Papers and correspondence relating to the Social Democratic Party (SDP)

Title

Papers and correspondence relating to the Social Democratic Party (SDP)

Shelfmark

MS. 21332/34

Summary

Comprises:

Agenda and minutes of the SDP National Committee, 1984.

Papers relating to the SDP Working Party on the future of the Greater London Council (GLC) and Metropolitan Counties, 1983-1984. Includes agenda of the SDP National Committee, papers related to the European Elections, report "Towards a New Constitutional Settlement - Second Report of the Joint Liberal/SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reform" (1983), paper "The Future of London Government", extract from chapter "The Present System and the Case for Change", SDP statement on the Government's proposals titled "Rate Limitation and Reform of the Rating System", Greater Manchester Council Policy Committee White Paper "Streamlining the Cities" (1983), and list of American Fulbright Scholars taking part in the Inter-Country Lecture Program 1983/84.

SDP Local Government statements, 1983. Includes a factual note on the London Government, and a note on the Working Party on the Future of the Greater London Council (GLC) and Metropolitan counties.

SDP Organisation Committee agenda and minutes, and papers relating to the SDP Policies for the local elections, 1983. Includes paper regarding the SDP National Committee, SDP booklet "Policies for the local elections 1983", and Green Paper "Power to the People - An SDP Energy Policy" (1983).

Joint Working Party of Liberals and Social Democrats statement of principles "A Fresh Start for Britain", 1981.

SDP policy leaflets, n.d. Subjects include trade union reform, urban policy, decentralisation, health and social services, electoral reform, industrial democracy, defence, unemployment, citizens' rights, education, industrial policy, and overhauling the welfare state.

SDP education policy papers, 1982. Includes a draft of "White Paper on Defence and Disarmament in Europe" (1982), speech by Roy Jenkins regarding the Scottish educational system (1982), speech "Robbins Revisited", and speech by Shirley Williams regarding education (1982).

Papers, correspondence and comments by David Marquand relating to the SDP Decentralisation of Government, 1982. Also includes newspaper cuttings, paper "SDP Policy Implications of Local Government Finance" by Alan Simpson (1982), paper "The Social Democratic Party and Local Government" by J.B. Woodham, paper "Alternatives to Domestic Rates: Responses to the Green Paper" (1982), and SDP membership forms.

Date

1981-1984

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box