Do you agree? Labour hopes to win over doubters by persuading them it no longer believes in tax-and-spend government. Some say its approach is too cautious.
The Labour manifesto: Wealth is what we need
Businesslike: Keir Starmer put economic growth at the heart of Labour’s promise, targeted at former Tory voters. Glossary
Keir Starmer - The leader of the UK Labour Party since 2020 and British prime minister since July 2024.
Labour - Britain's main left-of-centre political party.
Manifesto - A statement published by a person or group of people, especially a political party, or a government, in which they say what their aims and policies are.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Investment - When you put money into a project or idea in the hope it will be successful in the future.
VAT - Short for value added tax. It is payable to the government by a business that sells an item. Essential items like food are zero-rated. Children’s clothes are also exceptions.
National insurance - In the UK, a tax on money you earn, either from your job or by being self-employed.
Corporation tax - A tax on the profits of a business.
Tax avoidance - When a person finds legal loopholes to avoid taxes/pay less tax. It is different to tax evasion, which is when someone does not pay taxes in an illegal way.
Asylum seekers - People who have left their countries due to danger and are seeking refuge elsewhere.
Rwanda - A country in the centre of Africa. At least 500,000 people were killed in the appalling genocide of 1994.
House of Lords - In the UK, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is made up of hereditary peers, the Lords Spiritual (bishops) and life peers.
Hereditary peers - Members of the House of Lords who have inherited their position from their parents. There are currently 92 hereditary peers in the HoL.
Zero-hours contracts - An employment contract which offers no guarantee of any paid work.
Conservatives - A traditionally right-wing or centre right political party in the UK. Members are sometimes called Tories.
Gimmicks - Something done to attract people's attention, but which is not really serious.