total. At age 43, Tony blair became the youngest prime minister in 185 years. His government immed iately put forward an ambitious package of reforms, which included: (1) the banning of handguns, (2)reforms to the welfare and health-care systems, ()the establishment of separate parliaments for Scotland and Wales In Labor's first year, it succeeded in putting through many of these reforms. Its first budget cut business taxes and imposed new taxes on liquor, tobacco, and gasoline The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, gave the Bank of England the right to modify interest rates, giving it more control over the British economy. The government's welfare-to-work program placed many unemployed workers in jobs The Labor government instituted a number of important constitutional reforms during its first year. Scotland and Wales passed referendums(iz t5) to establish legislatures in their regions parliament in Scotland and an assembly in Voters in London also passed a referendum that would allow them to elect and assembly to govern the city, which had been without a mayor since 1986 In the June 2001 national elections, the Labor Party achieved its second consecutive landslide victory over the Conservatives. It emerged from the elections with 4 13 seats in the House of Commons and a 167-seat majority Under blair, who as prime minister. the improve the quality of public services, including health, education, and transportation For example, it promises to retain (1)long-term economic stabil ity, (2)a rising living standards for all the people, 3)an expanded higher education (4)a full employment in every region, (5) opportunity for all children, security(保证金) for all pensioners (6)a healthier nation ()a modern criminal justice system (8)strong and accountable local government Although victory was achieved with the smallest number of votes polled by a winning party at a general election since 1929, the result reflected what voters saw as Labor's successful handling of the economy. The Conservatives'decision to campaign largely on the issue of a single European currency, to the exclusion(Eisl) of core issues such as health and education led them to lose much of the center ground to Labor Labor's second term was largely dominated by foreign policy issues. After the12 total. At age 43, Tony Blair became the youngest prime minister in 185 years. His government immediately put forward an ambitious package of reforms, which included: (1) the banning of handguns, (2) reforms to the welfare and health-care systems, (3) the establishment of separate parliaments for Scotland and Wales. In Labor’s first year, it succeeded in putting through many of these reforms. Its first budget cut business taxes and imposed new taxes on liquor, tobacco, and gasoline. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, gave the Bank of England the right to modify interest rates, giving it more control over the British economy. The government’s welfare-to-work program placed many unemployed workers in jobs. The Labor government instituted a number of important constitutional reforms during its first year. Scotland and Wales passed referendums (请示书) to establish legislatures in their regions—a parliament in Scotland and an assembly in Wales. Voters in London also passed a referendum that would allow them to elect a mayor and assembly to govern the city, which had been without a mayor since 1986. In the June 2001 national elections, the Labor Party achieved its second consecutive landslide victory over the Conservatives. It emerged from the elections with 413 seats in the House of Commons and a 167-seat majority. Under Blair, who won a second term as prime minister, the party campaigned mainly on a pledge to improve the quality of public services, including health, education, and transportation. For example, it promises to retain: (1) long-term economic stability, (2) a rising living standards for all the people, (3) an expanded higher education, (4) a full employment in every region, (5) opportunity for all children, security (保证金) for all pensioners (6) a healthier nation (7) a modern criminal justice system (8) strong and accountable local government Although victory was achieved with the smallest number of votes polled by a winning party at a general election since 1929, the result reflected what voters saw as Labor’s successful handling of the economy. The Conservatives’ decision to campaign largely on the issue of a single European currency, to the exclusion (除外) of core issues such as health and education, led them to lose much of the center ground to Labor. Labor’s second term was largely dominated by foreign policy issues. After the