New Labour

Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Murphy was a Labour MP for 18 years and held ministerial jobs in the New Labour years, including as Europe minister and Scottish secretary.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 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

Blair had said his New Labour project would only be complete when party members had "learnt to love Peter Mandelson" although Mandelson himself said that was setting the bar too high.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 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.