HISTORY ACTS AND FACTS // CREATING A WELFARE STATE

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT
1920 & 1921, extended unemployment insurance
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THE NATIONAL ECONOMY ACT
1931, 6 month cap - means test for when insurance ran out
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\\ IMPACT OF WAR // LAB GOV AND CONSENSUS, '39-'79
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THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE ACT
1945, monetry child benefits
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THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT
1946, unemployment and sickness benefits (all workers)
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THE INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ACT
1946, compensation for accidents and inujries in the work place
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THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
1948, welfare benefits not covered by Nat insurance
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NHS created
1948
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THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT
1970 // pension rights, disablility benefits, child allowance increase // rent help for low income families in private housing
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\\1919 NEW MINISTRY OF HEALTH //
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LOCAL GOV ACT
1929, most important health provison in 20s -- locals running things like child benefits
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THE NAT HEALTH SERVICE ACT
1946 // leading the the NHS in '48
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\\ DEVELOPMENT OF THE NHS //
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HOSPITAL PLAN
1962, 90 new hospitals, refurbished 356, modernised
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NHS REORGANISATION ACT
1973, new management structure (more costly)
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\\ EDUCATION //
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HADOW COMMITTEE
1926, abolishing elementary and dividing primary and secondary
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THE 'BUTLER ACT'
1944, secondary access for less wealthy, state secondary = free AND mass eduation free with taxation
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OPEN UNI'S
1971
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THE NATIONAL ECONOMY ACT

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1931, 6 month cap - means test for when insurance ran out

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\\ IMPACT OF WAR // LAB GOV AND CONSENSUS, '39-'79

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THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE ACT

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THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT

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