news of another cyber this time affecting several large london hospitals, being described as a major cyber attack. services including the delivery of blood transfusions have been affected, according to memos are sent to nhs staff. we know that the king s couege staff. we know that the king s college hospital and guy s and saint thomases are amongst the hospital is experiencing problems, with some operations reported to have been cancelled or redirected. we will talk to one of a health correspondence about this shortly. more on that story, the breaking story coming up for you. let s continue with the general election campaign. the big news today is rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in their first televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme on itv will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accus
bjp hoped. a few hours time and we will get a clearer picture of what - will get a clearer picture of what is happening in the indian election. thank you very much, good to speak to you, as always. immigration is likely to be one of the biggest issues in this election. the conservatives have announced a new annual cap on visas in a bid to bring migration levels down. so, let s take a look at the latest figures released just before rishi sunak called the general election. net migration to the uk that s the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country fell 10% last year after hitting a record high in 2022. in the year to december 2023, the number of people arriving to the country was 685,000, a fall from 764,000 the year before. but the ons said it is too early to say if this is the start of a new downward trend . the biggest driver of migration last year was work. there was also an increase in the number of people arriving from outside the european unio
let s ta ke let s take a look at the latest figures released on immigrationjust before the general election was called. net migration in the uk, the difference between a number of people arriving and leaving, hit 10% last year after hitting a record high in 2022. in the year to december 2023, the number stood at 685,000 according to the office for national statistics. that s down from 76a,000 the year before. but the 0ns said it s too early to say if this is the start of a new downward trend . the biggest driver of migration last year was work. ben brindle is a researcher at the migration observatory at the university of oxford. he told us what the options are for filling the almosti million job vacancies across the uk. so migration is certainly one way of filling vacancies across the economy, but it s not the only way that they can be filled. so things that employers