article_snippet.sent: Policies in Labour’s manifesto include a £2.5billion NHS fund paid for from a mansion tax, a levy on tobacco firms and closing a hedge fund tax avoidance loophole.
article_snippet.sent: It will also commit to 25 hours of childcare for working parents of three and four-year-olds, paid for by increasing the banking levy, and smaller class sizes for five, six and seven-year-olds, funded by scrapping the free schools programme.
article_snippet.sent: ■ Labour would ensure Premiership football teams give millions to smaller clubs, Andy Burnham has said.
article_snippet.sent: The shadow health spokesman said The shadow health spokesman would enforce a Premier League commitment to invest 5 per cent of the proceeds from lucrative TV rights deals in grassroots sport.
article_snippet.sent: But independent experts urged Labour to back plans to plug a £30billion hole in the books.
article_snippet.sent: These plans, drawn up by NHS boss Simon Stevens, commit the service to making £22billion of savings, but also require an extra £8billion a year by 2020.
article_snippet.sent: We’ll have practical measures that will raise £2.5billion –
article_snippet.sent: The party has promised to reduce evasion and avoidance by this amount by the end of 2017.
highlights_snippet.sent: Other policies include £2.5bn NHS fund paid for from a mansion tax and closing hedge fund tax avoidance loophole .