hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. 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, 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, a
final. hello. 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. nd 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 . our 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 the way the
hello. we start in the uk, where sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. he plans to introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in thejob 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 . here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky 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 muc
the men s cricket t20 world cup is under way and co hosts west indies take on papua new guinea in the second match later. the first saw the tournament s other hosts, the usa, beat canada by seven wickets in texas. aaronjones hitting an unbeaten 94 as they reached their target of 195 with over a couple of overs to spare. it is always a great feeling when you play at home. 0bviously it is always a great feeling when you play at home. obviously the majority of the fans are obviously backing us. i also wanted especially because america is not really a cricketing country, in quotes, i wanted to win the first game of the tournament, and against canada for ourfans, and we did that. we have some great players, to be honest with you, and we want to just keep winning as much as possible. of course it we can t win every single game for the rest of our lives, but we want to win as many games as possible and beat as many teams as possible and beat as many teams as possible and beat as many teams as
opening game. but very early stages. the men s cricket t20 world cup is under way and co hosts west indies take on papua new guinea in the second match later. the first saw the tournament s other hosts, the usa, beat canada by seven wickets in texas. aaronjones hitting an unbeaten 9a as they reached their target of 195 with over a couple of overs to spare. it is always a great feeling when you re playing at home. 0bviously you re playing at home. obviously the majority of the fans are obviously backing us. i obviously wanted it, especially because america is not really a cricketing country, in quotes, i wanted to win the first game of the tournament, and against canada, for ourfans, and against canada, for ourfans, and we and against canada, for our fans, and we did and against canada, for ourfans, and we did that. we have some great players, to be honest with you, and we just want to keep winning as much as possible. of course we can t win every single game for the rest of our lives b