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The Ontario provincial election campaign is officially underway and election day is June 2nd. The campaign promises have been coming in thick: $1 per ride transportation from the Ontario Liberals, new highways from the Progressive Conservatives, and hiring more nurses and personal support workers from the NDP, to name a few.

Queen’s Park reporter Jeff Gray sets the scene for this month’s campaign, telling us what the major parties are offering voters.

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37:T42d,Rishi Sunak has launched the Conservative's election manifesto, promising to slash taxes in a bid to revive the party's floundering campaign.

In his address at the home of the British Grand Prix, the prime minister pledged £17bn in tax cuts including lowering national insurance by 2p, scrapping it entirely for the self-employed and stopping state pensions being taxed with "triple lock plus" - which the party said would all be paid for with £12bn in cuts to the civil service and welfare.

But will it be enough to turn around the fortunes of the Conservatives?

Today on the Daily, Niall Paterson crunches the numbers with Sky's economics and data editor Ed Conway and political communications strategist Jo Tanner unpicks what the Tories are trying to do with this manifesto. Plus, Sky News' political correspondent Darren McCaffrey on if it will shift the dial for the election.

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Editor: Philly Beaumont 38:T46a,Reform have launched their manifesto which they're calling "Our Contract With You" in South Wales.

The "contract" is promising big spending, dwarfing what Labour and the Conservatives have committed to.

The party says it will pay for the plans by measures including scrapping net zero targets and what remains of HS2.

In this episode Niall Paterson gets analysis on what's in the "contract" from our chief political correspondent Jon Craig.

He also speaks with our royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills about the Princess of Wales and the King – and their return to public life.

Full list of candidates for North West Essex constituency, which we mention in the podcast:

-Kemi Badenoch, Conservative and Unionist Party
-Erik Bonino, Independent
-Edward Gildea, Green Party
-Andrew David Green, Independent
-Niko Omilana, Independent
-Smita Rajesh, Liberal Democrats
-Grant StClair-Armstrong, Reform UK
-Issy White, Labour Party

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