Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is launching its detailed platform for Britain’s Dec. 12 election as it tries to close an opinion-poll gap with the governing Conservatives, Eurasia Diary reports citing AP.
The left-of-center party is pledging higher public spending and a greater role for the state in housing, transport and the provision of utilities.
The party says Thursday’s manifesto will include pledges to build 150,000 new homes a year for social rent and create hundreds of thousands of “green jobs” to combat climate change.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives accuse Labour of reckless spending and outmoded socialist ideas.