... changes were revolution radical ideas by the government or just reworked past polices with a different spin on them. 2. Central Arguments 2.1 Background of Labours need to Reform: * Damage of the left wing Activists. * Spending and taxation proposals were out of touch * Kinnock's Leadership. * The general consensus of the public that Labour could not be trusted with the economy. * Successive defeats in 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1992. 2.2 New Labours Policy Shift: * Removal of 'Clause IV' and embracing of the private sector. * Moving away from the idea of low unemployment as an essential aspect of a successful economy, to key concentration on inflation. * Smaller amounts of interference in the economy. * Less emphasis on redistribution via taxation on the rich, and more by the 'invisible hand' of capitalism. * Stronger commitment to cConstitutional reform e.g. Devolution to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, signing up to the European Convention of Human ...

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