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This is the best summary I could come up with:
But the funds to pay for it all are due to come from a relatively thin wedge of tax rises worth around £8.5 billion, a sum experts say is nowhere near enough to fix a state groaning from years of austerity under the last Conservative government.
While former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak began the campaign with eye-catching new policies, Labour Leader Keir Starmer — desperate not to look profligate — largely harked back to and re-confirmed items his party had already agreed.
The Conservative government’s levy, which focuses on profits made by oil and gas companies, will be extended from March 2029 to the end of the parliament, and the tax is raised by 3 percentage points.
Labour would back a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Russia, and “work with allies” to seize and use frozen Russian state assets to support Ukraine … the party backs an “immediate ceasefire in Gaza , the release of all hostages, the upholding of international law, and a rapid increase of aid” … and would recognize a Palestinian state “as a contribution to a renewed peace process,” meaning U.K. recognition could come before a full and final peace settlement with Israel.
Labour re-states its plan to rename it the “growth and skills levy,” with firms given more freedom to use up to half of government funding to cover apprenticeships or provide training for existing staff.
Keir Starmer promised to pass the Football Governance Bill, which fell when parliament was dissolved, but said the idea of 10 percent levies on Premier League transfers would not be made law.
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Having read the article, this is unfortunately a pretty poor summary. Copying just the headings of the sections and subsections would have shown much more light.