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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

Labour launches 'manifesto of hope' - but do their pledges add up?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3179 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Today's election campaign has been all about Labour's manifesto launch.Jeremy Corbyn said his manifesto - titled "It's time for real change" - was full of popular policies that the political establishment had "blocked for decades". He made a series of pledges, including nationalising the railways, mail and water, raising the minimum wage to £10 and scrapping tuition fee. He'd said Labour would also impose a windfall tax on oil and gas companies. Libby Wiener fills us in on the key points. Daniel and Shehab speak to Robert (today, he's in a car park in Birmingham) about whether Labour's spending pledges outlined today add up - and, in the face of polls suggesting the party are several points behind the Tories, whether the manifesto will win over enough voters. And, Daniel has a quick-fire quiz about manifestos for Shehab, in a never-to-be-repeated-again feature - and that's a manifesto promise... We’ll bring you a new episode every weekday around 5pm throughout the election campaign. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, rate and review the podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to what future historians will one day call episode 12 of Cording Peston.

0:09.6

I'm Daniel Hewitt that, in the words of Edwina Curry's, the gorgeous Shehab Khan.

0:15.0

And on today's podcast, we'll be looking at Labour's Manifesto out today.

0:19.4

We'll be talking to Robert Pestan at the launch in Birmingham,

0:21.8

and joining us here in the cupboard will be our political correspondent Libby Vina,

0:25.7

who's been following Jeremy Corbyn around the country for the past two weeks on how this

0:29.8

manifesto could go down. But first, here is Shehab with a 60-second election rundown of everything

0:35.9

you need to know on Thursday the 21st of November.

0:38.9

Jeremy Corbyn has been in Birmingham outlining the party's policies,

0:42.2

and we will be going into detail on that in this episode.

0:45.9

Meanwhile, Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, announced that the Tories will pledge an extra

0:50.0

one billion per year for social care in England over the next five years.

0:54.8

But there'll be no new major plan in the manifesto, unlike in 2017, when Theresa May outlined

1:01.4

her social care plan, which some Tories think had a negative impact on the final result.

1:07.1

While the Lib Dems have been considering their options if there's a hung parliament.

1:12.1

Deputy Leader Ed Davy said on the Peston show that he thought a minority Tory government was the most likely outcome.

1:18.8

And if that were to happen, the Lib Dems are open to an agreement if they can secure a second referendum.

1:25.2

Thank you, Sheehab.

1:26.2

60 seconds, I reckon. Spot on. I've got no idea. No, no one timeshab. Thank you. 60 seconds, I reckon.

1:27.9

Spot on.

1:28.5

I've got no idea.

1:29.5

No, no one times it.

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