Opening abstract
Good morning, and welcome to our continued protection of the 2024 common election marketing campaign.
Rishi Sunak is poised to suggest an annual visa cap to attempt to cut back immigration forward of his debate with Keir Starmer, the Labour get together chief, on ITV tonight.
The Conservatives will suggest an annual cap on employee and household visas of their efforts to attempt to cut back immigration yr on yr in a future parliament.
The proposed plan would give parliament a direct function in setting ranges of migration, with MPs having a vote on the quantity.
The already underneath stress prime minister, who, in accordance with most polls, is on the right track to lose the 4 July common election many are actually saying he known as prematurely, is specializing in immigration as that is an space the Conservatives really feel significantly susceptible to Reform on.
On BBC Radio 4’s As we speak programme, Farage mentioned the UK ought to purpose for “zero” web migration – the distinction between numbers of individuals arriving and leaving. We may have extra for you on this shortly.
Suank’s marketing campaign suffered a dangerous blow yesterday after Farage, the previous Ukip and Brexit get together chief, known as a shock press convention in London to announce he supposed to face as an MP in Clacton, Essex and lead the Reform get together for the subsequent 5 years.
In an extra blow to Sunak, YouGov’s first MRP constituency projection, earlier than Farage’s announcement, confirmed Keir Starmer may win a 194 majority, greater even than Tony Blair’s 179 majority in 1997.
It put Labour on 422 seats (+222 from the 2019 election, based mostly on new constituency boundaries), the Tories on 140 (-232), the Lib Dems on 48 (+40) and the SNP on 17 (-31). One senior Tory described Farage’s return as an “existential” threat.
Farage has prompt his long-term purpose was to successfully take over the Conservative get together, which has been in injury limitation mode for the reason that announcement.
He instructed ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Tuesday that he couldn’t stand for or search to guide the Conservative get together “as they at present are”.
However he added:
You possibly can speculate as to what’ll occur in three or 4 years’ time, all I’ll let you know is that if Reform achieve the way in which that I believe they’ll, then a piece of the Conservative get together will be a part of us – it’s the opposite approach round.
Here’s a record of what’s on at present’s agenda:
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Keir Starmer is to make power coverage announcement (round 9am) on marketing campaign go to to North West
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Labour’s ruling physique, the Nationwide Govt Committee, is anticipated to satisfy to endorse the get together’s candidates for the final election.
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James Cleverley and Nigel Farage are answering broadcast questions on the morning rounds.
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Nigel Farage to launch common election marketing campaign in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
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Lib Dem chief Ed Davey marketing campaign visits to Cheadle this morning and North Shropshire this afternoon.
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Rachel Reeves and Anas Sarwar will maintain a Q&A in Edinburgh with workers working in monetary providers.
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in ITV common election debate at 9pm. The talk might be adopted at 2210 by interviews with leaders of different events with the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Reform UK and the Greens invited.
It’s Yohannes Lowe right here for the subsequent couple of hours. I’ll strive to take a look at as many feedback as doable however if you wish to get my consideration then please do electronic mail me on yohannes.lowe@theguardian.com.
Key occasions
The house secretary, James Cleverly, has been requested in regards to the Conservative’s dedication to capping the variety of visas.
Requested on BBC Breakfast why they aren’t placing a quantity on the annual cap in visas, he mentioned:
Effectively, we all know that immigration, authorized migration, has been too excessive during the last couple of years.
We’ve taken measures already which, as your report mentioned, has now began to deliver these figures down, measures that had been opposed on the time by the Labour get together.
However we additionally recognise, as your report mentioned, there are advantages to migration. My mom got here right here as a migrant, as did many different individuals within the UK who’ve contributed enormously to our society and to our economic system.
However migration – simply as with each different public coverage – comes at a value and balancing the advantages and price is what our new coverage goes to do.
So, for the primary time, we’re going to get the Migration Advisory Committee to crunch the numbers to take a look at each the profit and the prices of migration ranges. The Authorities will then set a cap on the variety of visas it’ll situation in that yr, one thing that may then be voted on by parliament.
It will ensure we correctly steadiness each the numbers of individuals coming right here and the profit they convey, but additionally the associated fee, whether or not it’s college locations, housing demand, well being locations, and so forth.
Final month, figures from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics confirmed that general migration into the UK for 2022 was 606,000, which represented a 24% enhance on the earlier excessive of 488,000 final yr.
Rishi Sunak was compelled to concede this determine was too excessive as he was accused by proper wing MPs of abandoning management of UK borders after web migration and the backlog of asylum claims reached report highs.
Opening abstract
Good morning, and welcome to our continued protection of the 2024 common election marketing campaign.
Rishi Sunak is poised to suggest an annual visa cap to attempt to cut back immigration forward of his debate with Keir Starmer, the Labour get together chief, on ITV tonight.
The Conservatives will suggest an annual cap on employee and household visas of their efforts to attempt to cut back immigration yr on yr in a future parliament.
The proposed plan would give parliament a direct function in setting ranges of migration, with MPs having a vote on the quantity.
The already underneath stress prime minister, who, in accordance with most polls, is on the right track to lose the 4 July common election many are actually saying he known as prematurely, is specializing in immigration as that is an space the Conservatives really feel significantly susceptible to Reform on.
On BBC Radio 4’s As we speak programme, Farage mentioned the UK ought to purpose for “zero” web migration – the distinction between numbers of individuals arriving and leaving. We may have extra for you on this shortly.
Suank’s marketing campaign suffered a dangerous blow yesterday after Farage, the previous Ukip and Brexit get together chief, known as a shock press convention in London to announce he supposed to face as an MP in Clacton, Essex and lead the Reform get together for the subsequent 5 years.
In an extra blow to Sunak, YouGov’s first MRP constituency projection, earlier than Farage’s announcement, confirmed Keir Starmer may win a 194 majority, greater even than Tony Blair’s 179 majority in 1997.
It put Labour on 422 seats (+222 from the 2019 election, based mostly on new constituency boundaries), the Tories on 140 (-232), the Lib Dems on 48 (+40) and the SNP on 17 (-31). One senior Tory described Farage’s return as an “existential” threat.
Farage has prompt his long-term purpose was to successfully take over the Conservative get together, which has been in injury limitation mode for the reason that announcement.
He instructed ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Tuesday that he couldn’t stand for or search to guide the Conservative get together “as they at present are”.
However he added:
You possibly can speculate as to what’ll occur in three or 4 years’ time, all I’ll let you know is that if Reform achieve the way in which that I believe they’ll, then a piece of the Conservative get together will be a part of us – it’s the opposite approach round.
Here’s a record of what’s on at present’s agenda:
-
Keir Starmer is to make power coverage announcement (round 9am) on marketing campaign go to to North West
-
Labour’s ruling physique, the Nationwide Govt Committee, is anticipated to satisfy to endorse the get together’s candidates for the final election.
-
James Cleverley and Nigel Farage are answering broadcast questions on the morning rounds.
-
Nigel Farage to launch common election marketing campaign in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
-
Lib Dem chief Ed Davey marketing campaign visits to Cheadle this morning and North Shropshire this afternoon.
-
Rachel Reeves and Anas Sarwar will maintain a Q&A in Edinburgh with workers working in monetary providers.
-
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in ITV common election debate at 9pm. The talk might be adopted at 2210 by interviews with leaders of different events with the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Reform UK and the Greens invited.
It’s Yohannes Lowe right here for the subsequent couple of hours. I’ll strive to take a look at as many feedback as doable however if you wish to get my consideration then please do electronic mail me on yohannes.lowe@theguardian.com.