By Iain Dale, Dennis Kavanagh
This quantity brings jointly for the 1st time the British Labour Political celebration basic Election Manifestos, courting again to 1900, and together with the newest basic Election manifesto of 1997.The venture offers an indispensible resource of information concerning the Labour Party's political ideologies and coverage positions, in addition to charting their adjustments over time.The quantity has a brand new creation written via Dennis Kavanagh, who's Professor of Politics at Liverpool college, and who has already released Political technological know-how and Political Behaviour with Routledge.In addition to the hot creation, the quantity incorporates a entire index, making the amount effortless to take advantage of.
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Labour means to bring about a more equitable distribution of the wealth produced by the common effort of the workers by hand and brain. Our industrial policy involves the prompt Nationalisation of Mines, as recommended by the Sankey Commission, and the Nationalisation of Railways, with an increased share of control for the workers, an improved Workmen’s Compensation Act, and other measures for the protection of the workpeople. We oppose all attempts to interfere with the Trade Boards. Houses and health Our social programme includes a national scheme of housing which will end the scandal of a homeless population and replace the slums by decent homes.
Labour seeks a mandate to carry out this programme by constitutional and democratic means, and with this end in view, it seeks power to abolish the House of Lords and improve the procedure of the House of Commons. Labour asks the Nation for a Parliamentary Majority to promote Socialism at home and Peace abroad. 3% Victory in war must be followed by a prosperous peace Victory is assured for us and our allies in the European war. The war in the East goes the same way. The British Labour Party is firmly resolved that Japanese barbarism shall be defeated just as decisively as Nazi aggression and tyranny.
The Government’s cuts The Labour Ministers resigned because they refused to abandon Labour’s cardinal principle that proper provision for the unemployed is a social duty and a national responsibility. Sound public policy demands the absorption of the unemployed into normal work; while that is being effected, adequate maintenance should be provided. The Labour Party protests against the reduction in the rates of unemployment benefit and the increase in contributions. It denounces the introduction of Poor Law Tests and machinery into the administration of Unemployment Insurance.
