Labour manifesto – latest: Starmer proposes £8.6bn tax plan to fund election policies

NHS and healthcare: Cut waiting lists, 40,000 more NHS appointments each week, ban branded vapes, double cancer scanners numbers, 8,500 additional mental health staff, bring back the “family doctor”, create new “Dentistry Rescue Plan”.

Economy: £1.8bn to upgrade ports and build supply chains, £1.5bn to new gigafactories, £2.5bn to rebuild the steel industry, reduce energy, food and house prices.

Foreign policy and defence: Keep Nato committment, recognise Palestinian state, rebuild UK-EU relationship, mantain current support to Ukriane.

Energy, environment and climate: Set up a new Great British Energy to “cut bills for good”, £1bn to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture, £500m to support the manufacturing of green hydrogen, £6.6bn investment to energy efficiency in homes.

Tax, pay pensions and benefits: No increase to National Insurance, income tax or VAT. Raise £8.6bn in tax revenue by closing non-dom loophole, status will be abolished. Corporation tax capped at the current level of 25 per cent.

Housing: To build 1.5m new homes over the next five years. Deliver the “biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation”

Immigration: Create new Border Security Command to crackdown on small boats and people smugglers. Labour also vowed to “reduce net migration”.

Crime: Introduce a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee to restore patrols in local communities.

Education: Recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects. Free breakfast clubs. High-quality apprenticeships and specialist technical colleges.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has given its analysis to the Labour manifesto.

The think tank has declared that the set of promises had provided “no indication that there is a plan for where the money would come” to deliver the promised change.

Director Paul Johnson said: “This is a manifesto that promises a dizzying number of reviews and strategies to tackle some of the challenges facing the country.

“That is better than a shopping list of half-baked policy announcements. But delivering genuine change will almost certainly also require putting actual resources on the table.

“And Labour’s manifesto offers no indication that there is a plan for where the money would come from to finance this.”

The Resolution Foundation has warned that Labour’s tax plan and spending could cause tax rises and cuts in public services if elected.

The think tank claims plans to raise taxes by £8.6billion per year would leave housolds facing a £1,100-a-year tax rise.

Mike Brewer, the Resolution Foundation’s interim chief executive, said Labour’s approach “sets the scene for a parliament of tax rises and spending cuts for unprotected departments”.

He added: “Even then, a modest dose of bad economic news could force a fresh round of tough fiscal choices if the debt rule is to be met.”

It also pledges to end puppy smuggling and farming, along with the use of snares in England. Scotland and Wales have already banned the use of snares to trap wildlife.

Keir Starmer will have just 100 days to make good on his promises to Britain’s workers, TUC president Matt Wrack has said.

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) general secretary said he and other union leaders will hold Starmer’s “feet to the fire” over the commitments in his manifesto, David Maddox reports.

In a statement, Mr Wrack said: “The Fire Brigades Union has fought hard for this manifesto to deliver for firefighters, by committing to national standards for the fire and rescue service and defending collective bargaining in our sector.

“For fourteen years, workers have faced constant attacks on their pay, pensions and public services under Conservative rule.

“Labour’s commitment to strengthening workers’ rights has the potential to improve the lives of millions. Reversing recent draconian anti-trade union laws will be a vital first step in undoing the damage of the last decade.

“It will be our duty to ensure that a new Labour government makes good on these promises within the first 100 days of taking power. We will hold Labour’s feet to the fire.”

Labour says it will borrow £3.5 billion a year to help fund its energy and climate change policies.

The money will go towards setting up state-owned energy investment company, Great British Energy, estimated to cost £1.7 billion a year.

The party says the borrowing figure is within its self-imposed fiscal rules, which demand that national debt will fall compared with the wider economy in five years.

It comes on top of previously announced plans to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas firms such as Shell and BP, which will bring in £1.2 billion a year.

The plans mean Labour will have £4.7 billion in annual funding for green policies, according to the manifesto.

The cash will also help pay for its £1.1 billion a year so-called Warm Homes Plan to offer homeowners grants and loans to help pay for insulation and solar panels, all of which have already been announced.

The manifesto stops short of mentioning heat pumps, which have become a battleground between Labour and the Conservatives after Rishi Sunak weakened plans to phase out new gas boilers by 2035, instead aiming for only an 80% phase-out.

Instead, it refers to improving homes via “low carbon heating”, which could include heat pumps, as well as green solutions including district heating.

The document says “nobody will be forced to rip out their boiler as a result of our plans”.

From wealth creation to a new state-owned energy company, Labour has unveiled their policy pledges for government. Kate Devlin looks at some of the main points:

Laura Trott said Labour’s manifesto “only contained tax rises, no tax cuts” as she repeated the disputed Tory claim that the rival party’s policies would cost every family £2,000.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury told broadcasters: “What we saw this morning was Labour’s tax trap manifesto. It only contained tax rises, no tax cuts whatsoever.

“Under their own published plans the tax burden in this country will rise to levels never seen before, and that’s not including the £2,000 of tax they want to levy on every working family across the country.”

Labour has also promised to ban “conversion” therapy – trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Its manifesto says: “So-called conversion therapy is abuse – there is no other word for it – so Labour will finally deliver a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices, while protecting the freedom for people to explore their sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Pledging to modernise and simplify “the intrusive and outdated gender recognition law”, the document says the party would “remove indignities” for trans people, while retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist doctor.