Labour and the New Social Order
British Labour Party policy statement
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contribution of Webb
- In Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Association with the Labour Party.
…its most important policy statement, Labour and the New Social Order (1918). Shortly afterward he consolidated his position by serving as one of the experts chosen by the Miners’ Federation to sit on the Sankey Commission on the Coal Mines (1919). One result of his activity on the commission was…
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history of Labour Party
- In Labour Party: History
The party’s new program, “Labour and the New Social Order,” drafted by Fabian Society leaders Sidney and Beatrice Webb, committed Labour to the pursuit of full employment with a minimum wage and a maximum workweek, democratic control and public ownership of industry, progressive taxation, and the expansion of educational…
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