Jeremy Corbyn to i readers: This is why you should vote for me This election campaign has shown, more than ever, the clear choice between the Conservatives and Labour. In the last seven […]

This election campaign has shown, more than ever, the clear choice between the Conservatives and Labour.

In the last seven years, Theresa May’s Tories have handed tens of billions of pounds in tax giveaways to the rich and businesses while telling the rest of us there is less money around for our NHS, our schools, our social care and our police service.

On one of the rare occasions she spoke to a real voter – on the BBC Question Time leaders’ special – Theresa May told a nurse who had faced a 14 per cent pay cut that there was “no magic money tree”.

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But there must be, because it has been magically cutting taxes for the rich and the corporations since 2010.

Imagine what we could do instead, if we properly funded our NHS, our nation’s pride and joy, and our greatest achievement. Imagine how much better things would be if schools didn’t have to lay off teachers, or beg parents for money, because they’d had their budgets slashed.

I don’t want an economy where people don’t earn enough

I don’t want an economy where millions of people are on less than the living wage and one million people are on zero hours contracts.

And remember that when police officers warned Theresa May as Home Secretary about the damaging effect of cuts, she accused them of “scaremongering” and “crying wolf”. What a disgraceful way to treat those brave officers who keep us safe every day.

Labour will do things differently. Our plans will transform Britain for the many, not the few.

We will invest £37 billion in our NHS, taking one million people off waiting lists and ensuring patients are seen within four hours in A&E, and put £8 billion back into social care. We will transform our education system, giving all children the very best start in life.

Labour will raise the minimum wage to £10 an hour, end the public sector pay cap and scrap university tuition fees that saddle graduates with a lifetime of debt.

Older people have given us so much and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We will protect pensioners’ incomes with the triple lock and guarantee winter fuel payments – both facing the chop from the Conservatives.

We will build a million new homes, and take back control of our rail, water, post and energy. These rigged systems have failed us and ripped us off for far too long.

Enough is enough

The promise we make to the British people is that if you’re one of the 95 per cent paid less than £80,000 a year we will not put a penny on your tax, National Insurance or VAT. We believe those with the broadest shoulders can carry the heaviest burden.

We will ask the rich and big businesses to pay a little more so we can fund our schools, hospitals, social care and invest in our economy.

This election is an opportunity to say enough is enough. It is an opportunity to transform our society. It is an opportunity to vote for a Labour government that will put power, wealth and opportunity back in the hands of the many, not the few.