Labour manifesto: Keir Starmer pledges to restore home ownership to 1.5 million families

Evening Standard
Evening Standard
  • 3 months ago
The Labour Party has pledged to develop one-and-a-half million new homes, increase the stamp duty surcharge for non-UK residents and make commonhold the default tenure in its manifesto.
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00:00We can restore the dream of home ownership to 1.5 million families.
00:05We can create 3,000 new nurseries to give them the best start in life.
00:10We can roll out a new generation of technical excellence colleges.
00:15World-class vocational education, respected by all,
00:19grounding young aspiration in the soil of their community.
00:23We can guarantee for every young person a job placement or apprenticeship
00:28when they're out of work.
00:30We can invest in their mental health, their physical health, their dental health.
00:35We can reform the curriculum to prepare them for their world.
00:40We can create new youth hubs to give them something to do in their community.
00:45Raise their wages if they're at work.
00:48Give them the power of the vote.
00:52Tackle injustice with a new Race Equality Act.
00:56And with our mission on clean power, we can lead the way on climate.
01:00Finally, show our responsibility to their future.
01:04A fairer, healthier, more secure Britain, at the service of working people,
01:10with growth from every community.
01:12A Britain ready to restore that promise.
01:15The bond that reaches through the generations and says,
01:18this country will be better for your children.
01:21That is the change on offer on July 4th.
01:26APPLAUSE
01:36That is our plan, and I invite you all to join our mission
01:40to stop the chaos, turn the page, and start to rebuild our country.
01:44Thank you so much.
01:46APPLAUSE

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