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Today in Focus

Election Extra: Labour’s plan

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Labour published its manifesto today with no surprise announcements. But is it the whole story of the party’s plan for government? Heather Stewart reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is the Guardian. From the Guardians today in focus this is election extra with me Lucy Hoff.

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This evening a labor manifesto with wealth creation at its core.

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A total change of direction, laser focused on our cause, stability, growth, investment and

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reform.

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But have we learned any more about what a Labour government might look like?

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And a close aid of Rishi Sunak apologizes for betting on the date of the election

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three days before it was announced.

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Do you have any information when you made the bat?

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Huge error of judgment.

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Well with me is Heather Stewart the Guardian's special correspondent Heather

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you've been watching Kirstama unveiling the Labour Party manifesto what did you make of it?

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Yeah, I mean, it's very solid. I think it's, there's a lot of policy in it. I think there's a

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temptation, especially for those of us who cover this stuff and read and write about it all

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time, to think, oh, there's nothing new here,

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you know, where's the news line, what's the line, what's new, but actually if you sort of go through it all as a

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program, there's a lot and it's quite ambitious you know there's a package on workers

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