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Labour Party

political party, United Kingdom

Also known as: Labour Representation Committee

Written by Paul David Webb

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Jan 9, 2025 • Article History

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Date:: 1906 - present

Areas Of Involvement:: organized labour; socialism; liberalism; left; social welfare

Related People:: J. Keir Hardie; George Nicoll Barnes; Edward Reynolds Pease; Keir Starmer; Tony Blair

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Labour Party, British political party whose historic links with trade unions have led it to promote an active role for the state in the creation of economic prosperity and in the provision of social services. In opposition to the Conservative Party, it has been the major democratic socialist party in Britain since the early 20th century. The Labour Party was born at the turn of the 20th century out of the frustration of working-class people at their inability to field parliamentary candidates through the Liberal Party, which at that time was the dominant social-reform party in Britain. In 1900 the ...(100 of 2953 words)

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