New Labour

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 said: "I started working on this issue over 25 years ago at the then New Labour's government's New Deal Task Force, dealing with issues such as welfare to work and getting the long term unemployed into not just jobs but good long term sustained jobs."

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The payment to about 250,000 pensioners in Northern Ireland was cut last year in a cost-saving measure by the new Labour government.

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The new Labour government elected in 1997 offered fresh hope to Leeds with Deputy Prime Minister John Prescot promising 25 new tram schemes across the country.

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New Labour had cash to splash, and spending reviews were big moments to show it off.

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Former New Labour cabinet member Lord Mandelson has played a crucial role in negotiations between the two nations since he started his job in February.

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