Labour And Party Factions Flashcards
Momentum
Influential in corbyns leadership race in 2015
Corbyn ( before being removed )
New labour
Most influential - won 2 landslides in 1997,2001
Bringing labour to the centre and removing clause 4 from the party constitution
Blair , brown , Yvette cooper , keir starmer , Rachel reeves
Future Britain group
Rallied against corbyns leadership taking party more towards the left
Dissolved in 2021 Yvette cooper
Economy - what did they reduce the top rate of tax from
Reduced top rate of tax from 150k to 125k November 2022
Pragmatic absence of ideology in times of crisis
What did they do with the windfall tax
Windfall tax on oil and gas increased from 25 percent to 35 extended to 2028
What did they do with NI and and coop tax
Autum statement reduced cooperation tax from 19% to 17% by 2020 - decision reversed due to Covid. Supportive of laissez faire and less state intervention
What is laissez faire
The policy of letting things take there own course without interfering ( such as free market economics)
Welfare - conservatives
2019 manifesto to invest in NHS 50 000 more nurses 6000 more doctors by 2025
ONC policy - very paternalism, taking responsibility for the vulnerable
Raised NI to pay for Covid backlog - reversed by truss in HSC levy bill
Right wing of the party committed to a small state and less intervention ( could argue this is not paternalistic)
Universal credit increased by 20 during Covid then cut post pandemic
Pragmatism and responding to crisis
Maintain triple lock on pensions
Law and order - conservatives
Increased use of stop and search announced by Patel when she was home secretary
Tough on law and order
Police crime and sentencing bill , noisy and disruptive protest now illegal
Limit rights to preserve order.
Foreign - conservatives
2019 deal to leave the eu
Supportive of war in Ukraine by sending 2.3 million in 2022
Strong in law and order and preserving britains role in foreign affairs
Supportive of trident
Planned for 0.7% of GNI to be spent on aid , since been abandoned - partly due to Covid , higher international aid should try take backseat to charity at home
Immigration - conservatives
Rwanda bill passed second reading in December 2023 - tough on immigration
Rwanda bill passed through in April 2024 - sunak saying he will get them planes going in 10-12 weeks
Signals five promises including stop the boats
Labour and economy
Cut the lowest tax band to 19% after truss mini budget ( manifestos )
2019 manifesto promise to reinstate the 50p tax band for those earning above 123k social justice and wealth redistribution
Increased coop tax to 25% announced by reeves in 2022
Larger role for the state and redistribution of wealth
Pro windfall tax called for policy early in 2022
Redistribution of wealth and supporting the poor
Welfare - lab
2019 manifesto increase health budget by 4 % annually and abolish charges for prescription and dentistry- supportive of the least well of in society offering free non emergency services
Reeves said that labour wouldn’t go ahead with the 2.5 % rise to NI and called on the government to end there rise due to the cost of living crisis
Lab supporting least well off
Maintain triple lock on pensions
2019 - abolish tuition fees bring back maintainance grants commitment to social justice and equality of opportunity.
Law and order - labour
2019 manifesto object extension to stop and search - recognised that s and s would impact BAME community’s disproportionately
Strongly opposed to pCS bill police crime and sentencing over protest rights - attempted to amend the bill and remove ability of law enforcement to prevent locking on - lab history of protecting rights upheld
Against Rwanda bill in 2024
Foreign - lab
2019 manifesto - negotiate a softer brexit deal and new referendum on it ( but is this what society wanted )
Committed to 0.7 % of GNI on aid
Aid shows labour still taking poverty
