campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
and that requires both setting out our ambition to change the country, but also the first steps, the down payment, if you like stabilising the economy and making sure we can deal with our waiting lists, getting people back into work, setting up great british energy to keep bills down. they are the first steps to the change this country desperately needs. so my message to the voters is if you want change and i do think so many people are yearning for change you have to vote for it. new labour party leader sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today as the labour party lunching there battle bus the labour party leader. we also heard from rishi sunak at the launch of their battle bus. we have more coverage across the day of the parties and their moves. a full page on our website dedicated as well and lots of background and a poll tracker. let s move onto another story. pharmacists say there s growing evidence of a crisis in the supply