A key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to make a statement saying Labour has a chance of winning the general election, just hours after he said losing 30 seats would be considered a success.
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Mr Corbyn defended his tax plans, which include a guarantee of no hikes in VAT, personal national insurance contributions or income tax for 95% of workers, and insisted it was "reasonable" to look to raise money from the highest earners.
"There is everything to play for now and we'll be fighting for every single vote". People like me are always optimistic. things can happen.
McCluskey's analysis, made in an interview with the Politico website, was widely seen as an attempt to lower expectations, in order to prepare to make an argument for Corbyn to remain as Labour leader even if he suffers a heavy election defeat.
Attacking the Labour Party manifesto, published last week, May said it was a "despairing document" and a "shambolic prospectus".
After shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry suggested the party could withdraw its support after a post-election review of Britain's defence needs, Jeremy Corbyn was forced to restate Labour's commitment to Trident renewal.
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But on the campaign trail in Lincoln, Mr McDonnell said: "We've got a lot of work to do, we know the polls at the moment; we know what they're like".
Hannah Newton, 39, who has lived in Bramley for five years, took her daughter Arrietty, 21 months, to see the Labour leader in person.
The General Election could determine if the United Kingdom continues to exist, Kezia Dugdale warned, as she urged people in Scotland to reject the nationalist politics offered by the SNP and the Conservatives. Labour had 229 seats at the dissolution of parliament on May 3.
But it said it would be achieved by exchanging government bonds for shares in the relevant companies, and since profits now used to pay dividends would be used instead to pay interest on those bonds, they would be "no net cost" to the exchequer.
Britain, Mr. Corbyn said at his manifesto announcement at the University of Bradford, had been "run for the rich, the elite and the vested interests", adding: "They have benefited from tax cuts and bumper salaries while millions have struggled".
Labour spending plans would open up a £58 billion "black hole" in the public finances, leading to higher taxes and more debt borrowing, the Conservatives have warned. "While his figures are a fantasy, it is ordinary working families who will pay".
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