'I listen to grime' - Five things Jeremy Corbyn told Newsbeat

Jeremy Corbyn has spoken to Newsbeat in the first of a series of interviews with party leaders hoping to win your vote.

Sitting down to talk after a rally in Birmingham at the weekend he said young people risk becoming "a left behind generation".

Mental health, housing and tuition fees were all on our agenda.

Here are five things he told us about why he thinks people should vote Labour at the general election on 8 June.

1. Labour has 'not decided' how much to spend on mental health services

Labour says it would spend an extra £37bn on the NHS in England over the next five years.

But Jeremy Corbyn could not tell us how much of that would be spend on mental health.

"A considerable amount, we haven't decided exactly what the balance will be," he told us.

Labour has described mental health as "the biggest unaddressed health challenge of our age" and Mr Corbyn told us it would have "parity of esteem" with physical health meaning "the equivalence of good service throughout the country".

2. He does not blame young people for 'switching off' from politics

"Not really," Mr Corbyn said when asked if you'd be forgiven for thinking politics was a turn-off.

But it doesn't seem like he's willing to accept much of the blame.

The Labour leader rattled off a list of decisions taken by the Conservative government as reasons that young people feel disillusioned.

"I can understand their anger at things," he told us, and suggested there are "specific proposals" in Labour's manifesto to help young people.

Jeremy Corbyn admitted building one million homes over five years if he wins power would be "a challenge"

3. Building 200,000 new homes every year will be a 'challenge'

Labour has pledged to build a million new homes over five years, if its wins power at the general election. That's 200,000 per year - a significant increase on the number currently being built.

In 2015, 142,890 new homes were completed, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

"It is possible, it's going to be a challenge but it is possible," Jeremy Corbyn told us.

"If we don't do it then we have a situation where there are obviously increasing numbers of homeless people and we have young people unable to leave home because they can't get anywhere to live of their own."

Listen to the full Newsbeat interview with Jeremy Corbyn

4. You should not 'give up' on owning your own home under a Labour government

Half of the one million new homes Labour is promising to build over the next five years would be specified for rent.

But that does not, apparently, mean Labour does not want to help people buy their own home.

The party is working on a "state-backed mortgage scheme", with more details expected in the party's housing manifesto later this week.

"We're encouraging home ownership as well as rented accommodation, there's got to be a mix," Mr Corbyn told us.

5. He does listen to grime

Apparently. At the end of our interview we asked for his reaction to #Grime4Corbyn and several big artists backing his campaign.

Does he listen to grime himself?

"Yes I do, thank you." And that was it.

No chance to quiz him on his favourite Stormzy lyrics then... if he has any.

You can hear the full interview with Jeremy Corbyn on Newsbeat on Monday 22 May at 12.45pm and 5.45pm.

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