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Labour and the unions: a contentious alliance

David Howell traces union-Labour Party relations from the aftermath of the general strike, through shaping the 1945 government, tensions under Harold Wilson to Thatcher-era marginalisation

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David Howell is a historian of socialist politics and author of multiple books. He was a professor of politics at the University of York and at the University of Manchester