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resigned, following a fallout with the scottish greens, and there has also been an ongoing police investigation into the snp shall as funding and finances, but this afternoon, john swinney will want the focus to be on what he perceives to be his party's positive record and his priorities ahead of this general election. find and his priorities ahead of this general election.— general election. and we are exoecting — general election. and we are expecting that _ general election. and we are expecting that snp - general election. and we are expecting that snp launch i general election. and we are expecting that snp launch in j general election. and we are - expecting that snp launch in about an hour or so. let's get some of the day's other news now. ukrainie's president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country by supporting russia. volodymyr zelensky said beijing was not only refusing to take part in a planned summit in switzerland later this month, but was trying to prevent others from attending. beijing has denied taking sides in the war. north korea has continued to fly balloons carrying large sacks of rubbish over the border into south korea. on wednesday, pyongyang began sending sacks of waste paper, cigarette butts and excrement
knew as the leader, he has not been the snp leaderfor very knew as the leader, he has not been the snp leader for very long at all? absolutely, this is his second stint in charge, but this time around, he has only been in charge for four weeks or so and i think if anyone had said six weeks ago, john swinney will be leader of the house mp, he will be leader of the house mp, he will be leader of the house mp, he will be first minister, and also he will be first minister, and also he will be first minister, and also he will be leading the snp into a general election campaign, on the ath ofjuly, i think that would have taken many people by surprise. he did say not long ago that the snp is facing a tough campaign. in the last general election, the snp won a8 seats, and the other parties in scotland did not even get into double figures. we have had some boundary changes this time around which will change things, but the snp has been absolutely dominant when it comes to westminster since 2015. but they have had a difficult year, it is not so long ago that the first minister humza yousaf
during this campaign that brexit, austerity, the cost of living crisis, has been imposed on scotland by westminster. and we are expecting him to say to activists that given the uk, in his words, is moving so badly in the wrong direction, that he would be failing in his duty if he would be failing in his duty if he did not set out what he believes is a better future for scotland. he will argue for the opportunity for higher living standards, for decisions about scotland to be made in scotland and he will say that is why he believes in independence. this is of course a westminster election but the snp has been in power at holyrood in edinburgh for 17 years and we are expecting john swinney to say that he's proud of what the snp has done in government and to mention some policies including free bus travel for younger people and free prescriptions. but of course, the snp's prescriptions. but of course, the snp�*s opponents have a very different view on the snp�*s record at holyrood. find different view on the snp's record at holyrood-— different view on the snp's record at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, _ at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john _ at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney - at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney has - at holyrood. and it is a long record for the snp, john swinney has a i at holyrood. and it is a long record | for the snp, john swinney has a lot of political experience, but he's
pitching today, which is about using pharmacies for more novel level things like acne, for example, being able to be given treatment there, and they say that that will also free up gp appointments for more serious conditions. —— for more lower level things. the health secretary was also quizzed about other aspects of the conservatives' record when it comes to the nhs, she was asked about waiting teams, she said that she believes that they are on target to hit the nhs wide target of 92% of patients being seen within 18 weeks, that that target was not hit in the last figures that we got, for december, it was more up around a0 weeks, for that particular target, but the average wait time is now around 15 weeks, so she said that she believes that means they are on course. also quizzed about that famous promise of boris johnson's back in 2019 election, to build a0 new hospitals. she acknowledged that the numbers were quite far away from that figure of
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
a0 but was quite keen to point out that she believed a lot of that was due to the disruption caused to the nhs and the construction industry because of the covid pandemic. thanks for bringing us up—to—date on those various different election issues, jack fenwick, our political correspondent. the scottish national party will launch their general election campaign in glasgow in the next couple of hours. the leader, john swinney, will say that a vote for the snp is a vote to put scotland's interests first, and that independence would offer a better future. to hear more on the launch of snp�*s election campaign later today, we are joined by our scotland reporter katie hunter. and we are expecting john swinney to very much focus on independence? yes, no big surprise there, we are also expecting him to focus on the conservatives' record at westminster. he said time and again
conservative manifesto going into the general election and the conservative party are quite far behind in the polls going into the election. ~ . . behind in the polls going into the election. ~ ., ., ., , election. what are the other party sa in: election. what are the other party saying about _ election. what are the other party saying about the _ election. what are the other party saying about the idea? _ election. what are the other party saying about the idea? labour- election. what are the other party saying about the idea? labour say for the past _ saying about the idea? labour say for the past 14 _ saying about the idea? labour say for the past 14 years _ saying about the idea? labour say for the past 14 years there - saying about the idea? labour say for the past 14 years there has - saying about the idea? labour say i for the past 14 years there has been a conservative government and these are reheated ideas and point to the fact that they claim the conservative government is out of ideas and say this is a minor alteration to the welfare system. the lib dems make the point that some of these announcements we have heard before. they say it is a reheated announcement and the government has seen a stagnation of the economy with people choosing between eating and heating. the greens say it is cold—hearted, in their words, to see the crisis of ill health as anything other down to posterity. a range of responses from the parties and obviously there are local elections coming up in a couple of weeks for time on make a second. but what we are seeing is rishi sunak ahead to the
a third successive term. for more on this, i spoke to south asia correspondent samira hussain who's in delhi, and arunoday mukharji, who's following the election from chennai. just today, there are 166 million eligible voters. that is the combined populations of france and the uk, and then some. so i think thatjust gives you the sense of the scale. and what they've done is, they have, all, there is voting taking place, in 21 different states across the country. and part of the reason what makes voting here such a big, monumental task is not only the size of the population, but it's also the size of the country, and the diversity within the country, and because, according to indian law, you cannot be more than two kilometres away from a polling booth. so, you are a situation in which you have electoral officials that are travelling five hours, sometimes on animals, to be able to take a voting machine
conservative manifesto for the general election we are expecting next year. and the arguments that he is going to be making as to what a conservative government could and would do if it was elected after the general election.— general election. harry farley, thank you- _ let's turn to the war in ukraine now where two russian missile attacks are reported to have to have killed at least nine people in the central region of dnipropetrovsk. the station in the main city dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in synelnykove. officials say at least fifiteen people were injured. president volodymyr zelensky said the attack highlighted the need for every city to have adequate air defences. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more on this. kyiv has been heavily fortified, if you like, in terms of air defences, with the supply of western patriot missile systems, which have proven to be incredibly effective against russian air attacks. however, russian forces have adapted as well.
today. they are quite staggering, a record number of people out of work, 2.8 million, 850,000 more since the pandemic. the prime minister makes the argument that half of those who are out of work say they have depression or anxiety and he says he worries that we as a country are over medicalised mental health. he did say that if people had mental health problems they should have access to support and pointed to investment the government was making investment the government was making in that. but the argument he is making today, in his words, what is good for you and he says a conservative government will reform welfare. a really important caveat here is this is all after the next election. what we are hearing today is a call for evidence, consultation, it is not a change happening straightaway. rishi sunak is saying a conservative government in next parliament will reform welfare. really what we are getting here is a glimpse of the