A disaster for Britain?

Here are the key points from the manifesto:

Taxation

  • Hitting 1.2m people earning over £80,000 with rises in income tax.
  • Bringing the threshold for the 45p rate of income tax down from £150,000 to £80,000.
  • A new 50p tax will hit all those earning over £123,000.
  • Raising £19.4billion by raising corporation tax 26 per cent - a rise of more than a third.
  • Extra powers for HMRC to chase individuals and companies who avoid tax.

Immigration

  • No commitment to reduce numbers. 
  • Labour "believes in fair rules and reasonable management of migration" and will not resort to "bogus" immigration targets.
  • Scrap income thresholds for spouses of migrants who want to come to the UK
  • Creation of a Migrant Impact Fund to support public services in host communities. It will be funded by visa levies and a contributory element from residence visas for high net worth individuals.

Brexit

  • Labour "accepts the referendum result" and intends to build a close new relationship with Europe "not as members but as partners".
  • Retain benefits of single market and customs union.
  • Immediately guarantee existing rights of EU nationals living in Britain and secure reciprocal rights for UK citizens living in another EU country.
  • No "no deal" option at the end of Article 50 negotiations, with "transitional arrangements" negotiated instead to avoid cliff-edge.
  • Scrap Great Repeal Bill and replace with EU Rights and Protections Bill.

Rail

  • Railways brought back into public ownership as franchises expire.
  • Under public ownership fares will be capped and free WiFi introduced across the network.
  • HS2 will be completed and will link with a "Crossrail of the North".

Energy

  • Energy market partially brought back into public ownership.
  • Creation of at least one publicly owned energy company in every region of the UK.
  • Central government control of the grid and distribution.
  • Cap average household dual fuel bills at £1,000 a year.
  • Ban fracking.

Higher education

  • Tuition fees abolished and maintenance grants reintroduced for university students.

Health

  • More than £30billion of extra funding for the NHS through increased income tax for top 5 per cent earners, increased tax on private medical insurance and halving management consultants' fees.
  • Pay cap scrapped.
  • EU NHS workers' rights immediately protected.
  • NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans halted.

Care

  • Move towards creation of a National Care Service.
  • Investment of £8 billion in services over the next parliament, including £1 billion in the first year.
  • Improve conditions for care workers.
  • 15-minute care visits scrapped.
  • Carer's Allowance increased to be in line with Jobseeker's Allowance.

Workers' rights

  • Creation of a Ministry of Labour to deliver investment in enforcing workers' rights.
  • Repeal Trade Union Act and introduce "sectoral collective bargaining" through unions.
  • Zero hours contracts outlawed.
  • Unpaid internships banned.
  • Employers stopped from only recruiting from overseas.
  • Bring minimum wage in line with living wage - at least £10 by 2020.
  • Rights for all workers to have access to trade union.
  • Paternity leave doubled to four weeks and paternity pay increased.
  • Protections for women on maternity leave strengthened.
  • Four new public holidays to mark patron saints' days.
  • Public inquiry into blacklisting.

Executive pay

  • A 20:1 limit on gap between the lowest and highest paid workers in companies given Government contracts.
  • Reduce pay inequality through legislation by introducing an "excessive pay levy" on companies with high numbers of staff on high pay.

Pensioners

  • "Triple lock" guaranteed throughout next parliament or kept to at least 2.5 per cent.
  • Winter fuel allowance and free bus passes kept as universal benefits.
  • Compensation for women born in 50s who had state pension age changed without fair notification.

Housing

  • Invest to build one million new homes, including 100,000 council and housing association homes by the end of next parliament.
  • Rent rises capped to inflation and legal minimum standards in properties for rent.
  • 4,000 homes for people with history of rough sleeping.

Welfare

  • Scrap bedroom tax and reinstate housing benefit for under-21s.
  • Review cuts to Universal Credit and limits on payments to first two children of families.
  • Jeremy Corbyn has also pledged to end the benefits freeze - although it's not in the manifesto.

Infrastructure

  • Borrow to invest £250 billion over 10 years on energy, transport and digital infrastructure.
  • Improve 4G mobile coverage and invest to bring uninterrupted 5G to all urban areas, major roads and railways.

Democracy

  • Lower voting age to 16.

Defence

  • Support the renewal of Trident.
  • Keep defence spending as 2% of GDP.

Crime

  • 10,000 more police officers for community beats.
  • Conduct major review of counter-terror Prevent programme.