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Billions of pounds for hospitals, schools, roads, internet, the two major British parties promised Thursday, November 7, a massive increase in spending on infrastructure and public services, the start of the legislative campaign.
With our correspondent in London, Muriel Delcroix
Labor and conservatives have embarked on a vertiginous bidding war, promising everyone to borrow large sums for public services who have suffered from a glaring lack of funding during the decade of austerity imposed by successive Conservative governments.
John McDonnell, Finance Officer for the Labor Party, has unveiled $ 465 billion in 10-year National and Ecological Transformation Funds. He also said he wanted to transfer more power and money to the northern regions, less rich than the south-east of the country and London.
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Conservative Finance Minister Sajid Javid has not been outdone and has also committed to more investment in education, health and transport, but has denied wanting to copy Labor plans by promising " Reasonable stewardship ".
But while the two men transformed into Santa Claus tried to present the most crowded hood, the Liberal Democratic Party denounced unrealistic promises on checks they could not honor.
A cry of alarm that may have no effect, as Tories and Labor are engaged in a merciless battle in the constituencies of central and northern England that will be decisive in the race Downing Street.