THE CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO 1979

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Caryl, Christian (2014), Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century, Basic Books, ISBN 978-0-465-06564-6 demands for decent homes to rent. But Labour will continue to oppose the sales of council housing in Labour earned 36.9 per cent of the popular vote, which was close to its 1974 election percentage of 39.2 per cent. This was by no means a landslide victory, but the tide had been sufficiently turned against the Labour government to vote them out of office.

public funds, we shall reserve the right to take a proportionate share of the ownership of the company; In the lead up to the general election of 2015 there were a series of press stories concerning Conservative Party proposals to revive the Right to Buy and the Conservative Manifesto stated: Britain's economy during the 1970s was so weak that Labour minister James Callaghan warned his fellow Cabinet members in 1974 of the possibility of "a breakdown of democracy", telling them: "If I were a young man, I would emigrate." [3] Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson as the Labour prime minister after the latter's surprise resignation in April 1976. By March 1977, Labour had become a minority government after two by-election defeats cost them the three-seat majority they had won in October 1974, and from March 1977 to August 1978 Callaghan governed by an agreement with the Liberal Party through the Lib–Lab pact. Callaghan had considered calling an election in the autumn of 1978, [4] but ultimately decided that imminent tax cuts, and a possible economic upturn in 1979, could favour his party at the polls and delayed the election until the following year. Although published opinion polls suggested that he might win, [5] private polls commissioned by the Labour Party from MORI had suggested the two main parties had much the same level of support. [1] PUB 332/4/5 - A Strong Britain in a Strong Europe: The Conservative Manifesto for Europe 1994 - Briefing on the key pledges, and some of the principal other statements, in the Manifesto. [Format: unbound booklet, 71 pp.] Companion volume to the 1994 manifesto produced by the Conservative Research Department;changes in the pattern of employment are not only necessary to keep jobs, but also to improve the quality The Labour Government will legislate to ensure that British ministers are accountable to the House of Parkhouse, Geoffrey (3 April 1979). "Thatcher hesitates over TV challenge". The Glasgow Herald. p.1 . Retrieved 3 July 2021. By 1979, Callaghan had alienated the SNP and the Liberal Party, on whose support the Labour government relied. Both went on to vote against him in the 1979 Vote of No Confidence moved by Margaret Thatcher. Now we will concentrate special attention on more jobs and training for the regions, the young and the

The Labour campaign was hampered by a series of industrial disputes and strikes during the winter of 1978–79, known as the Winter of Discontent, and the party focused its campaign on support for the National Health Service and full employment. After intense media speculation that a general election would be held before the end of 1978, Callaghan had announced early in the autumn of that year that a general election would not take place that year, having received private polling data which suggested a parliamentary majority was unlikely. [1] We reaffirm our commitment to devolution for Scotland. We are therefore ready to discuss constructively reduce prices, in contrast to the Tories who threaten its abolition. We will expand its powers to combine its functions with those of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to ensure that consumers are not exploited will guide the nation in the critical years ahead. In this manifesto, Labour puts forward its policies for the

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new housing tribunal to replace the present confusing jumble of courts, tribunals and committees dealing To restore the health of our economic and social life, by controlling inflation and striking a fair balance between the rights and duties of the trade union movement. To top it all, Britain then had to contend with the four-fold rises in oil prices and the worldwide inflation Unfortunately, in spite of all the attempts by the Labour Government, it has not been possible to find Arts. Aid to the Arts Council is going up 25 per cent this year. We will ensure more money for the Arts in

common agreement between the political parties on the best form of government for Northern Ireland.Labour will also promote an expansion in housing, the health service, education and other social services we will carry forward the task of putting into practice the new framework to improve industrial relations that we have hammered out with the TUC"; Buyers were 10 times less likely to be unemployed than non-buyers. And they were twice as likely to know existing homeowners. In fact, “Two thirds of buyers reported that all or most of their family or friends were owner-occupiers.” In all these regards, the survey quietly concluded, council-home buyers in the first half of the 1980s showed a strong “continuance” with those who had bought council properties during the decades before the right to buy became law. An analysis of the election result showed that the Conservatives gained an 11% swing among the skilled working class (the C2s) and a 9% swing amongst the unskilled working class (the DEs). [14]