Monday, April 13, 2015

UK LABOUR PARTY LAUNCHES MANIFESTO

Britain's opposition Labour Party is launching its manifesto ahead of a UK general election on May 7th.

Labour is promising all election promises will be fully funded and won't require any extra borrowing which would harm efforts to cut the UK's budget deficit.

The Conservative Party says Labour's spending plans lack clarity and that it can't be trusted with the economy.

Polls continue to show the two parties neck and neck in the polls.

Political reporter Theo Usherwood is in Manchester for Labour's manifesto launch and says leader Ed Miliband knows he faces a credibility gap when it comes to the economy.

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Communications expert Robert Gordon-Clark says the whole business of manifesto launches is changing with the UK political landscape.

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Geraint Davies is the Labour candidate for Swansea West - he says his party's commitment to staying in the European Union will provide economic stability.

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