Trades unions
The Lloyd George coalition governments: labour and industrial relations
Chris Wrigley examines what the Lloyd George governments achieved for labour and industrial relations To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The Liberal Party and the trade unions in the 1870s
Did the Liberals miss an historical opportunity to become the party of organised labour and the trade unions in the 1870s? To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Report: Liberals and organised labour
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at Harrogate, March 2005 with David Powell and Keith Laybourn. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Liberals and organised labour
The loss of the support of organised labour during the late Victorian and Edwardian period was a key factor in the decline of the Liberal Party as an electoral force. Once this confidence in the party was gone, the Liberals never got it back and trade union and labour issues have never since had the…