23 New Labour Social Issues
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- New Labour Social Issues
- Workers
- Fewer workers union members, Labour didn't repeal union legislation
- Continued policies such as outsourcing and PFI
- Continued privatisation e.g. Underground.
- Expelled RMT, Transport Workers
- Opt in to European Social Chapter, 3 moths paid parental leave.
- Welcomed globalisation for economic growth
- Encouraged people into work, 1998 Minimum Wage
- Women
- 1997 120 Female MPs, Margaret Beckett foreign secretary
- Childcare provision extended
- Women made slow progress in the boardroom
- Still only earning 87% of what men did
- Doing 3x amount of housework
- Youth
- Labour youthful party, Blair youngest PM, party attended by Noel Gallagher
- Aimed to end social exclusion, sure start centres give guidance and advice to families
- 1999, Blair pledged to end child poverty in 20 years, 2005 child tax credit reduced by 1/4
- Connexions service, 50% to uni skilled workers
- NEET's increased by 20%, ASBOs
- Multicultural
- Changing nature of migrants raised tension
- 2002 first black cabinet minister, Paul Boateng
- Mosques, Notting Hill Carnival, 2005 Olympic bid
- Immigrants didn't always integrate into society, 7/7 attacks
- Some wanted to find out why they became alienated, Iraq War?
- Some wanted greater security, Terrorist Act 2006
- Immigration became more of an issue, but many left too
- Workers
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