peter dowd is a labour politician and is currently the shadow chief secretary to the treasury. k you for being on the programme. a critical day for you and all of your colleagues. looking at the labour manifesto, many have seen the great detail in the plans. radical plans, radical changes, at the scrapping of university fees. minimum wage, free school meals, the list is very long. many have argued that you have some kind of money tree. that is the conservative line. the institute for fiscal studies are concerned the numbers do not add up. i disagree with the institute for fiscal studies. what we have tried to do in our manifesto is set out what our spending plans are going to be, and we have another document which sets out how we're going to raise those figures. they out clearly, it is a clearly costed ma nifesto, clearly, it is a clearly costed manifesto, more so than the conservatives‘. if the institute for fiscal studies had a chance to look at my figures —— ourfigures, and have disagreements, we stand by them. one of the ways is raising taxes on those who earn £80,000 or mor

that's something we put to shadow chief secretary to the treasury peter dowd.agree with the institute for fiscal studies. what we've tried to do in our manifesto is set out what oui’ do in our manifesto is set out what our spending plans are going to be and we've got another document which sets out how we're going to raise those figures. they are set out clearly. it is the most clearly costed manifesto for many years. it is certainly more clearly costed than the conservative manifesto and it is there for all to see and the institute for fiscal studies have had the opportunity to pour over our figures. they disagree to some extent, but nevertheless we stand by the figures. with me is david gauke who is the uk's chief secretary to the treasury and the conservative candidate for south west hertfordshire which is just north of london. good morning david. now, of course, everybody now in this country is trying to crystallise its thought process on what's been a very swift, but for some, very confusing campaign period. for theresa may she wa nted campaign period. for

i am joined now by peter dowd, labour‘s shadow chief secretary to the treasury.ntre message. there was a tone of it that indicated it perhaps wasn‘t a real queen‘s speech. it had no substance. a huge repeal bill amongst it, isn‘t that the government‘s right to make that the prime —— priority. government‘s right to make that the prime -- priority. no 1's denying that because of the wealth needed for the economy, but whatever happened in the general election, we knew brexit would be the dominant element for the next 4—5 years. that apart, what's left there that is what we are going to be doing the next two years? it's pretty scrappy. yet, on brexit, your party feel split over the way forward. some suggesting we should stay in the single market, while the manifesto says no, we are out of that and the customs union. how united is your party? it is united in the fact that we once the exact same benefits in relation to the single market and the customs union, though we may well be out but that is where you negotiate with the eu, and i think, we, as the labour party, ar

and peter dowd is labour's shadow chief secretary to the treasury. good evening to you both.our pitch to the people of wigan as mac what can you do to revitalise or upgrade the economy there? first of all, i think your report hit on port in thing. if we want to improve living standards we have got to create the wealth , that is absolutely key. how do we do that to benefit, say, wigan? part of it is about infrastructure. we've got to be fiscally credible but you've got to put the infrastructure in, improve the transport links. bring those northern towns and cities together is what has driven the northern powerhouse thinking, that's really important. making sure that we are forward—looking and innovative, there is a role for government there in helping research and development, there is a lot of research we are doing with innovate uk. we said in our manifesto we want to be the most innovative country in the world. in terms of providing support for research and development, for example, seeing that as a priority, that is rarely important. skills and training as well. more money