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Alastair Campbell was central to the media image of New Labour. Once New Labour was established, it was developed as a brand, portrayed as a departure from Old Labour, the party of pre-1994 [33] which had been criticised for regularly betraying its election promises and was linked with trade unionism, the state and benefit claimants.
New Labour, New Life for Britain was a political manifesto published in 1996 by the British Labour Party. The party had recently rebranded itself as New Labour under the leadership of Tony Blair . The manifesto set out the party's new " Third Way " centrist approach to policy, with subsequent success at the 1997 general election .
Labour's manifesto, New Labour, New Life for Britain, was published in 1996 and outlined five key pledges: Class sizes to be cut to 30 or under for 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds by using money from the assisted places scheme. Fast track punishment for persistent young offenders, by halving the time from arrest to sentencing.
The New Deal (renamed Flexible New Deal from October 2009) was a workfare programme introduced in the United Kingdom by the first New Labour government in 1998, initially funded by a one-off £5 billion windfall tax on privatised utility companies. [1]
The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour [1] is a book by political journalist Andrew Rawnsley detailing the centre-left New Labour Premiership of Tony Blair between 2001, when Blair was re-elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, through to his resignation in 2007 when Gordon Brown formed his government, and through to just before [2] [3] Labour's defeat in 2010.
New Labour as a name has no official status, but remains in common use to distinguish modernisers from those holding to more traditional positions, normally referred to as "Old Labour". New Labour is a party of ideas and ideals but not of outdated ideology. What counts is what works. The objectives are radical. The means will be modern. [73]
After the election of a Labour Party government in 1997, the Fabian Society was a forum for New Labour ideas and for critical approaches from across the party. [34] The most significant Fabian contribution to Labour's policy agenda in government was Ed Balls's 1992 discussion paper, advocating Bank of England independence.
Pages in category "New Labour" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...