The differences between New and Old labour
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- The three differences between New and Old labour
- attitudes towards crime prevention
- Old Labours
- more compassionate ;looking at the sociological influence behind the crime (and the economics factors which may result in crime tendencies as well)
- New Labour
- having a heavier conservative influence than the "Old", though
- dedication to reducing anti-social behaviour
- can be seen through acts such as the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act, which introduced Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs).
- Blair's insistence that he was "tough on crime"
- Yvette Cooper as well
- in comparison to the criminals as victims of Thatcherism,
- prison population in 2005 rose to over 76,000, mostly due to the increasing length of sentences.
- dedication to reducing anti-social behaviour
- having a heavier conservative influence than the "Old", though
- Old Labours
- economic approach
- New Labour
- held a more prudent approach
- encouraged a ‘Tax and Spend’ policy in order to redistribute wealth through high taxation and increased government spending
- Unlike the Old labour, they do not stress the idea of public owner ship; appealed to a wider range of voters, in particular the middle classes.
- arguing that it was possible to maintain the efficiency of capitalism while achieving the aims of socialism that were key to keeping Labour’s working class base.
- economic decisions were made that would maintain the party’s socialist roots
- such as Working Tax Credit, and Child Tax Credit
- economic decisions were made that would maintain the party’s socialist roots
- encouraged a ‘Tax and Spend’ policy in order to redistribute wealth through high taxation and increased government spending
- held a more prudent approach
- Old Labour
- embraced the idea of public ownership
- New Labour
- Privatisation
- Old labours
- New Labours
- Blair’s Private finance initiative (PFI)
- creating “public–private partnerships” by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital
- London Underground, the NHS and schools
- these policies raised money in the short-term without the need for higher taxes
- New Labour presented themselves as a “sensible”, pragmatic party in contrast to Old Labour’s dogmatic, ideologically-driven ways
- Aiming to build a practical, prosperous society; condemned Foot’s Labour as “stubborn” and “old-fashioned” through their insistence that nationalisation and equality of outcome
- New Labour presented themselves as a “sensible”, pragmatic party in contrast to Old Labour’s dogmatic, ideologically-driven ways
- these policies raised money in the short-term without the need for higher taxes
- London Underground, the NHS and schools
- creating “public–private partnerships” by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital
- Blair’s Private finance initiative (PFI)
- attitudes towards crime prevention
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