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| Who was in power 1900-06? |
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| What was the Taff Vale decision and when? |
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| House of Lords effectivly destroyed the unions right to picket and strike, 1901 |
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| What was Balfour's decision regarding the Taff Vale judgement and what effect did it have? |
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| He refused to reverse it, made it seem like the conservatives did not care about the workers |
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| When was Balfour's Education Act and what did it do? |
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| 1902, raised the school leaving age to 1902, granted subsidies to church schools, abolished school boards and gave the power to the councils |
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| What did the Irish Land Act do and when was it? |
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| Granted Irish farmers £100 million to buy out their land from English landowners, 1902 |
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| Who won the free trade/protectionist bloc debates? |
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| Who won the 1906 election? |
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| What did the Trade Disputes Act do, and when was it? |
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| Reversed the Taff Vale decision, 1906 |
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| when were the two Liberal Education Acts and what did they do? |
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| 1906 and 1907, Allowed Local Education Authorities to provide free school meals for children, but it was not compulsory, and introduced compulsory medical examinations |
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| When was the Children's Act and what did it do? |
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| 1908, set up juvenile courts and remand homes |
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| when was the Old Age Pensions Act and what did it do? |
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| 1908, granted 5s a week to those who earned under £31 a year |
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| How was the Old Age Pensions funded and when was this measure passed? |
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| 1909, raised income tax to 1s3d to the pound in incomes up to £3000 p.a, on incomes over £5000 p.a there was a 6d to the pound act, 20% levy on land values |
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| What was Lloyd George accused of doing with the People's Budget |
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| When was the National Insurance Act and what did it do? |
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| 1911, male workers get up to 10 shillings a week, female workers 7s6d a week for up to 26 weeks a year, 3s maternity grant |
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| How was National Insurance paid for? |
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| 4d came from employees taxes, 3d from employer, and the govt. provided 2d |
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| When was the conflict between the Lords and the Commons, who won and how did they do it? |
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| 1910-11, Commons, George V agreed to create 500 Liberal Lords unless they allowed a Bill that limited their powers to pass |
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| When did MP's begin to get paid, what impact did this have and how much was it? |
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| 1911, it allowed those without a private income to sit for parliament, £400 p.a |
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| When was Ireland granted Home Rule? |
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| What did the Trade Union Act do, why was it significant and when did it happen? |
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| Allowed Union funds to be used for political funds, meant parties did not have to rely on industry or private income for campaigning and funding 1913 |
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| when was the Welsh Church disestablished? |
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| What did the 1911 Parliament Bill do? |
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| Restricted the Lords delaying power to 3 years, a Bill agreed upon by the commons three times would pass no matter the lords decision, and elections were to be held every 5 years rather than 7 |
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| When was the first miners strike, when did it spread, who did it spread to, and what did this lead to? |
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| 1910-11, 1912 to dockers, seamen and railwaymen, the 1914 triple alliance |
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| When was the curragh mutiny and what happened? |
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| 1914, British officers resigned to avoid being sent North to fight the Ulster volunteers |
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| When was DORA passed and what did it do? |
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| Govt. control of arms, rail, and coal industries, censorships, companies must procide minimum wage, conscription, passports required for travelling |
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| When was the Asquith Coalition and why did it end? |
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| 1915-16, because Lloyd George planned to set up a war council with him in charge. Asquith would not accept it without him in charge, Lloyd George offered to resign if he wouldn't, Lloyd George had the support of the conservatives and newspapers, Asquith resigned and lead the opposition liberals who would not follow Lloyd George |
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| Lloyd George was regarded as the |
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| What and when was the Maurice Debate and how did it end? |
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| General Maurice accused Lloyd George of deliberately distorting troop strength in Europe, Asquith organised a vote of no confidence, Lloyd George defended himself so well Asquith appeared unconvincing |
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| When and what was the the Representation Of The People Act |
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| 1918, All men over 21 get the vote, all women over 30 get the vote, servicemen over 19 get to vote in next election, candidates must deposit £150 in cash, which was forfeit if they did not get 1/8 the votes, conscientious objectors lose the right to vote for 5 years. |
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| Who won the 1918 election? |
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| lloyd George and Bonar Laws Coalition |
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| How were the Liberals damaged by the war? |
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| Could no longer claim they were anti-war, they also extended the power of the state further then precedented |
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| how many women workers were taken on during the first war? |
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| Which war and after-war years had the most strikes? |
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| Why did Lloyd George Fall? |
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| Conservatives abandoned him, corruption scandal from selling titles, Coalitions declining reputation |
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| Who won the 1922 election? |
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| When was Chamberlains Housing Act and what did it do? |
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| 1923, granted Housing Subsidies to local authorities for council houses |
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| Who won the 1924 election? |
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| How long did labour last in office after 1924 and what did they achieve? |
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| 9 months, eased restrictions on unemployment benefit, put more funds towards education, and passed Wheatleys Housing Act, which extended the payment to local councils to 40 years and increased the subsidy to £9 |
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| What year was the Anglo-Russian treaty, and what did it do? |
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| 1924, extended £30 million loan to Russia, and the Soviets pay the compensation for taking British financial assets and investments in the Russian Revolution |
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| What was the Zinoviev letter and why was it signigicant? |
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| A letter urging the British Communist party to infiltrate Labour and bring down the state, and it suggested that Labour was under communist influence |
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| Who was significant in drafting the Geneva Protocol and Dawes Plan and what did these state? |
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| Ramsay Macdonald, Geneva + Nations accept disputes settled through discussion, Nations try and acheive disarnamentt, Dawes = France lowers reparations, Germany pays lower rate, Germany entitled to international loans |
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| when and what was Red Friday |
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| The day planned for the strike, 1925, Baldwin convinced them to delay it so that the Samuel Commision could finish a report |
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| What was the Samuel Commission? |
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| A remit to examine the problems of the mining industry and come up with solutions. The solution was that while the mining industry was changed miners accept a wage cut |
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| When was the return to the Gold Standard and what did it cause? |
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| 1925, British financiers helped, British exporters suffered |
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| When was the General Strike, and why did it fail? |
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| 1926, Not all the Unions were called out, The government used the Emergency Powers Act (1920) to organise networks of volunteers to replace the transport workers, students volunteered as bus and train drivers, and ex-officers signed on as special constables |
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| When was the second Trade Disputes Act and what did it do? |
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| 1927, outlawed general and sympathetic strikes, restricted strike action to specific disputes, and forbade union funds being used for political purposes |
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| When was the Electricity Act and what did it do? |
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| 1926, set up National Grid |
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| When was the Local Government Act and what did it do? |
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| 1929, exempted all farms and 25% of factories from local rates, started phasing out workhouses |
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| Who won the 1929 election and how long were they in office? |
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| When was the Coal Mines Act and what did it do? |
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| 1930, reduced miners working hours, fixed minimum wage, started phasing out unprofitable mines with minimum damage to miners |
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| When was agricultural marketing act and what did it do? |
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| 1931, fixed food prices and arranged supplies more efficiently |
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| When was the second Housing Act and what did it do? |
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| 1930, greater subsidies and slum clearance powers |
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| When was the second Education Act and what did it do? |
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| 1930, raised school leaving Age to 15, it failed |
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| When was the London Transport Bill and what did it do? |
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| Set up buses and undergrounds, 1931 |
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| Ramsay MacDonald's Foreign affairs in the second Labour Govt. |
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| Young Plan: Germany is an equal nation, Ratio Principle: 3:5:5, Japan's Navy, Britain's Navy, America's Navy, resumed full diplomatic contact with Russia, Began talks for Indian independance |
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| What was the May Committee and what did it say? |
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| a organisation set up by the second Labour goverment, suggested cuts to public expenditure, unimaginative, MacDonald made some cuts in order to receive loans from international bankers |
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| How was the Labour Government ended and the National Government started? |
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| Ramsay talked to the king about retiring, he did not retire, but he retired the Labour Government and stayed on a a new prime minister for the National Government, putting "country before Party". 1931 |
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| When was the Ivorgordon Mutiny and what caused it? |
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| 1931, pay cuts to the navy |
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| What industries were worst affected by the depression? |
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| Staple industries such as: Coal, Steel, Textiles, shipbuilding |
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| What increased for the employed during the depression, and why? |
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| Real wages, retail prices dropped more than wages |
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| What were the National Governments Economic Policies? |
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| Loans, Cuts, tariffs, Deflationary gestures |
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| When did Ramsay retire and who took over? |
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| When was the Abdication Crisis and how was it resolved? |
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| 1936, Baldwin threatened to resign if the King married and did not abdicate, King did both |
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| How was the BUF formed and why did it fail? |
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| Oswald Mosley formed the New Party when he tired of British Politics, when it absorbed others it became the BUF, it was alien to British politics and British politics were well established and accepted |
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| How well did the GBCP do? |
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| What did the Oxford Union declare and why was it significant? |
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| "this is house will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country", showed anti-war attitudes in early thirties |
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| What was the paradox in British politics in the thirties? |
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| They were pro-disarmament, but also pro armed responses to aggressors |
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| When was the spanish Civil War? |
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| Who took over from Baldwin and how long did they last? |
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| What did Chamberlain appease Germany with? |
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| Rhineland, sudentenland, czechoslovakia |
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| When was the second Emergency Powers Act and what did it do? |
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| 1938, all men between 20 and 21 had to undergo 6 months military training |
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| When was the National Service Act and what did it do? |
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| 1939, all men between 18 and 41 had to register for military service unless in reserved occupations |
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| How much food was imported per annum per person at the start of the second war? |
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| What were weekly rations in total for one man? |
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| What happened to the number of strikes during the war? |
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| increased by over from 900 a year to 2000 a year by end of war |
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| How many women became employed during WW2? |
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| Government expenditure rose from _____ to __________ during the war |
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| £1.4 billion , £6.1 billion |
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| What were the evils of the Beveridge report? |
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| Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, Idleness |
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| imprisonment without trial |
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| What were Keynsianism economics? |
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| The government were an intergral part of economic planning, they should artificially boost the economy and when it recovers tax the higher incomes to pay back loans |
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| No real challenger, not associated with National Govts. failures, had been opposed to nazism and appeasement |
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| When was the second National Insurance Act made and what did it do? |
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| 1946, extended previous one |
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| when was the industrial injuries act made and what did it do? |
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| 1948, provided cover for accidents in workplaces |
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| When was the National Health Service Act made and what did it do? |
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| When was the Butler Education Act and what did it do? |
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| 1944, set up grammar, technical and modern schools |
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| When was the Family Insurance Act and what did it do? |
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| 1945, provided 5s each week for each child after the first |
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What did Labour nationalise in:
1946
1947
1948
1949 |
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Coal, aviation, wireless, Bank Of England
Road Transport, electricity
Gas
Iron and Steel |
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| What did the conservatives resist the nationalisation of, and on what grounds? |
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| what were the main achievements of Labour under Atlee, (1945-51) |
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| nationalisation, welfare state, indian independance, formed NATO, housing scheme, began nuclear arnament |
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