issue in this 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, or a timeframe for when. i much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest - timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest i - are effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad target, i am not going to do that. we are going to be clear, net migration must come down, we believe it is well important and what keir has set out is commitments that we will bring migration
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. the two major parties say they want to control it without leaving the economy short of key skilled workers like this, from construction to care work. 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, or a timeframe for when. i know that you re effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad target i m not going to do that. we are going to be clear net migration must come down, we believe it s really important and what keir has set out is commitments that we wi
through, and those will lead to further restrictions on visas. already there have been some false, in fact. butjust already there have been some false, in fact. but just to already there have been some false, in fact. butjust to press you on this point, because a few months ago the shadow chief secretary, darren jones, one of your colleagues, told us a normal level would be around 200,000. so is that the kind of number you mean? 200,000. so is that the kind of numberyou mean? i 200,000. so is that the kind of number you mean? i understand the auestion number you mean? i understand the question and number you mean? i understand the question and i number you mean? i understand the question and i know number you mean? i understand the question and i know that number you mean? i understand the question and i know that you - number you mean? i understand the question and i know that you are i question and i know that you are effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad ta
for when the numbers would fall. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest that i set a target, or a broad target. i am not going to do that. we are going to be clear, net migration must come down. we believe it is really important and what keir has set out is a commitment that we will bring net migration down. the snp leader, john swinney, has launched his party s general election campaign, saying a vote for them will ensure decisions can be made in scotland, for scotland . less than a month after taking charge, he called on the party to unite, to beat a resurgent labour, and the tories, both of whom he says, would be bad for scotland. john swinney says this election is the snp s biggest challenge in years. to move on from policy disputes, personnel changes and a police investigation into party finances, he s going on the attack, accusing the conservatives of chaos and labour of lurching to the right.