1951-64 Politcial 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain - 19th century onwardsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: k.....mlCreated on: 09-03-22 14:10 Churchill labour won more votes but conservatives had more seats Churchill was 80 had a stroke in 1953 retierd 1955 Saw himself as a statesman belvied that him main role was to stop another conflict Most of the day to day running left to Butler, Macmillan and Eden more critical of the post war consensus tensions within his government, Bulter, Macmillan and Eden did not get on well 1 of 4 Eden Took power in 1955 initialy high hopes called a genreal election increased the conservative majority Butler Chancellor and Macmillan became Foreign Secertary Edens preivious political expreiance had been in foreign policy anxious about making decisions and had little knowledge on economic issueas aimed to prevent conflict Suez crisis 1956, soured his reputation Eden come under heavy attack from Labour and some sections of the press also caused problems within conservative party pressure from US had exposed Britians finacial weakness Resigned 1957 2 of 4 Macmillian Party unity was restored without lasting splits economic prosperity continued Butler home securtary 1959 Macmillian called an election pushed conservative majority up by 100 seats post war eceonomic boom continued Labour party in disaray 3 of 4 Domestic policies Accepted the reforms of the previous labour government Post war-concensus promised to build 300,000 houses a year, Macmillian saw the succsess of this continued the tripartite system, grammar, techinacal and secondary modern schools Clean Air Act 1956 aimed to prevent smog Housing and Factory Act aimed to improve living and working conditions Homicide Act 1957 restricted when the deal penalty would be imposed 4 of 4
How accurate is it to say that there was very little difference in the social and economic policies of Labour and Conservative governments in the years 1945-64? 3.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings
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