Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Labour in power 1945-1951 1234- landslide victory re-entering peacetime labour’s achievements: economic- political- social Loss of the 1951 general election 1- Landslide victory: 1918‚ one year after the Bolshevik revolution –Clause IV- ‚ people made rules interpreted as social programs. The labour Party formed a national government in 1924‚ with equality with the liberated lasted 9
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How successfully did the Labour Government deal with Britain’s social problems after WW2? How significant an impact did the welfare reforms of the Labour Government 1945 – 1951 have on the lives of the British people? KEY FIGURES 1 Clement Attlee (Labour Prime Minister 1945 – 51) Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Aneurin Bevan (Health & Housing Minister) KEY EVENTS 1 Beveridge Report published (1942) White Papers on Education‚ Health‚ Employment & Insurance (1943 – 4) Education
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create a communist state. The war showed the public that socialist policies and centralised power could in fact be successful and even advantageous for a country and so the fear of a possible slide into communism was quelled. Labour ministers like Attlee and Morrisson also built a good public image for themselves and their party‚ which both directly and indirectly affected their votes. The indirect affect of labour’s improved public image came about due to Churchill’s ill judged "Gestapo speech"
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Attlee and labour were successful in developing a New Jerusalem in Britain by 1951. Asses the validity of this statement. Following 5 years as a successful wartime leader‚ powerful Winston Churchill was defeated by a landslide victory from Labour in 1945. New Prime Minister Clement Attlee had ambitious plans to form a New Jerusalem by implementing the Beveridge Report and its plans for creating a welfare state. After World War Two the country was in tatters. After enduring 6 years of total war
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HISTORY OF THE WELFARE STATE: The role and significance of the Beveridge Report in establishing the Welfare State in Britain. The purpose of this essay is to look at the long history of the Welfare State in Britain and the evolving social‚ economic and political changes in society today‚ as well as the birth of the Welfare State after the Second World War which was the turning point (watershed) in British History. The freshly appointed Labour government by then took on the job of setting up a
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Between 1945 and 1951 the Labour Government changed the face of Britain. Discuss. Between the years 1945 and 1951 the entire shape of Britain’s economy‚ society and government changed. After World War 2‚ Britain was left in economic and financial depression. Countries such as Japan and Germany‚ left in utter ruin from the war‚ ironically‚ were able to rebuild their economies faster‚ and better than we could improve ours. It was felt that a great change was required in Britain‚ and perhaps it was
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Progress An argumentation prompt styled after Question 3 on the examination for Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (Suggested time – 40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening‚ ever-ascending‚ ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this‚ so far from discouraging‚ only adds to
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The Round Table Conferences After the Simon commission there was increasing political tension in India (1928-1930) Labour government brought together interested parties to improve the way India was governed They were concerned that dyarchy wasn’t working effectively because; The provincial government was always short on money Problems between the Muslims and the Hindu’s were increasing The congress was becoming more extreme in their views The First Round Table Conferences November 1930 –
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Why did Labour win the 1945 election? There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime
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Demonstrate an understanding of the historical and ideological developments of UK social policy‚ identifying the underpinning principles and values. Social policy is defined as actions aimed at promoting social well being (Alcock). It is not just about state legislation but also about what the government does to support and interfere with the well being of citizens. Policies can be regarded as embodying ideas about society‚ the economy and views about justice‚ equality and individual responsibility
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