General election live: Starmer vows to create wealth as Tories promise cash for towns

David Graham

12 months ago

General election live: Starmer vows to create wealth as Tories promise cash for towns – BBC News

Summary

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will head to north-east England as his party pledges to give 30 towns across the UK £20m if re-elected
He says the money would go towards the long-term regeneration of the areas, under the government’s levelling-up scheme
Elsewhere, Labour is launching a 5,000-mile battle bus tour today, as the party vows its “number one mission” is to create “wealth”
Yesterday, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Diane Abbott was “free to go forward as a Labour candidate”, after days of speculation about her political future
Veteran left-winger Abbott claimed she had been banned from standing as a Labour candidate – something Starmer previously denied
Abbott was suspended as a Labour MP last year after saying Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism “all their lives”