Labour was a junior partner in the wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945. Following the 1945 general election landslide under Clement Attlee (1945–1951) it set up the welfare state with the National Health Service, nationalised a fifth of the economy, joined NATO and opposed the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

2025年1月29日 · Labour Party, British political party whose historic links with trade unions have led it to promote an active role for the state in the creation of economic prosperity and in the provision of social services. It has been the major democratic socialist party in Britain since the early 20th century.

The 1979 defeat marked the beginning of 18 years in opposition for the Labour Party, the longest in its history. According to historian Kenneth O. Morgan, ... Electoral history of the Labour Party (UK). In all general elections since 1918, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. ...

2024年3月6日 · Labour Party, British political party whose historic links with trade unions have led it to promote an active role for the state in the creation of economic prosperity and in the provision of social services. In opposition to the Conservative Party, it has been the …

2020年4月6日 · When was Britain’s Labour Party first established, who was the first Labour prime minister, and what exactly was the ‘third way’? As Sir Keir Starmer is elected as the new party leader, historian Dr Jeremy Nuttall explores the history of the Labour Party and considers what its future may hold…

2024年9月23日 · Labour was a junior partner in the wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945. Following the 1945 general election landslide under Clement Attlee (1945–1951) it set up the welfare state with the National Health Service, nationalised a fifth of the economy, joined NATO and opposed the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

The UK Labour Party emerged in the 1900s as a 'new party for a new century', breaking the electoral dominance of the Liberal and Conservative parties. Over the course of 120 years, the Labour Party has experienced periods of electoral success and popularity, radically reshaping the UK with its policies.

The Labour Party was created in 1900: a new party for a new century. Its formation was the result of many years of struggle by working class people, trade unionists and socialists, united by the goal of working class voices represented in British Parliament.

Andrew Thorpe’s fourth edition of A History of the British Labour Party provides a much needed update to what has become one of the leading volumes on the Labour Party since its first edition in 1997. The book, spanning 412 pages, provides …

Keir Starmer has been the Leader of the Labour Party since 4 April 2020.. The Labour Party is the main centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.It is a social democratic party. It has been one of the UK's two main political parties from the early 20th century to the present day. It is the largest party in the British House of Commons, with 421 out of 650 seats.