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Who leaked Labour’s manifesto?

Both allies and opponents of Jeremy Corbyn had plausible motives for releasing the document.

By Stephen Bush

Labour’s ruling executive meets with the Shadow Cabinet and representatives from the party’s NPF at noon today to debate, amend and approve the contents of the party’s election manifesto at the party’s Clause V meeting, but somehow the contents have been leaked to the press.

“Corbyn’s plan to nationalise rail, mail and energy firms” is the Guardian‘s splash, while the Mirror goes for the slightly more succinct “Corbyn will nationalise Energy, Rail and Mail” as theirs. “Labour plans return to state ownership” is the Times‘ splash. “Corbyn’s manifesto to take Britain back to 1970s” is the Telegraph‘s take, while the Mail opts for “Labour manifesto to drag us back to 1970s”.

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