on 6 March, and is currently at Lausanne in Switzerland.

But in time they are likely to remind voters that the prime minister believes many people do have legitimate concerns about legal and illegal migration.Gradually reducing the use of hotels to house migrants remains this government’s policy. But it was the last government’s policy too - with little success.

With parliament in recess and many Conservatives focussed on their own leadership campaigns, much of the pressure over policy responses has come from within Labour, including interventions from London mayor Sadiq Khan and ex-shadow cabinet minister Thangam Debbonaire.Some in the Labour Party want their leader to call out racism as a major factor. Others diagnose poverty and a lack of opportunity as a root cause.Mental health and addiction are repeatedly mentioned in mitigation in courtrooms this week, but others were drunk or carried by the moment.

Men in their fifties and sixties have appeared before judges, as well as 13- and 14-year-old boys.Most of the towns and cities affected in recent days have high levels of deprivation and above average levels of asylum seeker housing, according to analysis of Home Office statistics.

Regional inequality has hardly changed over decades, according to a report this week from the Resolution Foundation.

“Poor places are tending to remain poor and rich places remain rich,” its author Charlie McCurdy told me.Separately, Abacus Data polling found that about 18% of 18 to 29 year olds were worried about Trump. That jumped to 45% for voters over 60, suggesting a polarisation on issues between generations.

On Monday night, Poilievre remarked on demographic breakthroughs Conservative had made, including with younger Canadians."We gave voices to countless people across the country who've been left out and left behind for far too long," he said.

In this election, the smaller political parties have taken a hit as Canadians choose to park their votes with either the Liberals or the Conservatives - especially the left-wing New Democrats, or NDP.Some of the smaller parties have lost a significant amount of vote share - particularly the NDP who have received just 6% of votes counted across Canada so far, compared with 18% in 2021.