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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. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the partys campaign, where hell argue independence offers the country a "better future". earlier, i discussed this weeks general election c...

here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run—up to the general election on ajuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview, he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives are focusing on health policies for england today. they say theyll build or modernise 250 more gp surgeries, open more ...

Conservatives is that labours candidates are almost all selected now. the conservatives are quite some way behind that. so if you look at the candidates they are selecting, they still have well over i think it is 150 candidates to go. so it is clear, i think, that the conservatives were a bit less ready for this election than perhaps the prime minister might have thought. anthony, is that a fair point, given that the prime minister, the governing party, has the strong position that they get to d...

Government for iii years. i think what the election to tell us, what the polls tell us, is that they are blaming the conservative for that. so keir starmer, voters do tune in closer to the general election. you can say keir starmer has a bit of a way to go in terms it on the public who he is but at the same time that is not really affecting what is going on in the polls. fik. is not really affecting what is going on in the polls.- is not really affecting what is going on in the polls. ok. so so...

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. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the partys campaign, where hell argue independence offers the country a "better future". earlier, i discussed this weeks general election campaigning...

Incumbent — the conservatives obviously the big incumbent party here. they have had 14 years _ incumbent party here. they have had 14 years of _ incumbent party here. they have had 14 years of government, as sonia ust 14 years of government, as sonia just said. — 14 years of government, as sonia just said, and labour know that this is a big _ just said, and labour know that this is a big moment for them to try and capture _ is a big moment for them to try and capture the — is a big moment ...

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The Welsh Governments tourism tax was also criticised during Wednesdays Welsh Affairs Committee.

BBC News By James Williams image captionAndrew RT Davies has taken over as leader of the Welsh Conservatives for the second time Andrew RT Davies has been named as the new leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd for a second time. Mr Davies succeeds Paul Davies who resigned from his post on Saturday after drinking with other politicians in the Senedd, four days into a Wales-wide alcohol ban in licensed premises. In a statement, Andrew RT Davies said it was "a great honour and privilege...