General election 2019 latest: manifestos and 'contracts with the people'

The Week’s daily round-up of how the election campaign is unfolding

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It’s less than three weeks to go until the 12 December general election, and voters are being absolutely spoiled rotten by parties publishing manifestos.

Labour’s manifesto launch managed to knock the Andrew formerly known as Prince off the front pages, with promises of higher NHS spending, a second Brexit referendum and the biggest house-building programme since the Second World War.

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