Labour Leaders - Policies
- Created by: Grace Lidgett
- Created on: 10-01-13 22:10
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- Labour leaders
- Clement Attlee
- Post-war age of consensus 1945 - landslide majority
- First and arguably last pm to be socialist:- welfare state, nhs, nationalised steel and iron, keynesianism
- Tony Blair
- New labour/third way
- Removed clause 4:- arguably what made the party socialist
- more committed to the individual - even at the price of community
- Accepted a free market, less involvement with trade unions, harder on law and order
- Trade unions except "fairness not favours"
- Did implement minimum wage and was committed to the eu
- Ramsey Mcdonald
- Both minority governments (1924 and 1929)
- In 1924, they weren't even the biggest party in the H.O.C so as a result little was achieved
- Both minority governments (1924 and 1929)
- Harold Wilson
- Change was must less prominent in these 2 governments in 60s and 70s
- However they did improve the housing scheme and equal pay
- Ed Miliband
- Still unsure in which direction he wants to take the party = red? blue? purple?
- Idea of predestination= distribution of wealth and equality before it needs to be redistributed
- Michael Foot
- In opposition
- 1983 manifesto was seen as the new hope for Britain - socialist plans
- 5 year economic plans, abolish h.o.l, renationalise industries and increasing child benefits
- Gordon Brown
- Can be seen as moving away from new labour
- Nationalised some banks (northern rock) and railways (east coast) and tried to eradicate child poverty
- Clement Attlee
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