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Plaid Cymru are launching their manifesto today, promising to "seize opportunities" from Brexit.

Party leader Leanne Wood, asked about their performance compared with the SNP, stresses: "We're different parties, and different countries, at different stages of our devolution journey - but we do hope for a similar breakthrough."

She says only Plaid can offer Wales a "strong voice as UK leaves the EU".

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Plaid Cymru's former First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones tells the BBC: "The Conservatives could well be our threat rather than Labour, if polls are to be believed - but we could see a breakthrough." 

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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell cited Dale Vince, chairman of Forest Green Rovers football club and boss of energy firm Ecotricity, as one of Labour's supporters from the business world. He's said to have had some influence on Jeremy Corbyn.

Asked about that on Today, Mr Vince says: “I don’t know… it’s a surprise to me, I’m flattered to hear that.” 

Did they consult you on the manifesto, he's asked.

"Err, no, they didn’t ask me what I thought should be in the manifesto. I mean, I like aspects of the manifesto."

If non-voters don't know and don't care, what hope is there for them in a world of fake news?

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"We've got a number of business leaders who've been supporting us... we're winning people to our cause," says the shadow chancellor.

What about "former communists" like Andrew Murray, a Unite official who's been seconded to the Corbyn campaign?

"We've converted people to the democratic socialism of the Labour Party," John McDonnell adds, "and that's why they're joining us." 

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The impact on people like teachers and GPs of higher tax rates under Labour will be "relatively modest", Mr McDonnell says - "asking those headteachers to pay for the teachers in their classrooms", for example.

"I genuinely think they will want to see the end of the crisis in our public services," he adds, with "they" being those set to be taxed more.

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What's our deficit at the moment, asks Nick Robinson - and thinks he hears a piece of paper - presumably with a number on it - being passed to Mr McDonnell. The shadow chancellor denies that,

OK, name something you're going to cut he is asked.

The shadow chancellor says there will be "areas of our expenditure that we will be reducing" - but we'll need to check back at eleven o'clock to find out what.

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You are promising to be repsonsible, Today presenter Nick Robinson says, but are looking at spending up to £75bn - is that right?

"You'll see at eleven o'clock," says the shadow chancellor, but says Labour wouldn't borrow for day-to-day spending, only to invest.

Will you admit the amount involved is huge, Robinson asks Mr McDonnnell.

"It's a significant intervention... because that's what's needed in terms of infrastructure investment."

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On the plan to bring water companies into public ownership, the shadow chancellor says the industry has been badly run for decades - including "being used for tax avoidance".

He says Labour will seek to negotiate on ways to renationalise it - one option could be outright purchase, but bonds could also be offered in return for shares.

Parliament will get a say on how it's done, he says.

"We wouldn't want to discuss any form of price at this time," Mr McDonnell adds when pushed to confirm such a plan would cost tens of billions.

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"Most voters will never read a manifesto," according to Deborah Mattinson, a Labour pollster who founded the research and strategy company Britain Thinks. 

As Labour prepares to release its finished manifesto, she tells Today in order to grab voters' attention manifestos need to be short and surprising.  

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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is now on the Today programme. 

Is this the manifesto you have long dreamed of, he's asked.

He says there's lots in it "that I've been campaigning on for years", but plenty more that's come from a broader audience, across the party, unions, supporters and beyond.

"This has emerged as a result of extension discussion - no-one person or group has dominated. The whole party has come together, " he insists.

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Former Foreign Secretary William Hague has written in the Telegraph today about Theresa May's plans, but also gives mention to the Lib Dems., external

"I have a more charitable view of the Lib Dems as a party than most Conservatives, because I remember many of them doing a good job in the coalition government," he says.

"But, more recently, they have tied themselves in knots, whether it be leader Tim Farron taking days to conclude that gay sex is not a sin, or their vote in the House of Lords against beginning the Brexit process despite the referendum result."

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Jeremy Corbyn is either declaring a "tax war on the middle classes" or "transforming the lives of people across Britain" - depending on which newspaper you read. Labour's plans dominate the headlines today.

The i calls it a "tax grab on the rich", external, while the Daily Telegraph says the changes would hit "middle-class professionals", external such as senior teachers, police officers and doctors. The Guardian says a new , external"fat cat tax" will see big businesses, banks and Premier League football clubs pay a levy if they offered "excessive" pay packages. The paper says the party will justify the policy by saying that inequality is damaging society.

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The next few years will be "hugely important" in determining what kind of country Scotland becomes, Nicola Sturgeon will say in a speech later, marking 10 years of the SNP in government.

At the event in South Queensferry, she will say: