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Summary

  • Labour and Plaid Cymru manifestos

  • Labour plans water nationalisation...

  • ...more childcare and "excessive pay" levy

  • 45p tax rate from £80,000, 50p from £123,000

  • Plaid aim to seize Brexit gains for Wales

  • Lib Dems promise cash for entrepreneurs

  1. Poll tracker: How the parties comparepublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2017

    Follow the latest opinion poll trends with the poll tracker.

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  2. General election: What you need to knowpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 2 June 2017

    The UK will have a general election on 8 June. Here's what you need to know.

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  3. The Guardian: Labour won't win, says top union backerpublished at 23:59 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  4. Daily Mirror: Scatter my ashes over Moors with my victimspublished at 23:44 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  5. Daily Mail: Corbyn plan to bankrupt UKpublished at 23:42 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  6. Tuesday night recappublished at 23:42 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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    If you're still with us (well done!). Now's the time for a late-night recap. 

    It was a day that brought a glimpse of summer as Labour bared to us their plans, should they be elected to power. The headline-grabbing lines were:

    • There was also a 45p tax rate for £80,000-plus earners, and 50p for those on £123,000 or more
    • The Conservatives dismissed Labour's plans as nonsensical
    • It was too, and they promised to give Wales a strong voice during Brexit and to get the best deal for Welsh agriculture and industry
    • The Lib Dems - who launch theirs tomorrow - promised budding entrepreneurs a £100-a-week living allowance
    • And the Conservatives  - who'll put theirs out later this week - will
    • But the news that surprised us most? Theresa May  Who'd have guessed?

  7. Who's behind Corbyn's Momentum?published at 23:31 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

    New Statesman

    Jeremy Corbyn out with supportersImage source, Reuters

    Writing in the New Statesman, Anoosh Chakelian, looks at whether Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are actually out and about campaigning for their man and picking up the phone to encourage people to vote Labour. 

    And she looks at who in the Labour Party - newbies or long-time supporters - are the one's openly giving the Labour leader their backing. 

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  8. Aslef's Tosh 'waited lifetime' for Corbyn's manifestopublished at 23:30 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  9. The Sun: Too brainy to be jailedpublished at 23:29 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  10. Labour's Burgon grilled on Newsnightpublished at 23:03 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

    Labour's Richard Burgon, who is standing for re-election in Leeds East, is given a grilling by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark over his party's manifesto. 

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    He goes on to say he "makes no apologies" for plans to scrap university tuition fees.

    The policy is "a massive step forward - people feel they are being priced out of going to university and we'll put a stop to that", he adds.

    He concludes the interview by saying the polls have narrowed. 

    "We want to win this general election. We're up for the fight."

  11. Corbyn 'speaks for the working people'published at 22:51 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  12. Independent: We'll keep Tory benefits freeze, Labour admitspublished at 22:43 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  13. Daily Telegraph: Family of shot WPc are denied justicepublished at 22:41 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  14. Corbyn's gamble: Could policies win Middle England's votes?published at 22:40 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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    Manifesto moments are those times in any election campaign when voters think now I'm going to sit up and listen. 

    They would have heard a very clear choice between him and what the Conservatives are putting on the table.

    His 21st Century brand of Old Labour, if you like - more tax, more spending and more borrowing.

    The question is how many people will believe him when he makes that offer? How many will find that appealing when it is a real departure from the direction Labour has been travelling in in recent years.

    In his view, the irritations, the anger and the anxiety of Britain in 2017 do mean that voters are ripe and ready for something that sounds very different.

    He's encouraged and enthused by the crowds that seem to greet him almost wherever he goes, but there's a gamble in all of this. Crowds don't always translate into huge votes at the ballot box. 

    And remember, not so long ago, in 2015, Ed Miliband made a few little tiptoes to the left of where Labour had been, and he lost that election. Jeremy Corbyn is making a much bigger step in the same direction.

    It's a gamble whether the voters of Middle England are really ready for the policies he believes will be popular.

    And if you need a reminder of how big the challenge will be, one of his biggest supporters - Len McCluskey, the boss of Unite union - suggested to a website tonight it would be extraordinary if Labour was able to do it.

  15. The Times: Labour's tax raid in tatterspublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  16. Express: Why was £10.4m wasted keeping monster Brady alive?published at 22:15 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  17. Metro: Brady ashes are BANNED on the moorpublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  18. Financial Times: Labour pledges £49bn tax rise to fund huge spending pledgepublished at 21:57 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  19. i front page: Corbyn's sharp left turnpublished at 21:48 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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  20. Are you being targeted by political ads?published at 21:46 British Summer Time 16 May 2017

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    How is social media being used by the political parties in this election?