businesses in places like ledbury where i am today they are essential to our economy so we are proposing £2 billion of investments and local authorities to give that support and community arts events and pubs and clubs and theatres because those sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he then our high streets and he then ledbury, the ledbury poetry festival is launching today and that is a great example of how cultural activities can bring new people into our high streets and help revitalise them. we also want prompt payment charter put into law and it made easierfor charter put into law and it made easier for breaches of payment
massively overloaded. i mean, even a dinghy of that size, it s really playing with danger. when the weather is calm, you can stand on top of those famous white cliffs of dover and see the border force and rnli bring groups of migrants to shore. some channel watchers even have clickers and literally count people in. it s become a very visible thing, which helps explain why politicians have become so exercised by the issue. so far this year, around 13,000 migrants have arrived by small boat, but that figure is dwarfed by the number of migrants coming legally. last year, net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000. at this cafe in dover, migration in all its forms is certainly a hot topic. if they didn t let them in the country, you wouldn t have the problems we got. what problems? erm, housing, cost of living and everything like that. there s too many of them being brought in on our money, really. it s been going o
at large to endorse their manifesto. the fact is that the snp has consistently stood on manifestos pledging that scotland s future should be in scotland s hands, not that of a westminster government we didn t elect. the challenge for us here is to ensure that the labour party and indeed the conservative party actually respect democracy in scotland, because if they don t i suspect they ll get rather short shrift from an electorate, that, with every passing day of this campaign struggles to see much difference between them. mr linden, looking at some of the polls they suggest that your party could halve the number of seats at westminster. of course they are just polls and we won t know until the actual vote next week, but if those polls are to believed then the clout that you might have to persuade whoever the next government is to call for independence, that is going to go, isn t it? the only poll that matters is the one that takes place next thursday between 7am and 10pm. the
possible. most of all, they need to be convinced to vote for it. because change doesn t happen unless you vote for it. applause. keir starmer speaking in london a few hours ago. keir starmer speaking in london a few hours ago. with me is our political correspondent alicia mccarthy. very much sir keir starmer on message but not taking anything for granted. h0. message but not taking anything for ranted. ., ., , , ., , granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to address - granted. no, absolutely not. this was his chance to address the - was his chance to address the troops, boost morale and the last little push before we get into the last few days of this campaign. very much heading home again and again and again the messages we ve been hearing for the last few weeks. if you want change you have to vote for it. don t assume it s going to happen for them if we take ou
most of all, they need to be convinced. to vote for it because change doesn t happen unless you vote for it. labour s leader, sir keir starmer, has been rallying his party at an event in london this evening. there is a buzz within labour, confident but terrified of complacency, too far ahead in the opinion polls, but knowing it still needs to mobilize the party s voters. rishi sunak has been on the stump tonight too, at a temple in west london. the conservatives have spent the last few weeks defending the seats they currently hold, and warning voters not to risk a change of government. education, hard work, family. those are my values. those are your values. those are conservative values. still having more fun than any other leader on the campaign trail, the liberal democrats ed davey began his final tour of the country in scotland. we re here to win as many seats as we can, because if we have lots of liberal democrat mps in the next parliament, we will be able to get changes