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the prime minister started his day at a distribution centre in ilkeston in derbyshire, sir keir starmerllingham in kent, the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, headed to cheltenham. our political editor, chris mason, was tracking them. applause. placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting lower league football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, they find it's like wading through treacle. red cards aren't usually welcome for folk on a football pitch but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labour's core message. we have had 14 years of going around and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. chaos and division, feeding chaos and division. if you want to change you have to vote for it, and if you vote labour it's a vote to stop the chaos, a vote to turn the page and its a vote to rebuild our country together. thank you very much. thank you. a gene

rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on the 11% when i got thisjob, down back to normal, just over 2%. energy bills now falling by hundreds of pounds. wages have been rising by faster than prices for almost ten months now. the conservatives and labour have a very different approach to dealing with people crossing the channel in small boats. labour would scrap the tory plan to send some migrants to rwanda, which rishi sunak claims could make a big difference. how do we stop the boats? well, i'm very clear, it requires bold solutions. that's why we need rwanda. got to make it crystal clear to everybody. if you come to our country illegally, you won't get to stay. but the prime minister told us today he didn't expect anyone to be sent to rwanda before the election. within hours, mr sunak was at a brewery in barry in south wales, having a go with the kit. there was then an awkward moment when he said this... are you looking forward to all the football? not so much my bag. wales have not qualified for the euros, the football tournam

rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston, in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is onnflation down from 11% when i got thisjob, down back to normal, just over 2%. energy bills now falling by hundreds of pounds. wages have been rising by faster than prices for almost ten months now. the conservatives and labour have a very different approach to dealing with people crossing the channel in small boats. labour would scrap the tory plan to send some migrants to rwanda, which rishi sunak claims could make a big difference. how do we stop the boats? well, i'm very clear, it requires bold solutions. that's why we need rwanda. got to make it crystal clear to everybody — if you come to our country illegally, you won't get to stay. but the prime minister told us today he didn't expect anyone to be sent to rwanda before the election. within hours, mr sunak was at a brewery in barry, in south wales, having a go with the kit. there was then an awkward moment when he said this... are you looking forward to all the football? not so much my bag. wales have not qualified for the euros,

rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on theown from 11% when i got thisjob, down back to normal, just over 2%. energy bills now falling by hundreds of pounds. wages have been rising by faster than prices for almost ten months now. the conservatives and labour have a very different approach to dealing with people crossing the channel in small boats. labour would scrap the tory plan to send some migrants to rwanda, which rishi sunak claims could make a big difference. how do we stop the boats? well, i'm very clear, it requires bold solutions. that's why we need rwanda. got to make it crystal clear to everybody. if you come to our country illegally, you won't get to stay. but the prime minister told us today he didn't expect anyone to be sent to rwanda before the election. within hours, mr sunak was at a brewery in barry in south wales, having a go with the kit. there was then an awkward moment when he said this... are you looking forward to all the football? not so much my bag. wales have not qualified for the euros, the football

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rishi sunakjust about manage that in ilkeston in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on thep. inflation down from 11% when i got thisjob, down back to normal, just over 2%. energy bills, now followed by hundreds of pounds. energy bills, now falling by hundreds of pounds. wages have been rising by faster than prices for almost ten months now. the conservatives and labour might have very different approaches to people crossing the channel in small boats. labour would scrap the tory plan to send some migrants to rwanda, which rishi sunak claims could make a big difference. how do we stop the boats? i am very clear, that requires bold solutions. that is why we need rwanda. got to make it crystal clear to everybody, if you come to our country illegally, you will not get to stay. but the prime minister told us today he didn't expect anyone to be sent to rwanda before the election. within hours, mr sunak was at a brewery in barry in south wales, having a go at the kit. there was then an awkward moment when he said this. looking forward to all the football? not so much my bag, but..

studio: we will leave the prime minister in ilkeston, the first of what will be many, many campaign ralliesic trying to convince them he is the man for the job. the public trying to convince them he is the man for thejob. his message is something we will get you to in this election campaign, stick with us, the plan is working on the economy is heading in the right direction dealing with immigration. as we said, it is a busy day and we will deal over the story. keir starmer is at an election rally in kent. you can see the banners, they are with the simple word, upper case change, that will define the election campaign. stick with us, the campaign is working. labour are saying now is the time for change. my saying now is the time for change. my labour party candidate for chillingham. applause. i am delighted to say today that a general election has finally been called. cheering and applause. labour has got a plan to get britain's future back and in a constituency like this one that mean supporting local businesses in our town centres, places like chillingham can thrive once again. it means in

rishi sunakjust about managed that in ilkeston in derbyshire, as he made the case the economy is on the up. inflation down from 11% when i got thisjob, down back to normal, just over 2%. energy bills, now falling by hundreds of pounds. wages have been rising by faster than prices for almost ten months now. the conservatives and labour might have very different approaches to people crossing the channel in small boats. labour would scrap the tory plan to send some migrants to rwanda, which rishi sunak claims could make a big difference. how do we stop the boats? i am very clear, that requires bold solutions. that is why we need rwanda. got to make it crystal clear to everybody, if you come to our country illegally, you will not get to stay. but the prime minister told us today he didn't expect anyone to be sent to rwanda before the election. within hours, mr sunak was at a brewery in barry in south wales, having a go at the kit. there was then an awkward moment when he said this. looking forward to all the football? not so much my bag, but... but that's because you guys aren't in it. wale

that we have had from rishi sunak on that we have had from rishi sunak on that campaign trail in ilkestonative party. he has laid out his pitch, his experience as chancellor during the pandemic. he talked about his record. he did not talk much about the conservatives record. it’s record. he did not talk much about the conservatives record.— the conservatives record. it's one of these very _ the conservatives record. it's one of these very difficult _ the conservatives record. it's one of these very difficult things. - of these very difficult things. whenever you go out to start an election campaign, the candidates themselves want to get their name out there. they want to be recognisable within the local area, and i think that is pretty much what the conservative party are doing. we heard recently, the defence secretary had suggested to candidates that they take that view when they are doing their election literature. so i can understand where the conservatives are coming from and i can see what richey is trying to do —— i can see what rishi sunak is trying to do. he is trying to make this

you have been in ilkeston with the prime minister this morning. this is where the work begins.already. yes, it does. rishi sunak ist in: already. yes, it does. rishi sunak is trying to _ already. yes, it does. rishi sunak is trying to hit _ already. yes, it does. rishi sunak is trying to hit the _ already. yes, it does. rishi sunak is trying to hit the ground - already. yes, it does. rishi sunak| is trying to hit the ground running. we are seeing him travel across the uk today. i am about tojump on a plane, not sure where to, but we are going somewhere to watch the pm give a speech and we are going to hear things about turning around the economy and he will try to draw the dividing lines with labour. one of the things that is interesting during an election campaign is the other pieces of news that come out, the non—scripted stuff. there are a couple of things this morning that might make some conservatives a bit more nervous. one, is the prime minister admitting this morning there will not be any flights to rwanda before the general election. he wants to set that up as a dividi

we're in, in, in, east derbyshire and ilkeston in, in a big, depot there when he did a q&a with workersery clearly that he said there very clearly that he would , make sure that the he would, make sure that the renderfarm takes off, off after the july 4th election if re—elected, made some comments about the nhs, about why he had he's bought an umbrella on his trip now. won't get soaked. so we're seeing much more of this . we're seeing much more of this. mr sunak coming out from his shell on this trip today. mr sunak coming out from his shell on this trip today . we're shell on this trip today. we're in now we're in wales. and later on overnight will be in other parts of the uk. this is a kind of uk wide tour by the prime minister. he's trying to take advantage of , of the surprise he advantage of, of the surprise he had by calling the early election and trying to leave his opponents to look flat footed, and what he's done so far has made reform uk look very flat footed, and that will be a win for him. >> some reports this morning suggested the prime minister would end up the day in scot

katie from ilkeston sent in this picture of a family of robins that nested in her wellies.closed for the second time this year to carry out major upgrade work. a new gantry and bridge is being installed between junctions nine and ten. three more closures are planned. the £300 million project is expected to be completed by next summer. dog owners hoping to go to richmond or bushy park in the next few months are being asked to keep their pets on leads. that's because it's birthing season for the deer there. the royal parks have taken on an extra 90 volunteer rangers to work in the parks during the period. let's take a look at the tubes now. now looking at the weather for today — it will be mainly dry and cloudy, and there will be some sunny spells, too. it's going to be a little cooler than yesterday, but still warm — top temperature, 22 degrees. that's all from us for now — we'll be back in half an hour — but for now i'll hand you back tojon and sally. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. new evidence finds the government was