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The article offers information on the economic policy and philosophy of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. The economic philosophy of the Party was dominated by two largely contradictory themes on traditional conservatism and right-wing radicalism. The government has laid the foundation for strengthening the nationalized industries with the White Paper on economic and financial obligations.

The article discusses the relationship between the press and politics in Great Britain as of April 1967. The role that entertainment plays in British newspapers, including in "The Times," "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Guardian," is discussed. The article discusses the sources of information that British journalists rely upon, including the British government's information officers. An overview of the British newspaper industry, including the circulation of newspapers' relationship with consumer demand, is provided.

The author discusses social and economic policies in Great Britain as of April 1964, arguing that social services have not been increased to match advancements in living standards. Topics include the health, education, and transportation services provided by a welfare state, economic conditions and growth in Great Britain, capacity bottlenecks, and a Government White Paper on Public Expenditure. Challenges in hospital construction, income distribution, and educational expansion are described. Taxation policy, public spending policy, and government planning are emphasized.

The author comments on the importance of mass media in Great Britain. According to politicians and journalists, the role of mass media in newspapers and television is a crucial one. Government decisions affect the economics and the operations of the mass media. The effectiveness of political communications also reflects the response from a particular interest group. Furthermore, the aim of public policy should encourage diversity rather than propping up the existing order.

The article discusses airport planning and administration in Great Britain as of autumn 1966. The author discusses the coordination of airports in various parts of Great Britain, attempts by the British government to centralize airport control via state ownership following World War II, and the function of the British Ministry of Civil Aviation. It also discusses municipal airports, the British Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act, and the duplication of effort among several civil aviation advisory committees.

The article reports that regional development policy has become an essential component of full employment and welfare policy in Great Britain. The established policy contributed to the spread of opportunities and facilities between regions. Moreover, the approaching completion of the traditional industries and inflation problems points to the need for a clearer investigation on regional issues.

The article discusses the planned institutional reform of the politics in Great Britain to be done in the 1970s. It is stated that the changes aim to improve the works of the existing government. The reform is based on a fundamental and important consideration of the nature of democracy. This is proposed by the Liberal Party to deal with all problems in the government.

The authors reflects on the efforts of local authority associations to adopt a coherent and environmentally sound transport policy in relation to the lorry issue in Great Britain. They think that the government will have difficulty resisting moves toward a change in its transport priorities as the powerful political pressure on roads lobby existed. The authors emphasize that the associations have been consistently supporting voluntary organizations for the lorry issue to influence policymakers.

The article reports on the political victory of Dick Taverne over the Lincoln Labour Party in Great Britain. He claims that his victory is for moderation over extremism and for the rights of the individual member of the parliament (MP) over the party activists. He regards the party activists as utopian and extreme. Flexibility and compromise is required by both the MPs and the constituency parties, but Taverne believes that such compromise is unvalued by himself.

The article focuses on the economics and regional policies in Great Britain. According to the author, its regional policies were essentially economic, which produce few political innovations, and its political regionalism is popular but lacks strong economic foundations. The analysis suggests for more discriminating policies based on social and economic processes. Thus, the country's regional policies have been directed to a simple but pressing needs for work and wages.

The article provides information on the Clay Cross Labour Party in Great Britain. They are local men responding to basic local problems of welfare in their road to socialism. The Clay Cross has long been the preferred as militants and active Unionists, rather than men anxious to serve or secure dignity. They succeeded in putting up the most sustained challenge to central government from a stubborn local authority since "Poplarism."

The article offers information on the report of the British Royal Commission on the Constitution for 1969-1973. It is stated that the report contains a mass of ideas and information which will exercise academic students of the British government. The events that led to the creation of the commission was also cited. One of the commission's tasks is to conduct a survey of public attitudes towards government.

In this article, the author explains the need for Great Britain's Labour Party to adjust to the social changes taking place in 1960 in order to succeed in elections. While the author is supportive of the party's strong relationship with British trade unions and the working-class, he argues that changes in education and social structure, particularly an increase in professional employment and a growing middle class, require Labour to appeal to other groups.

The article examines the votes cast at the British Labour Party's 1960 Scarborough Conference and 1961 Blackpool Conference. An overview of the constituents of the British Labour Party's voting on the party leadership the National Executive Committee's defence policy, including the majority's support for unilateralism at the Scarborough Conference, is provided. The political activity of British trade union members within the Labour Party, including charts on trade union members' votes, is discussed.

The article discusses the putatively minor political parties in Great Britain from the 1930s through July 1962, including the British Communist Party, the National Socialist Party, the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). An overview the political persuasion of British political parties, including the left-wing Socialist Labour League, is provided. The role that anarchists play in British politics, including the Freedom Group of anarchists' collaboration with the ILP, is discussed. The support that minor parties of Great Britain garner in elections is also discussed. An overview of the role that pressure-groups play within British political parties is also provided.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the author explains the issue's focus on the ability of the British Labour Party to win elections, noting such topics as Labour opposition governments, Labour Party structure, and Labour's economic policy.

The article discusses the nature of British Labour Party membership between 1958 and 1960. The author begins by providing statistics on member affiliation with trade unions and socialist organizations. He goes on to explain members' basic organization into wards/local party groups, which in turn appoint members to the General Management Committee (GMC), the Party's constituency-level organization. Other topics discussed include constituency parties and the activity of Utopians in the party.

The article discusses the need for change within the Labour Party organization as a means to ensure its survival into the 1960s. The author supplies her thoughts on the matter in light of Labour Party election failures in the 1950s. She notes a decrease in public support for the party during this period and argues that it try to appeal to younger voters. The impact of a rise in white collar professionals on the party is assessed, as is that of Britain's general prosperity in this period.

The article discusses the need for the British Labour Party to alter its publicity work in 1960. It is argued that change a change is needed due to the changing nature of British social classes, particularly the growth of the middle class, during this period. The author compares Labour's publicity efforts to those of the Conservative Party. Other topics addresses include political advertising costs, raising funds through trade unions and party membership, and the use of publicity experts.

The article evaluates past features of British Labour Party economic policy in terms of their relevance to Great Britain's economic situation in the early 1960s. These features include the Marxist belief in the eventual failure of capitalism, the promotion of central economic planning, and the belief in common ownership. It is argued the Labour's must focus on raising Britain's employment levels, increasing its standard of living, and promoting economic growth in the 1960s.

The article offers an analysis of the campaign for formalizing the existing convention regarding the declaration of outside interests by the Members of the House of Commons in Great Britain. The December 1969 report of the Committee had rejected several radical proposals and forwarded two fairly moderate recommendations for an extension of the traditional practices. It is suggested that the recommendations be incorporated in two formal resolutions in the House.

The article provides information on the comparative studies regarding the implementation of Research & Development for the educational recommendations in Great Britain and Sweden. Sweden shows that long-term research should execute a systematic way to the democratic political process. On the other hand, Great Britain needs consistency and coordination in educational research and planning.

The article examines the role of the Fabian Society in the Labour Party in Great Britain. The author gives a historical account about the Fabian Society and its contributions since its foundation in the pre-World War period. He contends that the society's policies weren't a consolidated effort but an individualistic specialty of its members. While at present the society has grown from seemingly dormant stage, the author views that it is so complacent in its involvement to the country's politics.

The article focuses on the ideology of the Labour Party which influenced the national policies on comprehensive schools from 1944 to 1970 in Great Britain. It states that the two central moral principles of the party's ideology are fellowship and equality, wherein the emphasis of equality has focused on achieving equality in the educational system. This also explains the increase in the importance of secondary education since the 1950s and onwards.

The article focuses on the observation that current affairs television has declined in Great Britain. According to the Joint Industry Committee for Television Advertising Research, the audiences of current affairs are declining, even though more people were watching the television an hour more in winter and three hours more per week in summer. One of the problems in current affairs television was the commitment to serious programming.

The article focuses on the report published by the Fulton Committee on section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 in Great Britain. Fulton Committee believed that the administrative procedure is covered with too much secrecy and asked for a government interrogation into ways of getting free of unnecessary official secrecy. The Conservatives assured to eliminate unnecessary secrecy in the government and to go over the Official Secrets Acts as part of their election declaration in 1970.

The article focuses on the Regional Development Fund for Great Britain. The fund was agreed in a meeting in Paris and is expected to take effect on January 1974. According to the author, it interprets a diplomatic triumph of the British delegation. It also strengthens the position of Labor pro-marketers, where it answers the fears on several necessities of the fund, like coherent policies. Moreover, discussions on the treaty and regional policy associated with the issue are presented.

The author comments on the complete integration of Northern Ireland with Great Britain. The agreement was endorsed by a referendum in Eire and subject for revision. The redrawn border might cross county boundaries with advantage to make the minorities in both integrated and condominium areas as relatively small as possible. Any unaligned settlers in the country would also support the new agreements for political stability as the prime condition of manufacture and trade.

A reprint of the article "The Essentials of Socialization," by G. D. H. Cole, which appeared in the July 1931 issue, is presented. Topics include methods for a transition from capitalism to socialism, the introduction of state ownership of transportation services in Great Britain in relation to the Railways Act of 1921, and the fixing of interest rates.

An introduction is presented to a special issue that presents reprinted articles from 1930s issues of the journal on topics including the political status of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, a purported revolt against reason, and the relationship between church and state in Great Britain.

The article discusses the British government under the Labour Party during the mid 1960s. An overview of the Labour Party's history from the early 20th century through the 1960s is provided. The role that the Labour Party politician Harold Wilson plays in regard to the Labour Party's electoral support is discussed. The relationship between the political philosophy of the British Conservative Party and the Labour Party, including in regard to socialism and their philosophy on the role that government should play in the economy, is also discussed.

The article discusses the transportation policy of the British Labour Party from 1947 through 1967. An overview of the British government's policy on its railways, including its railway modernisation efforts during the 1950s, is provided. The role that the British government plays in regulating the country's roads, including the licenses for public hauliers of the transportation industry, is discussed. An overview of the Labour Party politician and British Minister of Transport Barbara Castle's perspective on the country's transportation policy is also provided.

The article discusses the power held by Great Britain's Parliament in regard to public expenditures and taxation during the 1960s. The role that the British Parliament plays in regard to the country's budget, including budget deficits and surpluses, is discussed. An overview of the several parliamentary committees involved in creating British economic policy, including the Select Committee on Economic Affairs, the Estimates Committee, the Standing Committee and the Plowden Committee, is provided.

The article discusses administrative law and parliamentary power in Great Britain as of October 1967. An overview of the relationship between British courts and the British Parliament, including in regard to jurisdictional authority, is provided. The author discusses the prospects for parliamentary reform, including its relationship with legal reform. An overview of the putative need for the creation of a new jurisdiction in Great Britain, including its proposed incorporation of the Council on Tribunals, is also provided.

The article compares and contrasts the economic planning policies of Great Britain and France as of October 1966. According to the author, there were many similarities between Great Britain and France concerning economic difficulties and the means by which both countries dealt with them. The article discusses the philosophy of economic planning, the governmental arrangements for economic planning, and how economic policies were implemented by Great Britain and France. It also discusses how both countries relied on market mechanisms and market competition, the British National Economic Development Council (NEDC), and the French Commissions de Développement Economique Régional (CODER). The article also discusses the role of the British Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).

The article discusses Great Britain's Department of Economic Affairs (D.E.A.) and Economic Planning during the 1960s. The role that the D.E.A. plays in the British economic planning, including in regard to public expenditures and in relation to the control that the government has over the British economy, is discussed. An overview of the British government's efforts to enhance economic development, including its creation of the National Economic Development Council (N.E.D.C.), is provided. The D.E.A.'s relationship with British industries is also discussed.

The article discusses Scottish nationalism from the 1920s through the 1960s. The role that nationalism plays within political parties in Scotland, including in the Scottish Nationalist Party (S.N.P), the Conservative Party and the Scottish Labour Party, is discussed. The relationship between elections in Scotland and the decentralization of Great Britain's government is also discussed. An overview of the political attitudes of Scottish legislators, including their putative similar perspectives to those of African nationalists, is provided.

The article discusses the British Parliament's relationship with the regional governments of Great Britain during the mid 1960s. An overview of the British Parliament's Economic Planning Board's relationship with the Regional Planning Councils, including in regard to the coordination of economic planning and economic development polices between the British and local governments, is provided. Legislative committees of Great Britain's regions, including the Scottish and Welsh Grand Committees, are discussed.

A case study is presented of British labour unions' participation in industrial management, through examining Great Britain's statutory corporation the National Coal Board (NCB) from the late 1940s through 1967. An overview of the participation of British trade union leaders, including those from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on the NCB is provided. The role that the British Labour Party played in labour unions' participation in industrial management and relations is discussed.

The article discusses changes to policy making and planning in Great Britain. The author argues for the importance of expertise in policy innovation and notes that many elected officials and executives lack experience in the making of public policy. He connects his argument to the findings of a government committee that studied planning for urban roads and traffic entitled the Buchanan Committee and notes similarities in the goals of policy planning and systems theory. Also discussed is the application of cost-benefit analysis to planning.

The article discusses British science policy in the mid-1960s, with focus given to the themes of scientific research finance, the distribution of funds between different scientific fields, and the training of scientific researchers and technical support staff. The author notes the relatively small amount of public spending on science in Great Britain during this period and argues that this spending is largely wasted on the electronics industry and national defense. He distinguishes between funding for solid state physics, electronic physics, theoretical chemistry, and astronomy, and emphasizes the impact of scientific research on human life. Also discussed is the need for more technicians and improved status for engineers within intellectual circles.

The article discusses a public inquiry into the proposed Third Airport of Stansted, England which was ordered by the British Minister of Housing and Local Government and held in Chelmsford, England from December 8, 1965 to February 11, 1966. According to the article, controversy about the airport involved matters of air traffic safety, terrain, noise, the agricultural industry, and the airport's potential proximity to London, England. Topics include urban planning for London, England, a report published in March 1964 from aviation industry officials, and groups objecting to the airport.

The article discusses the nature of secondary science and technology education in Great Britain in the 1960s. The author notes that secondary schools promote specialization in science and technology as a means to prepare students for an undergraduate education and explains the need for either an academic degree or Higher National Certificate to receive professional qualifications in the science and engineering fields. Also addressed are social attitudes towards science and engineering, with the author arguing that the British public holds engineers in lower esteem that scientists The author is also critical of British education policy, as he believes it sets children on a course of study in either science or the arts at too young an age.

The author discusses forces which may be adversely impacting local government in Great Britain as of April 1966. According to the author, the structure of local government in Great Britain has not been altered from its 1888 form, despite social and technological advancements. Topics include public opinion, local government financing, the press, and the potential impact of concentrated industrial regions on initiatives to manage economic conditions. A Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act is mentioned.

The author introduces a series of articles which consider the role of local government in Great Britain as of April 1966, focusing on welfare state polices, the establishment of regional committees, and aldermen.

The author discusses the relationship between central and local government in Great Britain as of April 1966, arguing in favor of reforms that would involve the reorganization of local structures, services for local officers, and local government advocacy by representative associations in central government. According to the author, policies involving national investments were often designed for the historical periods in which they were first implemented. Topics include perceptions that central government is superior to local government, the role of chief officers, politicians such as Richard Crossman, and economic planning.

The author presents suggestions for local governmental reform in Great Britain as of April 1966, focusing on the ongoing impact of nineteenth-century two-tier county council and unitary county borough administrative systems. Topics include the administrative challenges arising in regions where urban development has spread across multiple district boundaries, challenges in distributing municipal functions across local authorities, conurbations, and the reorganization of London, England structures in 1965 following the receipt of recommendations from a Royal Commission. The potential roles of councils, planning boards, and elected councilors are described.

The author discusses local government structures in Great Britain as of April 1966. According to the author, administrative bodies should be broken into efficient small units, but problems can arise due to challenges in maintaining democracies at regional levels. Topics include Royal Commissions, the comments of the historian F. W. Maitland concerning the Local Government Act of 1888, the provision of public services to regions with widely divergent populations, and conflict between counties and county boroughs. Potential reforms involving the roles of chief officers and local governments are described.

The author discusses local government in Great Britain as of 1966, arguing that executive leadership and representative systems are ambiguous in their structure. The author also suggests that local pressure groups could help inform local legislative bodies on policy decisions. Topics include the social factors involved in the selection of council members such as ministerialists and officers, the caucus system, and the potential development of local municipal cabinets. The book "Social Leaders and Public Persons: A Study of County Government in Cheshire Since 1888," by J. M. Lee is discussed.

An introduction is presented in which the author anticipates a 1964 political election in Great Britain while referring to articles contained in the issue on topics such as economic policy, governmental reform, and issues pertaining to the British Parliament.