Atlee's government 1945-1951
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- Clement Atlee's Labour Govt. 1945-1951
- 1945 General Election
- Conservative: 213 seats. Labour: 393 seats. LANDSLIDE VICTORY
- Labour manifesto
- No personality focus. Domestic reform, public ownership; social services.
- Conservative Manifesto
- Emphasized Churchill
- Labour Govt.
- POLITICS
- Granted Indian Independence1947
- Had solid working class support
- Macmillan: One of the most able governments of modern times.
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- >Coal production down >industrial production down. >15 % workforce unemployment
- Dreaded winter 1947
- Economic crisis shattered morale
- Dreaded winter 1947
- Atlee had no idea, gave no lead
- NATIONALISATION
- By 1950 over 2m employed nationalised industries = 10% of workforce
- increased efficiency and productivity in gas and electricity
- Bank of England 1946 coal cable and wireless 947. Transport electricity and gas 1948.
- Social changes - ACTS etc
- Introduction of the Welfare State >free NHS. > child allowances >full employment
- Followed major proposals of Berveridge Report
- BEVANS HEALTH BILL 1946
- Cripps wanted cut expenditure NHS. Argument with Bevan
- NHS 1948. 93.1% population enrolled NHS
- 230,000 houses built 1948. Repaired thousands of war damaged houses. 45-51 1 million houses
- Stuck to Butler Ed. Act 1944
- POLITICS
- Social changes - ACTS etc
- Introduction of the Welfare State >free NHS. > child allowances >full employment
- Followed major proposals of Berveridge Report
- BEVANS HEALTH BILL 1946
- Cripps wanted cut expenditure NHS. Argument with Bevan
- NHS 1948. 93.1% population enrolled NHS
- 230,000 houses built 1948. Repaired thousands of war damaged houses. 45-51 1 million houses
- Stuck to Butler Ed. Act 1944
- 1945 General Election
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