UK general election

"after a week of general election campaigning here in the UK all parties are out again this weekend vying for support rishy sunak has pledged to give towns across the UK million each if the conservatives are reelected while labor vowed to boost employment and increased support for people with long-term illness meanwhile the liberal Democrats have promised to make Premier League games available on freeo a TV per season our political correspondent ion Wells

reports cheers change and cheesy grins labor are hoping to show a positive front today with the launch of the bus Angeles bus doesn't it look fantastic after their campaign was a little derailed this week by internal fallouts over whether Diane Abbott could run as a labor candidate sakir dama clarified yesterday she was free to stand well I dealt with that issue yesterday today is about taking our argument to the country um and getting people back to work there are

millions of people who aren't in work who are on benefits who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work we're putting our plan on the table to reform job centers so they can actually be places that support people back into work the conservatives are also trying to refocus this weekend after another formator MP said they were switching their allegiance to labor and that's what we're going to stop AR we Rishi Zak's pitch to stop others following was a

promise to to invest million in towns the majority are seats currently held by the conservatives but he denied the choice was political I'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns it's where the majority of people live they were neglected for decades under previous labor governments and we're in t side today it's a great example of a place that we

focused on as a as a government you people can see the change in the communities that's happened I want to make sure we spread that type of opportunity and pride right across the country the liberal Democrat leader SED Davy says he's taking today to care for his son who has severe disabilities his campaign though are out touring the South Coast their pledge today is to change the Law to force the Premier League to show games per season on freeo a television criticizing the rising cost of season tickets and subscription channels chions again there are still weeks to go of this

campaign but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on the th of July iion Wells BBC News well let's speak to our correspondent Jess Parker who's traveling with the conservatives rishy sunak today where have you been Jess yes good afternoon I am on the conservative battle bus it's on its inaugural campaign journey and if there's a little bit of confusion because of course myself and other reporters have been on uh reporting from buses uh since the campaign began that was on a different bus didn't have conservative branding didn't have the Prime Minister award um

but we are now on the officially branded bus that was launched earlier today in red car and we're continuing to travel across the Northeast just to give you a sense of this bus uh the camera will kindly do a little pan for you this is producer Jack BBC producer Jack and then down the aisles there there are other uh reporters from different broadcasters from the newspapers uh as well and of course the idea is that you get to follow the campaign you get to in relatively close proximity to the Prime Minister potentially lob a few questions at him uh as well and earlier on in a media huddle uh

reporters were asking the Prime Minister various questions one of them was about uh the fact that the Tory campaign so far has mainly seen the Prime Minister not exclusively but mainly seen the Prime Minister heading to conservative Health seats seats that were won by the Tories in the last election playing into this idea that because of Labor's substantial poll lead although usual caveat polls apply and there are the conservatives of pursuing a more defensive strategy a core vote strategy runak insisted when he was talking to us that he was traveling uh right across the country and of course we are

in the relatively early stages of this campaign uh so far but um as we head on for the rest of the campaign today uh across the northeast of course will continue to to track the movements of the Prime Minister thank you Jess if we'd spoken earlier I could have told you the best place to get an ice cream in red car we'll have to compare I'll give you some travel tips while you're there at Jess Parker thank you our correspondent traveling on the conservative battle bus today"

after a week of general election campaigning here in the UK all parties are out again this weekend vying for support rishy sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the UK 20 million each if the conservatives are reelected while labor vowed to boost employment and increased support for people with long-term illness meanwhile the liberal Democrats have

promised to make 10 Premier League games available on freeo a TV per season our political correspondent ion Wells reports cheers change and cheesy grins labor are hoping to show a positive front today with the launch of the bus Angeles bus doesn't it look fantastic after their campaign was a little derailed this week by internal fallouts over whether Diane Abbott could run as a labor candidate sakir dama clarified yesterday she was free to stand well I dealt with that

issue yesterday today is about taking our argument to the country um and getting people back to work there are millions of people who aren't in work who are on benefits who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work we're putting our plan on the table to reform job centers so they can actually be places that support people back

into work the conservatives are also trying to refocus this weekend after another formator MP said they were switching their allegiance to labor and that's what we're going to stop AR we Rishi Zak's pitch to stop others following was a promise to to invest 20 million in 30 towns the majority are seats currently held by the conservatives but he denied the choice was political I'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns it's where the majority of people live they

were neglected for decades under previous labor governments and we're in t side today it's a great example of a place that we focused on as a as a government you people can see the change in the communities that's happened I want to make sure we spread that type of opportunity and pride right across the country the liberal Democrat leader SED Davy says he's taking today to care for his son who has severe disabilities his campaign though are out touring the South

Coast their pledge today is to change the Law to force the Premier League to show 10 games per season on freeo a television criticizing the rising cost of season tickets and subscription channels chions again there are still weeks to go of this campaign but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on the 4th of July iion Wells BBC News well let's speak to our correspondent Jess Parker who's traveling with the conservatives rishy sunak today where have you

been Jess yes good afternoon I am on the conservative battle bus it's on its inaugural campaign journey and if there's a little bit of confusion because of course myself and other reporters have been on uh reporting from buses uh since the campaign began that was on a different bus didn't have conservative branding didn't have the Prime Minister award um but we are now on the officially branded bus that was launched earlier today in red car and we're continuing to travel

across the Northeast just to give you a sense of this bus uh the camera will kindly do a little pan for you this is producer Jack BBC producer Jack and then down the aisles there there are other uh reporters from different broadcasters from the newspapers uh as well and of course the idea is that you get to follow the campaign you get to in relatively close

proximity to the Prime Minister potentially lob a few questions at him uh as well and earlier on in a media huddle uh reporters were asking the Prime Minister various questions one of them was about uh the fact that the Tory campaign so far has mainly seen the Prime Minister not exclusively but mainly seen the Prime Minister heading to conservative Health seats seats that were won by the Tories in the last election playing into this idea that because of Labor's substantial poll

lead although usual caveat polls apply and there are the conservatives of pursuing a more defensive strategy a core vote strategy runak insisted when he was talking to us that he was traveling uh right across the country and of course we are in the relatively early stages of this campaign uh so far but um as we head on for the rest of the campaign today uh across the northeast of course will continue to to track the movements of the Prime Minister thank you Jess if we'd

spoken earlier I could have told you the best place to get an ice cream in red car we'll have to compare I'll give you some travel tips while you're there at Jess Parker thank you our correspondent traveling on the conservative battle bus today"

UK general election campaign intensifies as parties vie for support.
Rishi Sunak pledges £20 million to 30 towns if Conservatives are reelected.
Labour focuses on boosting employment and supporting long-term illness sufferers.
Liberal Democrats promise to make 10 Premier League games free-to-air per season.
Conservatives refocus campaign efforts amidst defections, promising investment in neglected towns.