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Also Known As	Labour Representation Committee
Date	1906 - present
Areas Of Involvement	organized labour • socialism • liberalism • social welfare • left
Related People	J. Keir Hardie • George Nicoll Barnes • Edward Reynolds Pease • Beatrice Webb • Sidney Webb • Tony Blair • Jeremy Corbyn • Gordon Brown • Tony Benn • Clement Attlee • Keir Starmer • Ed Miliband • T.H. Marshall • John Prescott • David Blunkett

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