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league football grounds. we are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me stafford rangers. he was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering voting labour at this one. there are a number of labour campaigners here as well. the focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britain has got poor. rishi sunak also focusing on the economy, he is making the case is planned for the economy is working keir starmer alleges that under the conservatives, britain has become poorer. conservative mps in particular are stepping down, among them michael gove. i asked keir starmerfor his reaction them michael gove. i asked keir starmer for his reaction to that decision. michael gove is stepping down and i obviously michael gove is stepping down and i obviously wish him well but i think it s significant he is stepping down because it s signi ....
years in parliament. but he says he s now concluded, there comes a moment when you know it s time to leave, that a new generation should lead. rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mp5 standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. join ....
also coming up on sportsday: for this first time this season, max verstappen won t lead the grid as he misses out on the record for consecutive poles, after a bad afternoon in monaco for the world champion. welcome to the programme. it was a repeat of last year s fa cup final but as you can see, a different result. despite facing difficult questions about the future of boss erik ten hag, his manchester united side denied rivals manchester city from securing a league and cup double by winning 2 1 at wembley. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. familiar foes with vastly different fortunes. as reports intensified about the fate of manchester united s manager, fans laid blame firmly elsewhere. you have to start to question the players eventually. back the manager, all day long. the players need to have a look at themself. would this be ten hag s last stand? the owners were watching with interest. but they got a first half to savour. when gvardiol s cle ....
saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area that - saying today? this is exactly the | kind of seat and area that labour need to win back if they are going to win a majority in parliament on july the 4th. we are at stafford rangers football club. sir keir starmer making a habit of appearing at lower league football clubs and doing campaign visits in places like this. his message this morning was very much focused on the economy, labour arguing under the conservatives britain has gotten poorer. rishi sunak in yorkshire was making the case that his economic plan is working, he saying that the economy is turning a corner. the other news today is the number of mps deciding to step down and most prominent among them is michael gove, a long serving cabinet ministerfor the gove, a long serving cabinet minister for the conservatives, former education and justice secretary and the current levelling up secretar ....
a number one priority. here is our political correspondent helen catt. here is our political correspondent helen catt. the labour leader arriving at a football club in the west midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a labour government would do. stability now is change it s strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. it comes at a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the country s finances if elected. for rishi sunak, a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. he answered some gentle concern about his drenching in downing street. it was wet. the amount of people that gave me an umbrella over the last couple of days. but no questions from journalists instead a t ....