New Labour

Cultural

A movement to update Britain's Labour Party by discarding the traditional Labour platform calling for state ownership of the means of production. The movement has been led by Tony Blair, who became prime minister in 1997 after guiding the Labour Party to victory. Under Blair's leadership, Labour again won in 2001, the first time the party had ever won successive general elections.

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He was held in such suspicion, that Tony Blair once said the New Labour project would only be complete when party members had "learnt to love Peter Mandelson".

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

A key architect of New Labour, Lord Mandelson has been in and out of British politics for four decades.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

On becoming prime minister in 1997, Blair committed New Labour to set up a 60-member Welsh assembly which would take over responsibility for a £7bn budget from the UK cabinet's Welsh secretary.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Mandelson, one of the principle architects of New Labour, was appointed as ambassador to the USA in December 2024.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

He watched Rachel a few minutes as she lifted and pitched—a typical figure of a New Labour, which is also a New Beauty, on this old earth.

From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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