Tony Blair’s Project (1997-2007) In its 1997 General Election Manifesto, entitled New Labour: Because Britain Deserves Better, ‘New’ Labour laid…
The first priority for the Thatcher Government in 1979 was the economy and the enterprise culture. Changes were proposed to…
According to Seymour-Ure (in The Political Impact of Mass Media, 1974), the disturbances in Notting Hill in 1958 symbolised a…
Post-war Britain is characterised by Butskellism, a hybrid word formed from part of the names of the Conservative (Butler) and…
William Beveridge William Beveridge was born in 1879 and he became a social worker in the East End of London…
Before the Industrial Revolution, men and women worked together as an economic unit, especially in rural communities. In well-off households,…
Before 1832, the electoral system in Great Britain was confused : there were County seats, Borough seats, “scot and lot”…
Two approaches seem to characterize the second half of the 19th century: on the one hand, a Victorian philanthropy, designed…