1. The Labour Party is a
democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our
common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create
for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us
a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of
the many not the few; where the rights we enjoy reflect the duties we
owe and where we live together freely, in a spirit of solidarity,
tolerance and respect.
2. To these ends we work for:
(a) a dynamic economy,
serving the public interest, in which the enterprise of the market and
the rigour of competition are joined with the forces of partnership
and co-operation to produce the wealth the nation needs and the
opportunity for all to work and prosper with a thriving private sector
and high-quality public services where those undertakings essential to
the common good are either owned by the public or accountable to them
(b) a just society, which
judges its strength by the condition of the weak as much as the
strong, provides security against fear, and justice at work; which
nurtures families, promotes equality of
opportunity, and delivers
people from the tyranny of poverty, prejudice and the abuse of power
(c) an open democracy, in
which government is held to account by the people, decisions are taken
as far as practicable by the communities they affect and where
fundamental human rights are guaranteed
(d) a healthy environment,
which we protect, enhance and hold in trust for future generations.
3. Labour is committed to the
defence and security of the British people and to co-operating in
European institutions, the United Nations, the Commonwealth and other
international bodies to secure peace, freedom, democracy, economic
security and environmental protection for all.
4. Labour shall work in
pursuit of these aims with trade unions and co-operative societies and
also with voluntary organisations, consumer groups and other
representative bodies.
5. On the basis of these
principles, Labour seeks the trust of the people to govern.