Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after speaking at an activists training event at the GLO Centre in Motherwell, Scotland on October 26. (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Images/Getty Images)
Nov 20, 2019
Jermey Corbyn's Labour Party introduced a bold set of proposals Thursday in a paperbound manifesto as the United Kingdom approaches national elections scheduled for December 12.
The manifesto (pdf), which was introduced at a packed event at Birmingham City University Thursday, addresses the climate crisis, housing, a changing economy, and more--funded by taxes on the country's richest people and corporations.
"This Labour Manifesto is more than just a book," tweeted Labour candidate Laura Pidcock. "It represents real hope for communities up and down these four nations."
As Labour promoted the manifesto on social media, Corbyn took to Twitter with a 60-second video that crammed in as many of the agenda's policies as possible.
\u201cHow did I do?\n\n#RealChange #LabourManifesto\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1574349298
The manifesto aims to deliver what Corbyn called "the most radical and ambitious plan to transform our country in decades"--one underpinned by funding from a huge tax increase on the country's wealthy. Labour promised to increase taxes by PS82.9 billion if elected, with the increase coming from the top 5% of earners in the U.K.
PS11 billion would come from taxes on the fossil fuel industry, earmarked for a "just transition fund" to help the country make the change to a green economy without suffering job losses.
\u201cWow. Labour announce a windfall tax on the big polluters to create a million skilled jobs in renewable energy, insulating homes, reforesting the country and making new electric vehicles.\n\nWe either let the climate emergency destroy us - or we build a new society #LabourManifesto\u201d— Owen Jones (@Owen Jones) 1574336700
The document covers a range of ambitious plans, including:
- Increasing spending on the National Health Service by 4.3% a year;
- Renegotiating Brexit and holding a new referendum on leaving the European Union, one that would be legally binding;
- Expanding free schooling, continuing education, and nursery care across the U.K.;
- Free broadband for all by 2030; and
- Abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with a Senate
The manifesto also promises a new foreign policy direction, including an audit of the U.K.'s colonial history.
Author Naomi Klein tweeted that "having this kind if vision on the international stage would be a game changer."
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Jermey Corbyn's Labour Party introduced a bold set of proposals Thursday in a paperbound manifesto as the United Kingdom approaches national elections scheduled for December 12.
The manifesto (pdf), which was introduced at a packed event at Birmingham City University Thursday, addresses the climate crisis, housing, a changing economy, and more--funded by taxes on the country's richest people and corporations.
"This Labour Manifesto is more than just a book," tweeted Labour candidate Laura Pidcock. "It represents real hope for communities up and down these four nations."
As Labour promoted the manifesto on social media, Corbyn took to Twitter with a 60-second video that crammed in as many of the agenda's policies as possible.
\u201cHow did I do?\n\n#RealChange #LabourManifesto\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1574349298
The manifesto aims to deliver what Corbyn called "the most radical and ambitious plan to transform our country in decades"--one underpinned by funding from a huge tax increase on the country's wealthy. Labour promised to increase taxes by PS82.9 billion if elected, with the increase coming from the top 5% of earners in the U.K.
PS11 billion would come from taxes on the fossil fuel industry, earmarked for a "just transition fund" to help the country make the change to a green economy without suffering job losses.
\u201cWow. Labour announce a windfall tax on the big polluters to create a million skilled jobs in renewable energy, insulating homes, reforesting the country and making new electric vehicles.\n\nWe either let the climate emergency destroy us - or we build a new society #LabourManifesto\u201d— Owen Jones (@Owen Jones) 1574336700
The document covers a range of ambitious plans, including:
- Increasing spending on the National Health Service by 4.3% a year;
- Renegotiating Brexit and holding a new referendum on leaving the European Union, one that would be legally binding;
- Expanding free schooling, continuing education, and nursery care across the U.K.;
- Free broadband for all by 2030; and
- Abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with a Senate
The manifesto also promises a new foreign policy direction, including an audit of the U.K.'s colonial history.
Author Naomi Klein tweeted that "having this kind if vision on the international stage would be a game changer."
Jermey Corbyn's Labour Party introduced a bold set of proposals Thursday in a paperbound manifesto as the United Kingdom approaches national elections scheduled for December 12.
The manifesto (pdf), which was introduced at a packed event at Birmingham City University Thursday, addresses the climate crisis, housing, a changing economy, and more--funded by taxes on the country's richest people and corporations.
"This Labour Manifesto is more than just a book," tweeted Labour candidate Laura Pidcock. "It represents real hope for communities up and down these four nations."
As Labour promoted the manifesto on social media, Corbyn took to Twitter with a 60-second video that crammed in as many of the agenda's policies as possible.
\u201cHow did I do?\n\n#RealChange #LabourManifesto\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1574349298
The manifesto aims to deliver what Corbyn called "the most radical and ambitious plan to transform our country in decades"--one underpinned by funding from a huge tax increase on the country's wealthy. Labour promised to increase taxes by PS82.9 billion if elected, with the increase coming from the top 5% of earners in the U.K.
PS11 billion would come from taxes on the fossil fuel industry, earmarked for a "just transition fund" to help the country make the change to a green economy without suffering job losses.
\u201cWow. Labour announce a windfall tax on the big polluters to create a million skilled jobs in renewable energy, insulating homes, reforesting the country and making new electric vehicles.\n\nWe either let the climate emergency destroy us - or we build a new society #LabourManifesto\u201d— Owen Jones (@Owen Jones) 1574336700
The document covers a range of ambitious plans, including:
- Increasing spending on the National Health Service by 4.3% a year;
- Renegotiating Brexit and holding a new referendum on leaving the European Union, one that would be legally binding;
- Expanding free schooling, continuing education, and nursery care across the U.K.;
- Free broadband for all by 2030; and
- Abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with a Senate
The manifesto also promises a new foreign policy direction, including an audit of the U.K.'s colonial history.
Author Naomi Klein tweeted that "having this kind if vision on the international stage would be a game changer."
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