Got any change? Why were there no surprises in Labour’s manifesto?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer reiterated his key pledges including no new taxes on “working people” and a promise of “economic stability”.
Niall Paterson digs into Labour’s promise of economic growth with Ed Conway, Sky’s economics and data editor, and speaks to political correspondent Serena Barker-Singh, who was at the launch in Manchester.
Plus, John McTernan, political strategist and former political secretary to Tony Blair, discusses the politics of their manifesto and whether it matters that there were no new announcements.
Producer: Sydney Pead
Editor: Wendy Parker
Promotions Producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
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| 1:00.7 | Another day, another podcast, another manifesto. I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to the Sky News Daily, |
| 1:06.9 | where this time it's Labour's turn. Secure Sturmer and his shadow cabinet hot-footed it to Manchester, |
| 1:12.8 | knowing that this election is theirs to lose. |
| 1:16.0 | The word change was emblazoned on the lectern, |
| 1:19.0 | the front of the manifesto and anywhere you looked, |
| 1:22.4 | but it could just as easily have been caution. |
| 1:25.4 | For there was nothing new in terms of policy. |
| 1:28.1 | Everything we heard we'd heard before. |
| 1:30.9 | Great British energy. |
| 1:32.2 | No tax rises for working people. |
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