General election: Here's what happened on day 19 of the campaign
Sunday 24 November 2019 21:54, UK
The general election campaign continues apace ahead of polling day on 12 December. Here's your quick rundown of what happened on day 19.
In a sentence: Boris Johnson launched the Conservative manifesto, with a promise to fund 50,000 more NHS nurses.
In a paragraph: The Tory leader said the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be put back to MPs before Christmas to sign off on Brexit before the 31 January deadline. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the manifesto was for billionaires as he accused Mr Johnson of offering "more cuts, more failure, and years more of Brexit uncertainty".
In 100 words: Mr Johnson promised more spending on police and the NHS, while guaranteeing there would be no rises in income tax, VAT or National Insurance contributions.
The Tories promised investment in the arts, music and sport - as Mr Corbyn was joined by pop stars and film makers to unveil Labour's arts manifesto, which included a £1bn arts fund.
Hip-hop singer MIA described the Labour leader as "the last stand that England has got", while BAFTA-winning director Ken Loach said the party faced "the fight of our lives" against the "public school bluster" of the Conservatives.
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Mr Johnson has promised the Conservatives will plant 75,000 acres of trees a year, while producers will have to pay the full cost of dealing with waste as part of the Tories' promise to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050.
The Tories' day-to-day spending plan is in stark contrast to Labour's - for every extra pound the Conservatives are promising to spend, Labour want to spend an extra £28, Sky's economic editor Ed Conway calculated.
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A day after Mr Corbyn said he would stay neutral in Labour's promised second referendum, his deputy, John McDonnell, told Paste BN he would not be following his boss' lead.
Labour announced it would borrow £58bn to compensate "Waspi" women - Women Against State Pension Inequality - who have been financially hit by the decision to raise the pension age from 60 to 66.
Mr Johnson's manifesto is "slimline" and offers "not much at all beyond 'getting Brexit done' by 31 January", writes Sky's political editor, Beth Rigby.
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- Watch Dermot Murnaghan live from 9pm on 12 December
- See the exit poll at 10pm
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