Labour general election manifesto 2024: What it means for Greater Manchester and the North

The Labour Party has revealed its general election manifesto, promising to grow the economy, cut NHS waiting lists and bring down energy bills with a new state-owned clean power company. Sir Keir Starmer was joined by his top team at the Co-op headquarters in Manchester city centre to unveil the 133-page document on Thursday (June 13).

The Labour leader did not reveal any major policies that had not already been announced. Asked why there was nothing new in it, he said: "I'm running to be a candidate to be Prime Minister, not a candidate to run the circus."

The manifesto reveals taxes will go up by £8bn a year by the end of the next Parliament. This would predominantly be paid for by closing tax loopholes, ending tax breaks for private schools and a windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

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Labour's manifesto also commits to transferring power out of Westminster and give regional mayors more power over transport, adult education and skills, housing and planning, and employment support. The party has also promised to fix one million more potholes across England every year and bring railways under public control.

It comes after other political parties published their election manifestos this week. The Lib Dems launched their manifesto on Monday (June 10), followed by the Tories on Tuesday (June 11) and the Greens on Wednesday (June 12).

Nigel Farage's Reform UK will release its 'contract with the people' in full on June 17. George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain has already published its manifesto.

Here are some of the main headlines from the Labour Party manifesto and what it means for Greater Manchester and the North of