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
ireland, england and wales, occasional drizzle. clearer weather coming into scotland were just a few showers in the far north of scotland and through the day a bit of cloud breaking across the midlands and eastern areas of england, particularly to the east of high ground. where the sunshine comes out it will still be warm, with temperatures getting into the low 20s. however, as we get into the middle part of the week, much colder air is set to come in from the north and with that, there will be heavy showers or some longer spells of rain in scotland, some hailstorms mixed in, some of the rain pushing southwards to reach parts of northern ireland, northern england in north wales, a few showers ahead of that, and a big drop in temperatures coming up for scotland, 1a in glasgow, the average being 18 for this time of year, so it will feel quite chilly, particularly in the winds, similar weather for wednesday, heavy showers and thunderstorms, some of them with hail mixed in, they will be mo