| COOLBRITANNIA | Period associated with the rise of Britpop and Tony Blair's 'New Labour' government (4,9) |
| NINETIES | Decade associated with the rise of Britpop (8) |
| IRONAGE | Archeological period associated with the emergence of ferrous metallurgy (4,3) |
| ALT | ___-rock (music genre that includes Britpop and grunge) |
| ASCENT | Because money goes with the rise (6) |
| MODERNISATION | Turn evil during temperance drive by New Labour? (13) |
| PRIDEMONTH | Period associated with an initialism heard by saying seven of this puzzle's clues out loud |
| PLUMAGE | Period associated with fruit and feathers (7) |
| HEALEY | Denis, Chancellor of the Exchequer in James Callaghan's Labour government (6) |
| ADONIS | Lord ____ was a minister in the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown Labour governments |
| ERA | Period associated with a president, perhaps |
| MEANTIME | Stingy period associated with Greenwich (8) |
| ERATO | Period associated with almost leading Greek muse (5) |
| OPIE | Julian ___, artist whose works include prints of the members of Britpop band Blur (4) |
| BLUR | Rival of Oasis in the "Battle of Britpop" around 1995 |
| STRIFE | White paper from 1969 in which the UK Labour government proposed reform of trade union law (2,5,2,6) |
| INPLACE | White paper from 1969 in which the UK Labour government proposed reform of trade union law (2,5,2,6) |
| OF | White paper from 1969 in which the UK Labour government proposed reform of trade union law (2,5,2,6) |
| SEMPLE | Union leader who became a minister in the first Labour Government, 'Fighting Bob' ___ (6) |
| ZEROHOURS | The current Labour government has pledged to ban exploitative ____ contracts |
