Will Keir Starmer keep to these manifesto plans? His hope is that the economy begins to grow, delivering him the tax revenue he needs to improve public services - but what if it doesn't?
Imagine a skyscraper: the tallest you've ever seen. Imagine it surrounded by other tall buildings - a cityscape of skyscrapers. Now imagine a small semi-detached house standing in front of those buildings. What you're picturing in your head is about the best visual approximation of the statistical difference between the fiscal plans from most of the manifestos this year - big, tall, towering financial commitments towards higher taxes and spending - and the Labour manifesto.
👉 Tap here to follow Politics at Jack at Sam's wherever you get your podcasts 👈 But there's more to this than meets the eye, because then you've got to take into account the Green Prosperity Plan - the remnants of that £28bn investment promise Labour ditched not that long ago. This adds an extra £4.7bn of investment spending each year, balanced out by a further tax on oil and gas companies in the North Sea.
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