New Labour

proper noun

A movement in the 1990s and 2000s to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals such as nationalization and socialism.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKgovernmentA movement in the 1990s and 2000s to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals such as nationalization and socialism.

Origin

From the slogan “New Labour, New Britain”, used by Tony Blair in his 1994 Labour Party Conference speech.

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APA

New Labour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Labour

MLA

“New Labour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Labour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Labour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Labour.

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