Jeremy Corbyn will try to steer his party's campaign back towards the NHS today after a bruising day of questioning about his tax plans and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. The Labour leader was accused of not being fit to be prime minister by the Chief Rabbi and was forced to admit that some low-income
taxpayers could end up paying more under the party's manifesto proposals.
The Conservatives will also want to move the focus onto their agenda again after the party was accused by the Muslim Council of Britain of "denial, dismissal and deceit" over Islamophobia within its ranks.
The Labour leader is facing pressure to apologise to the Jewish community after failing to when pressed during a 30-minute grilling on the BBC by veteran journalist Andrew Neil on Tuesday evening.
Later shadow defence secretary Nia Griffth said she is "ashamed" that the party has been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism and said Labour now needed to apologise to the Jewish community.
Mr Corbyn also faced awkward questions from Mr Neil on tax.
His party has said it will not raise rates of income tax, National Insurance and VAT paid by the lowest-paid 95% of taxpayers and that only the richest 5% will pay more.
But Mr Neil pointed out that Labour's plans to scrap the marriage allowance, which lets married couples reduce their tax burden by £250 a year, would hit lower-income taxpayers .
Mr Corbyn responded: "But they will also be getting a pay rise when we bring in a living wage. They will also be getting improvement in free nursery provision for two to four-year-olds."
Meanwhile, Scottish first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is expected to warn "there is worse to come" if the Tories win the General Election, at the launch of the party's manifesto
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