Labour manifesto: Leaked draft document reveals pledges to nationalise railways, scrap tuition fees and £6bn for NHS

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A leaked draft of Labour’s election manifesto has revealed pledges to abolish tuition fees, scrap the bedroom tax and nationalise energy firms, railways and the Royal Mail.

Details from the 43-page document were published by the press on Wednesday night but a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn refused to comment on the leak.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the draft text indicated a Labour government would refuse to set a target on cutting immigration and rule out leaving the EU without a deal,

The manifesto will also commit to the phased abolition of tuition fees, boosting finance for childcare, and scrapping the bedroom tax, the Guardian reported.

Meanwhile the Daily Mirror, which also published details of the leaked document, reported town halls will be ordered to build 100,000 new council houses a year and private landlords will only be able to increase rents in line with inflation.

Jeremy Corbyn and Angela Rayner launch Labour's education plans at Leeds City College
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The party would also spend an extra £6 billion a year on the NHS, the leak suggests.

It comes after leader Mr Corbyn and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner gave a strong indication it could include plans to scrap tuition fees on Wednesday.

Labour is expected to finalise its General Election manifesto on Thursday.

A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said: "We do not comment on leaks. We will announce our policies in our manifesto, which is our plan to transform Britain for the many, not the few."

The pitch to voters will be have to be approved by around 80 Labour figures, a senior party source said, including the shadow cabinet, the national executive committee, the parliamentary committee of the PLP, Welsh and Scottish Labour leaders, members of the national policy forum and trade union representatives.

On the campaign trail, Mr Corbyn has suggested the manifesto will include plans for a fair and managed immigration system.

Labour has also promised that all of its spending commitments will be fully costed, with details set out in the manifesto.

The Daily Telegraph reported that the 43-page document confirms a number of proposals already promised by senior Labour figures, including a plan to ban firms from winning government contracts if their top earner is paid more than 20 times that of the lowest-wage employee.

In an effort to bridge party divides over Trident, the manifesto commits Labour to the nuclear deterrent, but in a nod to Mr Corbyn's opposition to the weapons it states "any prime minister should be extremely cautious about ordering the use of weapons of mass destruction which would result in the indiscriminate killing of millions of innocent civilians".

Thursday also marks the deadline for nominations ahead of the June 8 contest.

Would-be MPs must submit their nomination papers - and a £500 deposit - to their constituency's returning officer by 4pm.

Additional reporting by Press Association.

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