UK election: Leaders clash on migration, betting
In the latest pre-election UK leaders’ debate, PM Rishi Sunak faced some tough questions after his campaign chief was accused of placing bets on the election date - while Labour’s Keir Starmer promised to curb migration, but cited a skills shortage as a concern.
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00:00APPLAUSE
00:09OK.
00:10Well, like you, I was incredibly angry.
00:12Incredibly angry to learn of these allegations.
00:16It's a really serious matter.
00:18It's right that they're being investigated properly
00:21by the relevant law enforcement authorities,
00:23including, as Fiona said, a criminal investigation by the police.
00:28Just in terms of accessibility.
00:30..go into each of our...
00:33Migration is at record levels at the moment under this government.
00:38They've completely lost control.
00:40We need to get that number down.
00:42And the problem at the moment is,
00:44we haven't got the skills that we need in this country,
00:46so many, many people are coming on work visas.
00:48So we need a skills strategy
00:50to ensure that we have the skills in this country
00:52to ensure that the workforce is available here
00:55for the jobs that we need doing.