The rise of the Labour Party

Decrease the number of unemployed people

Unionsts

Decrease the working day to 8 hours

Improve the health of the nation 

Represent the people more in the house of the Commons

Supporting trade unions, so they get similar rewards to those in higher classes

Stop charging Shopkeepers and traders so much tax, so they can afford to live

Help the old people in society

Karl Marx formed the new ideogly Socialism. The idea spread to Britain. He believed society was too unequal due to private property owners. Marx supported the working class, and supported the idea of people living together (common ownership). 

His idea came to Britain in 1880.

Marx struggled to promote his idea, as he wrote his ideas in complex books. Many people in Britain were illiteratue, however Marx's book was more aimed at University students.

In 1884 the Social Democratic Federation began a revolution. Wereas Fabians peacefully spreaded their ideas and belived they would be victorious in the long term. 

In 1906 the Labour and Liberal party made a deal. They selected 30 constituencies, were they wouldn't stand against each other. This meant the votes wouldn't be spilt, and would gve both parties a better chance at beating the conservative party. 

This worked effectivley as Labour increased their seats by 27 and the liberals increased their seats by 214. 

Trade unionsts lost support for the Conservative government as the Balfour government took no action to help the trade unions as they didn't reverse the judgement. 

The Trade unionsts and working class wanted to change the laws, therefore they realised they needed to get into government, so supported the working class party, Labour. 

Labour influenced the trade dispute bill. This reversed the Taff Vale ruling. This meant strikers could strike agian. 

Labour influenced the Trade dispute bill and Free school meals during Liberal leadership. This showed that Labour had influence in the government, which would make more people vote for them. 

Labour had trouble forming a party, as they needed money. Hardie organised a conference for all the different socialist groups, so they could form a party. The conference was held in Bradford in 1893. They branded themselves as the INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY and created common principles;

• 8 hour day (reduced from 10-11 hours)
• There should be work for the unemployed
• Collective ownership (shared ownership of business) 

Their strategy for power was to get more MP’s for the ILP in parliament. However this strategy failed as they lacked money, they were a divided party (clashes between the leaders of the different groups). In the 1895 election they could only afford to put forward 28 MP’s, however none of them were elected, therefore the ILP failed. 

After the previous meeting had failed, they held another meeting in 1900 in London. They formed the Labour Representaion Committee.

They wanted each Union to affiliate (link) to the LRC. This meant some money from each individual conscription to a Union went to the LRC as apart of their political fund (political Levy). 

The big turning point for them was in 1908. The Miners Federation finally affiliated to the Labour Party. This led many Lib-Lab’s to leave to the Labour Party in 1909. 

This meant the Labour Party would recieve a lot more money.

In 1909 the Osbourne ruling, ruled the Political Lvey as illegal. 

This meant that Labour didn't have any funding. In the 1910 they only won 42 seats, as they could only afford to put forward 52 candidates. 

The Payment of MP’s act in 1911, this benefitted Labour, as it sorted the funding issue. 

The Trade Union act was passed in 1913. This changed the Osbourne ruling by Labour influence. They could restore the political levy as long as each worker has the option to opt out.