Labour manifesto launch latest for general election 2017

Summary

Labour and Plaid Cymru manifestos
Labour plans water nationalisation...
...more childcare and "excessive pay" levy
45p tax rate from £80,000, 50p from £123,000
Plaid aim to seize Brexit gains for Wales
Lib Dems promise cash for entrepreneurs

Live Reporting

Marie Jackson and Claire Heald

Can I trust you, PM is askedpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
One voter asks how can people trust Theresa May because she has done a U-turn on Brexit - she supported the Remain side, but is now firmly driving through the Leave agenda voted for in the referendum.
Mrs May says: "He is right that I campaigned to stay in."
But she reminds people that she said the "sky won't fall in if we leave".
Mrs May says that if people want to feel like they can trust politicians then she says that we need to honor the referendum vote.
Picture: Wherefore art thou Jeremy?published at 15:38 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Labour leader draws a crowd in West Yorkshire
Image source, Getty Images
May on mental healthpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Asked about care for people with mental health problems, Theresa May says the Conservatives have brought in parity of esteem for mental health in the NHS.
She also says she wants to change the Mental Health Act, make sure that people cannot be discriminated against because of mental health problems, and install mental health experts in schools to help identify any issues early on.
Labour candidate complains of sexist abusepublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Labour candidate Emily Owen has gone public about a stream of offensive messages she has received online.
She is standing in Aberconwy, a seat held by the Conservatives, and says she has been subjected to disgusting sexism and sexual abuse.
In a message on her Facebook page, she says such behaviour needs "calling out" and should not be ignored.
She says:
Quote Message
If you don't agree with my reply, then challenge me. I'm more than willing to engage in political conversation, so let's have that debate. This is acceptable. What is not acceptable is flooding me with messages about what sexual acts I'm prepared to perform to get votes."
Viewers unhappy with May's foxhunting stancepublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Theresa May claims that foxhunting is not one of the pertinent issues of this election, but Robert Peston tells her plenty of people on Facebook aren't happy with her stance.
Mrs May says she's never been foxhunting - unlike her predecessor David Cameron - but she still supports it. She cites research about the best way to cull the fox population and says other ways of dealing with foxes can be cruel.
She repeats that the subject needs a free vote in parliament.
The Guardian's political reporter notes how the issue seems to touch a nerve with many voters:
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
Evening Standard praises May on workers' rightspublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Evening Standard
London's Evening Standard, external (now edited by former Chancellor George Osborne, of course) has an editorial praising Theresa May's pledge to give a new deal for workers.
The paper accuses Labour of leaving an "open goal" because people want "more than just protection from exploitation; they want economic opportunity and patriotic government".
But the editorial warns the Conservatives against going too far, saying the so-called "gig economy" suits many workers:
Quote Message
It’s important that any new employment rights don’t inadvertently make that impossible. Our flexible workforce has been the reason why Britain has seen so many new jobs created over these past seven years."
Being a diabetic does not limit me, says Maypublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Theresa May is asked by a fellow diabetes sufferer about her condition - she has the Type 1 form of the disease.
The prime minister says she injects insulin around four or five times a day. She says "you just get into a routine" and "you just build it into your day".
"Being a diabetic doesn't stop you from doing anything," she adds.
May shrugs off Jeremy Corbyn of Islingtonpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
"Jeremy Corbyn of Islington" has asked Theresa May, via Facebook, why she will not take part in a head-to-head TV debate.
She says it is more valuable to speak to voters directly and people "don't get much out" of seeing politicians go at each other.
Train fares 'too complicated', says PMpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
"Patrick" asks about the cost of train fares - which in the UK are among the highest in Europe.
Theresa May says the pricing is quite complicated and that the government has been in talks with train companies about simplifying it.
May swerves on free bus passespublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Theresa May doesn't answer a Facebook question about whether she will get rid of bus passes for the elderly and the disabled. The Sun's political editor is one of those who, like us, thought that sounded like a hint of change coming:
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
May says knife crime is downpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Theresa May is asked about a rise in knife crime involving young people. She says that since 2010 knife crime is down but there have been worrying cases over the last year.
She says the Tories have introduced a number of measures including creating a new offence if someone is caught twice carrying a knife, and taking action against "zombie knives".
Reaction to May's Facebook Live debutpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Political commentators watching closely:
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post 2
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post 2
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post 3
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post 3
Should there be a Sir Nigel?published at 15:08 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Another voter asks the prime minister if she'll "do the right thing and give Nigel Farage a knighthood".
In reply, Theresa May just chuckles.
May: I have always supported fox huntingpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
Theresa May tells Facebook questioners she has "always supported fox hunting", but it's one of those issues people are either for or against.
She says she's not "bringing back fox hunting", but wants to offer a free vote on the issue.
She insists it is "not the most important issue the country is facing".
May says young people should get involvedpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
ITV News
First question for Theresa May. A voter called Matthew says he believes she doesn't have young people's concerns at heart.
Mrs May says that this election is "about young people because it is about the future of the country". She advises Matthew to vote and get involved in politics himself.
Watch: May does her first Facebook Live Q&Apublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
The questions are being put by ITV's political editor Robert Peston
ITV News
Sorry, we're having trouble displaying this content.View original content on Facebook
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.
May's new deal for workers 'a gimmick'published at 15:02 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Labour's Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed as an "obvious gimmick" Theresa May's pledge to give workers a new deal. The shadow Brexit secretary says:
Quote Message
Hers is the government that introduced fees for employment tribunals so even the rights that are already there can't be enforced unless you have got the money to go to a tribunal."
PM answering questions via Facebookpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip twitter post
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of twitter post
Corbyn does an encore for the crowdpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Outside the town hall in Hebden Bridge.
Dan Johnson
BBC News
There's a big crowd outside Jeremy Corbyn's event in Hebden Bridge and they're just the overflow, the people who couldn't fit in that room.
The Labour leader is about to do that same speech all over again from this balcony for all those who couldn't get inside.
Some of these people will be dedicated Labour supporters, but others we've spoken to are just ordinary people who've come to see what he has to say.
Labour leader reassures the crowdpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 15 May 2017
Some hecklers cause big problems for politicians, others not so much. One shouts out to Jeremy Corbyn: "Will you do all these things that you say you will?
"Yes!" replies the Labour leader.
"Right," says the interrupter. And that's that.