Examine the similarities between the labour party and democrat party

Question 1

Economy

Answer 1

Democrats prefer higher and progressive taxation where the richest are taxed more then the poor in terms of income tax, the Labour party agree with this and also campaign for higher taxes, in 2015 they campaigned to introduce the 50% top rate of income tax for people earning over 150,000.

Question 2

Healthcare

Answer 2

ACA, more affordable healthcare for all, most progressive democrats campaigned for universal health care, agreement with this to some extent extra 2.5 billion funding towards the NHS and in 2017 they committed to increase spending by 30 billion by 2023.

Question 3

Rights

Answer 3

In 2021 pledged for tougher and fairer hate crime laws to keep LGBTQ feel safer.