Labour manifesto: Keir Starmer pledges to restore home ownership to 1.5 million families

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The Labour Party has pledged to develop one-and-a-half million new homes, increase the stamp duty surcharge for non-UK residents and make commonhold the default tenure in its manifesto.

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00:00We can restore the dream of home ownership to 1.5 million families.

00:05We can create 3,000 new nurseries to give them the best start in life.

00:10We can roll out a new generation of technical excellence colleges.

00:15World-class vocational education, respected by all,

00:19grounding young aspiration in the soil of their community.

00:23We can guarantee for every young person a job placement or apprenticeship

00:28when they're out of work.

00:30We can invest in their mental health, their physical health, their dental health.

00:35We can reform the curriculum to prepare them for their world.

00:40We can create new youth hubs to give them something to do in their community.

00:45Raise their wages if they're at work.

00:48Give them the power of the vote.

00:52Tackle injustice with a new Race Equality Act.

00:56And with our mission on clean power, we can lead the way on climate.

01:00Finally, show our responsibility to their future.

01:04A fairer, healthier, more secure Britain, at the service of working people,

01:10with growth from every community.

01:12A Britain ready to restore that promise.

01:15The bond that reaches through the generations and says,

01:18this country will be better for your children.

01:21That is the change on offer on July 4th.

01:26APPLAUSE

01:36That is our plan, and I invite you all to join our mission

01:40to stop the chaos, turn the page, and start to rebuild our country.

01:44Thank you so much.

01:46APPLAUSE

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