Corbyn unveils series of pledges to end Tory austerity that has “ravaged our country”

Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to fight the “failed austerity model of turbo-Thatcherism” of the Conservatives with a raft of promises designed to promote fairness in Britain and abroad.

The leadership candidate pledged 10 policies this morning at a business park in east London, including a £500bn infrastructure investment plan, building one million houses – half of which will be council houses – a national education service which would be open to everyone throughout their lives and putting justice at the heart of the UK’s foreign policy.

Speaking at a campaign event in East London, the current leader went on to commit to ending privatisation of the NHS, to commit to a tax system that ends pay inequality and to “insource” public services back into local government control.

“For too long, too many communities in Britain have been neglected too many people’s potential has been left untapped and their talents undeveloped,” he said,

“We are going to invest in those communities and invest in our people.

“This is about a failure of our economic model it is the economic model of ‘privatise and neglect’.

“This government isn’t the only one to blame but it is the most gratuitous, with their failed austerity model of turbo-Thatcherism.

“Britain has got to catch up or we will all be left behind. The neglect of our country must end we need a Labour government that rebuilds and transforms Britain.”

“Labour will ensure that no one and nowhere is left behind. With the talent and the skill in this country, Britain can achieve so much more.”

Corbyn’s pledges comes as the first policy-heavy announcements of his campaign, where thousands have attended rallies in Liverpool, Brighton, Hull, York and Leeds. The current leader is expected at more events in Wales and the South West this weekend after tonight’s hustings against challenger Owen Smith in Cardiff.

The full list of promises is:

1) Full employment and an economy that works for all

2) A secure homes guarantee, building one million houses in the first parliament

3) Security at work, ending zero hours contract and strengthening unions

4) Secure our NHS and social care

5) A national education service, open to all throughout their lives

6) Action to secure our environment

7) Put the public back into our economy and services and ending privatisation

8) Cut income and wealth inequality

9) Action to secure an equal society, ending discrimination

10) Peace and justice at the heart of foreign policy