GMB paused for huge government breaking news announcement just minutes into ITV show

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5 days ago

Good Morning Britain came to a sudden halt just minutes into the ITV show as a news correspondent interrupted with some breaking news outside of Downing Street. During Monday morning's installment of the breakfast programme on July 21, hosts Kate Garraway and Ed Balls woke up the nation with the biggest stories of the day.
However, things took an unexpected turn when Kate, 58, handed over to news correspondent Louisa James just moments into the broadcast, who was reporting live outside of number 10 for a breaking news report. Louisa issued a concerning update after a report from the Independent Water Commission as the government announced its plans to overhaul the sector in place of a new and more powerful complaints watchdog, the Express reports.
She said: "I guess the key question is how much is it going to cost and who is going to pay for it? Will the answer ultimately be: All of us through our bills? Because this report outlines some pretty big changes.
"The government has made some very ambitious promises to half the number of pollution spills, water companies are making big spending plans, between them spending more than £100billion in improving infrastructure and our water have already gone up by 26% in April this year and are expected to continue rising."
The reporter went on to underline one positive aspect that has come out of the report to viewers which is clear transparency into how the money is being spent.
Louisa went on: "One good thing that the review looks at is how that money is going to be spent.
"It talks about companies being less reliant on debt, more financially resilient, making sure they're investing in maintaining their assets."
However, the report is not entirely well defined with the reporter explaining that it fails to outline how the companies assign salaries for their bosses.
This is particularly prevalent after it was recently revealed that the chief executive of Southern Water was offered a pay rise worth hundreds of pounds. Louisa pointed out that it was not the only unanswered question in the new governmental report.
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She continued: "What it also doesn't do is address the question of renationalisation of water companies. That is something Reform UK wants but the government says it's too expensive.
"It will take money away from things like the NHS and schools. Conservatives say the government needs to explain how replacing one quingo with another is going to clean up our rivers and lakes."
Upon further inspection, Louisa highlighted one one key phrase which left many viewers with questions on the show.
The presenter added: "One of the key phrases that stood out for me from what I've read of the report so far is that it says that it needs to restore trust.
"The government needs to restore trust that bills are fair, that regulations are effective, and that water companies will act in the public interest.
"And I suppose the phrase 'restoring trust' could apply to so many of the challenges facing this government, the things they say that they inherited from the previous government but the things that they are going to be judged on at the next election."
After the report, viewers flooded to X to share their thoughts on the update online.
One angry user wrote: "We pay tax, road tax etc so where is this money going? Certainly not towards roads or water. Stop paying these useless bosses so much", alongside an angry face emoji.
A second echoed: "While water companies remain in private hands the problem will continue. They are set up to make money for shareholders not to improve the service."
A third chimed in: "If it's taxpayers footing the bill, I'd like to see some proper numbers instead of all this fancy talk. We've had enough of paying for someone else's pipe dream."