will provide the opportunity for seeking changes in the Treaty of Rome, which would enable the House of living for working people, to give them more leisure and the means to enjoy it to which their work and particularly true of microtechnologies (the silicon chip) which will have a major impact on the lives of We will continue actively to support the United Nations settlement proposals for Namibia, including The media. Our aim is to safeguard freedom of expression; to encourage diversity; and to guard both

a capacity for skill and inventiveness which keeps us at the forefront of world technology. Those are nochanges in the pattern of employment are not only necessary to keep jobs, but also to improve the quality Labour will continue with major aids to investment, including the selective investment scheme which has We are ready and willing to work with our European partners in closer unity. But we must record that in some This is a positive strategy for industry, based on cooperation between Government, trade unions, and

local authorities and voluntary groups to clear up derelict land, and use it to the benefit of the community. plans for industrial conversion so that the valuable resources of the defence industries can be used We accept the recommendations of the Bennett Committee, and we will see that they are carried out as Provide an annual State of the Environment' report to Parliament. Ensure that, before the inquiry stage ofwhich will ensure that public sector workers, including those who are low-paid, receive fair wages that are in landlords - local authorities, housing associations and housing cooperatives - to take over privately Corporation must be enabled to provide the basis for expanding the public sector in the road haulage

necessary to free the world from poverty, inequality and war. We condemn violations of human rights

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consent of the people of Northern Ireland. We will work to make it more accountable and democratic. For over four years, Labour has governed Northern Ireland direct from Westminster. During this period, Labour won the second general election of 1974 with a majority of only three seats, reducing the government’s power in Parliament and leading Callaghan to become reliant on cross-party cooperation with minority parties. The Lib-Lab Pact prescription charges and charges for seeing a doctor or being in hospital. Our aim is to abolish all charges

our oil wealth to the multinationals. We changed that and will ensure that this energy wealth is developed wisely to plan our future to create new wealth, new jobs, and to look after the family, the elderly, and those Callaghan’s decision to defer the impending general election to the spring of 1979 surprised his cabinet ministers. The economy began to recover as North Sea oil came in, and public polls showed Labour was in the lead. Callaghan was, therefore, at his most popular in 1978, making this an advantageous time to call an election. However, the Labour Party’s private poll showed public support was not strong enough. This led Callaghan to put off the general election, hoping another year in government would boost public confidence in his ministry. In any programme for nuclear power, safety must continue to be the dominant factor. Any such development

2. Restoring the balance

Labour will extend public involvement in local government, so damaged by the bureaucratic and costly