Keir Starmer is revealing the Labour party’s manifesto for the 2024 general election today, including commitments to build more than a million new homes, create a National Wealth Fund and launch Great British Energy.
At a launch event in Manchester from around 11am, the Labour leader will unveil the party’s “ambitious plans to get Britain building again” and a focus on boosting wealth creation. Read more here on what the party’s pledged already during the campaign.
The manifesto is said to be fully costed and fully funded, and includes a “tax lock for working people” – a pledge not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance or VAT.
We will have a live feed of the launch here and updates below with the latest from the event, as well as reaction and analysis throughout the day. Keep refreshing this page for updates.
WATCH LIVE: @Keir_Starmer launches Labour’s manifesto. https://t.co/7pqUc5hbBL
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) June 13, 2024
10.30am: Labour’s manifestos of old
With Labour less than an hour away from unveiling its new manifesto, we’ve been thinking of Labour’s manifestos from previous elections.
Luckily the Sutton and Cheam Labour Party has kept a record of the party’s past pledges, all the way back from 1997 to the last general election.
10.15am: Latest on size of manifesto
According to the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason, Labour’s manifesto has the most pages of any of the major parties – coming in at 135 pages on A5 paper, compared to the Lib Dems with 116 (also A5) and the Conservatives at 76 (on larger A4 paper).
Mason also reports that the manifesto features 34 pictures with Keir Starmer, including the cover, and has roughly 23,000 words – shorter than Labour’s manifesto in 2019.
10.05am: Hospital waiting lists up again
As we wait for Labour to launch its manifesto, latest figures from NHS England spell further bad news for the Prime Minister…
Waiting lists in the health service rose for the first time in seven months – from 7.54 million to 7.57 million at the end of April.
10.00am: ‘Labour is the party of wealth creation’
In an extract of his speech, Starmer is expected to stress the need for economic growth, particularly to boost public services.
He will say: “If we could grow the economy at anything like the level the last Labour government did, that’s an extra £70 billion worth of investment for our public services.
“Wealth creation is our number one priority. Growth is our core business – the end and the means of national renewal. The mandate we seek from Britain at this election is for economic growth.
“This changed Labour Party has a plan for growth. We are pro-business and pro-worker. The party of wealth creation.”
9.40am: Hot off the presses – Labour’s manifesto
Change is coming. pic.twitter.com/pOk9QAvIxV
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) June 13, 2024
9.25am: Watch Labour’s latest campaign video ahead of manifesto launch
Labour has published a new campaign video focusing on some of the party’s election commitments ahead of its manifesto launch later this morning.
Growth. pic.twitter.com/HS9B3OclRE
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) June 13, 2024
9.10am: Labour to unveil ‘manifesto for wealth creation’
Keir Starmer will unveil Labour’s manifesto for the general election this morning with “ambitious plans to get Britain building again”.
At a launch event in Manchester, the Labour leader will say that economic growth is at the core of the party’s vision for national renewal and that “sustained economic growth is the only route to improving the prosperity of our country and the living standards of working people”.
Labour’s manifesto commitments will include plans to create a new National Wealth Fund to invest in the industries for the future, launch Great British Energy to accelerate the transition to clean power and build 1.5 million new homes.
The manifesto is fully costed and fully funded and will contain a “tax lock for working people” – a pledge not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance or VAT.
Read more of our 2024 general election coverage here.
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