Labour's manifesto officially confirmed after embarrassing leak to press

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour’s election manifesto has been “unanimously” agreed after the party held its “Clause V’ meeting that, according to its rules, must take place to sign off its plan for government. One source at the meeting described the changes made to the text, which was prepared by Mr Corbyn’s policy chief, Andrew Fisher, as little more than “tinkering”. Despite this, the Labour leader’s positive tone was echoed by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, who described the meeting as “brilliant” and said there had been “complete unanimity” over the contents of the manifesto. Jeremy Corbyn and Labour: All you need to know The leaking of the manifesto had shattered the carefully-constructed plans for launching the party’s keystone policies and set the ball rolling on a surreal day that saw Mr Corbyn’s car run over a cameraman’s foot and Mr McCluskey emerge from the crunch meeting only to fall over and slide down the steps outside the building on his backside.