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
hello, i m kasia madera. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that
begins in an hour. we will look at that in some detail. and we will take a closer look as more and more journalists arrive. the bbc has learned that the conservative party s director of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura sanders who is the party s candidate in bristol north west are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in orderto gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offense. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who s the conservative party s director of ca
brexit, the cost of living crisis, has been imposed on scotland by westminster. he also took a swipe at labour as well, saying that they were doing an awfully good impression of impersonating the snp, and as you would expect, there was a huge focus on independence. and it was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking was in fact when john swinney was talking about was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking about independence, and the speakers before him, that there was loud cheering in this room. the room was full of activists and candidates, and john swinney was also making the point that he wants to speak to people beyond that room, to speak to people beyond that room, to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with - to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with the - to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with the latest on john swinney s election speech. and you can get more on the uk election on the bbc news
funding and finances. but this afternoon whenjohn swinney gets to his feet in glasgow not far from here he will be wanting to focus on what he sees as the positive achievements of the snp government as well as his priorities ahead of this general election. thank you, katie hunter in glasgow. we are expecting the snp launch in a few hours and we will be back when we hear that that is starting. south africa s anc says it is willing to talk to all political parties to create a coalition government after it lost its parliamentary majority in the elections for the first time in 30 years. its secretary general, fikile mbalula, said his party had nothing to celebrate from the election but was not down and out. he denied underestimating the threat from the former president, jacob zuma. president jacob zuma.