The Labour Party sits to the centre left of British politics and last held power between 1997 and 2010.
The party had 243 of the 650 seats in the Commons when the election was called and would need to win 83 on top of that to win a majority.
Jeremy Corbyn has led the Labour party since 2015. The party launched its manifesto on Nov. 21, with the slogan "It's Time for Real Change".
- Brexit: Labour promises to negotiate a new deal with Europe within three months, and will also ask voters whether they want to back that or stay in the EU within six months of taking power.
- Health: prescriptions would be free for everyone while the party is promising to up the budget for the NHS by over 4% every year.
- Education: tuition fees for university students would be scrapped while schools funding would go up by £10 billion. Labour also wants to stop public schools being able to claim charitable tax status.
- Childcare: Labour wants 30 free hours of preschool education a week for all 2-4 year olds by 2024. It also plans to recruit 150,000 extra staff to work in early years provision and put an emphasis on a graduate led workforce.
- Housing: the party wants to build 100,000 new council homes a year by 2022. It also wants to introduce a Department for Housing and bring in more rights for people renting privately including open ended tenancies.
- Environment: the party wants to speed up the timetable for the UK reaching zero net emissions with most being reached by 2030.
- Social Care: Labour wants to bring in a National Care Service to support the ageing population
- Personal Finance: the minimum national wage would rise to £10 per hour within twelve months while pension age would be pegged at 66
- Economy: Labour wants to nationalise some of the biggest names in British industry including Royal Mail, the National Grid, water firms, the railways and BT's broadband services. It's also pledging a Green Industrial Revolution that will lead to job creation in areas including transport and energy.
- Transport: the party wants to put local councils in charge of bus services again with free travel for the under 25s. HS2 will be completed with plans to extend it to Scotland.
- Immigration: Labour pledges to end indefinite detention, review conditions at detention centres and set up safe, acknowledged routes for asylum seekers.
There are more details in the full Labour Party manifesto
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