Old Labour

• Class - crucial aspect of society and 'common class interest' implies a common purpose
• Equality - Equal rights for minority groups and the economically deprived - not absolute economic equality but reduce the disparity between richest and poorest - equality of welfare provision and opportunity

  Sadiq Khan - Free school meals for all in London
• Social justice - Wealth achieved through windfalls should be redistributed - wealth achieved through hard work should be kept and those whoe make no effort to lift themselves from poverty only deserve limited state welfare
• Equality of opportunity - The state can intervene to stop some being so much more privileged and create better opportunities for those who lack them. Certain special forces operate against the interests of some sections of society - some people have more access to provision (connections and networking) and this needs to change to provide equality of opportunity
• Collectivism - People prefer to achieve goals collectively than apart. Working together is more likely to be successful
• Common ownership - a key form of collectivism and it means the ownership of the means of production and distribution in the interests of the whole community and therefore against the idea of private property
• Blair

  • implemented National Minimum Wage and the Employment Act
  • Police Reform Act
  • Tried to maintain a close relationship with trade unions
• Brown

  • Opposed to Iraq War
  • £15bn to improve railways
  • £8bn to support affordable housing
• Miliband

  • Tax increase for higher paid
  • Forgotten 50% scheme - people that didn't go to university
  • Claimed New Labour was too silent about the responsibility of those at the top
• Corbyn

  • Ending austerity
  • Nationalisation of nearly all public services
  • Set a maximum wage
• Starmer

  • Development of affordable housing (1.5 million new homes to be built)
  • Build an NHS for the future
  • Break down barriers to opportunity of every stage
  • Ban on zero hour contracts and protection of workers - no expectation to be reachable outside work hours
  • Make student loan repayment fairer - month on month tax cuts for graduates