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The first Labour government

‘A revolution in British politics’

It has been just over a century since Britain’s first ever Labour government came to power. What significance did this event hold, both for the party and for wider politics?

Members of Britain’s first Labour government in 1924. Left to right in the foreground: Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies James Henry Thomas, Home Secretary Arthur Henderson and JR Clynes, Lord Privy Seal
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AQA 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c.1851–1964

Edexcel Paper 3, Option 36.1 Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c.1780–1928

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