Labour launches its manifesto for the council elections today with a pledge to put inequality as its top priority for the next five years.

Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council is due to set out the party’s election campaign themes today with UK deputy leader Tom Watson.

The manifesto include commitments on housing, childcare, the environment and jobs.

It will include a guarantee for every 18-24 year old of a job, Apprenticeship or a place in education or training.

A pledge to create 50,000 new jobs and 100 new businesses.

A commitment to increase the number of living wage employers and superfast broadband access to every house and business.

In education the party said it want sot build on the school re-building programme of the last 15 years and improve educational; attainment for pupils.

The plan includes providing every pupil with a tablet or similar device and equip classrooms with Wi-Fi.

Invest £20m in school sport for playgrounds and active play though an Active Sports Fund with modern school playing fields for secondary schools.

Mr McAveety who is looking to be re-elected and continue as council leader said the message is doing what the council can to help the people of Glasgow.

He said: ““The driving thread though the manifesto is about reducing inequality. So what does the city council have powers to do and can influence to try and reduce the inequality gap.

“The big themes are trying to empower people to have decent houses, building on what we’ve done in schools. We’ve had a revolution in the school estate in the last 15 years we are now ensuring that children are at the heart of that.

“We will go from the most digitally excluded school children to the best equipped.”

Mr McAveety said there are plans for a city energy company that would help bring down bills and to increase the city’s affordable housing.

He said: “We are guaranteeing in house building we will get 25,000 new homes over the next five years.

“We are going to be developing our own Glasgow energy company to tackle fuel bills which are crippling low income families and people in the older pre 1919 housing stock.”

Labour will promise to improve recycling and reverse the multi bin collection that has grown across the city.

Mr McAveety said: “We will continue to make the clean-up of Glasgow a priority because that is what people are telling us.

“There will be a single bin collection, working over the next five years. The recycling centre will deal with the separation rather than asking the residents to.

“We will go from one of the lowest recycling councils to one of the best if not the best.”