hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party s campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accusing labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget about this election, but after looking at sir keir starmer s series of u turns, i think people are crying out for political leadership. for leaders who argue for what they actually believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. snp leaderjohn
now it s time for a look at today s sport with gavin. thank you, nicky. we go straight to the french open. carlos alcatraz came back to win the first set and took the second set 6-3 first set and took the second set 6 3 as well. he will face stefan olsson tsitsipas in the next round. defending champion iga swiatek is through to the quarter finals of the women s singles and she made it look easy in her last 16 clash earlier. the world number one blew away anastasia potapova, ranked [list in the world, in straight sets. a double bagel, 6 0, 6 0 for swiatek, top of your screen, at her ruthless best getting the job done injust a0 minutes. meanwhile, coco gauff breezed past elizabetta cocciaretto to reach the last eight. the number 3 seed won 6 1,
a double bagel, 6 0, 6 0 for swiatek, top of your screen, at her ruthless best, getting the job done injust 40 minutes. i was playing in an efficient way, and i didn t lose any points that i didn t need to, so i am happy with the way i was disciplined, and i just stick to my tactics through the whole match. meanwhile, coco gauff breezed past elizabette cocciaretto to reach the last eight. the number three seed won 6 1, 6 2 injust over an hour. gauff and swiatek are joined in the quarter finals by wimbledon champion marketa vondrousova who beat qualifier 0lga danilovic in straight sets. and carlos alcaraz, the men s number three in action against felix augur aliassime. he recovered from a break down to take the first set 6 3. and it is currently 2 1, going on serve in the second. the winner facing either matteo arnaldi or stefanos tsitipas in the quarters.
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