ETVT current labour party is influenced by social democracy

Influenced by social democracy in regards to the economy

Atlee

* Nationalised 20% of the economy (Coal, railways, bank of england, gas, steel etc)

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Current labour party

* Work hand in hand w trade unions
* Introduction of the national minimum wage- Blair
* £10 minimum wage for anyone over 16
* Wants windfall tax on energy companies
* agreed to the bailouts and shemes during COVID

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Corbyn

* Nationalise key industries

No longer influenced by social democracy in regards to the economy

Stammer

* prioritising private business → wants to provide emergency support to private business and cut in business rates for some businesses
* was against the tories tax hike
* Believed borrowing is a bad idea and has criticised conservatives for doing so

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Blair

* avoided increasing income tax for the wealthy
* 2008- Blair and brown has a light touch regulation approach to the economy
* Manufacturing feel under blair
* constraints on trade unions
* Using private industry to fund public services blurred the lines between state owned and private owned in the UK (PFI), seen as a departure from social democrat universal public services

Foreign policy influenced by social democracy

Atlee

* Focused on peace
* Decolonisation - Indian independence, dissolution of British Mandate Palestine
* Anti-nuclear weaponry

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Current labour

* Peace oriented
* Support for Ukraine and NATO

Foreign policy no longer influenced by social democracy

Blair

* War on terror in Iraq

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Trident

* labour supports continued investment in trident

Welfare significantly influenced by social democracy

Old labour

* Establishment of NHS
* Welfare state- public housing, education etc

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New labour

* Blair invested record breaking amounts at the time to NHS and education
* Want pension and benefit reform → starmer was against Tories reducing universal credit by £20 a week
* wants to tackle child poverty
* Labour is committed to building more council homes
* More investment into child care

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Corbyn

* free bus travel for under 25s
* build 10,000 council homes a year

Welfare no longer influenced by social democracy

Blair

* fewer council houses built than thatcher
* student loans
* increased use of means tested benefits- making it harder to access