UK Labour unveils polls manifesto

Britain's opposition Labour Party pledged to raise taxes on the well-off, renationalise key industries and end austerity in its manifesto yesterday, presenting voters with their starkest choice in decades in next month's election.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the programme "radical and responsible", saying the country had been run "for the rich, the elite and the vested interests" in seven years of Conservative government.

"It will change our country," he said in his speech at the presentation of the manifesto in Bradford in northwest England.

"It will lead us through Brexit while putting the preservation of jobs first," he said, appearing in front of Labour's election manifesto: "For the many, not the few."

Corbyn promised a Labour government would immediately guarantee the rights of EU citizens in Britain and during Brexit negotiations would aim to maintain access to the European single market.

The manifesto included a tax increase from 40 percent to 45 percent for salaries of between £80,000 (94,000 euros, $103,000) and £123,0000 a year, above which there will be a new 50 percent top rate of income tax.

The party also plans a levy on businesses with staff earning large salaries over £330,000.