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Labour’s manifesto has been given the thumbs up by voters, a Mirror poll reveals today.

The ComRes survey shows overwhelming support for plans to re-nationalise energy, tax the wealthiest and cap the pension age rise.

But the poll also finds a clear majority do not rate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate to be Prime Minister.

A draft version of Labour’s policy agenda leaked to the Mirror sets out bold plans to bring back energy, the railways and Royal Mail under control.

Our snap opinion poll found almost every Labour policy announcement went down well with voters.

Do you support or oppose re-nationalising... ComRes/Daily Mirror

Renationalising the railways is backed by 52% of voters, with 22% opposed and 26% don’t know, while nationalising the energy market is supported by 49% with 24% against and 28% don’t know.

And renationalising the Royal Mail which is backed by 50% of voters, with 25% opposed and 25% don’t know.

Labour’s most popular policies include banning zero hours contracts with 71% in favour and just 16% against.

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Among Tory voters 60% back the move.

There is also widespread support for increasing income tax on those earning more than £80,000 a year.

This is backed by 65% of voters, with just 24% opposed.

A small majority (51%) of Tories also support the policy as do 80% of Labour voters, 72% of Lib Dems and 69% of UKIP voters.

Labour’s pledge to limit the state pension age to 66 is supported 74% of voters, with 15% against and 11% don’t know.

Again this policy goes down well with Tory voters, with 67% of them supporting it and just 22% against.

There is also strong opposition to Theresa May’s decision to give a free vote on fox hunting.

Do you support or oppose keeping the ban on fox hunting? ComRes/Daily Mirror

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Nearly eight out of ten voters (78%) want to keep the ban, with just 12% opposed.

Among Tory voters 64% want the ban to remain and 21% would like to see it repealed.

A majority of voters also back Labour’s plans to build 100,000 more council houses a year (54% to 24%) and abolish university tuition fees (46% to 37%).

But Labour’s stance on immigration has played badly with voters.

Do you support or oppose scrapping the Tory commitment to reducing net migration to below 100,000? ComRes/Daily Mirror

Only 32% back plans to scrap the Tory target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands a year, with 49% backing the policy.

On Brexit only 36% support Labour’s call for Parliament to have a final vote on the deal, with 35% opposed.

The online survey of 1,000 adults also shows the challenge Labour faces to win the election on June 8.

While Labour is ahead on health and education it lags behind the Tories on economic competence, crime and defence.

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Only 30% agree with the sentiment that Jeremy Corbyn should be given a fair chance at leading the country while 56% say he would be a ‘disaster’ as Prime Minister.

The poll also shows how the Tories could win over voters in Labour’s traditional heartlands.

Nearly half of voters (45%) say they are more inclined to vote Conservative since the election began, with only 35% saying they are now leaning towards Labour.

Since the election date of June 8th was announced I have felt more inclined towards voting... ComRes/Daily Mirror

In Yorkshire and Humber 49% say they are now more likely to vote Tory and in the North East 42%.

Mrs May will try to court these voters with a visit to the North East today where she will urge them to ‘put your trust in me’.

“Millions of people here in the north east of England, and across our country, have loyally given the Labour Party their allegiance for generations.

“I respect that. We respect that parents and grandparents taught their children and grandchildren that Labour was a party that shared their values and stood up for their community.

“But across the country today, traditional Labour supporters are increasingly looking at what Jeremy Corbyn believes in and are appalled,” she will say.

Mr Corbyn hailed the manifesto today after it was finalised at a four-hour meeting of party chiefs in London, ahead of its official launch next week.

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It is understood the draft version leaked to the Mirror will be tweaked to toughen up the language on immigration and Brexit , amid fears Labour could be seen as too soft.

“It will make it absolutely clear Britain is leaving the EU under Labour,” a source said.

“And it will emphasise we want controls on immigration. The draft is quite wordy and there was a danger some of those simple messages could get lost.”

Speaking to a scrum of reporters outside the party’s ‘Clause V’ meeting, Mr Corbyn said: “Our manifesto will transform the lives of many people in our society, and ensure that we have a government in Britain on June 8 that will work for the many, not the few, and give everyone in our society a decent opportunity and a decent chance.”

Giving its initial verdict, the respected think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the manifesto was ‘transformative’ and would see the state ‘getting deeply involved in much more of the private sector than it has been, certainly since the 1970s, and perhaps since the 1940s’.

IFS boss Paul Johnson highlighted the £10 minimum wage, proposals to stop banks closing local branches and new labour laws as ‘utterly different from anything we’ve experienced in many, many decades’.

Labour’s campaign chief Andrew Gwynne boasted the manifesto is as ambitious as the 1945 Attlee programme which created the NHS and the welfare state.

Asked by the BBC’s John Humphrys if the manifesto went too far, Mr Gwynne shot back: “If I was here in 1945 you’d have said the same about Clement Attlee’s vision for Britain too.

“Let’s have some ambition in politics.”

His campaign co-chairman Ian Lavery insisted he was ‘happy’ the manifesto had been leaked and said the Mirror had ‘done us a favour’ by printing it on the front page.

But behind the scenes Mr Corbyn’s team were livid at such an extraordinary leak almost a week before the manifesto was due to be published.

There were reports of shouting matches between senior members of the leaders’ office, and fury from Deputy Leader Tom Watson after he was wrongly accused of being the mole.

Other Corbyn allies tried to blame faithful party staffers over at Labour’s HQ who they suspect have been trying to undermine the leader.

Labour’s plan to scrap the pay freeze for public sector workers is backed by 44% of voters with 28% against.

And its call for wage caps on big business is supported by 63% with 20% opposed.

The poll also shows the public reject Theresa May’s threat to walk away form the Brexit talks without a deal.

Some 47% say Britain should not quit the EU without a trade deal in place first with only 32% saying the PM should leave even if there’s no agreement.

There is also large support for keeping Trident with 60% saying Britain should keep and update its nuclear deterrent and only 20% opposed.

Asked which party is running the best election campaign 42% said the Tories, 20% Labour, 5% Lib Dems and 2% UKIP.