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Rishi Sunak is now speaking at an event in Ilkeston in Derbyshire. It is in the Erewash constituency, where the Tory MP Maggie Throup had a majority of 10,606 at the last election.
He repeats the claim that a Labour government would cost every family 2,000.
Labour's spending promises cost 16 billion per year in 2028-29, or 58.9 billion over the next four years.
But their revenue raisers would only collect 6.2 billion per year in 2028-29, or 20.4 billion over the next four years.
I don't really think the arrangements in Scotland for the school holidays have really been anywhere near the calculations made by the prime minister ...
I think it would be respectful if that was the case but it's pretty typical of the lack of respect shown to Scotland that we're an afterthought from the Westminster establishment and particularly the Conservative establishment.
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