Jeremy Corbyn’s ten key policies Following his second landslide election as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to put a year of internal strife […]

Following his second landslide election as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to put a year of internal strife behind him and take the party in a new direction.

The policies the re-elected Leader of the Opposition hopes to highlight in coming months include:

Investment

A Labour government would create one million high-quality jobs by pumping £500bn into manufacturing and infrastructure, backed up by a National Investment Bank.

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Mr Corbyn describes it as an investment that will help pay for itself by stimulating the economy and raising tax revenue.

Tax

Cuts to corporation tax, which is due to be reduced from 20 per cent to 17 per cent by 2020, could be more than reversed by a Corbyn-led government. He said he wanted the rate to be in the “20 per cent area” or “not much higher”.

The money raised would be put towards scrapping university tuition fees.

The Labour leader says he supports “a progressive tax system so that wealth and the highest-earners are fairly taxed”.

Housing

Mr Corbyn is committed to building one million houses, including 500,000 council properties, over five years. Increasing the stock of affordable homes would help slash the £9.5bn annual bill for housing benefit, he argued.

He said: “We would have that money to invest in building houses which in turn creates jobs all down the supply chain.”

Schools

Theresa May’s move to increase numbers of grammar places is opposed by all shades of opinion within the Labour Party. Perhaps with that in mind, Mr Corbyn has urged activists to join a day of action on Saturday against the expansion of selective education in the state sector.

Hospitals

Mr Corbyn promises to end “health service privatisation”, hinting he wants to end all private sector involvement in the NHS. He said: “I think the NHS is better served if it does the services itself, in-house.”

Brexit

The Labour leader fiercely opposes a “hard Brexit”, arguing the leaving the European Union without a trade deal would mean manufacturing suffering a “huge hit”.

He says fears over continuing with freedom of movement after Britain has left the EU could be tackled by a fund to support areas under pressure and action to combat the undercutting of local wages.

He believes that MPs should be kept involved in the Brexit process.

Defence

Mr Corbyn opposes the renewal of the Trident nuclear missile system and further increases in defence spending. He wants to “end support for aggressive wars of intervention” and would appoint a minister for peace and disarmament if he became Prime Minister.

Workers’ rights

Workers’ wage bargaining rights would be boosted by Mr Corbyn, while he would end “exploitative” zero hours contracts. Staff would get employment rights from day one of a job rather than having to wait for them to kick in.

Nationalisation

Mr Corbyn has said railways and the Royal Mail should be returned to public hands. In the past he has suggested that Labour could bring back Clause IV, its traditional commitment to public ownership, which was ditched by Tony Blair.