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Labour will launch a manifesto in every region of England under plans to hand "wealth and power back to every community". The manifestos will include pledges on transport, housing and jobs.
The manifestos will be launched alongside further details of the party's 250bn Green Transformation Fund, which the party said is an "investment blitz" on a scale unseen since the Second World War.
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