Labour manifesto pledges policies to create a 'fairer Britain'
Labour has launched its General Election manifesto promising a fairer Britain for all.
Speaking at the event in Bradford, party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, set out a list of policies his party promises to deliver if it wins the June 8 election.
He said: “This manifesto is the first draft of a better future for the people of our country. A blueprint of what Britain could be and a pledge of the difference a Labour government can make.
“Like thousands of other Labour party members, I’ve been making that case to people across the country over the last few weeks. As this campaign has continued, for an election called by a Prime Minister with scant regard for her own solemn pledges, opinion has started to move towards Labour.”
Mr Corbyn said that the party would work to lift millions out of poverty by imposing a minimum wage of £10 per hour by 2020.
He added that the party would scrap university tuition fees and guarantee the the triple lock to protect pensions.
“Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure, struggling to make ends meet. Our manifesto is for you.
“Parents worrying about the prospects for their children and anxious about the growing needs of their own elderly parents.
“Young people struggling to find a secure job and despairing of ever getting a home of their own. Children growing up in poverty.
“Students leaving college burdened with debt. Workers who have gone years without a real pay rise coping with stretched family budgets.
“Labour’s mission, over the next five years, is to change all that.”
The party also plans to nationalise the railways “putting passengers first” as Mr Corbyn put it and it will introduce four national holidays for the patron saints of each of the countries of the United Kingdom.
Finishing his speech Mr Corbyn said: “Our country will only work for the many not the few if opportunity is in the hands of the many. So our manifesto is a plan for everyone to have a fair chance to get on in life, because our country will only succeed when everyone succeeds.”
