Developments from the Campaign Trail, on tuesday 16th may. Jeremy corbyn has launched labours manifesto in bradford, saying itll appeal to voters right across the country. Our proposal is a government for the many not the few. Our proposals are of hope for the many all over this country and im very proud to present our manifesto for the many not the few. Thank you very much. Cheering it was also the turn of plaid cymru and party leader, leanne wood, to push out their manifesto, promising to give wales a strong voice to get the best possible brexit deal for the country. Were pledging to put wales at the heart of the negotiations to leave the European Union so that the final deal reflects the needs of the welsh economy. From tool boxes to harry potter books, theresa may sheds light on her policies, and personal achievements on the Campaign Trail today. Youre still in the fourth book . ive read all of them. They are all very good arent they . Yes. And scotlands First Minister and snp leader, nicola sturgeon, told voters to stand up for scotland, against what she called, tory cuts and the possibility of an extreme brexit. We know the biggest risk to scotland in the years ahead is an increasingly hardline tory government intent on more austerity, more cuts and Intent Notjust on brexit but the most extreme form of brexit but the most extreme form of brexit possible so we need to make sure that after this election scotlands voice is heard loudly and clearly. It is more important than it has ever been before for scotlands voice to be heard, for mps from scotland to stand up for Scotla Nd Mps from scotland to stand up for scotland and protect our interests. With me are, rachel shabi, and sam coates. It is good to see you both. It is a big day, labour launched its ma nifesto big day, labour launched its manifesto and the Welsh Nationalists, plaid cymru. Ma nifestos nationalists, plaid cymru. Manifestos seemed to have everything the Rank And File in the company would love. Does it have wider appeal, do you think . It seems the policies are popular and what is interesting about this manifesto now that it has finally come out as the real thing, it is notjust a matter of the individual policies, it is a vision, its a recalibration of britain, different way of looking at the economy after years of stagnating wages and flat lining productivity and spiralling costs. Its trying to address inequalities and boost the economy in a genuinely different way. I think it is true to say that there is now a big distinction between the two main parties. A big distinction but no mention of brexit, sam. There was a little bit of brexit in the manifesto. Labour struggles with brexit as an issue to define itself differently from the conservatives on this issue, given that as it were they are going along with it and promising many of the same things just in slightly different language to theresa may. I think rachel is absolutely right, a big choice, probably the biggest choice since 1983 when Margaret Thatcher thought michael foot. You have a very big dur distinctive policies, lots of money for public services, they pledged to overhaul the labour market, a large amount of borrowing to Fund Infrastructure projects and a lot of National Control back from everything from water to energy and key utilities. Popular some of these things may be, the question will come down to one of trust. The most significant moments today was that len mccluskey, the head of unite, union, the individual who has backed Jeremy Corbyn all the way one gave an interview this evening to politico in which he said im not sure Jeremy Corbyn is going to win, i think 200 seats would be a good result for the labour party, labour somewhere closer to 230, 240 at the moment. You have this feeling amongst the left that even with a manifesto that has been shorn of all the compromises theyve had to make in the past, even when there is everything they might want to see it might not quite do it. Labour as you say, mentioned brexit briefly in their Manifesto Launch today. The Welsh Nationalists, pride comrie, brexit was a big part of their ma Nifesto Brexit was a big part of their Manifesto Launch, here is leanne wood, their leader plaid cymru. Lets ta ke wood, their leader plaid cymru. Lets take that message today that plaid cymru is ready to defend wales, to defend our nation, to defend our economy, to defend our people and to develop. The Welsh Nationalists clearly believe they can make gains in wales, rachel, in a way that, because labour has let them down essentially. Yes, labour has been struggling in wales with corbyn and before corbyn. Its been a very slow and steady decline. Plaid as you say have focused on brexit very strongly today because of the risks to wales in terms of having tariff free access to europe, the eu, would make access to europe, the eu, would make a big difference for somewhere like wales that is reliant on the kind of access. I can see why she has stressed that access for her party. Very briefly, sam. By afful part is fishing in the pool forformer remain voters and only conservatives and ukip looking to capitalise on the 52 who voted for brexit in wales. Labour had the abacus out, punched in the figures and their spending commitments make sense. But do the sums really add up . Chris morris has our reality check. It has finally been published officially and we have been crunching the numbers. But where does labour say the money is coming from . Well, it estimates an extra tax take of £48. 6 billion. Lets break that down a little, income tax first. Higher earners will pay more, and were talking about roughly the top 5 of earners we reckon thats about 1. 2 million people. Earnings above £80,000 will be taxed at 45 . With a new 50 rate on earnings above £123,000. Labour says this will raise £6. 4 billion per year. But the biggest increase in tax take, according to labours plans, will come from an increase in Corporation Tax. A tax on business profits. Its currently i9 and labour plans to increase that rate to 26 by 2021. 0nce thats done, labour says its Corporation Tax plans will raise £19. 4 billion per year. 0ne really important thing, though, that labour itself acknowledges is that labour itself acknowledges is that companies and individuals change their behaviour when tax rates change and you also have to Ta Ke Rates Change and you also have to take into account the health of the overall economy. Raising tax rates doesnt always increase the overall tax take as much as predicted. There are other measures to raise revenue. For example, a levy on what labour cause excessive pay starting with a 2. 596 cause excessive pay starting with a 2. 5 levy cause excessive pay starting with a 2. 5 levy paid by employers on pay packages over £330,000. There is also vat on private school fees. The manifesto also says £6. 5 billion will be raised from an aggressive programme to crack down on tax avoidance. Political parties always say theyll do that, and it can be done, but its a pretty inexact science. Overall, though, labour says it can finance all its current Spending Plans through changes in the tax system. £48. 6 billion out, £48. 6 billion in. Does that add up . They are suggesting a £50 billion increase in tax, which if it were to be commended by the way it would take the tax burden in this country to the tax burden in this country to the highest level it has been in about 70 years. But i think 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. I think the actual amount you could get from these policies certainly runs into the tens of billions but doesnt reach the 50 billions but doesnt reach the 50 billion that labour are claiming. So thatis billion that labour are claiming. So that is tax but there are also big plans for investment spending, all those Nationalisation Plans youve heard about. Water companies, the royal mail, and so on. Labour says it will borrow money to pay for future investment, its talking about a National Transformation fund of £250 billion but there is no detailed costing of those Nationalisation Plans in the ma nifesto. Nationalisation plans in the manifesto. That will be the source of controversy and political debate. But labour does make one bold promise. It says it is committed to ensuring that the National Debt is lola at the end of the next parliament than it is today. Sam and rachel, i will start with you sam, on this. Confusion about whether or not borrowing to buy back and re nationalised utilities for instance, or british rail, the national grid, royal mail, or whatever, whether that actually comes under capital expenditure. The suggestion is that it doesnt, labour say it does. What was quite clear from labour say it does. What was quite Clearfrom John Labour say it does. What was quite clear from John Mcdonnell this morning on the radio is that they have not decided how many of these renationalisation is will take part. The one involving rail will happen differently to the one involving the water utilities. Theyjust dont have a plan. It is hard to fully cost them. Its worth looking at the Market Capitalisation of some water companies, 40 billion in some cases. This is a lot of money will stop it probably will have to be funded by borrowing in some cases. So, yes, be it Capital Spending or otherwise the money still has to be found from somebody and that is probably by increasing the debt. Somebody and that is probably by increasing the debtlj somebody and that is probably by increasing the debt. I will bring you in in a second, rachel, we can hear from you in in a second, rachel, we can hearfrom sarah you in in a second, rachel, we can hear from sarah champion, you in in a second, rachel, we can hearfrom sarah champion, who confirmed the details are not detailed in the labour manifesto and the proposal is an intent and they need to look at the proposal. This is the reality of being in a position. As a Shadow Secretary Of State which is a great honour and i have had one additional staff. Doesnt look like youre prepared for government. You say you have only had three weeks and youre proposing spending billions. Only had three weeks and youre proposing spending billionslj only had three weeks and youre proposing spending billions. I can a nswer proposing spending billions. I can answer the question. Mike catt about who i have sat out in the tory government has a couple of thousand people to help develop their ideas. My people to help develop their ideas. My counterpart. It is tough being ina my counterpart. It is tough being in a position because you do not have an army of Civil Servants to go through the figures and crunched the numbers and that kind of stuff. But that clip there does for some perhaps feed into this idea that labour are not quite ready. Perhaps feed into this idea that labour are not quite readylj perhaps feed into this idea that labour are not quite ready. I think the conservatives have been very successful perpetuating this myth that the labour party has mismanaged the economy and that lingers. Its interesting when you look at the way britain has a problem with productivity. It is flat lining. It has a problem with wealth inequalities which are wider than any other country in europe. The re st of any other country in europe. The rest of europe looks at us and says why arent you raising tax . Why arent you raising tax on corporations . Organisations as radical as the imf are suggesting that we invest in our economy, that we invest in infrastructure because thatis we invest in infrastructure because that is how used in the late growth. I think these things are quite different. Its a quite different Vision Labour is presenting but it is something that economists have been advocating for quite some time. But it is precisely because it is such a radical vision, because so much money is being put out there in pledges and so on that people are pouring over the figures very, very carefully. In the end it comes down to trust. I think there is no doubt that the level of omission, if we can call it that, of this manifesto is incredibly high so you have to put your faith in Jeremy Corbyn is incredibly high so you have to put your faith inJeremy Corbyn and John Mcdonnell to be able to turn around the ship of state and change the direction and to ensure that the changes that the implement help contribute to a more successful the economic economy. You have to put a lot more trust in politicians promising to do that than politicians promising to do slightly more incremental visions that doesnt involve borrowing on this scale and spending on this scale and renationalisation of this scale. Talking about promises this is a big week for the main parties with a positive plethora of manifesto is being launched. But do voters the politicians will stick to their promises, if elected . Ellie price has been in edinburgh south, a constituency thatll see a right old ding dong, come election day. I need a little time to think it over. Never trust them. They never do. Anyone in particular or all of them . They all make promises they dont keep eventually. Do you trust the Political Parties to stick to their manifestos . Well, if its a straight yes or no, i think the answer probably has to be no. Its partly an individual loss of integrity for people and partly the whole system is set up that people have to compromise and lie in order to get votes and they dont carry it through. I think i would only trust the snp, honestly. I think sturgeon comes through as truthful. Manifestos, they dont ever really seem to come to fruition in the way they are supposed to. I feel a bit strange answering this question no, i would not trust the snp. They have proven they dont stick to the manifesto. Lib dems i think would but they are not going to get in. Promises, promises turn to dust trust into mistrust. Do you think you can trust the Political Parties to keep their word after the manifesto . Yes, definitely not. Looks like a trolley load of empty promises. Well, yes, i suppose it would be, really. No, i think even the Sincerest Parties that might actually want to stick to the policies find that once they get in there, they cant. I think if people can actually stick with the idea of the promises and maybe some of the detail might have to change, that is fair enough. That is being practical about things because things change. Usually, when they say things like, i am going to fix the problems in the Health Service or money or Something Like this, usually, well, it doesnt always get worse, but it doesnt usually get better. Any lasting relationship needs trust and when the Political Parties come wooing voters in this marginal seat, they will have their work cut out because no, the majority dont think that the parties stick to their manifestos after elections. So, there you go. Thank you, edinburgh south. They do get a bad rap, dont they . Deserved when it comes to fulfilling promises . I think there are some high profile exa m ples of i think there are some high profile examples of broken promises, probably looking at you nick clegg i think it is a good conversation to have as the labour manifesto is launched because one of the think about it is there are dozens and dozens about it is there are dozens and d oze ns of about it is there are dozens and dozens of proposals. They are proposing to introduce something called sectoral bargaining. At the moment companies negotiate with unions and unions negotiate with companies. Tv presenters across britain would get the same levels of pay after negotiation with the unions and somebody else on the other side of the table. These are the sorts of things we have to believe can work if we are to believe can work if we are to believe in the labour manifesto. How that will work in practice i dont know so trust is very important, thatis know so trust is very important, that is what voters have to decide, whether they do when it comes tojim the eighth, and labour. Speaking to that i think people dont really pour over point by point the manifesto. Its more about their vision and a story and imagining what kind of country it could be if these things came about and that is where labour stands to gain because it has that vision. In terms of vision, if that kid is already cynical and disillusioned with politics they have their work cut out for them in terms of restoring trust. Talking about children, theresa may has been talking to quite a few of them today. She was in birmingham in the West Midlands and showing again her human side, it would seem. I like harry potter. I know you like reading those books. Have you read all of them . No. Im still on the fourth book. Ive read all of them. They are very good, arent they . She is hoping her Election Manifesto is going to go down well as well as her words there in that school. The Liberal Democrats are launching their manifesto on wednesday, rachel. The pro europe party, is that going to get them anywhere, do you think . I think people have been quite surprised at how quickly their polling has eroded in the last few weeks. I think there was this idea that when the Snap Election was called there was an idea they would hoover up the remaining votes, or the remaining proportion of the public but it seems that isnt really the case, that that isnt really the case, that that isnt really happening. I cant really see how they are going to turn that one around. The people that one might have expected to go to the Liberal Democrats because they were remainers and so on and so forth seem to be leaning towards the conservatives. I think they made a calculation which is thatjust under half of the population voted against brexit and they thought they could fish in that pool. Of that 48 , probably about half of those people think that brexit should, nevertheless, go ahead even though they didnt vote for it at the time meaning the maximum size of the lib dem paul is about 24, 20 5 . Theyre getting about one in two with the possible voters they could go for. Thats not bad but they have set themselves quite a low ceiling and breaking out of that isnt easy. 2596. Breaking out of that isnt easy. 25 . We breaking out of that isnt easy. 25 . We will hear what they have to say on wednesday. Now, while opinions on politics may differ, theres one thing a lot of us have in common and thats a good brew. 0ur correspondent amy harris has taken a tour around some of our vast and varied outlets in the East Midlands to see what issues are raising Temperature Levels ahead of the general election. Britain is embracing cafe culture. Whether youre a Coffee Connoisseur or a tea lover. So what better place than our local cafes to find out which issues are bringing us to Boiling Point ahead of the election . First stop, saints of mocha in leicester. It specialises in colourful coffee and its clear which party is flavour of the month here. Labours more comprehensive in addressing the needs of young people, so, student welfare, how they can give them better grants, Better Living conditions. I think theyre more for Working Class. Id like to see Jeremy Corbyn in charge, hes a man of a lot of good morals and values. Out of the city at this truckstop close to the mi and the Breakfast Menu is in high demand. There isnt, though, so much of an appetite for politics. Are you going to be voting . Possibly not. Ijust dont believe in any of them, anything they all say, it just seems to be a load of rubbish. Ive got no confidence in any of them, basically. You can vote for one or vote for another. I dont think there is a point. My grandma always brought me up to be labour but i dont thinkJeremy Corbyn is the right man for the job. I dont think hes got what we need really. So what do we need . We need a miracle, dont we . Laughter head north to the historic market town of ashbourne in derbyshire and as you might expect rural issues are on the minds of voters in this conservative stronghold. Theyre destroying the small villages and the entire way of life and communications. Will voting conservative provide that . I think it will, yes. Were hoping they will do something to help the older people that need some support at the moment. Ive always voted conservative. There are lots of things i do disagree with but overall i think its the best of a bad bunch. With concerns as varied as this Coffee Selection the parties are trying hard to be all things to all people. But will Cafe Conversations translate into votes . Well find out in three weeks time. Amy harris, bbc East Midlands today. You could say the conservatives are the party of the fancy mucky artell and labourare the party of the fancy mucky artell and labour are the party of builders. Clearly theresa may is Drinking Builders in this election, she has parked her tanks on the lawn which makes this interesting. That is one of the driving factors, using her own brand to reach out to former labour voters, maybe people who voted for brexit in the referendum and maybe people who switched to ukip last time around. I think it is important to stress, here we are halfway through, a little over half way through and people touch less on probably the biggest thing of this election campaign, which is not the performance of Jeremy Corbyn, election campaign, which is not the performance ofJeremy Corbyn, or how well theresa may controls her appearances. The biggest thing will be that one party, ukip, is gambling, its vote in the local elections and Opinion Polls has basically halved and that means that the centre, centre right of british politics has reunited behind the british conservatives, reunited behind theresa may, and it is that rather than the wake in which the labour party are doing on any day to day basis that will have the most dramatic impact onjune the 8th. It looks as if ukip isnt going to stand in 277 seats, that means lots of those votes will inevitably go to the conservatives and the ukip vote is peeling away because people are not sure what the mission of the parties and the Leadership Situation is altogether more confused. That is the thing driving the selection below the bonnet rather than for insta nce ma nifesto below the bonnet rather than for instance Manifesto Launches. Rachel, we did have a big Manifesto Launch today from labour. How do they appeal to the machiato drinker earning £80,000 and above . You are assuming that the mucky odour drinker, if indeed that is what people over 80,000 drink. Im just checking that out there. We all drink nescafe at bbc. checking that out there. We all drink nescafe at bbc. I have tasted your coffee how does he appeal to those earning more than the average salary . There is an assumption that labour always had its work cut out and has become even more pronounced pose brexit because it must appeal to these two constituencies, traditional Working Class base and its middle class base, people who voted to remain if we can use broad crude brushstrokes. Has always been balanced. It comes back to the sort of values it stands for and the kind of values it stands for and the kind of society you want to live in. It is quite likely that when answering that question the concerns of the over 80,000 and the concerns of the 27,000 might actually collide. Indeed, all right, rachel and sam, its good to see you both. Thank you for joining its good to see you both. Thank you forjoining us on the Election Wrap forjoining us on the Election Wrap for today and thank you to you for joining us. Hello. If yesterday the rain had us talking today it it has been the warmth for some, especially if you have sunshine and in north east scotland, aberdeenshire and parts of east anglia and South East England. The temperature responded up to 25. 8 in gravesend in kent, the uks highest temperature of the year so far. Not everybody had sunshine, some dealt with the rain in the afternoon from South West England across the midlands towards the wash and for much of england and wales it will stay cloudy overnight and there will stay cloudy overnight and there will be outbreaks of rain becoming more widespread later in the night but that will serve to hold up the temperature on another mild and muqqy temperature on another mild and muggy night but under largely clear skies for scotland and Northern Ireland it will be chilly and in the scottish glens it will be freezing by morning. During the day for scotla nd by morning. During the day for scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow there will be sunny spells at times, scattered showers developing in Northern Ireland, north west scotland, but stores in wet weather affecting many parts of england and wales. We will take a look at things at 4pm. In between the showers for the afternoon in Northern Ireland the sun will make an appearance, it feels pleasant in the sunshine as it will across much of scotland, Southern And Eastern Scotla nd of scotland, Southern And Eastern Scotland will stay dry. Showers mostly confined to the north west. Westernmost fringes of england and wales could avoid most of the rain during the afternoon and Mayjust Brighten Up later in the day. But in the rainy zone for many it will be a much cooler day, temperatures around 1013d. Much cooler day, temperatures around 10 i3d. Loss of one still to be had for South East Anglia and South East England, the rain comes in and the potential in South East England foreseeing some potentially thundery bursts before it clears. Parts of South East England could end up with 2040 South East England could end up with 20 40 millimetres of rain and after it has been so dry it is very useful. The system is gone on thursday, cooler and fresher feel across the uk with good sunny spells but with some showers around, mostly across northern and western parts of the uk although the temperature is have just come down a few degrees. It still feels pleasant in some sunshine away from any showers. Low pressure sunshine away from any showers. Low pressure stays close by on friday and in fact into the weekend. What does that mean . There will be sunshine at times but again some showers. Catch a shower and it could be heavy and maybe thundery, a risk of hail, pleasant in the sunshine but bear in mind the nights will be turning chilly once again. This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm labours laurgeed what it calls a radical Election Manifesto, fit for the 21st century and a plan to help build a fairer society. Whatever your age or situation, people are under pressure, struggling make ends meet. 0ur Ma Nifesto struggling make ends meet. 0ur Manifesto is for you. 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