sir keir starmer says labour will put growth and wealth creation at the heart of its plans for government. he was launching the party's election manifesto in manchester and ruled out increases to the rates of income tax, national insurance and vat. he also made a pitch for business, saying that a "plan for growth" would be at at the heart of his government, leading to a "decade of national renewal". our political correspondent iain watson has the details. let's start with a spoiler alert. stability, not surprises, was the watchword of the labour manifesto. so much so they even unveiled it in the very venue where keir starmer launched his five missions for government more than a year ago. these missions cover health, crime, energy, education, and the biggest single chunk of the manifesto, the economy. a plan built on stable foundations with clear first steps. tough spending rules that will keep taxes and inflation low and nhs waiting times cut with 40,000 extra appointments every week. a border security command to smash the criminals smuggling gangs. but he also made this pledge... we will not raise income tax. we will not raise national insurance. we will not raise vat. that is a manifesto commitment. so where is the money for all the manifesto promises coming from? if we grew the economy at anything like the rate of the last labour government, we'd 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 there won't be a growth spurt overnight. labour insiders say the aim of the manifesto is to promise tangible change, which doesn't cost a fortune. but that wasn't enough for this protester. it is the same old tory qualitypolicy labour say there are clear dividing lines with the conservatives, for example, a new state owned power generator, great british energy, which they say will bring down bills and they argue many of their policies will offer hope for the next generation. we can restore the dream of home ownership to 1.5 million families. we can create 3,000 new nurseries to give them the best start in life. 0ne labour insider gave me his verdict on the manifesto good enough to win an election, he said, but not desperately inspiring. and what's concerning the labour team is the risk of complacency, given that there's so far ahead in the polls. given that they're so far ahead in the polls. so the mantra you're going to be hearing in the remaining three weeks of the campaign is that if you want change, you're going to have to vote 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 rates and didn't endorse it. but labour clearly wants to win over people who didn't back them last time with the first few pages of the manifesto aimed at national security and immigration. of the manifesto aimed at national but labour sniffed that power is within their grasp. keir starmer, like tony blair before him, has likened his big poll leads to carrying a precious vase across a shiny, slippery floor and he said he's not going to start juggling with it in the closing stages of the campaign. the chief political correspondent was listening to that launch and gave us this assessment. i was listening to that launch and gave us this assessment.- was listening to that launch and gave us this assessment. i was in the same venue _ gave us this assessment. i was in the same venue almost _ gave us this assessment. i was in the same venue almost two - gave us this assessment. i was in i the same venue almost two years gave us this assessment. i was in - the same venue almost two years ago when he unveiled his five missions for government. a lot of what he said about the themes and policies he talked about back then are very much the same today. in fact, in his speech today, keir starmer tried to make a virtue of that and said there were no metaphorical rabbits out of the hat because he wants to be prime minister not run a circus. that was a phrase he used. we had responses from conservatives already, jeremy hunt calling it his tax trap manifesto. that is the conservative rebuttal throughout this campaign and said there are tax rises in this and said there are tax rises in this and one is that labour aren't telling you about. starmer said this is not the case and tax will not go up is not the case and tax will not go up for working people if he wins the election. i was at the conservative launch a few days ago and let me draw two quick contrasts. 0ne launch a few days ago and let me draw two quick contrasts. one of the document itself. look at that. keir starmer�*s faces all over. there was not one photo of rishi sunak on the conservative document whatsoever. the second is the mood. everyone here knows the mantra is no complacency but softly they admit they are on the cusp of returning to government. you will be going through the document. i suppose you can separate them into the offering and costings. take us through it all.— take us through it all. which would ou like take us through it all. which would you like first _ take us through it all. which would you like first? _ take us through it all. which would you like first? let _ take us through it all. which would you like first? let go _ take us through it all. which would you like first? let go of _ take us through it all. which would you like first? let go of costings. i you like first? let go of costings. labour has a variety of plans for public services and some investment as well. together they cost almost £10 billion a year by 2029 and you may say this is a large sum and where will that come from? most come from tax but how do they do that given they said they won't raise the big three, rates and vat, national insurance and income tax? they are squeezing, unsurprisingly, money out putting vat on school fees, closing down loopholes, clamping down on those who don't pay the tax they should be paying, and putting more levies on oil and gas. some of this may be familiarfrom levies on oil and gas. some of this may be familiar from earlier in the week, squeezing more money out of tax avoiders and evaders but saying the same thing again, all figures are very uncertain because there are assumptions underpinning them and you don't know exactly how it will pan out. if it does, it's worth remembering this, we are looking at a bigger tax burden, the amount of tax sucked out of the economy relative to its size which will be bigger than it is now an bigger than the conservatives' plans. 50 all bigger than it is now an bigger than the conservatives' plans.— the conservatives' plans. so all of those commitments _ the conservatives' plans. so all of those commitments and - the conservatives' plans. so all of those commitments and it - the conservatives' plans. so all of those commitments and it is - the conservatives' plans. so all of those commitments and it is all i those commitments and it is all predicated on growth. what happens if there isn't the growth they hope for? 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we are message to the next government? are here, message to the next government? we are here, come and talk to us. we will he _ are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming _ are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming to— are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming to talk— are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming to talk to _ are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming to talk to you. - are here, come and talk to us. we will be coming to talk to you. we. will be coming to talk to you. we have been _ will be coming to talk to you. have been promised a public will be coming to talk to you.“ have been promised a public inquiry ljy have been promised a public inquiry by the labour government and we are ready to engage and assuming they take power, however the next government is, they will be engaging as soon as possible. there are two aspects to this. the disgraceful way these uk citizens were treated, not only by the americans but by the tory government at the time, everybody who we met were in charge at the time is in disgrace and lost theirjobs. what on earth where they doing? why did it take us to fight for this? why wasn't anybody in london coming to help us? so david lambie and his predecessors have all promised us a good look into thatjust as importantly is this issue of how the americans treat the issue of safety. they are here, all over our country, 50,000 of them, we seen today they have a suboptimal approach to safety. the uk government can'tjust turn a blind eye to that. there have been hundreds of thousands of people killed on roads and seemingly nobody woke up... there has to be an inquiry into this and its promised assuming he gets into power. inaudible. we were hoping that would have been explained to us. and if nothing was done, ellie is a senior american officialfrom the embassy done, ellie is a senior american official from the embassy would come and talk to us and say, you know what, we screwed up here and we are so sorry. had that happened this week, these people would undoubtedly have forgiven them. but they took the coward's way out, cannot face his people. i don't know what more we could have done to get answers. we couldn't have done well without your wonderful help. it is now in the hands of the government to answer to the coroner and uk government to see what they will do to keep us all safe. inaudible question. for the first time... today... _ inaudible question. for the first time... today... apologies - inaudible question. for the first time... today... apologies for - inaudible question. for the first time... today... apologies for the | time... today... apologies for the line breaking _ time... today... apologies for the line breaking up _ time... today... apologies for the line breaking up but _ time... today... apologies for the line breaking up but some - time... today... apologies for the line breaking up but some family. line breaking up but some family members and campaigners have been giving their response to what they have heard through the course of today, continuing with their campaign. it'sjust worth recapping what the coroner has just said and criticised the us government for a lack of training provided to their employee who departed, went back to the us and they talked about the coroner talking about lack of training prior to the crash which killed harry dunn, the teenager and the coroner deciding the death as a result of a head—on collision from a car on the wrong side of the road. more on that and we will return to it later. while listening to that, and other breaking news from moscow because we're hearing that the us reporter evan gershkovich is being sent to the russian court for their trial from sent to the russian court for their trialfrom prosecutors held now for over a year. the wall street reporter claimed the journalist was working for the cia so his case is ratcheting up in seriousness for over 12 months. he is now being sent to trial apparently according to prosecutors, claiming he worked for the cia. that news just coming into us from moscow. we will get reaction to that development here on the programme over the next couple of hours. returning to the election trail now. their chief secretary said this about the party's plans.- their chief secretary said this about the party's plans. what we saw this morning — about the party's plans. what we saw this morning was _ about the party's plans. what we saw this morning was very _ about the party's plans. what we saw this morning was very tax _ trap manifesto. under their own published plans, the tax burden in this country will rise to levels never seen before. and that's not including the £2,000 of tax that they want to levy on every working family across the country. so actually, what's really important is not what is in this manifesto, but what isn't in it. they haven't ruled out taxing your home, your car, your pension. everyone at home needs to be under no illusions — taxes will rise under the labour party. one of rishi sunak�*s closest aides, has admitted to the bbc he made one of rishi sunak�*s closest aides has admitted to the bbc he made a huge �*error ofjudgement�* when he placed a bet on the timing of the general election. craig williams, who was an aide to the prime minister in the last parliament, is alleged to have placed a £100 bet on a july election, three days before rishi sunak announced it would be held on the 11th ofjuly. mr williams said the gambling commission is making "routine inquiries" after he placed what he called "a flutter". it's an independent process with the gambling commission now. i won't be expanding on that statement. did you have any inside information when you made the bet? 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