. including the scottish secretary alisterjack— alisterjack.tually calling a july general election until the day he stepped out into downing street and did so. he says he is not under investigation by the gambling commission. what you have now is broader questions about the culture of gambling in politics, whether it is appropriate for people with the ability to shape the political system to bet on the outcomes of that political system. i think that is where this story is now going. there will be other things debated tonight, the final leaders debate. what can we expect?— tonight, the final leaders debate. what can we expect? well, i am on the set here — what can we expect? well, i am on the set here at _ what can we expect? well, i am on the set here at nottingham - what can we expect? well, i am on the set here at nottingham trent i the set here at nottingham trent university, a stunning stage where just later this evening sir keir starmer and rishi sunak will face off. one of them, i am not sure who, will stand here and a very short distance

, alisterjack put e5 in march at 25—1 on a summer election.g he is not under investigation and he hasn't done anything wrong because what the gambling commission is doing is looking at bets that were placed in may around about the time the prime minister did his decision. alister jack's bet was in march and what appears to have happened did it as an open secret at westminster that alisterjack has sought for a long time should be a summer election and what he appeared to be doing was, this is my view about what should happen, i will place a bit, no inside knowledge.— happen, i will place a bit, no inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb- it is _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an issue - inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an issue that| absorb. it is probing an issue that will come up tomorrow evening in the last debate of the

alisterjack says it wasn't during the period under investigation. 0ur political correspondent joe pikejoinss all a conversation he had with you, joe? tell us. he told us he had won £2100, putting various dates on a possiblejune or july election, including one that at 25 to one. when i confronted him last week about this he said he had beenjoking. —— including one at 25 to one. he said he never reached any gambling commission rules and that he hadn't put any bets in may on an election date. may, of course, is the month where rishi sunak made a surprise announcement. may is the month the gambling commission of focusing on. i did ask him if he at any point put bets on the election date and he did not respond to the request. in this case i think we should say it is different from the many others. it is not necessarily about breaking the rules, this is about breaking the rules, this is about whether it is appropriate for someone who is in the cabinet, who is at the heart of government at rishi sunak�*s top table, and whether he should be putting a bet, potentially, on a decision which would ulti

won over £2000 betting on the date of the election, that cabinet minister is the scottish secretary alisterjackbc he had won £2100 after a series of bets on a possiblejune orjuly election, including one bet at 25—1. more recently when i challenged mrjack on this he said he was joking and recently when i challenged mrjack on this he said he wasjoking and he was pulling my leg. today he said he has not broken any gambling rules. he said this in a statement. i'm very clear that i have never on any occasion broken any gambling commission rules will stop i did not place any bets on the date of the general election during the may period of investigation by the commission shall suffer the more i am not aware of any family and friends placing bets. i have nothing more to say on the matter. the gambling commission will not comment on individuals as part of the investigation. of course, mrjack says he has done nothing wrong but clearly there will be questions about whether someone so senior, someone in the cabinet, someone at rishi sunak�*s top table should be placing a bet on something at the heart of b

and of course, alisterjack did in investigation. of course, alister jack did in the investigation. and of course, alisterjack did in the months beforehand. so no investigation there. he seems to be in the clear. but my goodness me, a lot of politicians who might have no clue about what on earth was going on inside the head of rishi sunak, who happened to have placed a bet the wrong side of this arbitrary line, now have their names dragged through the mud . mud. >> yeah, i think it's right you pick up on that dragging through the mud, i think a lot of the coverage has indicated that there may be cases of wrongdoing when that's when that's not entirely clear . and when you entirely clear. and when you look at this story, i think it's important to remember some context. right, we're looking at who's going to run our country for the next five or so years, that being the duration of a parliament, you know, we when it comes to the big topics , the comes to the big topics, the nhs, growing the economy, ensuring migrations at a sustainable

police investigation, and the scotland secretary, alister jack, insists he and the scotland secretary, alisterjacksts he hasn't broken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the election. the cabinet minister says he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place in spite of bragging earlier that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet, which he later dismissed as a joke. sir keir starmer says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal . scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away , which is them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inaction by rishi sunakis or so, the inaction by rishi sunak is just absolutely in keeping with the way that they've governed for 14 years, or turning the page and s

have been able to play now, scotland secretary alister jack insists he play now, scotland secretary alisterjacknsists he hasn't alister jack insists he hasn't broken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the uk election. >> the cabinet minister said he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously revealing he had made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed that claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal with just a week to go before voters head to the polls , the labour head to the polls, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the conservatives have taken too long to deal with the scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i would remove them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the

police investigation, and the scotland secretary, alister jack, insists he and the scotland secretary, alisterjacksists he hasn't broken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the election. the cabinet minister says he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place in spite of bragging earlier that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet, which he later dismissed as a joke. sir keir starmer says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal . scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away , which is them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inaction by rishi sunakis or so, the inaction by rishi sunak is just absolutely in keeping with the way that they've governed for 14 years, or turning the page and

but as i say, as regards alister jack, he say, as regards alisterjack, he has made it very clear thatear that he has not used inside information. he didn't place any bets during may, which is the period that the inquiry is being is focusing on. >> i'm asking you to have that debate. what's your own view? was it appropriate and is it appropriate for senior politicians to be to be gambling on the future of the country? >> so that is a very broad question. and it covers everything from, say, somebody today gambling on what the result of an election might be in ten years time would be very different from somebody nearer the time, gambling on an outcome, around similar circumstances. so i just think it's one of those things that probably needs further debate as a more general point, but there's no getting away from the fact that it is utterly wrong if people are using any inside information in this context . information in this context. gambling on the general election. prime minister, very angry about it, very clear about it, and we've taken very decisive action on it. >> mel, a wonderjus

scotland secretary, play, the scotland secretary, alister jack, insists he play, the scotland secretary, alisterjackee bets on the date of the election. >> the cabinet minister says he had no inside knowledge of this when the election would take place , despite previously place, despite previously revealing he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet he later dismissed that claim as a joke. mr jack becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal , with person to become embroiled in the scandal, with just a week to go until voters head to the polls. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal . the scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away , which is them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so

alisterjack would lose to the snp. simon hart appued lose to the snp.party. but what's been happening on the campaign trail itself ? well, sir keir trail itself? well, sir keir starmer was in scotland sharing labour's plans to create great british energy with the promise it would bring a huge number of jobs to the area. >> and then rishi sunak visited the north—west of england, continuing his campaign trail, he hit out at labour's handling of the diane abbott situation, suggesting angela rayner is the one really in charge of the labour party. >> the lib dems pledged to extend free school meals to all primary school children , primary school children, starting with those in poverty. set ed davey challenging labour to match that policy. >> and then the snp were in glasgow calling on the government to commit to an emergency budget immediately following the election. john swinney admitting his party faces an uphill struggle. >> well, let's listen to what the leaders had to say on day nine. >> which we are announcing bold policies because that's what the sit