Gordon Brown's premiership
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- Created on: 26-05-23 14:40
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- Gordon Brown
- Leadership style
- reserved and serious demeanor
- tendency towards micromanagement
- lacked communication and natural leadership skills
- pragmatic
- Circumstances of loss of power
- lost the 2010 general election
- global financial crisis 2008
- divisions within the Labour Party
- Positive Aspects
- addressed social inequalities and improved public services.
- policies such as tax credits, increased investment in the (NHS), and measures to reduce child poverty
- economic stewardship during the Global Financial Crisis
- bank bailouts
- stimulus packages
- Commitment to International Development
- pushed for global initiatives to address poverty,,
- debt relief for developing nations
- increased funding for international development programs.
- addressed social inequalities and improved public services.
- Negative Aspects
- high levels of govt spending and public debt left the UK economy vulnerable
- Brown wasn't elected so lacked legitimacy
- His leadership style lacked personal connection and communication skills
- internal division and political infighting in the Labour Party
- Key Policy Goals
- economic management and stability especially during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
- Education
- improve educational standards,
- access to higher education
- enhance vocational training opportunities
- Reduce poverty and address social inequalities
- tax cuts to support low-income families
- national minimum wage
- increased funding for the NHS and reduced waiting times
- Leadership style
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