Trump . Should it be trump. Were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live for tonights latest News Headlines as. Latest News Headlines as. Michelle, thank you and good evening to you. Its 6 01. Im Polly Middlehurst in the gb newsroom. And the top story tonight the chancellor looks set tonight the chancellor looks set to unveil a £0. 02 in the pound. Cut to National Insurance contributions he prepares to contributions as he prepares to set out britains budget tomorrow. Jeremy hunt will tomorrow. Jeremy hunt will attempt to put the uks economy back on track and revive rishi sunaks popular rmt, despite the fiscal watchdog giving the government little headroom for tax cuts. Analysts are suggesting the nhs could be facing real terms. Funding cuts of £2 billion annually amid rising costs and a promise to tackle waiting lists. And also tackle waiting lists. And also in the news today , the leader of in the news today, the leader of the labour led Birmingham City council has unreservedly apologised to the citys residents for the budget he set out today. The cost cutting plan out today. The cost cutting plan includes slashing more than £200 million from Public Services across britains second biggest city, after it effectively declared itself bankrupt last yeah declared itself bankrupt last year. The cuts come amid what councillor john cotton described as a raging crisis in local government finances caused. He says, by the conservatives calling them cheerleaders for austerity. Were expecting to austerity. Were expecting to hear the outcome of the councils vote on its budget plans and the details of what they intend to cut later on today. Now Suella Braverman has told gp news today she doesnt believe the former tory mp lee anderson is islamophobic. In anderson is islamophobic. In todays exclusive interview with the former home secretary comes after mr anderson claimed islamists had got control of the london mayor lee anderson is a great colleague of mine. Im totally abhor the accusations that have been launched against him. He is not racist , he is not not racist, he is not islamophobic. Hes calling out very poor performance by the mayor of london, who is completely failed to hold the met commissioner to account, and which is why weve seen emboldened islamism in the streets of london. Weve seen an mp hounded out of office because of islamism. Weve seen of islamism. Weve seen parliament, uh, totally subverted in the proper procedures, abused , and because procedures, abused, and because out of fear now gb news understands that the policing nevertheless of a pro palestinian protest in london this weekend remains unchanged. Unchanged. And thats despite the Prime Ministers call for a crackdown on extremists. Were told on extremists. Were told officers will reportedly use existing public order and anti terror laws. Thats after anti terror laws. Thats after rishi sunak called on the police to draw a line and clamp down on extremist behaviour. A 42 year extremist behaviour. A 42 year old man has admitted to starting a fire at the Constituency Office belonging to conservative mp mike freer, on Christmas Eve last year. Paul harwood denies the attack was politically motivated, but pleaded guilty to two charges of arson at the old bailey earlier on today. A second person, a 32 year old defendant, zahra kasuri, denied the charges. Both defendants were remanded in custody and theres a further hearing set for march 12th. And that follows the Justice Minister announcement. Hes quitting politics after being the target of several Death Threats , an of several Death Threats, an agreement on a revised offer for hospital consultants in england has been reached in a potential step towards solving the ongoing dispute , unions will now dispute, unions will now recommend the offer to their members ahead of an expected vote. The Health Secretary says it paves the way for an end to strikes, while the Prime Minister says its proof that seeking a fair agreement is the best way forward for everyone. In a separate dispute involving junior doctors, however, is ongoing. Just before i junior doctors, however, is ongoing. Just before i go, lets ongoing. Just before i go, lets bnng ongoing. Just before i go, lets bring you some breaking news concerning government minister Michelle Donelan. Shes agreed to pay , were told, undisclosed to pay, were told, undisclosed damages to an academic after claiming they supported hamas. I can tell you that the science secretary has retracted her comments and apologised, saying there was no evidence to back that accusation. And in a tweet that accusation. And in a tweet in november. In october, rather, miss donelan said she was disgusted and outraged that katie sang at another academic doctor. Kamna patel had shared extremist views. A government investigation found both sang and patel failed post baseless allegations. However the academics say they remain very disturbed by the way in which Michelle Donelan behaved. That Michelle Donelan behaved. That news justin. A couple of bits of news justin. A couple of bits of good for news you. Well, particularly if you work at greggs bakery. Thousands of staff there are to get a can i call it a slice of the action. More than £17 million in bonuses. Days after the high street bakerys profits rose by 27 in the last year, all staff can see the extra dough in their pay can see the extra dough in their pay packets at the end of this month to recognise their hard work , and it is the icing on the work, and it is the icing on the cake for workers who already get a share of the profits each yeah a share of the profits each year. And michelle was touching on it. Earlier in the United States , the white says states, the white house says its monitoring of mass its monitoring reports of mass outages facebook and outages across facebook and instagram. Parent company meta instagram. Parent company meta says its aware of reports that users all over the world have been locked their been locked out of their accounts. They the issue is accounts. They say the issue is now resolved and will now resolved and people will start to regain access across platforms. One last story for platforms. One last story for you in this rather long bulletin today, but its definitely worth it, especially if youre a fan of soap operas. In the 1990s. Youll probably remember this. Take a look sunday people stand in the darkness. Are you singing in the darkness. Are you singing along to the theme tune of baywatch, which became the worlds most watched tv series dunng worlds most watched tv series during the original run from 89 to 99 . Well, now those bathing suits and slow motion jogs are to make a comeback in a new series expected to premiere this autumn. Im seeing a whole new autumn. Im seeing a whole new generation of lifeguards embarking on those daring ocean rescues. The original series made superstars of its cast , of made superstars of its cast, of course, including David Hasselhoff and pamela anderson. Hasselhoff and pamela anderson. For the latest stories to sign up to gb news alerts, scan that qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. Com slash alerts michelle back to you. Alerts michelle back to you. Thanks for that, polly. Blimey, those baywatch shots. There was, um, i think one of my panel was referencing. Maybe he used perhaps look like used to, uh, perhaps look like that back in the day. But if theres gents, if theres theres any gents, if theres any gents sitting there going, oh, anderson, off oh, that pamela anderson, off i go to go and, uh, look up on go now to go and, uh, look up on youtube and look up. Wait youtube and look her up. Wait until programmes finished, until my programmes finished, please. Dont mind. Please. If you dont mind. Uh, i am michelle. Yes. Look at am michelle. Oh yes. Look at that. There you go. What a treat. I mean, listen, everyone, far be it from me objectify far be it from me to objectify men, but, mean, you know, in men, but, i mean, you know, in fact, do you know fact, actually, do you know what . Should probably up , what . I should probably shut up, because in this pc day because this pc in this pc day and age, uh, stuff can come out of my mouth that i tell you everyone would get me into trouble. So ill just leave it there ill look back, there and ill just look back, misty eyed on those baywatch days, michelle days, shall i . Im Michelle Dewberry im with you till dewberry and im with you till 7 00 tonight alongside me. Ive got conservative life here in got my conservative life here in the lords. Daniel the house of lords. Daniel moylan visiting moylan and the visiting professor at staffordshire university, and university, tom buick. And i wont which one of wont tell you which one of those two chaps were reminiscing, perhaps their reminiscing, perhaps on their beach day. Beach bodies back in the day. Ill to your ill leave that to your imagination. Know the drill, imagination. You know the drill, dont you . Its just about dont you . Its not just about us it is about you guys us three. It is about you guys at well. Whats on your at home as well. Whats on your mind tonight . Apart from pamela anderson, mind tonight . Apart from pamela andin;on, mind tonight . Apart from pamela andin touch with me all the get in touch with me all the usual ways. Vaiews gbnews. Com is get hold of me on is how you get hold of me on email. Or can tweet me gb email. Or you can tweet me at gb news. One of my viewers, news. Use one of my viewers, francis. Um, youre quick off the youve already said the mark. Youve already said michelle, we have two michelle, can we have two tickets, for the tickets, please, for the whitehaven event tomorrow . Youre talking about the budget special, do . Special, what youve got to do . I just been on the i think its just been on the screen. Ill just get it back up for you in second. Youve got for you in a second. Youve got to get your smartphone out. Youve to a picture of youve got to take a picture of that qr code on the screen, and itll give you all details. Itll give you all the details. There that little, there it is. Its that little, uh, squiggly box thing there at the bottom of screen. Or you the bottom of the screen. Or you can to our website for more can go to our website for more details that is how you can sort yourself tickets for yourself out with tickets for the special tomorrow. The budget special tomorrow. How exciting going be . Exciting is that going to be . Everyone going to be everyone um, its going to be in a pub, thats going to a pub, so thats going to be nice, it . I cant wait, nice, isnt it . I cant wait, quite frankly. Anyway, ive got lots i want talk to you lots that i want to talk to you guys tonight. Councils um, guys about tonight. Councils um, particularly you particularly birmingham. Are you in birmingham . Be in birmingham . You must be absolutely shaking with rage today everything today with everything thats going wondering, going on. And im wondering, these massive rises, 21, perhaps over of years. That over a couple of years. Is that the things to come . The shape of things to come . I think pretty damn think its pretty damn disgraceful, you disgraceful, actually, when you see done. Um, see what theyve done. Um, i also want to talk to you about policing and protests and lots more. I get that, more. Before i get into that, though, it would be remiss of me, that i have member me, given that i have a member of of lords alongside of the house of lords alongside me, moylan, youd remiss me, lord moylan, youd be remiss of me to briefly touch upon, of me not to briefly touch upon, uh, rwanda yesterday. Uh, the rwanda vote yesterday. More votes tomorrow. Yes, of course, against the government if you missed it. Long the government long story short, the government got you know, im got a kicking. Um, you know, im assuming voted with the government. I voted with the government on all the votes, and ill do so tomorrow well. Tomorrow as well. Of this really does any of this really matter, though . Its sort of um, well, its sort of matters, what happens um, well, its sort of mattiss, what happens um, well, its sort of mattis after what happens um, well, its sort of mattis after tomorrow, happens um, well, its sort of mattis after tomorrow, hathe ns now is after tomorrow, as the bill goes to the commons bill goes back to the commons with those changes and the commons has to decide whether to accept thats basically accept them, thats basically the to decide the government has to decide whether them they whether to accept them and they may i dont know, may accept some. I dont know, but probably accept but they probably wont accept most they are most of them because they are aimed wrecking the purpose of aimed at wrecking the purpose of the bill. They peers say thats not really they not the case, but really they take out of the bill. Take the guts out of the bill. So if commons then reverses so if the commons then reverses them, come back to the them, they come back to the lords. Is called ping pong. Lords. This is called ping pong. Thatll in a week sos thatll happen in a week or sos time. And then therell be some more and youd expect more votes and youd expect at some of lords some point the house of lords would way, because would probably give way, because the is elected the commons is the elected house, and can go back and house, and it can go back and forth several times. The forth several times. Um, the commons is the elected house. And they want something to go and if they want something to go through the lords should probably give way. Thats the normal doctrine , but it will normal doctrine, but it will take some time. And of course the are in a the anti gun the lords are in a the anti gun lords, which include a lot of crossbencher liberal democrats, not just labour. Um, they are in a state of high, high excitement and they may forget these Constitutional Convention issues and keep going and keep the ping pong going a long time. Well, you guys werent happy with it all at home, i can tell you. I remember talking to you about yesterday and as we about it yesterday and as we just mentioning, more votes just been mentioning, more votes on this tomorrow. Tom bewick, briefly, on that . Briefly, your thoughts on that . Daniel im disappointed. Daniel has got huge felt he had to got a huge brain felt he had to be into the lobbies to be whipped into the lobbies to vote failing rwanda vote for this failing rwanda plan. You assuming that plan. Why are you assuming that he had to be whipped into that . I went relish. I didnt i went with relish. I didnt have be whipped have to be whipped at all. I think. Brilliant bill. To try and well, im going to try and encourage you. Perhaps when the votes come again, then to votes come up again, then to votes come up again, then to vote down. I mean, for vote this bill down. I mean, for starters, its costing starters, its, its costing taxpayers billion taxpayers half £1 billion a yeah taxpayers half £1 billion a year. Thats £150,000 per migrant. When you look at the number of irregular migrants that come into the country, even if rwanda is a rip roaring success, it will deport just 1 of that figure. So its not a of that figure. So its not a plan thats even going to act. Tom, how much of a deterrent is it going to be . I mean, at the moment weve sent more cabinet ministers over to rwanda than we have those whove come across. Its fault, is it . The government had their way then migrants in migrants would have been in rwanda. Everyone rwanda. Its everyone frustrating the process. Thats why. Frustrating the process. Thats wthell, i think could well, where i think we could all we want to stop the all agree is we want to stop the boats and the human misery thats going on every day coming across channel. Want across the channel. And we want to the criminal gangs. To smash the criminal gangs. What we to build what i think we need to build on, actually, the discussions on, actually, is the discussions that have been taken place today with Northern European with our Northern European neighbours , um, neighbours in brussels, um, around agreement. I around a returns agreement. I mean, when albanians were coming over and they had no right to be here or claim asylum, we did that deal with the albanian government and thousands them government and thousands of them were only way were sent back. The only way were stop this human were going to stop this human misery across the channel is if we enter into a returns agreement with those northern nora forster, or if the european turned back. Well, how do you turned back. Well, how do you turn back then, michel . Turn them back then, michel . Way that they used well, the way that they used to it in australia, theres to do it in australia, theres ways of pulling a boat ways and means of pulling a boat back. A boat back. Back. Pushing a boat back. Theres lots of ways and means of doing but the problem of doing that. But the problem is, wont even is, tom, that people wont even allow potential allow that, um, potential solution be explored. Solution even to be explored. Well seven year died well all seven year old died trying to cross the channel last week. Yeah. Horrendous. How many yeah. Horrendous. How many would got into the would die if we got into the business using royal Navy Business of using the royal navy or the customs Patrol Service to start boats back the start dragging boats back the way to get them back to calais or or anywhere else . Frankly, theyre coming from in Northern Europe to enter into a europe is to enter into a returns agreement. But this all this is fantasy about a return. All. It worked its not at all. It worked with albania, these countries. Yeah, but albania was taking back own nationals, its own back its own nationals, its own people. Is not what youd people. That is not what youd be france and belgium and be asking france and belgium and whatever countries whatever other countries included mean, included in this to do. I mean, i welcome been agreed i welcome whats been agreed today about further cooperation on Crime Fighting in order to address this , because of course, address this, because of course, this is a pan european pan global net