New Labour

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faction of the Labour Party political ideology

New Labour was the rebranded, centrist-modernising wing of the UK Labour Party in the 1990s and 2000s, associated with Tony Blair’s leadership and a shift toward pro-market, socially liberal policies.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Labour Party (UK) government under Tony Blair 1
New Labour government in the United Kingdom 1
New Labour, New Britain 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf faction of the Labour Party ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
associatedWith Alastair Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Prescott NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Mandelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
branding modernisation of Labour Party image ⓘ
cameToPowerIn 1997 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
constitutionalReform House of Lords reform ⓘ
devolution to Scotland and Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticisedFor centralisation of power in Downing Street ⓘ
neoliberal tendencies ⓘ
spin and media management focus ⓘ
economicPolicy Bank of England operational independence ⓘ
emphasis on low inflation ⓘ
public–private partnerships ⓘ
educationPolicy focus on standards and testing ⓘ
electoralStrategy appeal to middle-class voters ⓘ
appeal to swing voters in marginal constituencies ⓘ
foreignPolicy interventionism ⓘ
support for European integration ⓘ
support for NATO ⓘ
healthPolicy increased NHS funding ⓘ
ideology Third Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
pro-market economic policy ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
social liberalism ⓘ
inGovernment 1997–2010 ⓘ
leaderDuringPeak Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
policyOrientation constitutional reform ⓘ
fiscal prudence ⓘ
market-friendly economic policy ⓘ
public service reform ⓘ
socially liberal policies ⓘ
tough on crime policies ⓘ
position centre-left ⓘ
centrist ⓘ
precededBy Old Labour ⓘ
primeMinister Gordon Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
slogan New Labour, New Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialPolicy civil partnership legislation ⓘ
expansion of higher education ⓘ
introduction of minimum wage in the UK ⓘ
startTime mid-1990s ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Tony Blair government
Lord Mandelson → partOf → New Labour ⓘ
Third Way politics → practicedBy → New Labour ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Labour government in the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Labour Party (UK) government under Tony Blair
New Labour project → slogan → New Labour ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Labour, New Britain