hello, i m kasia madera. 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. 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 . 0ur 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
there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that the way the party would do this would be, for example, by training up more uk workers to take certainjobs, but also by punishing employers, firms, that don t pay workers very high wages, employ lots of cheap labourfrom abroad, essentially saying that if they don t pay people proper wages, then they could be banned from hiring foreign workers. however, when the shadow home secretary yvette cooper was asked on the bbc just now about what type of numbers labour would be looking to bring down that figure to, she didn t give a specific answer. we would expect to see the numbers coming down swiftly. we have supported some of the measures that are expected to come in next place and we also want to make sure that we can move quickly on some of these recruitment areas, that really, it s just notjustified to have the overseas recruitment, i think at the heart of this, there is a difference in approa
quickly want to make sure we can make quickly on want to make sure we can make quickly on some of those recruitment areas quickly on some of those recruitment areas that quickly on some of those recruitment areas that is quickly on some of those recruitment areas that is really notjustified to have areas that is really notjustified to have the overseas recruitment. we think at to have the overseas recruitment. we think at the to have the overseas recruitment. we think at the heart of this is a difference in approach. what the conservatives have done in the past five years conservatives have done in the past five years as conservatives have done in the past five years as a free market on unregulated approach to migration. we think unregulated approach to migration. we think you need intervention and controls, we think you need intervention and controls, the system must be and managed controls, the system must be and manaaed. ., .,, controls, the system must be and
of these recruitment areas, that really, it s just notjustified to have the overseas recruitment, i think at the heart of this, there is a difference in approach. what the conservatives have done over the last five years is to have effectively a free market, unregulated approach to migration. we don t think that s right we think you need intervention, you need both controls, the system has to be controlled and managed. so that was the shadow home secretary yvette cooper talking about that immigration pledge from labour. the conservatives, though, mainly talking about health today, they have got a new policy saying that they would build 100 new gp clinics and that they would also free up more gp appointments by trying to divert some services to pharmacies, the conservative government already, for example, said that people can now get the contraceptive pill at pharmacies rather than having to see a gp, they said they would expend that existing than having to see a gp, they said they wo
labour wins the election? we would expect to see labour wins the election? we would expect to see the labour wins the election? we would expect to see the numbers - labour wins the election? we would expect to see the numbers coming l expect to see the numbers coming down swiftly. we have supported some of the measures that are expected to come in, and we also want to make sure that we can move quickly on some of these recruitment areas that really it is just notjustified go have the overseas recruitment. we think the heart of this, there is a difference in approach, what conservatives have done over the last five years is to have effectively a free market, unregulated approach to migration. we don t think that is white. we think you need intervention, you need both controls of the system has to be controlled and managed, and you also need the intervention to have a proper, managed plan. right. pm have a proper, managed plan. riuht. , have a proper, managed plan. riuht. .