Parties Essay Plans
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)
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)
