United Kingdom labour leader's vehicle runs over BBC cameraman's foot

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A senior Labour source said suggestions the manifesto was leaked by Mr Corbyn's team were "categorically and completely untrue".

A cameraman's foot was run over by a auto carrying Jeremy Corbyn to a meeting to agree Labour's election manifesto.

Labour's policy offer includes a host of left-wing measures such as plans to nationalise the railways and the Royal Mail, set up a competitor to the "big six" energy suppliers and reverse a series of Tory social security cuts.

It was yet to be signed off by most senior party figures, including the shadow cabinet and Labours national executive committee.

The Financial Times says the policies show a "misguided bid to turn the clock back" by Mr Corbyn, although it concedes there are elements that "deserve debate".

The Conservatives and Labour's other opponents seized on the leak as evidence that the party lacked discipline.

In a statement posted on their website, they said they had received assurances from Labour's Clive Efford - who is defending a 2,693 majority - that he would stand up for the environment, protect the NHS and "oppose a harmful Brexit".

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Murphy said Tillerson was quite emphatic about the need to stop these activities to give the talks a good chance of succeeding. The ASEAN foreign leaders also discussed the increasing tensions in the Korean peninsula due to North Korea's nuclear threats.

But the speech might not have gone down well with Labour's leadership, given Mr Brown conspicuously failed to mention Jeremy Corbyn during his 25-minute oration.

Conservative Party Chairman Patrick McLoughlin said: "It is increasingly clear the Lib Dems and Greens are determined to prop [Jeremy] Corbyn up in a coalition of chaos to frustrate Brexit and put up taxes for every family and business in Britain".

Labour's last prime minister said Labour voters must turn out in numbers to prevent current prime minister Theresa May being given a "blank cheque" to do "whatever she wants" in negotiating Britain's exit from the EU. She wants a free hand. According to surveys, her Conservative Party is well ahead of Labour. "I accept that military action, under global law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary" - from Mr Corbyn's speech to be given at Chatham House.

There were also proposals for a new Ministry of Labour to deliver investment in enforcing workers' rights and zero hour contracts will be outlawed. Mr Gwynne said that in each region there should be a state-run energy firm.

The draft also proposes raising income taxes for the top 5 per cent of earners to fund greater spending on health care.

Mr Corbyn added that the party would lay out how its policies would be funded when the manifesto is published "in the next few days".

To pay for the pledges, Labour has already announced plans to hike corporation tax to 26 per cent by 2022, bringing in an extra £20 billion, and indicated that people earning more than £80,000 will face tax rises.

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