The Labour League of Youth was the youth organisation of the

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Labour Party from 1926 to the 1960s.Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike. ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century.'' A&C Black, 2000, p284 Two separate organisations existed, separated by the Second World War, the post-war League being more tightly controlled by the party. In the 1930s the League included far left elements, such as

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and

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; the chairman in its last years,

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, worked with and later became secretary of the YCL.Graham Stevenson
/ref> The organisation accepted members from the ages of 16 to 25.

Successors

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