Since september 2013, driven up by rising Clothing Prices and air fares. The white house denies a report that President Trump revealed classified intelligence to the Russian Foreign minister when they met last week. Greater Manchester Police say they will never close the case of the moors murders, despite the death of ian brady at the age of 79. British territory in the South Pacific were so much rubbish has washed up it has the highest density of Plastic Waste in the world. We re of Plastic Waste in the world. Were so of Plastic Waste in the world. Were so much rubbish. In which place so much rubbish. Good morning. Im ben brown, in bradford, where Jeremy Corbyn is about to launch what labour are calling a radical and responsible manifesto for government. He will say it is a radical and responsible plan and fully costed. The conservatives have already said the sums do not add up. We have heard there will be pledges to nationalise the Water Companies in england, privatised by margaret thatcher, to extend childcare, and impose a levy on companies employing higher earners. One week ago we had a leaked Draft Manifesto. Piecing that together and what we are hearing now, lets have a look at what we think the manifesto is going to include. They promised to invest in infrastructure and renationalisation of the railways, royal mail and Water Companies in england. Billions of pounds for Public Services, like education, police and the National Health service. Labour says the money for all of it will come from Rising Corporation tax and other so called robin hood taxes on top earners and big financial transactions. There is a suggestion people earning more than £80,000 per year could have a rise in income tax up year could have a rise in income tax up to 45 . Jeremy corbyn will speak here shortly. We have already heard earlier this morning from the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell. He said high earners are expected to pay what he said was a little bit more. He said all of labours promises and policies have been fully costed. What we are about is transforming and rebuilding our country, and particularly investing in the infrastructure and the skills of our people, and also making sure that we can have Public Services where, well, the example we heard two weeks ago where our nurses are paid so little they are having to go to a food bank, or Waiting Lists are going up, or class sizes increasing. We want our Public Services that meet the needs of our population, the infrastructure that meets the needs of a modern economy and that will all be set out in the manifesto, and the policies costed and funded. As you rejoin us here live in bradford, we can talk to our assista nt bradford, we can talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith. What more do we know about what labour are saying about how they can pay for their promises . That is the big issue. The pledges have all been leaked in advance and we know the key thing is are doing in terms of childcare, 1 million more homes, scrapping tuition fees, four free bank holidays. More homes, scrapping tuition fees, fourfree bank holidays. We have that but we need to know how it will be funded. Unfortunately im not allowed to tell you the details untiljeromy sits down. I think i can say on one piece of paper we have all the cost and on another sheet of paper we have all the Tax Revenue Raising Measures. I have been through it and it seems to me there is going to be quite a lot of controversy. Because not included is a fairly chunky sum of money which labour will need. I suspect they will say that it is Capital Spending. But i suspect there will bea spending. But i suspect there will be a row about this document. Labour think by publishing this somehow everything will be sorted out and we will be satisfied about how all these bills will be paid. I doubt it very much. I think there is going to bea very much. I think there is going to be a row about how labour have divided some things up as current spending and other things as Capital Spending, for which they can borrow. They said they will only borrow to invest. Some of the things they are borrowing for, i think people would question whether that is investment. In terms of tax, for high earners, people on more than £80,000, is that going to go up to 45 . |j people on more than £80,000, is that going to go up to 4596 . I know what is happening and i can tell you a lot of things in the papers, most of it it is right but not all of it. This morning for example we said the threshold for the top rate of tax, the 45p rate, kicking in at 130,000 will be brought down to 80,000. John mcdonnell did not deny this morning. Ido mcdonnell did not deny this morning. I do not think it is wide of the mark. Starting at 150,000. They will be a 50p rate, but i cannot tell you when it kicks in. We were broadcasting a lot of stories this morning at the newspapers were covering roughly in the right kind of ballpark. What it says is those on more than 80,000 will be hit, they will have to stump up Something Like £5 billion, 1 Million People having to provide an extra 5 billion which if my mathematics is correct, it averages at about £5,000 per person. A lot of extra money coming from the wealthiest in society. What about the manifesto as a whole . How would you characterise it politically . Is it for the floating voter or the faithful . I think it is probably the most radical Labour Ma Nifesto we probably the most radical labour manifesto we have seen in many, many yea rs. Manifesto we have seen in many, many years. Considerable amounts of money being spent on the renationalisation of the Water Industry, royal mail and the railways, the national grid. That scale of nationalisation is really going back to 1983, since labour is stewed that sort of policy. It is not only a halt of austerity, it is a reversal. Many of the changes introduced by the coalition are completely turned on their head. No tuition fees, Student Gra Nts their head. No tuition fees, Student Grants are going to be back, a lot of benefit changes reversed and labour is going beyond in some benefit changes and proposing additional benefits. On personal independence payments they are suggesting a court ruling some months ago said personal independence payments should be extended to people with mental difficulty. Thatll cost about £4 billion. Ending the Public Sector pay, continuation of the triple lock on pensions, a very expensive ma nifesto. On pensions, a very expensive manifesto. Public sector pay limitation. Why dont you tell us all your secrets, norman . what is not in here is the cost of nationalisation. Labour are saying the tens of billions required to bring back the Water Companies and royal mail, the railways, the national grid, it does not count, we can borrow for that. That is a massive gold. Think of thames water, i think the capitalisation was roundabout £10 million. A massive bill. That is only one water company. On tax, has adjusted, the 130,000 rate, 45p, that is brought down to 80,000. 130,000 rate, 45p, that is brought down to 80,000. 150,000 130,000 rate, 45p, that is brought down to 80,000. 150,000 rate. There will be a new 50p rate introduced, if i can get on my glasses. I think it is 120 3000. In Income Tax Rate, 45p on 80,000 and above, 50p on £123,000. Extra tax take in total of £48. 6 billion. That is what they are saying, 48. 6 billion. They have gone through all the pledges they have made in terms of raising the National Living wage to £10, reversal of benefit cuts, everything. And it has come to £48. 6 billion. They have totted up the new taxes and miracle of miracle, it comes to 48. 6 billion. They say are sums add up. But the cost not included in that is the nationalised industry, that is a lot of cost and labour are saying that it is capital and we are investing in infrastructure. I suspect they will be an argument about that. If you are compensating shareholders to ta ke are compensating shareholders to take over their company, a lot of people will say it does not look like Capital Spending, it looks like compensation shareholders. And it is a fiscal sleight of hand. That is where the row will be. Is it fair for labour to say all of the nationalised money does not count and it is ok to put it on borrowing . Should it be included in the list of Spending Commitments . Lets review these figures we are just getting in. This is new to the viewers in terms of what high earners will be paying, for a start. Lets go through that again. If you are earning more than £80,000 and labour win the election, you face a new tax rate of 45p. If you are earning more than £123,000, you will be hit by a rate of 50p. That is designed to raise roughly £5 billion. It is one of three Revenue Streams they have identified. Those on more than £80,000, the city with the new Transaction Tax, and its business and a very big hit on business, Corporation Tax expected to raise £20 billion, coming from increasing Corporation Tax by more than one third. That is a massive hit for business. Very quickly, by 2020. These are the ways labour say they can fund what is a very expensive set of commitments. A big round of applause asJeremy Corbyn and his Shadow Cabinet come in to the University Of Bradford. A big round of applause from the Party Faithful here. This Election Manifesto Launch being held in what is of course a labour stronghold, a labour heartland. Jeremy corbyn now making his way to the stage, followed by diane abbott and John Mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor. Applause. This applause. This manifesto, applause. This manifesto, which we had leaked, a draft copy was leaked last week, we have had more indications of what will be in it since then, including the renationalisation of Water Companies in england and higher tax for high earners, as well, as we havejust been discussing. Lets listen as the ma nifesto been discussing. Lets listen as the Manifesto Launch gets under way. Thank you all so much for that amazing welcome. But i have to say im a it is something jeremy hunt the whole team have been getting across the country and we are so grateful. Buti across the country and we are so grateful. But i have to say this is something jeremy hunt his whole tea m is something jeremy hunt his whole team have been getting across the country. Jeremy corbyn and his whole team had been getting across the country. My name is sarah champion. I am the country. My name is sarah champion. Iam proud the country. My name is sarah champion. I am proud to be a member of the labour Shadow Cabinet. Thank you applause. Firstly, of the labour Shadow Cabinet. Thank you applause. Firstly, i would like to thank everybody at Bradford University involved in organising this event. And also, thank you, all of you, for coming. Today you will hear in detail about labours programme for government. A government for the many, not the few. Shortly, you will be hearing from the Leader Of The Labour Party and britains next Prime Minister. Prime minister. Clap macro. First, i think first, i think applause. First, i think applause. First we will hear personal stories from people about why they need a Labour Government elected on the 8th ofjune. Firstly, please give a warm welcome to martin. Applause. Applause. My applause. My name is applause. My name is martin. Applause. My name is martin. I was born in bradford Royal Infirmary in 1973. I am the father of five children and a Managing Director of a family business, employing 40 people. My eldest son, mason, has asthma, and has been admitted to hospital eight times in three months. In the past he has suffered respiratory arrest. Each time we visit hospital we are met with mayhem. Accident and emergency is understaffed, ambulances arguing and doctors do not have time to play what is going on. Two, younger sons, to learn and freddie, had been diagnosed at the severe end of the autistic spectrum. Both are not able to speak. We knew from an early age he was different and asked the gp for help. After much coming and going we were finally referred to a paediatrician who had put him on an Autism Diagnosis waiting list which at the time was three years long. We tried again and again to make our case to the local nhs about the waiting times, but were always met with the same apologies, there is no money for this. In 2011, freddie was born and by 2013, he was showing signs of autism. Again, after a battle, we were added to yet another three year waiting list. Thanks to the intervention from jo cox, freddie had his diagnosis in 2016. In this time in my life i would work till seven or eight oclock at night, arriving at home, the first thing i would do is open a bottle of red wine. To a lot of people a bottle of red wine every night is not a lot but i knew it was not for me and not a lot but i knew it was not for me and i sought help from the local doctor. There was no support for this. I was not an alcoholic. One sunday night in 2014 things finally got to me and i took a walk on the ha rd got to me and i took a walk on the hard shoulder of the m62. I do not know how i got there but the intended outcome was to end my life. Fortunately, i did not. With the help of some Product Intervention from thomas kit symons i gave up drinking. I spoke with my life and we spoke about severe depression. We set upa we spoke about severe depression. We set up a Support Group for parents of autistic children in october 2000 14. This has now become a charity for the whole autism family had last week got a award from the duke of york. It was set up because we did not want parents to go through the same issues we had with no support available. We are in the process of moving our boys back to a Special Needs school. The local school said they cannot meet their needs. We met with the special School Last Week and had been told they cannot go there because that school is full. The team in charge at the council said the other special schools are all over numbers. We are paying for one to one care to make sure our boys are safe while at school. Our soii boys are safe while at school. Our son is only able to attend twice a week, and freddie, four days. The Special Needs team say they do not have the finances to do anything different. On sundays both our boys attended a respite centre, recently there was consultation to close it down in an attempt to save £500,000 per year. Service is safe for now only because there is not anything to replace it with. I spoke on sunday to the manager. She is running a zero budget and being asked to make more savings. We met with other parents of the Support Group. Most had to give up work because of the needs of their children. I regularly see men and women cry. Dealing with a disability or Special Needs is hard enough and it does not need to be made harder by reducing vital services. Something has to change. A Labour Government will fully support the nhs, giving it the money that it needs, providing Emergency Funding to address the social care crisis, as well as develop a fully funded social care model in the longer term. It. Cuts to the School Budgets and introduce new it will stop cuts to the budget and develop a world class education for every child. Labour will develop a better and fairer country. That is why i am voting for labour had this election. I would like to welcome muhammad to the stage, thank you. Applause. Comrades, sisters, brothers, colleagues. Good morning. Peace be with you all. My name is muhammad azam. Im a bus driver. I am from oldham andl azam. Im a bus driver. I am from oldham and i am a former labour party councillor. Im also a proud father. But im also a worried father. But im also a worried father. Worried about the future. My children, three of whom have graduated from university, two are currently in university, what are they going to come out with afterwards . There are very fewjobs they can go into. But they will have a massive debt on their shoulders. Is that the kind of future i envisaged for them . Actually, it is not. I wanted envisaged for them . Actually, it is not. Iwanted my envisaged for them . Actually, it is not. I wanted my children to do better than me. As a bus driver, i have no debt. Yet my children, who are better educated and should have better opportunities have got massive debt. That is not the kind of future i need for my kids, or for anybody elses. The tories have been holding us back and putting a limitation on the ambitions of our kids. How will they afford . How will they manage their debt . How can they live and enriched life . That is why lam live and enriched life . That is why i am proud to be a labour party activist. Somebody that wants to bring about peace and prosperity, notjust for my bring about peace and prosperity, not just for my kids and neighbourhood, but the whole world. That is why the labour party under Jeremy Corbyn is now proposing a future where there is hope for everybody. No community will be left behind. This is a party that stands for the many and not the few. Applause. Applause. You will hear more detail ina applause. You will hear more detail in a short while. But i can tell you that for me as a worker and my colleagues in the bus industry, the proposals already leaked out have been very exciting for us. £10 per hour. How many people is that going to lift out of poverty . That will do a huge amount of favours for the community that i live in. £10 per hour. Adding to that extra four days of bank holidays. Bank holidays for those people that want time off to spend with their families and we will be able to enjoy that. There are a host of other proposals that i am sure that i do not want to take the thunder from the people that wa nt the thunder from the people that want to introduce them, but i think housing, work, security at work, dignity and a Peaceful World is something that we all aspire to. And thatis something that we all aspire to. And that is why i am out up and down the country trying to help my colleagues from the labour party to get elected so we can from the labour party to get elected so we can have on the 8th ofjune a Labour Party Government that serves the many and not the few. Applause. Colleagues, my message today is quite clear, it is short and sweet. We have very little time. The media will not do ourjob. We need to be oii will not do ourjob. We need to be on the doorstep. We need to be talking to people. Our communities, out talking to people. Our communities, our colleagues, we need to tell them how bad the next tory government will be if they get in. And on the other hand, we are with this labour party, colleagues here will form the next government, and i am sure they will be able to deliver not just for out will be able to deliver not just for our community, not just for will be able to deliver not just for our community, notjust for me and my kids, but everybody in this room and everybody in this country. That is the kind of future i am looking forward to. That is the kind of future i ask everybody to work towards. We have very little time. We need to get out there and do our work. Colleagues, we know this manifesto is going to deliver. Please take the time out there and do whatever you can. We need a government that will be on our side. I need a Labour Government that is going to get my kids out of their debt, out of poverty, out of the situation i find for them. I worry for their future. I know many more people up and down the country worry about their future, as well. Lets end this worrying. Lets start looking forward to a brighter future. Lets look forward to a Labour Government on the 9th of june, but we have to work for that. Colleagues, my message is clear, let us colleagues, my message is clear, let us go for peace and prosperity and not what the tories offer, a war on posterity. Lets go out there and do out posterity. Lets go out there and do our work. Applause. Applause. Thank you for this opportunity and now in. And now cani opportunity and now in. And now can i invite christine to say a few words, thank you. My my name is christine and i live not farfrom bradford. Iam my name is christine and i live not farfrom bradford. I am a my name is christine and i live not farfrom bradford. Iam a Busy Working Mum of two girls. Like all pa rents working mum of two girls. Like all parents i work hard to make sure they have everything they need. As a single parent and a carer, sometimes i have additional challenges. Work needs to fit around looking after the girls and their grandmother. I work all kinds of Shift Patterns at a bookies and now they are older i have started working nights at a hotel. Even though i work hard, i had to pay the food, rent and bills, there is not much left. Sometimes not even enough at all. I know im not even enough at all. I know im not the only person that has to deal with these challenges. And look after theirfamily. I with these challenges. And look after their family. I do with these challenges. And look after theirfamily. I do not think i am the only one who feels it should not be this hard. The tories are taking the country backwards. I want better opportunities for me and my family. I want my girls to have more opportunities and not fewer. I want a party in government that stands up for people, a government that works for people, a government that works for the many and not the few. This general election is a clear choice between the labour party, who will stand up for working people, and a tory party who are failing us. I will be Voting Labour on the 8th of june, for the good of my family, and i hope you will, as well. I am delighted to introduce the Leader Of The Labour Party and our next Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn. Prime minister. Applause. Cani can i say, first of all, thank you so can i say, first of all, thank you so much to everybody for coming here today. Thank you, Bradford University, for giving us this space this morning. I had a lovely conversation with the Vice Chancellor of the university and i think this university is a great place and going great places. Thank you for giving us this space this morning. And thank you to everybody in bradford and indeed all across yorkshire over the campaigning over the last few days. What a fantastic welcome we have had. What fantastic support we have received. And so many people tell me so much about the hopes they have in our manifesto and in our plans, in all of us. We intend to deliver on those hopes and on these plans. And thank you, brian, muhammad and christine, for what you have said. And the bravery with which you have spoken about your own problems and demons. Because i am determined that we will deal with, address and confront the issues of the Mental Health crisis facing this country, so people do not face it and suffer alone. Thank you for what you have said this morning. I also want to say a big thank you to all of those who contributed to oui to all of those who contributed to our manifesto. Those in the teams in the labour party head office, in my team, who put amazing amount of work into producing a very good Manifesto Ina very into producing a very good manifesto in a very short space of time. Well done, all of them. And thank you to all the Different Society groups, Civil Society organisations and so many others, who sent in really good ideas, which have helped frame our thinking and ideas, and of course, the members and affiliated trade unions of the labour party. I also wa nt to unions of the labour party. I also want to thank the National Executive for the huge work they have put in on this and a deep appreciation to all of my colleagues, who are here today in the Shadow Cabinet. They have put an enormous amount of work into our manifesto and if you look at our Shadow Cabinet, you see experience, diversity, age range, people whose Life Experience is rooted in real Life Experience, who will never forget that when they hold Great Offices Of State to deliver for the people who hold Great Offices Of State to deliverfor the people who put hold Great Offices Of State to deliver for the people who put them there. Thank you to all of my collea g u es there. Thank you to all of my colleagues in the Shadow Cabinet. Applause and of course, its a pleasure to be here in bradford to launch this ma nifesto for here in bradford to launch this manifesto for the many, not the few, because Bradford University had a chancellor for a long time and a great chancellor, Harold Wilson, a former labour Prime Minister. Applause well not born in bradford, he saw the strength and values of this fantastic city and harold, as Prime Minister, did so much to expand University Education and make it accessible for all and his greatest legacy, i believe, is the Open University and the access it gives to everybody to go into Higher Education if that is what they wish to do at any stage in life, so today we set out a manifesto to transform the 21st century in the same way that Harold Wilson in the 1960s tried to transform the 20th century, and it is a pleasure to be here today. This manifesto is a draft for a Better Future for our country. Today. This manifesto is a draft for a betterfuture for our country. It isa a betterfuture for our country. It is a blueprint of what britain could be and a pledge of the difference a Labour Government cant and will make. Like thousands of other labour party members, i have been making the case to people across the country over the past weeks. This is a manifesto for all generations. We are providing hope and genuine opportunity for everybody. I say to oui opportunity for everybody. I say to our children, whatever postcode you we re our children, whatever postcode you were born in, we will make sure you have the same chance as every other child. Applause and i have to say, as the days turned into weeks, as this campaign has continued, opinion is changing and it is moving towards labour. Applause and there is no secret as to the reason for that. Because people want a country run for the benefit of the many, not the few. That is because for the last seven years, our people have lived through the opposite. A britain for the rich and the elite and the vested interests. They benefited from tax cuts, Bumper Salaries and millions have struggled at the same time. Whatever your age 01 at the same time. Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure, struggling to make ends meet. Our manifesto is for you. Pa rents meet. Our manifesto is for you. Parents worrying about the prospects of their children and anxious about the growing needs of their elderly pa rents. The growing needs of their elderly parents. Young people struggling to find a securejob parents. Young people struggling to find a secure job and parents. Young people struggling to find a securejob and despairing of ever getting a home of their own. Children growing up in poverty. Stu d e nts children growing up in poverty. Students leaving college, burdened with debt. Workers who have gone yea rs with debt. Workers who have gone years without a real pay rise. And stretching Family Budgets just to survive. Our mission over the next five years is to change all that. Our Manifesto Sets out how. With a programme that his radical and responsible, a programme that will reverse our National Priorities and put the interests of the many first. We will change our country by managing within our means and we will lead us through brexit well putting the preservation ofjobs first. Let me highlight a few of our key pledges, and believe it or not, you may have read them already. If you may have read them already. If you are an assiduous reader of newspapers. We are rolling out rises in vat and National Insurance ruling out. And income tax on all but 5 of the highest earners. Labour will boost the wages of 5. 7 Million People earning less than the living wage to £10 an hour by 2020. Applause labour will end the cuts in the National Health service and deliver safe Staffing Levels and reduce Waiting Lists. Applause labour will scrap tuition fees, lifting the debt. Applause cheering and that will lift the debt cloud from Hundreds Of Thousands of young people. Labour will move towards universal character, expanding free provision for two, three and four year olds in the next parliament. Labour is guaranteeing the triple lock to protect pensioners incomes. Applause and we will build over a million new homes, at least half of them for social rent. Applause labour makes no apology for offering new protections to people at work, including ending the scandal of zero hours contracts. Applause and we make no apology for finding the resources to hire 10,000 new Police Officers and 3000 new firefighters. Applause and we will do the smaller things that can make a real difference like ending hospital car Parking Charges we re ending hospital car Parking Charges were introducing for extra. Four extra Public Holidays every year. But we in the labour party acknowledged that solving these problems requires a thriving economy, one that gets our economy working again and rises to the challenges of Brexit On Jobs and investment. For seven years the conservatives have been Holding Britain back. Low investment, low wages, low growth. Labourwill britain back. Low investment, low wages, low growth. Labour will move britain forward with ambitious plans to unlock this countrys potential. We will set up a National Investment bank and Regional Development banks to finance growth and good jobs for all parts of the uk. Applause through the funding of major capital projects. Labour will also invest in our young people, through a National Education service, focused on child care, schools and skills, giving them the capacity to make a productive contribution to tomorrows economy. Applause and labour will take our railways back into Public Ownership and put passengers first. Applause we will take back control of our countrys water by bringing them into regional Public Ownership. And we will take a public state in the Energy Sector to keep fuel prices down and ensure a balanced and green Energy Policy for the future a public state. The tories now want to scare us public state. The tories now want to scare us into accepting more of the same. Only labour has a plan ambitious enough to unleash this countrys potential and only labour has a plan to make brexit work for ordinary people. We are clear there is now a choice, a labour brexit that puts jobs first or a tory brexit that will be geared towards the interests of the City Of London and risk making Britain A Low wage tax haven. As we leave the eu, because that is what the people have voted for, only labour will negotiate a deal that preserves jobs, accesses the Single Market and preserves rights and access, not plunge our country into a race to the bottom. All this is costed as the bottom. All this is costed as the documents accompanying our ma Nifesto Ma Kes the documents accompanying our manifesto makes clear. Our Revenue Raising Plans ensure we can park on this Ambitious Programme without jeopardising our national finances. We are asking the better off and the big corporations to pay a little bit more and of course, to stop dodging their Tax Obligations in the first place. Applause and in the longer term, we look to a faster rate of growth, riven by increased private and Public Investment to keep our accounts in shape. This is a programme of hope. The tory campaign, i contrast, is built on one word, fear. What would another five years of conservative government mean for britain . Just like back at the last seven. More children living in poverty. Fewer young people able to buy their first home. More people queueing at food banks. Fewer police on the beat, fewer firefighters. Banks. Fewer police on the beat, fewerfirefighters. More banks. Fewer police on the beat, fewer firefighters. More people banks. Fewer police on the beat, fewerfirefighters. More people are in work but they are not getting the pay for the hours to make ends meet. More young people in debt. Will the tories change their spots . Dont bank on it. Their record says they wont. The Prime Minister will disagree of course, so i say to her today, in the most polite and friendly way possible, come out of hiding and lets have a debate. Applause lets have a polite, respectful debate on television, so millions of people can make up their own minds about which party offers better hope for britain. Applause lets debate are two manifestos. Have the discussion. Im confident that once the people of this country get the chance to study the issues, look at the promises, they will decide that britain has indeed been held back by the conservative government. They have prevailed over the money forfar too government. They have prevailed over the money for far too long. Government. They have prevailed over the money forfar too long. And government. They have prevailed over the money for far too long. And they will decide it is now time for labour. Applause our country will only work for the many, not the few, if opportunity is in the hands of the many. So our ma nifesto 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 only succeeds when everyone succeeds. This message is for everyone in this country, be they young, middle aged or older. We wa nt they young, middle aged or older. We want that Inclusive Society that ca res want that Inclusive Society that cares for all and as i said at the start of my speech, we are determined that a childs future is not decided by the place of birth, that their future is not decided not decided by the place of birth, that theirfuture is not decided by the underfunding of their Primary School, it is not decided by the poverty of their community. A government that invests for all, a government that invests for all, a government with a vision to ensure that the brilliance and imagination of every child can be fulfilled during their lifetime, our proposal isa during their lifetime, our proposal is a government for the many, not the few. Our proposals are of hope for the many all over this country andi for the many all over this country and i am very proud to present our ma nifesto for and i am very proud to present our manifesto for the many, not the few. Thank you very much. Applause thank you, everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you. We now have an opportunity for questions, because jeremy loves answering questions im going to take them in groups of three. Bear with me because there area three. Bear with me because there are a lot of people in the room. I have the lady in the pink, the gentleman, and then laura over there. Thank you. Its wonderful to hear, ive been waiting 30 years to hear, ive been waiting 30 years to hear Something Like this i can believe in and fight for. We have a huge issue in our area of fracking. Were delighted to see it in the manifesto and would love to hear you say it as well. Gentleman behind you, with the tie. Andy bell, channel five. I know you dont want to set a target for immigration. Sorry, thats more like it. I know you dont want to set a Target Numberfor you dont want to set a Target Number for immigration but can you say if you think it would be good for the country if the Immigration Level is reduced, if it came down . Booing no, please, lets have respect for eve ryo ne no, please, lets have respect for everyone who wants to ask a question, including the media. By the way, im a member of the nuj. Laura kuenssberg to be Crystal Clear for our Viewers Comic you think its time to pave your ideas, to tax more, to spend more and to borrow more. Thank you, the manifesto is clear, we believe fracking is damaging to the environment and Barry Gardner has made the statements on that and im sure you accept them and the way he put them, and i thank barry for the work he has done. He is nodding so it must be true. On the issue of immigration, there is immigration from all parts of the world. Those who migrated to this country have made an enormous and fantastic contribution to our society. Without those. Applause without those nurses from jamaica, those doctors from india, those specialists from germany, those who work in all aspects of our National Health service and education service, industry, transport and much else, have helped to give us the Living Standards we all have, and our country owes them a great deal of depth and thanks for what they have done. We have also made it clear that people should not be brought into this country to work in poor conditions on low wages deliberately to undercut people who are already here in work on agreed conditions. And that the Free Movement that currently exists within the eu, obviously at the time we leave the eu, that does not continue. We will negotiate a Trade Agreement with the eu that will ensure our free access to the eu and future migration will be based on a fair migration policy, fairness towards our economy and the needs of our people and an end to the undercutting and exploitation that goes with it, and i believe a home office led by diane abbott will be fairand office led by diane abbott will be fair and decent and reasonable in the way it runs at, but if there hadnt been people coming here to work in our nhs, all of us would be infar work in our nhs, all of us would be in far worse health than we are at the present time. Remember that. Applause and laura, thank you for your question and for the way you put it. What we are proposing is a rebalancing of our economy, a rebalancing of our economy, a rebalancing so there is proper levels of investment in infrastructure, fairly across the whole of the uk, not totally in london and the south east but in every region and i think that is very important. And a National Investment bank that will ensure that fairness is taken all the way through it. We will also be comic yes, increasing wages through the living wage of £10 an hour by 2020. That will lead to Economic Growth and higher spending, it that will lead to Economic Growth and higherspending, it willalso lead to a slight reduction in work benefits because of higher wages but it will also help to rebalance our society and from a government that has borrowed more than every Labour Government in history over the past seven yea rs, we government in history over the past seven years, we really dont need lectures. Applause we dont need lectures from the tories on this. We are here to invest for the future and for the good of all and to ensure there is fairness across communities and the regions of britain, and every other country in the world says, why does britain invest so little and pay itself so little while it allow such grotesque levels of inequality . Lets turn it around and do with the other wife. Do it the other way. I have a lady on the back row, the gentleman with a splendid moustache. Whats wrong with mine . The second most lovely. Are there any provisions to fix the Failing Academies we have in our schools . My son is now 18 and he came out with no gcses because the schools have failed him. Peter lazenby, morning star. Can anything be done about this shockingly biased media . Applause and the man at the front. One problem people face is economic isolation. High street hangs are closing down. Do you think it would bea closing down. Do you think it would be a good idea if there were a network of banks on the high street to provide bank for the people . Scarlet, thank you for your question. We dont want to close schools, we want to see proper investment in schools across the country and under labour, headteachers will not be asked to Ta Ke Headteachers will not be asked to take collections at the school gates to pay for teachers salaries. We will ensure there is decent and fair funding of all schools across britain, not what is happening now, funding per pupil being cut in the vast majority of schools and schools are paying the price with oversized classes, overstretched teachers and an insufficiency of Teaching Assista Nts an insufficiency of Teaching Assistants and other staff. We will ensure our schools are properly funded. Secondly. Where there are schools that are failing, i believe, and im sure angela will agree, there has to be an effective and strong local Education Authority that can step in to make sure the schools are properly funded. Because we are not convinced of the idea that every school should be accountable only to the department for education. We want a much stronger local community and family of schools and education, so we want to bring free schools and academies within that family in a mutually supportive environment. Because at its best, if one school but rises it has a problem of achievement in english or maths, a school down the road might be doing well in those areas and you learn from each other, but if you create competition between schools, you reduce the ability to learn from each other. Our children need to grow up knowing the whole community is working for them. To quote the african village, it takes a whole village to bring up a child, notjust the parents immediately with them. The african proverb. Since you kindly brought up the question of education, tom watson and i have been discussing an Art Campaign Bus how exciting it will be when we introduce the Pupil Arts Premium so every child gets the chance to learn a Musical Instrument in school. Peter, thank you for your question. You noticed that some of the media are slightly biased against the labour party. This is sometimes said to be the case. We are serious about ensuring there is Freedom Of Information and a right to know in society, it was after all labour who introduced the Freedom Of Information act. We also know in many societies around the world, brave journalists lose their lives because they have uncovered the truth about brutal regimes. Journalists and journalism and free press a re journalists and journalism and free press are intrinsic to a democracy and a free society. I fully understand that. Applause but it is also important to ensure there is responsible journalism but it is also important to ensure there is responsiblejournalism but mike you are watching Jeremy Corbyn launching labours manifesto. We will say goodbye to view was on bbc two but if you want to stay with mr corbyn, stay with us on the bbc news channel. We will protect the free press and make sure there is diversity of all our Media Outlets in this country, so everyone can take an informed opinion. The point tony raised at the end about economic isolation, John Mcdonnell has put forward a clear view that a high street bank is important, it is part of our community. There are too many small towns, even medium sized towns where the town centre has been hollowed out, where various shops go, the banks go and you get to a process of decline and end up with a town centre that is payday loan shops, bookies and Fast Food Outlets and little else. Is quite complicated but with intelligent planning and good support, you can end up with a much more vibrant and effective town centre all across the country. And so, johns proposal is that banks should not be allowed to close all the branches and leaves some towns with no banks whatsoever. There is also the question of promotion of other banks. Credit unions have grown a great deal in our society. I am a member of a credit union. They are a great way to help people financially manage and help them to get credit if they need it and get loans if they need it. Those things are very important. There is also the role of the post office as an Alternative Cill s banking. It was the Labour Government of Harold Wilson who introduced the Giro Account System in those days for that we will be looking alongside the ownership of royal mail and the role that the post office plays in helping people to get good banking. We need to keep post offices on the high streets of all towns and cities in great britain. Applause the next three, i am just going to go to glenys. I have got robert and jack. Who is first . Robert is first. Hello. A couple of things. Most forecasters say that the main reason why the Living Standards of those on lower pay is set to fall over the next few years is because of the freeze on benefits. I am struck that you have not promised to end the benefits freeze. Why have you not promised that . You have set out plans to spend about £50 billion a year more and Tax Companies and the rich by around £50 billion a year more. You have also got an Ambitious Programme of investment and an extension of Public Ownership of energy, the royal mail and water. How much do you intend to borrow additionally every year . Thank you. The Institute For Fiscal Studies has said this is the biggest involvement of the government in the state since the 1970s full stop at the last election two years ago, 2 million more voters felt the labour party was insufficiently responsible. Why, outside of this call, the swing vote rs outside of this call, the swing voters who determine the election, why should they trust you to set water rates, gas bills, and train fares . Mr corbyn, when the Manifesto Lea ked fares . Mr corbyn, when the Manifesto Leaked last week, a lot of these policies we put to an opinion poll and a proved to be widely popular. The vast majority of people liked them but they did not like you as leader. Why do you think that is . 0k. Leader. Why do you think that is . Ok. Thank you for your question, jack. It is all right. It is the personality, dont worry about it. Robert, thanks so much for your question. Yes, increasing benefits is important. Clearly we are not going to freeze benefits. That is freight clear. We are looking at the perverse effects of the benefits cap on people and housing accommodation, particularly in london and the centre of our big cities. You will be hearing more about that in the very future. Secondly, on borrowing and investment i have made it very clear that this government has borrowed because it has not invested and it has borrowed more and more because it invested less and less. We end up with the process of almost managed economic decline relative to what we could have achieved as a result of that. We will make it very clear that. We will make it very clear that this government will invest in the future in all parts of the country. We have a grossly imbalanced process where the vast majority of transport Infrastructure Investment goes to london and the south east. One of the key commitments is a crossrailfor the north from manchester across to newcastle. Applause fasal and jack, your questions are the Mirror Images of each other. Did you get together to decide who would ask which . Dont worry about it. That is a joke. Well talk about the 19705 that is a joke. Well talk about the 1970s and our manifesto. Other than major party dashes of the other major party dashes of the other major party dashes of the other major Party Contesting this election will bring Back Fox Hunting and grammar schools. That sounds really 21st century, doesnt it . And so, yes, i have made it very clear. John mcdonnell will set this out in great detail tomorrow. Every one of our commitments is costed and funded. All our Borrowing Commitments are out there in the open of what we would do. You say the manifesto was lea ked would do. You say the manifesto was leaked last week. Many people got an advanced copy of it. They read it anyway. And the Opinion Polls that have tested the policies individually have found them all to be very popular indeed. Ijust say this, iam be very popular indeed. Ijust say this, i am very proud to lead this party. I was elected by a very large number of members and supporters, ordinary people, all over this country, in trade unions, labour supporters and labour party members. And i am very proud we have a party thatis and i am very proud we have a party that is diverse, inclusive and pluralistic. This manifesto is a product of that process. I see leadership is not dictating but leadership is not dictating but leadership is not dictating but leadership is also about listening. Listening to what people say, understanding the stress, the pressures and the tensions in their lives and ensuring that our partys policies, our governments approach to things reflects the reality of peoples lives. I am very proud to represent an inner City Community in london. I love the community and i listen very carefully to what they all say, as i do on the travelling around the country. The function of leadership is to understand the stresses that people face in their daily lives, the frustrations, the thwarted ambition, the anger that they face, and tried to produce policies that make that different. Being strong and standing up does not necessarily mean shouting, dictating, and instructing. It is how you put your case. Applause so, as you well know, i do not indulge in personal abuse will stop i think it is appalling the abuse thatis i think it is appalling the abuse that is thrown at individual collea g u es that is thrown at individual colleagues in the Shadow Cabinet, the trade unions, the appalling abuse that is thrown around on social media, and the very dark places it drives people into when the abuse takes place. I want to set an example, an example that you dont indulge in that, you debate theissues dont indulge in that, you debate the issues we all face and come to solutions we can all collectively accept and be enthusiastic and excited by. You know what . This is something that has brought more than half a Million People into membership of our party because they are excited about what we can do together for the good of everybody else. Cheering and applause ladies and gentlemen, on that note, thank you to all of you. Thank you to all of the colleagues who have made this amazing document we are very proud to stand by. With your support, your hard work and your dedication over the next three and a half weeks, please say thank you to your next Prime Minister. Cheering and applause lets all gather round. Come on. So, there we are. There we are. Jeremy corbyn and his Shadow Cabinet here at the University Of Bradford, launching the partys collection manifesto, a d raft the partys collection manifesto, a draft of which was leaked last week. Election manifesto. He was asked in the questions afterwards got asked about the popularity of some of the leaked Manifesto Pledges and asked, some of the pledges seem quite popular but his leadership is still unpopular. That was one of the questions he had to deflect at the University Of Bradford. Some of the additions to the Draft Manifesto lea k we additions to the Draft Manifesto leak we had not heard included plans to nationalise, to take back into Public Ownership, the Water Companies of england and also to extend childcare and plans for higher taxes on higher earners, those earning over £80,000 in particular. So, Jeremy Corbyn getting a rapturous reception from his audience here, the Party Faithful, and students at the University Of Bradford. A very loud cheer when he talked about abolishing tuition fees. Norman smith, watching and listening with me, these are not the people he had to persuade the house to persuade the swing voters and the floating voters will double this manifesto do that . The manifesto contains many pledges which are very popular. Mr corbyn is promising to spend money on Public Services, 2 billion for social care. He is promising to reverse various social care. He is promising to reverse various benefit cuts. He is promising more Free Childcare, that is another £11 billion bill. He is pouring money at the electorate. No wonder people like it. The question that has to be answered by this ma nifesto, that has to be answered by this manifesto, do people believe he campaigned for it . Is it credible. On that we have from labour a separate Document Setting out all the money they say they will spend ona the money they say they will spend on a detailed 48 billion, and 48 billion on Tax Revenue Raising Measures taken on business, the city, the wealthy. 19 billion from business. A big tax hike from business. A big tax hike from business. The new Transaction Tax from the city. Someone earning £80,000 will now be taxed on the 45p rate. There will also be changes to inheritance tax. They would scrap the married couple s allowance. That provides quick they say, the 48 billion. What is not included, not detailed, is the cost of buying back public utilities. These are massive costs. We a re public utilities. These are massive costs. We are talking about the row ways, the national grid, the royal mail. We are talking about the Water Companies. Thames water alone is valued at around 10 billion. We are talking colossal sums of money from those figures are not in this document. Labour people are saying thatis document. Labour people are saying that is because these are one of payments. It is Capital Spending. We are allowed to borrow for Capital Spending and therefore we dont have to include it. What we dont know is how much more is labour going to borrow . Mr corbyn was asked but he did not answer. Under these plans, what we face is more taxes on the rich, more spending on Public Services, and borrowing and the deficit will go up. He talked about this being a radical and responsible ma nifesto. This being a radical and responsible manifesto. How radical is it . More radical than anything ed miliband was proposing . This is radical. It isa was proposing . This is radical. It is a significant extension of the state and the Public Sector. They are talking about bringing back local Government Services which have been outsourced to the private sector. Similarly, in the health service, they are talking about reversing the private sector, capping what they call excess profit. When you look at the plans for taking ownership of utilities, no Labour Government has envisaged this scale of nationalisation since michael foot in 1983 when he talked about bringing back the shipyards, bringing back telecom. The labour plans are on a part with that. When you look at the business environment, they are talking rapper very different sort of economy. Business will face many more publications, taxes, the environment in which they do will change fundamentally. Not only will they have the £10 minimum wage which will. Also the paternity leave changes. There are a vast range of measures. The query is how far does that change the Business Climate in britain. Does that discourage investment . Does it discourage entrepreneurship . Does it discourage people from starting up a business . That is the flip side for the plan for the role of the state. That was norman smith, our assistant political editor, with his analysis of the political manifesto unveiled here in bradford. Lets get the thoughts from the Institute For Fiscal Studies. Norman smith was just running through what he sees as some of the potential problems in terms of the costing of all of this and what is said in the manifesto and what is said in the manifesto and what is not said. What is your view . Yes, this is clearly a very big document. The labour party suggests an extra £50 billion a year of day to day spending, another 25 billion a year on investment spending, and quite a lot of other things besides, including the additional nationalisations. That is without some of the things you might expect, so there is not reversal of the Social Security cuts coming down the Social Security cuts coming down the road. Actually rather a small amount of money for the National Health service. What they have got is very large amounts of money on infrastructure spending, getting rid of student tuition fees, which essentially would benefit high earning graduates. A lot of money on childcare, and a whole siri is of other interventions. A whole series. We were talking with norman smith about the cost of the plan, for example, to take Water Companies in england into Public Ownership. Thames water alone cost Something Like 10 billion. These are staggering sums that would be involved in that kind of renationalisation. Those sums would come on top of the 75 billion a year of additional spending in the ma nifesto. Of additional spending in the manifesto. Because of the way in the National Accounts work, it would not count National Accounts work, it would not cou nt towards National Accounts work, it would not count towards the deficit. Essentially what you would be doing is buying a set of shares which, in principle, would be worth as much to you as the money you spent on them. It is not so much an issue of the cost, although it would raise the outstanding liabilities of government. It is really a question of, would this be the best way of running these companies . They have beenin running these companies . They have been in the private sector for really quite a long time. Just focusing in on the tax commitments made in this manifesto, in particular to raise taxes for higher earners, those over £80,000 a year. What is your view on that . Big Tax Proposals are very much on corporations and the impact on that on all of us is not very transparent. Particularly those increases in income tax with those earning over 80,000, that will be a for higher earners. The amount it will actually raise is genuinely uncertain. Labour is suggesting Something Like 6. 5 billion. I would suspect it would be less than that. They could certainly get 2 billion or3 they could certainly get 2 billion or 3 billion out of that. It would raise marginal tax rates to quite high levels. Because of the very strange way the income tax system works, if you are fortunate enough to earn between 100 and 123 thousand pounds, your Income Tax Rate would rise under these proposals. Labour is saying all their proposals are fully costed. The conservatives are saying the sums do not add up. From what you have seen from this ma nifesto, what you have seen from this manifesto, what is your impression . Three responses to that. First the tax increases. They are suggesting a £50 billion increase in tax. If it we re £50 billion increase in tax. If it were to be implemented, by the way, it would take the tax burden to the highest level it has been in about 70 years. But there is an awful lot of uncertainty about whether you could actually raise that amount of tax. They are talking about very large increases in taxes on companies, which would likely reduce the amount of investment they do. The actual amount you could get from the policies run into tens of billions but does not reach the 50 billions but does not reach the 50 billion that labour is claiming. The second point to make is that the 50 billion of spending increases does not include some increases you might have expected, particularly on welfare and the health service. The third point is, there is an issue about whether this adds up, of course. The main point is this is a very significant change in the size of the state. There is a clear choice for voters and also the role of the state, as we were just hearing from norman smith. The level of the minimum wage, for example, would work out at about a quarter of workers from whitehall. More than 50 descent of Young Workers would be affected. Both the size and the scope would be very different from what we have become used to in the last 30 years or so. For the moment, thank you very much. Now to the Institute For Fiscal Studies with his view on the sums. I am joined by a couple of people in the audience, Labour Party Supporters. What did you make of this Manifesto Launch . I thought it was the most exciting launch which gives very clear hope to young people, families. Launch which gives very clear hope to young people, familiesm invigorated myself in campaigning for labour to win. What was your view of it . Very good launch of the manifesto. It was a clear vision by Jeremy Corbyn to put young people, the younger generation, at the heart, especially the £10 minimum wage will be excellent for the economy and poor families. There was a question toJeremy Corbyn from one of the journalists, saying, a question toJeremy Corbyn from one of thejournalists, saying, when a question toJeremy Corbyn from one of the journalists, saying, when the d raft of the journalists, saying, when the Draft Manifesto was leaked, some of the proposals were quite popular with focus groups. What was unpopular still was the Labour Party Leader himself, Jeremy Corbyn. Is he a problem for your party in winning this election . I dont think he should be a problem for any voters. You may not be able typical voter. |j may not be. Jeremy corbyn was in Hebden Bridge yesterday. It invigorated people. He is eloquent, intelligent, he is a clear leader. He does not dictate, he listens. Again, one of the criticisms of this ma nifesto again, one of the criticisms of this manifesto is it is going back to the 70s. There is a lot of talk about nationalisation. Is that what floating voters, for example, want to hear . The volume of the crowd speaks for himself. This is what people have come out to hear. This is what people want. Jeremy corbyn is what people want. Jeremy corbyn is going to the root core. He is looking at the best solutions. I thinkJeremy Corbyn will, and is, a great leader to take us through these difficult times. Labour is miles behind in the Opinion Polls and has been for a long time for some do you think you can win this election . We all know what we make of Opinion Polls. Of course we can win this election. People need to get out and vote. The amount of people who do not vote is what concerns me is that it is a huge turnaround of young people who did not vote last time if they voted this time, labour would definitely win the election. A couple of Labour Party Supporters here in bradford. Just for the implications on some of the proposals on education, gillian, and in particular, the plan that was announced today that was new on top of the draft Labour Party Election ma nifesto of the draft Labour Party Election manifesto which was about Free Childcare. Talk us through that. I have quite a long list of Labour Pledges in this manifesto. I have quite a lot of notes was that they are calling for a National Education service, much like the National Health service which will coordinate learning almost from birth right through to retirement. A big commitment that learning should continue throughout peoples lives. First of all, as you say, the big ticket announcement this morning is Free Childcare for all two year old. Labour has said that will cost about £5 billion more. I am at the bbc westminster office. I was talking to a few Number Crunching is here who think it may cost a little bit more than 5 billion. They thought that was a rather conservative efforts at. They are also talking about capping Primary School class sizes to 34 five, six and seven year old children. Another big ticket item is Free School Meals for all Primary School children. There is plenty of evidence are providing school meals will help raise levels of attainment in Primary Schools. When it comes to older children, they have said they wa nt to older children, they have said they want to reverse some of the cuts the conservative government has had to implement. According to the National Audit office, schools will have to say Something Like £3 billion by 2020. Labour says it will put more investment into schools. Finally, by Farand Investment into schools. Finally, by far and away the most expensive commitment they are making is universal Free Education at university level. So, a plan to abolish tuition fees. That was lea ked abolish tuition fees. That was leaked a few days ago. We did know that was something that was in the offing. That would cost something in the region of £11 billion, according to labour. That is not a figure that is really disputed by the experts. All in all, these Labour Commitments in the manifesto today, in education alone, will cost about £25 billion to implement. Ok, thank you ray merchant deed. That promise to abolish tuition fees probably got the biggest cheer of the day here at the biggest cheer of the day here at the University Of Bradford went Jeremy Corbyn announced that together with the other promises in this new Labour Party Manifesto he has Just Launched for the many and not the few. He said labour in government would be radical and responsible. Got a lot of adoration and huge cheers here in the hall at Bradford University. Of course the real test will be out among the electorate out there on the 8th of june. That is the latest from bradford. Back to you in the studio. Much more reaction to the Manifesto Launch coming up. Some Breaking News to bring you out of the United States will stop donald trump has been tweeting about the claims he revealed top secret intelligence to Russian Diplomats in the oval office. These are his tweets. As president , i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i had the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to airline safety, humanitarian reasons were plus i wa nt humanitarian reasons were plus i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. The controversy around that meeting and what was revealed is because it has been claimed, initially reported, in the Washington Post, that donald trump revealed highly classified information on is when he was meeting the Russian Foreign minister. It was reported that the intelligence that was shared had come from an american ally who had not authorised to washington to share the intelligence with moscow. Now it has been reported in the Washington Post that the white house had denied that President Trump revealed intelligence sources or methods but had said that a range of common threats to the two countries, including threats to civil aviation, was revealed. The Washington Post has quoted unnamed official saying donald trump went Off Scriptjoin the meeting and describe details about an Islamic State Terror Threat to the use of Laptop Computers on aeroplanes revealing the city where the admission was gathered. Donald trump now responding to the allegations and saying that he did share with russia information pertaining to terrorism and airline flight pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety for humanitarian reasons. That is just three. We will bring you more on that as we get it. The uks Inflation Rate rose last month since its highest rate since 2015. It is above the Bank Of Englands 2 target. Komi it up at 2. 7 which is higher than expected and that is quite a lea p than expected and that is quite a leap from 2. 3 last month. Than expected and that is quite a leap from 2. 396 last month. There are a number of factors at play, one was the timing of easter which was in march, last year it was in april. The cost of air travel was up 19 from the previous year. He also sought weaker sterling pushing up import prices, these are things the Bank Of England has no control over. Gas, petrol and diesel all filed but what is significant is wage growth. The latest figures show wage growth, including bonuses, is up to. 7 . We are expecting new figures tomorrow but that 2. 2, 2. 3 , compared to inflation, prices are going up and our wages are not going up enough to match it and that is important in an economy like ours that is driven by consumer spending. What might the Bank Of England do . The Bank Of England target is two point 2 . You might see rising Inflation Rates being combated by increasing the Interest Rate but this is not something the Bank Of England can control, it is not the cost of services or things in the uk going up. Its to do with sterling weakness, so the Bank Of England said they believed inflation could peak at 2. 8 . If they are correct, then they are almost there. Lots of a nalysts a re then they are almost there. Lots of analysts are saying they think inflation will rise to 3. 25, maybe 3. 5 . But if the Bank Of England we re 3. 5 . But if the Bank Of England were to increase Interest Rates, that would affect consumers because wage growth is not keeping pace with inflation, so many analysts think we are unlikely to see a change in Interest Rates this year. Lets get the weather. Good afternoon and as is often the case we have some huge contrasts of prostate uk in the look and feel of the weather. We have this Weather Front draped across the uk, towards the north and west we have showers but towards the south and east it is dry and quite warm, 24, maybe 25 degrees here. To the north and west its fresher but still pleasant and not with sunny spells. This evening and overnight the skies will be clear for and overnight the skies will be clearfor much of and overnight the skies will be clear for much of scotland and Northern Ireland and that will allow temperatures to dip to single figures, whereas across england and wales we have this rain and for many, especially the South East Corner, a warm night, just dipping into single figures in scotland and Northern Ireland. There should be some good spells of sunshine in scotla nd some good spells of sunshine in scotland and Northern Ireland, whereas in england and wales we have cloud and rain pushing towards the south east and later on it will turn quite thundery. This is bbc newsroom live. The headlines at 12 33pm Jeremy Corbyn has launched labours manifesto pledging a radical and responsible plan that will put the interests of the many first. Addressing an audience in bradford, The Labour Leader promised more Free Childcare and a National Education system, investment in infrastructure, and the nationalisation of the Water Industry and railway systems. Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure, struggling to make ends meet. Our ma nifesto struggling to make ends meet. Our manifesto is for you. In other news, inflation has risen to its highest level for nearly four years. The Consumer Prices index jumped last month from 2. 3 to 2. 7 driven partly by the fall in the value of sterling, as well as a rise in airfares, Electricity Prices and clothing. Us President Donald Trump has defended his decision to share information with pressure, saying he shared facts with russian officials ata shared facts with russian officials at a Public Meeting last week. His advisers earlier insisted that no classified information had been passed on. Greater Manchester Police says the force will never stop searching for the remains of keith bennett, one of the five children killed by the moors murderer, ian brady, who died last night at the age of 79. Welcome back from bradford, at the University Of Bradford, where it Jeremy Corbyn has just been launching the labour partys ma nifesto. Launching the labour partys manifesto. We saw a leak of the d raft manifesto. We saw a leak of the Draft Manifesto a week ago but this include some pledges we hadnt heard about, such as taking the Water Companies in england back into Public Ownership extending Free Childcare and increasing tax for higher earners, those earning over £80,000 a year. Jeremy corbyn, launching the manifesto, said it was radical and responsible and he said the total tax rise to pay for parole amounted to £48. 6 billion, so where is that coming from . Labour say it would include a higher tax rate of 45p for everyone earning over £80,000 a year. Thats a rate that would rise to 50p for people earning over £123,000. Labour estimates that £6. 4 billion would be raised from Income Tax Changes on the top 5 of earners. A planned rise in Corporation Tax would bring in £19. 4 billion. And labour would raise £6. 5 billion from the tax avoidance programme. Huge Infrastructure Projects like the renationalisation of the railways, royal mail, water and Electricity Supply are also planned. Soa so a lot of promises. Lets talk through some of them with the shadow secretary for women and the shadow secretary for women and the qualities, sarah champion, who will answer your questions. We asked you for your questions and you have been sending them in, so lets kick off with a few. First of all, chris has texted in with the question, can labour detail their plans on the nhs, immediate and long term, and how it will be paid for . As we are seeing at the moment, the cracks are starting to emerge, so the four are waiting time within a day has now been repeatedly broken for the last two years, things like the 18 weeks to get a treatment, rather than meeting that target the tories have just scrap it. But what are you going to do . In the immediate we will be looking at putting more money there, so things like the leak we had which led to the run some malware are going out, that is because the nhs has incredibly old equipment, notjust computers but across the board so we will look at where they need investment, and also investing in staff, because i dont know how often you go in to hospitals and talk to the staff but people are having a tough time. More nurses . Its not so much about the more but making them feel valued and respected and part of this is removing that artificial gap on their plate, which in real terms has been cut. It will cost more. Let me challenge you on that because a lot of the nhs budget is going to agency staff, because staff feel tomorrow lies and are going to agencies who cost more, so we are looking at getting that morale up, removing the fa ct we getting that morale up, removing the fact we now have to pay to be a nurse even though we need them, reducing the money invested in agency staff so it will go to new staff we are paying for. But the money you invest, where will that come from . Part of that will be the rearranging, a lot of money on prescribing is wasted so we will bring that back in, but also it is about how weak cut the cloth. We will still have roughly the same budget the stories are using. So same budget but spent differently. Linda has texted in, how will labour pay shareholders of all the companies they intend to nationalise . Water companies in england, you will take them back into Public Ownership, thames water would cost £10 billion alone. Into Public Ownership, thames water would cost £10 billion alonem into Public Ownership, thames water would cost £10 billion alone. If we bought it outright. We would start looking into the best way of doing that. So you might not do it . The ra i lwa ys that. So you might not do it . The railways are not in private ownership, they are franchised, so those franchises come up and when the next franchise comes up we can ta ke the next franchise comes up we can take it back into Public Ownership. But you were talking about franchises but Water Companies dont work like that. No but they are under parliamentary legislation, so we have had three weeks so we need to look at legislation and see what it is. If you have to spend £10 billion taking over at thames william, that is staggering. Would you borrow that . We are a tiny island and i things like water, energy, Steel Production for all things that we need to maintain ownership of and it pains me that has been sold off. Those figures are not detailed in the manifesto. Surely that is crucial. We had three weeks you hadnt been thinking about it . As a shadow secretary of state, i have had one additional staff member. It doesnt sound like you are prepared for government. Youre proposing spending billions. Whereas my counterpart i have been shuddering has had a couple of thousand people helping them develop their ideas, so we are saying, this is what were asking you to vote on and then of course we will go through a democratic process and speaking to people get costings. Thomas has texted in and said labour does not think top earners pay enough tax but the top 1 currently plate 27 of all income tax. If this isnt enough, how much is enough . He isnt enough, how much is enough . He is saying already the rich pay a lot. Yes but i am not sure its proportionate. Look at the proportionate. Look at the proportion of someone of minimum wage, the amount of their income but goes on tax is far greater than someone on a million a year, and rich people can use techniques to work within the law but not pay as much as the rest of us. Lets go on ta nya, much as the rest of us. Lets go on tanya, who asks what you will do for social care and recruiting Social Workers. Social care is the biggest problem we have and it was nice that there were some Social Workers with an is because it is literally on its knees. Part of that is lack of investment but also we are not expanding to the scale we need, so people are living longer and need more support but thats notjust aduu more support but thats Notjust Adult Care but child social care, so things like respite for carers. One things like respite for carers. One thing i am proud of is that labour will increase the carers allowance because they carers are propping up the nhs. We have a few more, they have been pouring in. Another question, im a student and got a job on a zero hours contract. I need the flexibility and could not do the job if it wasnt zero hours. Could i stay on my contract if labour win . It is exploitative zero hours contract i have an issue with. A woman in my constituency works for a ca re woman in my constituency works for a Care Provider and was told she has to keep her entire wheat free from seven until seven every day but sometimes will only get three or four hours work, they are not paying for the time it takes to travel from one place to another and that is not there, so it is those things we are looking at. Flexibility is great but we do not think choi should come at the expense of your rights. Question on brexit from two gordon, who asked, if during brexit negotiations it becomes clear that remaining in the eu would be better for britain, should parliament have a free vote to overturn the referendum result . No, i dont think we can pick and choose which votes we can pick and choose which votes we support and which we turned away, Thatis We Support and which we turned away, that is a dangerous slope and labour is not looking for a second referendum but fighting to get the best deal. It will be a tough fight but it will be tougher if, theresa may is holding the selection because she once a stonking majority for a blank cheque but we need proper rights for this country. Jeremy corbyn was asked, when some of these proposals relate they were popular but what was not popular was him. Proposals relate they were popular but what was not popular was himlj thought he answered that better than i could. He is not a typical show t, demanding, bullying leader. M i could. He is not a typical show t, demanding, bullying leader. Is he a good leader . He is different and he has done a good job, he has listened, he has brought loads of expertise from individual members to academics and charities and has understood and is funnelling that forward. He got rapturous applause here from the Party Faithful but is here from the Party Faithful but is he connecting with the floating voters that you have to win if you we re voters that you have to win if you were going to win this election . People who voted conservative or a Liberal Democrat last time have to vote forJeremy Corbyn. Liberal democrat last time have to vote forJeremy Corbynlj Liberal Democrat last time have to vote forJeremy Corbyn. I will tell you what happens to me on the doorstep, the knocking on doors and 10 of people will say i dont like your leader and i ask if they would prefer a tory or Labour Government. Why will they say they dont like your leader . Im sorry to say this but we are getting a lot of smearing and bad press and name calling and some of that sticks, but when you ask people what they like about his principles and history and voting record and policies they give you we re record and policies they give you were right, he is not a traditional leader that he is honest and we want honest day. There is name calling across politics, all Party Leaders suffer from across politics, all Party Leaders sufferfrom name across politics, all Party Leaders suffer from name calling. Ive just done an interview about why young people do not engaged with politics. We are trying to change what we are doing and we need a better country and the way we are going with all the name calling is not the way i wa nt to the name calling is not the way i want to see our future. Were grateful for your time. That is sarah champlin, shadow secretary for women and qualities. Labour have been saying all their proposals announced today are fully costed but for the conservatives have disagreed with that, so lets hear from for the conservatives have disagreed with that, so lets Hearfrom David Gore of the conservatives and his view of the costings of that Labour Ma Nifesto. View of the costings of that labour manifesto. It contains an number of Tax Proposals that are likely to damage the economy and Wealth Creation and hit wages and the people who will pay the price for the pledges we have heard today are ordinary Working Families who will see their taxes rise. That is the only way the sums can add up under what we heard today. Replying to labours manifesto whichJeremy Corbyn said was radical and responsible. That manifesto has been published here in bradford, here it is, for the many, not the few, the Labour Party Manifesto. Back to you in the studio. Greater Manchester Police say they will never close the case of the moors murders, despite the death of ian brady at the age of 79. He had been receiving Palliative Care in a secure unit at ashworth hospital, where he had been detained since 1985. Brady and his partner, myra hindley, tortured and murdered five children in the mid 1960s, burying their bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the pennines. Keith doyle reports. The discovery of childrens bodies on Saddleworth Moor shocked and horrified the public. More than 50 years later, the moors murderer, ian brady, has died at ashworth high secure hospital on merseyside. He had been on Hunger Strike but force fed for many years as he was deemed to be mentally ill. These drawings are from the last time he was seen in public at a hearing four years ago. He died shortly after 6pm last night. Ian brady was a petty criminal who grew up in glasgow. He met myra hindley in manchester. The couple started a relationship and brady led her into a world of sadism. Outwardly a normal couple, they became serial killers. In all they kidnapped and murdered five children. When brady and hindley were arrested, they said nothing, challenging detectives to prove their guilt. They remained silent even when police had found three childrens bodies in shallow graves on Saddleworth Moor. Until her death in 2002, his accomplice blamed him. In the 1980s, the two killers made full confessions and went back to the moors to help search for other victims. Pauline reades body was eventually recovered but Keith Bennetts grave has never been found. I wanted one of them to come up with the truth so i could nail the two of them, nail them for the rest of their lives like they nailed me down. I wanted them prosecuted for keiths death. His mother, winnie johnson, died in 2012, never knowing where her son was buried. Ian bradys sadistic crimes shocked the nation and will be recorded as among the most infamous ever seen in britain. Keith doyle, bbc news. Ground penetrating radar is being used in the Police Search for the body of 15 year old daniellejones. The body of msjones has never been found and police have been searching garages near thurrock. Assistant chief constable steve warron from kent and essex Serious Crime Directorate gave this update on the investigation. Yesterday, on monday the 15th of may, we executed a number of wa rra nts may, we executed a number of warrants and took control of the area behind me that contains a number of garages. Yesterday we secured the site and conducted a forensic investigation and made the area safe for further work. Yesterday also gave us the chance to allow danielles parents to visit the site, supported by their family Liaison Officer who has worked with them since danielles disappearance in 2001. Iran denies that the work they are undertaking does cause some disruption to the community and im grateful for the understanding they have shown us. I am pleased with the progress we have made so far and today our focus is to work with specialists and forensic archaeologists to identify once and for all whether danielles body has been buried here. That work will include the use of Ground Penetrating radar and there will also be excavation work that is undertaken following the gp are work undertaken following the gp are work under way at the moment. An Exercise Technique used across japan to help Combat Dementia among the elderly is now being piloted in the uk. A care home in cambridgeshire in the east of england has seen encouraging results so far, as tim muffett reports. Were going to go up. Were going to go down. The hunters down care centre in huntington in cambridgeshire, and in the dementia units, a new chair based Gymnastics Programme seems to be making a difference. The programme is called love to move. Its key feature is whats known as bilateral asymmetry. Chop, and then draw a circle while youre chopping. The movements on the left side of the body are controlled by the right side of the brain and vice versa. Because this exercise programme involves different movements on either side, it means both hemispheres of the brain have to process information independently of each other. Similar programmes are run in care homes across japan. It has been adapted by the british gymnastics foundation. It actually starts to improve peoples cognition, peoples ability to function. If you think of it like it physical brain training. What we are effectively doing is allowing people to utilise their brains in a more complex way. It makes you think, it makes your brain think. Youve got to think from side to side. 94 year old hazel has dementia. She and her daughterjill say the sessions have transformed her life. She couldnt feed herself and she couldnt write, she couldnt hold a pen, she couldnt do anything like that. Its made a big difference to mum. Its like having my old mum back. Hold your nose and your ear. Thats it, john, go on. And then clap. Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. These exercises cannot repair that damage but one theory is that they help establish new connections between healthy brain cells that remain. You usually expect someone doing it once a week after three months to see a change. People are now remembering their carers names, that person 18 months ago had no communication at all. Promising results from a small Pilot Project but its hoped more people with dementia will benefit from exercises like these. A remote british territory in the South Pacific has been found to have the highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world. But a joint study by the rspb and the university of tasmania found its beaches have become littered with more than 17 tonnes of Plastic Waste, carried over by the ocean currents from south america or dumped in the sea by fishing boats. The rspb says the findings demonstrate the global scale of pollution. In a moment the news at one with reeta chakrabarti. First, the weather. A Weather Front draped across the uk is the dividing line between something more humid and fresher. We will see some rain, some of which will be heavy. To the south eastern corner it is largely dry and quite warm, toward the north and west will be sunshine also a scattering of showers across scotland, and while we have temperatures about 14 or 15 degrees. A few showers in northern england, and wales, but low cloud will keep things pretty grey. There is that line of rain stretching from the south west up to the midlands. In the south west we could see temperatures up to 25, then this evening the rain dripped speeds, not a great dealfor evening the rain dripped speeds, not a great deal for east anglia but there will be a lot in the midlands. To the north and west it dips down toa to the north and west it dips down to a current 9 degrees, fresher than last night but in the South East Corner and very mild night. Through the middle of the week we still have this Weather Front across that central swathe of the uk. Not a great deal of rain in the south eastern corner but there will be at least some. The main area will be from yorkshire down to the south west of england, seeing some quite wet weather. It drift east through the afternoon but still end up through the afternoon but still end up south eastern corner we will get into the low 20s. Underneath that rain temperatures will struggle to get much beyond 12 degrees. In the evening we see some heavy outbreaks of rain, some rumbles of thunder but it is all slowly pulling away. This area of low pressure is clearing out into the north sea, then if you follow the ice up, towards iceland, thatis follow the ice up, towards iceland, that is where the air is coming from. Some showers in the north and west, temperatures at 14 or 15 degrees. We keep that fresher feel into the weekend, some showers and spells of sunshine. Jeremy corbyn launches a tax and spend labour manifesto, calling it a radical and responsible plan for government. Mr corbyn proposed renationalising key industries, expanding Free Childcare and raising taxes on high earners. Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure, struggling to make ends meet. Our manifesto is for you. Well be live at the launch in bradford and well be asking whether the partys tax and Spending Commitments add up. Also this lunchtime. A row brews over President Trump giving classified information to russias foreign minister. He says he had an absolute right to do so. Inflation hits 2. 7 its highest level for almost four years driven by a rise in airfares, clothing and energy prices. You do night shifts and you do really short staffed shifts