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-The '''Labour Party''' is a British [[social]] democratic political party. It was founded in 1900, and is currently the party of government in the [[The United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].
+#REDIRECT [[Labour Party (UK)]]
-The Labour Party originated from the [[trade union]] and socialist movements of the turn of the century, and throughout its history has been a left-wing party. However, from the altering of Clause IV in the party constitution in 1996 (Clause IV deals with the public ownership of the means of production; the current version instead calls for 'a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few'.
-Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom:
-* Ramsay MacDonald (1924 and 1929-1935) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp]
-* Clement Attlee (1945-1951) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page133.asp]
-* Harold Wilson (1964-1970 and 1974-1976) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page129.asp]
-* James Callaghan (1976-1979) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page127.asp]
-* Tony Blair (1997-present) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page4.asp]
-==External links==
-* [http://www.labour.org.uk/home Official site]