Prolonged labour: the slow birth of New Labour Britain

Abstract

The Labour landslide of 1997 and the excitement that accompanied the dawning of a new era in British politics are largely forgotten and overshadowed by the reality of two terms in office, but what has Labour achieved since its historic election victory? David Coates offers a balanced assessment of New Labour's domestic record and interrogates the problems that it inherited and the progress that the Party has made in tackling Britain's social and economic problems