in place for the next three months. The average household bill is set to be reduced by around £150. Thats still more than 50 higher than pre crisis levels. The government is yet to announce any Financial Support for struggling households. Some struggling households. Some single use plastic items are now bannedin single use plastic items are now banned in england. Businesses can no longer sell products like plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene cups, and they face fines if they do. Local authorities will be able to carry out inspections to make sure that the rules are being followed. Andrew crook is president of the National Federation of fish friers. He says people need to be educated on to how recycle the new packaging. Packaging. This is a product called bagasse, which is a compostable. Its made from sugarcane. So it its made from sugarcane. So it does have a Carbon Footprint because it comes from china. The problem is they look very similar to whats banned, which is the expanded polystyrene. So is the expanded polystyrene. So i think theres still an education piece from the government for consumers about how to dispose of them correctly if find their way if they dont find their way into a bin theyre just into a bin and theyre just discarded, just act the discarded, theyll just act the same as plastic. And of same as plastic. And a lot of it, even if it ends up in general waste, will either be incinerated produce incinerated to produce electricity up in landfills. Is gb news across the uk 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 lets get straight back to michael. Michael. Thank you very much. Ray addison. The conservative Party Conference gets under way in manchester today. Above the drum beat of the approaching general election. One minister can be heard opining on the International Refugee convention , the European Convention on human rights and multiculturalism. Home secretary Suella Braverman in Suella Braverman argued in washington that the 1951 Refugee Convention is too loose and could potentially result in almost 800 Million People qualify for refugee status. In a move that was backed by number 10 downing street, she also indicated that the government could leave the European Court of human rights if it impedes the transfer of Illegal Migrants to rwanda. Rishi sunak will attempt at this conference to present a united party ready for an election with an agreed set of policies and supposedly poised for another term in office. Let us hear from manchester, where the conference is taking place. Im joined by eric pickles now, lord pickles, who served in David Camerons cabinet and was tory chairman before the 2010 election. Eric welcome to gb news. What do you think are the chances . Its very nice to be here. Good. What do you think of the chances that the party will look as though it is united a clear set of is united with a clear set of agreed policies poised for another term in office . Well, that will be the aim to for it to be at the end of the conference at right now on a sunday. Its difficult to say. Party manager will be trying to do that. But what Party Managers need to understand is not for years have they entirely been in control of the agenda of the conference because its now the fringe that dominate it. So it will depend on those various cabinet ministers, people of varying ambition as to what they say at the fringe. Theyll probably be very disciplined on the stage because everything is worked out. The speeches are worked out. The speeches are agreed , some fringe speeches agreed, some fringe speeches that are agreed. But its that that are agreed. But its that off the cuff remark. Its been suddenly surreptitious be recorded like the chancellor was about when the general election is going to take place, when inflation reached 3. Those are the things that could throw the conservative party off balance. Conservative party off balance. But more than that, theyre is joined up thinking by some members of the tory party. They want to put pressure on the government over taxation. For government over taxation. For example, i was arguing earlier, having listened to priti patel, that what these people do is really to put a spotlight on the impotence of the conservative government, the conservative government, the conservative government is not bringing down taxes. Its putting them up. The conservative government is not controlling immigration. Immigration is flowing strongly and steadily and people making protests about this really kind of just call attention to the governments failures. Or governments failures. Or perhaps you disagree. Perhaps you disagree. Im not going to put it going to put it better myself. I mean, any conservative wants to see a lower level of taxation. Of course, at and people go back to the glory days of Lady Thatcher. But what they forget about Lady Thatcher is not only was she a tax cutter, but she also believed in sound money. And given the level of inflation, given the level of inflation, given the level of inflation, given the cost of the pandemic , given the cost of the pandemic, particularly the furlough scheme and given this , the societys and given this, the societys view that the more money you put into the Health Service rather than what comes out of the Health Service, the fact that there are lots of people like me about old people is growing is going to mean that that taxation burden is going to remain high for a long time. And let me put another point to you. I understand that there are lots of tories who have absolutely given up on the next general election. Many of them, general election. Many of them, of decided not to of course, have decided not to stand. There is a poll today stand. But there is a poll today that conservatives only that puts the conservatives only ten points behind labour, and thats a change of ten points or more in recent months. Are you one who takes the view that the election is lost, or would you think that with a with a rather uncharismatic labour leader, its everything to play for . Well, course is everything to play well, course is everything to play for, but the party needs to get its act together. I think we really what we need to offer is some hope. These various sort of consumer offerings that we get will stop the 20 mile an hour. Well do something about dangerous dogs. Well do this, dangerous dogs. Well do this, that and the other. What we need actually need to do is to give people some hope and my worry is that the Party Leadership have misread the uxbridge by election results. I think the uxbridge by election was a classic protest vote. And the thing was that sadiq khan was was more annoying than than the conservative party. And thats conservative party. And thats what happened. It wasnt particularly a desire in our love of the of the motor car. And i think what i want to really see is, you know , a really see is, you know, a collection of policies that says youre going to be better off. Your kids are going to be better off, theres going to be a degree of progress. And thats what the conservative party is traditionally happened. I mean, i come from obviously from my accent, from the north of accent, i come from the north of england come from working england and i come from working class. Red wall wasnt class stock. The red wall wasnt just like a phenomenon. Its just like a new phenomenon. Its always there. And people always been there. And people who conservative in working who vote conservative in working class areas are doing it, not because various buttons have been pressed. Its because they want to see a better life for themselves and more particularly , they want to see a much better and prosperous for and more prosperous life for their children. They their their children. They want their children than them children to do better than them. What Lady Thatcher. And thats what Lady Thatcher really got into. And its what the conservative party need to offer. Now, if the Prime Minister could offer us some hope, some optimism, some understanding that those communities are going to be better off, not that were going to offer a special fund for this and a special fund for that. They need to understand that the conservative party, the conservative party, the conservative government, is on their side. Eric eric pickles to 70 year olds discussing Lady Thatcher. Were at weve got our finger on the button here. Thank you very much, eric pickles. Now to discuss this further, im joined in the studio by conservative peerin in the studio by conservative peer in the house of lords, daniel and labour Daniel Moylan and labour councillor assad. Welcome councillor nana assad. Welcome to both. Pamela thank you. To you both. Pamela thank you. Youve with me youve not been on with me before. Its great to see you and the 1951 convention on human on refugees. 1951 is a long time on refugees. 1951 is a long time ago. You and i dont drive 1951 cars. Is there any reason at all why we shouldnt look at reforming a 1951 convention so i think the first thing we need to understand is that why did the convention come about . And that was because in the wake of world war ii, with refugees having to leave their home and seek refuge home countries and seek refuge elsewhere, and these conditions were put in place in order to have a more welcoming and open armed policies in the countries that were receiving. These refugees. We saw what happened refugees. We saw what happened in world war ii with the kindertransport coming to the United Kingdom , with refugees United Kingdom, with refugees coming here. And so i believe that those years laid the foundations of where we start. But arent you making my point . No, the conditions were very different. So i agree that conditions have changed and things have changed and moved on. And were seeing different types of migration in different of migration in different types of refugees coming here. But we have to try and think about what that Foundation Actually says to us, that foundation says that one of the first things is that you have claim refugee you dont have to claim refugee refuge in the first, quote unquote, safe country that you arrive. All right. But lets put it another way. And does it say that if youve come from a perfectly safe country like france, that youve be france, that youve got to be treated as though come treated as though youve come from dangerous place . Heres from a dangerous place . Heres the thing. Where are those refugees actually so when we actually coming from . So when we look the boat migration look at the small boat migration to most of the refugees to the uk, most of the refugees that are libya , that there are from libya, syria, afghanistan, you dont see on those boats. See ukrainians on those boats. You ukrainians you dont see ukrainians drowning why is drowning on those boats. Why is that . Because we that . Its because we have a different policy for ukrainians than do those kinds of than we do for those kinds of refugees. Now we have try and refugees. Now we have to try and make that theyre make the point that theyre coming country, but coming from a safe country, but theyre coming from safe theyre not coming from a safe country because country technically, because thats a journey that thats a thats a journey that theyre and final theyre making. And their final destination united destination is the United Kingdom. Can france be kingdom. So how can france be the country that they should you know, the Refugee Convention says you dont have to actually claim asylum in france just because you arrive there. If their final destination is coming to the United Kingdom. Who that they have to claim who says that they have to claim asylum in france would you would you a think of yourself if you as a think of yourself if you as a think of yourself if you were a refugee fleeing somewhere like afghanistan from the taliban in the taliban currently imprisoned . Torture currently imprisoned . Torture men boys dont allow women men and boys dont allow women to go to work , dont allow girls to go to work, dont allow girls to go to work, dont allow girls to go to school. You dont have economic prospects in that country either. So this is all very emotive, but i dont think it meets the point theyre coming to britain from france. No, theyre not. Well, no, theyre not. Theyre from afghanistan. Theyre coming from afghanistan. Theyre coming from afghanistan. Theyre france theyre just using france as a route to get here. Okay. Daniel moylan , lets stick Daniel Moylan, lets stick with this point for the moment. Do you think that a convention is drawn up in 1951 . In the circumstances that have been described following the described to us following the second is fit Second World War is fit for purpose today . There anything purpose today . Is there anything wrong it . Wrong with questioning it . Course we can well, of course we can question and whether fit question it and whether its fit for or not, its for purpose or not, its certainly used in a very certainly being used in a very different way. The idea very often in the 1951 convention is that people would suffer some terrible catastrophe in their home country and they would have to flee into another and neighbouring country because they were not safe where they were and that there they would find safety and some sort of accommodation and basic facilities with a view as facilities always with a view as far as possible to returning to their home country when safe when it was safe and circumstances