Union boss’s comments overshadow £50bn Labour manifesto pledge

Jeremy Corbyn launches the Labour election manifesto at Bradford University.Jeremy Corbyn’s biggest trade union backer has said he does not believe Labour will win the election but would have fought a successful campaign if it keeps 200 seats, although that would be the party’s worst result since 1935.The intervention by Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, overshadowed the launch of Labour’s election manifesto, which set out £50bn spending pledges and higher ra