KEY POINTS
Evaluate the view that the Labour Party remains committed to its traditional values and beliefs, question
about whether still new labour would use same stats/facts - ✔✔✔P1: Economy -old labour v new
labour influences
P2: Welfare
P3: Foreign policy
EXAMPLES
Evaluate the view that the Labour Party remains committed to its traditional values and beliefs - ✔✔✔
P1: Yes still committed to traditional
- increasing income tax for top 5%, clamping down on tax avoidance (large coroporations),tackling low
pay
- public services public hands, common ownership, end outsourcing of the NHS
P1: Not still committed
- climate justice mix with economic justice, green new deal, pass a clean air act
- recognise importance of market, return corporation tax to levels under new labour, 2021, opposed
immediate tax hikes on business -> fears of economic recovery restriction
P2: Yes committed
- Abolish universal credit, replace it with an alternative to end poverty, delivering minimum standard of
living
-Abolition of tuition fees, supports investments in life long learning
P2: Not as committed
- emphasis on social inclusion by delivering a minimum standard of living, rather than emphasis on
redistributive wealth
, P3: Committed
-No more illegal wars, prevention of military intervention act
- Historically more anti-EU, lack of democracy and accountability within EU institutions, Corbyn,
reluctant Remainer
P3: Not committed
- Keir Starmer, UK should continue to accept free movement of people within the EU after Brexit
- open commitment at home to sense of patriotism, support for investment in defense, nuclear
deterrent and NATO
KEY POINTS
Evaluate the view that the conservative party is no longer a Thatcherite party - ✔✔✔P1: Economy
P2: Welfare
P3: Foreign Policy
EXAMPLES
Evaluate the view that the conservative party is no longer a Thatcherite party - ✔✔✔P1: Yes
Thatcherite
- Fiscal responsibility, commitment to not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending, limiting infrastructure
spending to no more than 3%
- Boris, further tax cuts for higher earners, raise threshold for paying 40p tax rate from £50,000-£80,000
- Commitment to free trade, points based immigration system
P1: No Thatcherite
-Net Zero Caron emissions, investing in clean energy solutions, green infrastructure
- tackling cost of living pressures facing people, 2019, pledge to increase national living wage, first
£12,500 earnt, completely free of tax
-Covid19, furlough scheme, 2021 budget, increasing corporation tax from 19%-25% (ofset costs from
COVID)