National Government
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- National Government
- Wall Street stock exchange collapsed
- Global decline in trade and production
- Almost all Labour MP's disagreed with making cuts in spending
- Thought to be necessary to avoid economic catastrophy
- 1931 MacDonald and Philip Snowden went ahead with cuts
- MacDonald and supporting ministers expelled from labour party
- George Lansbury - new party leader
- 24 August, MacDonald announced he would serve as PM of a 'National Government' to face the emergency
- MacDonald persuaded to stay on by King George V, due to his sense of patriotic duty.
- To have government instability could only make things worse for Britain.
- Conservatives chose to support MacDonald
- MacDonald and supporting ministers expelled from labour party
- Almost all Labour MP's disagreed with making cuts in spending
- Global decline in trade and production
- British public supported calls for national unity in the face of economic crisis.
- Voted for the National Government in huge numbers.
- Wall Street stock exchange collapsed
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