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
the ipad to watch football. he has since repaid the money in full, apologised and resigned as the health secretary. last night, it emerged that police scotland has received a second complaint in connection with this situation. at this stage, the nature of the complaint has not been made clear, but we do know that officers are reviewing that complaint, they are making an assessment to it, and it was just making an assessment to it, and it wasjust earlier this making an assessment to it, and it was just earlier this week that michael martinson was suspended from parliament for 27 days over this and to forfeit 5a days pay michael matheson. it is a punishment he has accepted. i asked john swinney about this situation today, and he said it was a matter for police scotland and it would be inappropriate to comment further. this is very much an issue for the snp. virtually every day this campaign so far has been forced
expect today. that is right. john swinne , expect today. that is right. john swinney, scotland s expect today. that is right. john swinney, scotland s first - expect today. that is right. john i swinney, scotland s first minister is campaigning here in north east scotland today, a key battleground for the snp and conservatives. it is very much a divided political make up very much a divided political make up and the snp very much see themselves as the challengers in this area for the three conservative seats that are here. there are six conservative seats in scotland, three here in the north east. here in aberdeen south, it is currently an snp constituency held by snp westminster leader stephen flynn, and mr swinney earlier, a short time ago, visited a cafe here, which is well known for dolphin watching. as you may be able to see, there is also evidence in the harbour behind me of the city s oil and gas industry, a very important issue for voters in this area. but mr swinney s messag