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if for the manifesto promises coming from? ., .., ., , ., from? if we grow the economy at an hinu from? if we grow the economy at anything like _ from? if we grow the economy at anything like the _ from? if we grow the economy at anything like the rate _ from? if we grow the economy at anything like the rate of- from? if we grow the economy at anything like the rate of the lastl anything like the rate of the last labour government, we would have tens of billions of pounds worth of investment for our public services every year. so, if you take nothing else away from today, let it be this. this changed labour party has a plan for growth. but this. this changed labour party has a plan for growth-— a plan for growth. but there won't be a growth _ a plan for growth. but there won't be a growth sourt _ a plan for growth. but there won't be a growth spurt overnight. - a plan for growth. but there won't i be a growth spurt overnight. labour insiders say the aim of the manifesto was to promise tangible change which does not cost a fortune. but that wasn't enough for this protester. the fortune. but that wasn't enough for this protester-— this protester. the same old tory olicies. this protester. the same old tory policies. labour— this protester. the same old tory policies. labour say _ this protester. the same old tory policies. labour say there - this protester. the same old tory policies. labour say there are - this protester. the same old tory i policies. labour say there are clear dividin: policies. labour say there are clear dividing lines _ policies. labour say there are clear dividing lines with _ policies. labour say there are clear dividing lines with the _ dividing lines with the conservatives, for example a new state—owned power generator, which they say will bring down bills, they argue many of the policies will offer hope for the next generation. we can restore the dream of homeownership to 1.5 million families. we can create 3000 new nurseries, to give them the best start in life. nurseries, to give them the best start in life-— start in life. one labour insider ave me start in life. one labour insider gave me his— start in life. one labour insider gave me his verdict. _ start in life. one labour insider gave me his verdict. good - start in life. one labour insider. gave me his verdict. good enough start in life. one labour insider- gave me his verdict. good enough to win an election, he says, but not desperately inspiring. what is concerning the labour team is the risk of complacency, given that they are so far ahead in the polls. the mantra you are going to be hearing and the remaining three weeks of the campaign is that if you want to change, you are going to have to go for it. labour says the manifesto is pro—business and pro—worker, but the big unite union didn't think it went far enough on employment rights and did not endorse it. labour clearly wanted to win over people who didn't back them last time, the first few pages of the manifesto were aimed at national security and immigration. labour sniffs that power is in its grasp. keir starmer, like tony blair before him, has likened his big poll lead to carrying a precious vase across a slippery floor, and he says he is not going to start a juggle with it in the closing stages of the campaign. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us from manchester where labour have just launched that manifesto. and henry, were there any surprises in it? ina word, in a word, no. i mean, iwas in in a word, no. i mean, i was in this exact same venue almost two years ago when keir starmer unveiled what he called his five missions for government, and a lot of what he said then, a lot of the themes, the specific policies he talked about back then, very much the same today. in fact, in his speech today, keir starmer tried to make a virtue of that. he said there was no metaphorical rabbit out of his political heart, because he wants to be prime minister, not run a circus. that was the phrase he used. we had a response from the conservatives already. jeremy hunt, the chancellor, is calling us keir starmer�*s tax manifesto. that is the focus of the conservative rebuttal. he is arguing there are tax rises in the document and also tax rises that labour are not to tell you about. keir starmer is adamant that is not the case, insisting taxes will not go for working people if he wins the general election. i was at the conservative manifesto launch, the equivalent event ante few days ago. let me draw to make contrasts. one is the document itself. keir starmer�*s faces all over the inside as well. there was not a single photo of rishi sunak in the conservative document whatsoever. the second is the mood. everybody here knows the mantra is no complacency, but quietly, softly, they admit that they are buoyant here, they all think they are on the cusp of returning to government. radii cusp of returning to government. all right, henry, thank you for that. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has been looking in a bit more detail at the numbers in that labour manifesto published today. dharshini. yes, the two questions we ask when you look at these things, how are they going to fund their pledges, and is it going to deliver what it says on the front cover? let's start with that funding thing. when you look at the labour plans, they are going to cost, they say, almost £10 billion per year, by 2029. 8 billion of that, they think they are going to find by tax measures, for example vat on school fees, clamping down on those not paying enough tax, closing loopholes, more levies on oil and gas producers. as we always say, these things are very uncertain. it depends on the assumptions underpinning these numbers. if they are actually successful in raising that money, it does mean our tax burden, the tax take, as a proportion of the nation's income, would be on track to rise further and further than the conservatives plan actually suggest as well. as it stands, when you look at the plans labour has, it still indicates there could be some cuts to other areas of public services. how would they fill those gaps? you heard wealth creation is a big mantra. there are some things that would help with that, planning reform, for example, a bit of money for public investment as well. the key thing here is private investment. how do we make this more of an efficient, fast growing economy? is there enough here for business to feel wanted and about, putting their money into skills and businesses? that kind of thing doesn't happen overnight. change, may be, if labour takes government, but we might not feel the benefits in our pockets overnight. plaid cymru has launched its manifesto in cardiff. the party's leader rheen ap iorwerth says it wants to see a new funding dealfor wales and more investment in the nhs. our wales correspondent hywel griffith joins us now from cardiff. hywel, talk us through the main points of the plaid ma nifesto ? here it is. as you mentioned, the focus is largely on the economy. what plaid cymru claims is the unfair deal, financially, that wales has at the moment, when it comes to distributing wealth around the uk. it wants the current barnett formula scrapped, a new want to be put in its place, and a new want to be far, far more generous to wales. it also claims that wales is owed £4 billion after the hs2 rail project, which was meant to be for england and wales, but of course none of those trains are coming to this nation. how would the money be spent? it would be distributed within the welsh economy, into the welsh nhs and for an increase in child benefit, according to the party leader, rhun ap iorwerth. remember that there is nothing whatsoever that is inevitable about our poverty as a nation, nothing intrinsic to our people, which means we cannot create a thriving economy and world class public services given the tools that we need. so to the next uk government, we say this show you are serious about wales and resolve the long standing fair funding issues. we have heard a lot from plaid cymru premised on the thought that it will be labour in charge in westminster. it seems to be pitching for labour voters, particularly in key seats, and appealing to them with comments on wanted an end to the war in the middle east, recognising palestine as a state. the ambition is to have free university education again. one ambition not mentioned in the speeches, buried on page 42, is independence. it is not a key part of the message in this election. thank you very much. violent clashes between protestors and riot police have taken place in buenos aires. demonstrators threw petrol bombs and stones, setting cars alight during a vote in congress, which narrowly approved a controversial economic reform package, aimed at reviving the country's struggling economy. the un refugee agency says the number of people forced to leave their homes because of violence and persecution reached a record high last year, at 120 million. the agency says nations are relying on measures such as border closures to try and solve the problem, when they should be working collaboratively. the technology entrepreneur elon musk claims he's about to increase his wealth by $56 billion, that's nearly £44 billion. he says shareholders in the electric car firm tesla are close to approving the payout. the result of the vote will be revealed later today. an aide to the prime minister has apologised for what he called a huge error ofjudgement after admitting putting a bet on the date of the general election. craig williams, who's standing for re—election as a conservative candidate, is alleged to have bet £100 on the election being held injuly. he says he's co—operating with inquiries by the gambling commission. our political investigations correspondentjoe pikejoins us now from welshpool in the constituency. gives us the latest. well, we finally got — gives us the latest. well, we finally got to _ gives us the latest. well, we finally got to talk _ gives us the latest. well, we finally got to talk to - gives us the latest. well, we finally got to talk to mr- gives us the latest. well, we i finally got to talk to mr williams after searching this town for a couple of hours. he is rishi sunak�*s closest parliamentary aide, the man who sets behind the prime minister pmqs, passing on bits of paper, sometimes whispering in his year. the big question now, whether mr williams heard any whispers about the possible date of the general election before making that controversial bet. that is something i try to ask him earlier. hello, mrwilliams. joe i try to ask him earlier. hello, mr williams. joe pike, from bbc news. did you have inside information when you place your bet on the election? 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i have clearly made a huge error of - clearly made a huge error of judgment, and i apologise. iwill clearly made a huge error of judgment, and i apologise. i will be working _ judgment, and i apologise. i will be working in— judgment, and i apologise. i will be working in montgomeryshire and glyndwr— working in montgomeryshire and glyndwr on the doors now to make surem _ glyndwr on the doors now to make sure... �* y ., glyndwr on the doors now to make sure... �* ., ., , , sure... but did you have any inside information — sure... but did you have any inside information when _ sure... but did you have any inside information when you _ sure... but did you have any inside information when you placed - sure... but did you have any inside information when you placed the l sure... but did you have any inside i information when you placed the bet? as i said, i will not be expanding on the _ as i said, i will not be expanding on the statement. is as i said, i will not be expanding on the statement.— as i said, i will not be expanding on the statement. is that because ou did on the statement. is that because you did have _ on the statement. is that because you did have inside _ on the statement. is that because you did have inside information? | on the statement. is that because | you did have inside information? it is an independent process, the gambling — is an independent process, the gambling commission is looking at it now. as _ gambling commission is looking at it now. �* , gambling commission is looking at it now. a , now. as he said, the gambling commission — now. as he said, the gambling commission are _ now. as he said, the gambling commission are looking i now. as he said, the gambling commission are looking into i now. as he said, the gambling i commission are looking into this. they will not confirm that, they just said that confidential use of information in order to gain an unfair advantage when batting may constitute an offence of cheating, criminal offence. labour have called the allegations are utterly extraordinary. live says it brings into question the decision making of mr williams. into question the decision making of mrwilliams. —— plaid cymru. mr williams. —— plaid cymru. the foreign secretary david cameron called it foolish. this is another unforced error which is a destruction from the conservative campaign. destruction from the conservative camaiun. . ~' , destruction from the conservative camaiun. . , . destruction from the conservative camaiun. . ~ , . ., campaign. thank you very much for that. and here's a full list of the candidates standing in the montgomeryshire and glyndwr constituency — you can find further details on the bbc news website. the time is 1:14pm. our top story this afternoon. labour launch their election manifesto with promises of economic growth and wealth creation. and coming up, on the first anniversary of the nottingham stabbings that left three people dead, their loved ones reveal the killer's family has sent them a letter. coming up on bbc news: scotland begin their final preparations ahead of their euro 2024 opener against hosts germany tomorrow night, with thousands of fans arriving in munich. the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in england has risen for the first time in seven months according to the latest nhs figures out today. it comes as the charity cancer research uk is warning that patients are facing what it calls �*unbearably long' waits for treatment. it says hundreds of thousands of cancer patients have not been treated on time for almost a decade. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs in england is still coming under pressure as we enter what should be the calmer summer months. after a series of falls to the overall waiting list since the autumn, it went back up slightly in april to 7.6 million treatments, with the number facing some of the longest waits rising again as well. that includes 72—year—old mary waterhouse from lancashire. she's been waiting two and a half years for a knee operation with no end in sight. there's thousands of people like me on the waiting list. we're notjust a number on a waiting list. we're human beings. i'm a mother and a grandmother. i'm entitled to better than this. nhs england says it's facing record demand both for planned hospital treatment and in a&e. may was the second busiest month ever for emergency admissions. that demand is also putting pressure on cancer services. in april, just two thirds of patients started their treatments within two months of an urgent referral, well below the national nhs target for england. i think there's two main impacts. first of all, any delay in waiting for scan results or for your treatment is worrying for patients. there's a level of anxiety with cancer almost more than any other illness. but also we know that that actually