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GB News — New: GBN Tonight
Tuesday 21 July 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 2 stories · 10 annotated moments · 33 of 60 min on news stories (55%)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham held the first meeting of his cabinet, telling them to be a 'cost of living government'. He announced a tax cut removing VAT from domestic electricity bills, saving the average household £45 a year, to be paid for by scrapping Keir Starmer's digital ID scheme, though former Chief Secretary Darren Jones questioned the funding. Downing Street confirmed civil servants are already working at Burnham's new Manchester-based Number 10 North, which will cost no extra money, and Burnham had a warm 20-minute call with US President Donald Trump. Elsewhere, 28-year-old Joshua Kerry appeared in court charged with the murder of former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe, who died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her home in Devon. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting described a Russian warship firing weapons off the British coast as performative and irresponsible. A woman in her 50s was seriously injured in a suspected stabbing before mass at a Catholic church in Ireland, and a man in his 30s was arrested. Donald Trump has reportedly refused to intervene to prevent Andrew Tate and his brother from being extradited to Britain on sex abuse charges.
The broadcast also covered the conversion of a 226-year-old pub in Blackburn into a mosque, with panellists debating whether this reflects demographic change and the erosion of British culture. Additionally, the programme reported that the government is spending public money to appeal an information commissioner's decision to release detailed migrant crime data, with the research director of the Centre for Migration Control arguing the data should be made public to inform immigration policy, while a Ministry of Justice spokesman said they do not comment on live legal proceedings.
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Charged quote Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
And may I present to you the party that dodged the noose. The party that just yesterday was led by the least popular Prime Minister in history. But what a difference a day makes. Fawning, simpering and drooling. And that's just the media. The Labour Party might have a new gaffer. But here's the question. Is it the same old donkeys out
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 6:21-6:26
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Charged quote Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
Fawning, simpering and drooling. And that's just the media. The Labour Party might have a new gaffer. But here's the question. Is it the same old donkeys out there on the park? And what is objectionable about him? His racism, his misogyny, his incredibly peculiar relationship with Russia. And the truth. And the truth. Most of all the truth.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 6:30-6:44
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Claim Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
Louise Haigh is a convicted criminal.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 7:19-7:30
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Charged quote Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
Mr Miliband. But of course there's more. That's right, Andy Burnham's right hand woman perhaps his closest ally Louise Haigh. Well she's the new First Secretary of State. But she's also of course a convicted criminal. Not that you'd know that if you're reading establishment media. And also. I don't know if you saw the documentary on Channel 4 about
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 7:25-7:30
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Claim Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
Jonathan Reynolds falsely claimed to have worked as a solicitor.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 8:40-8:55
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Charged quote Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
to come onto GB News, Britain's number one news channel. So how does that bode for the rest of this Government? Are we seeing yet another Calamity Cabinet? Well I'm delighted now to be joined by the former Labour Cabinet Minister who served with Andy Burnham under Gordon Brown and that is Shaun Woodward. Sean it's a pleasure
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 9:05-9:13
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Claim Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity and appoints cabinet on first day
Ed Miliband called Donald Trump a misogynist and a racist.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 12:06-12:17
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- 35:03 Story begins Pub in Blackburn converted into mosque sparks debate
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Claim Pub in Blackburn converted into mosque sparks debate
The Hare and Hounds pub in Blackburn closed in October and is being converted into a mosque.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 35:03-35:17
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Claim Pub in Blackburn converted into mosque sparks debate
The Hare and Hounds pub in Blackburn closed in October and is being converted into a mosque.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 35:21-35:28
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Claim Pub in Blackburn converted into mosque sparks debate
The Hare and Hounds pub in Blackburn closed in October and is being converted into a mosque.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 21 July 2026, 40:56-41:10
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