Cradle to grave education

Labour will establish a National Education Service to give people an education "from the cradle to the grave", Mr Corbyn said.

The Labour leader pledged that "at its core free tuition for all college courses, technical and vocational training so that no one is held back by costs and everyone has the chance to learn".

Mr Corbyn praised one college that offered "adult courses in everything from IT to beauty therapy, from engineering to childcare".

Mr Corbyn said: "Lifelong learning for all is essential in the economy of the future. The huge shift of employment that will take place under the impact of automation must be planned and managed."

Grenfell Tower

The Grenfell Tower tragedy when scores died in a fire was a "tragic monument" to Conservative policies, Mr Corbyn said.

Mr Corbyn said the Tories' "disregard for rampant inequality the hollowing out of our public services, the disdain for the powerless and the poorhave made our society more brutal and less caring.

"Now that degraded regime has a tragic monument the chilling wreckage of Grenfell Tower. A horrifying fire in which dozens perished an entirely avoidable human disaster."

Mr Corbyn quoted from a poem by Ben Okri and added: "We have a duty as a country to learn the lessons from this calamity and ensure that a changed world flowers . I hope that the public inquiry will assist.