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
for their children. and it s heartbreaking for us as health care professionals, as pharmacists, to have to send patients away, or to have to tell them that they re going to have to wait longer to get the medicines. the uk is not the only country in the world experiencing problems with drug supplies it s a global issue. but the npa says it wants all the main parties in the election to commit to tackling the shortages. dominic hughes, bbc news. let s refocus on the uk election. the scottish first minister has taken his election campaign to the north east of scotland, insisting his party can remove the remaining rump of tory mps both there and in other parts of the country. snp leaderjohn swinney is expected to urge people to take part in a scottish national service by using the general election to vote tory mps out of office. let s speak to our reporter ben philip in aberdeen. just talk us through what we can expect today. just talk us through what we can meet today-
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
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 very slippery slope. now, yesterday you gave your view. she said you said she was free to stand. so what s changed 7 is a leader now allowed to intervene in these processes? well, i dealt with that issue yesterday. today is about taking our argument to the country and getting people back to work. there are millions of people who aren t in work, who are on benefits who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work. we re putting our plan on the table to reform thejobcentres so that they can actually be places that support people back into work, to making sure that we ve got a plan for economic inactivity and a guarantee for youth. now, as i go across the country, we re now a week and a half into the campaign, everywhere people are asking me,
because you hadn t anticipated the scale of the backlash that you would face if she was banned from her constituents, from her community, and even from some of your front bench who was here today? look, i dealt with this yesterday. one of myjobs in this election is to be out and about across the country, just like ange is, with this bus 5000 miles, talking to people, asking them, what s the most important thing for you? and they say to me, they say to me repeatedly, it s about the cost of living, it s about living standards. i ve met so many people who want to be back in work, but they don t feel supported back into work. and that s why our plan to get people back into work is so important to them. they want to hear what we re going to do withjobcentres and how they re going to be supportive of people back into work. they want to know, what are you going to do employment or training? what are we going to do with them? they want to know about the guarantee that we re putting on the