2 Labour Government and Consensus 1945-1951

Question 1

1945 Labour Manifesto

Answer 1

‘Let us Face the Future’
laid out the idea that welfare intervention promotes economic growth, justifying labour’s expansive welfare spending.

Question 2

key Social Security acts 1945-1948 acronym

Answer 2

FANIIINA
family allowwances, national insurance, industrial injuries, national assistance :D

Question 3

Family Allowances act 1945

Answer 3

Fronm 1946: 5 shilliings a week for each child including the oldest
the child benefit would go to the mother, pushed through by Eleanor Rathbone

Question 4

National Insurance Act 1946

Answer 4

4s 11d charge on all workers weekly
unemployment benefits for all workers
pensions for men 65+ and women 60+
singles received £1.30 and married couples recieved £2.10

Question 5

why was the National Insurance policy problematic?

Answer 5

everyone was paid the same, so poor people were paying a much larger proportion of their income

Question 6

Industrial Injuries Act 1946

Answer 6

people were paid compensation for injuries caused in the workplace.
there was an average of 2425 people killed each year at work miners accounted for a 1/4 of this

Question 7

National Assistance Act 1948

Answer 7

welfare for those who weren’t covered by the initial National Insurance Act 1946.
Single mothers, homeless, disabled were all valid claimants.
- abolished the unpopular Public Assistance Committees
- established a National Assistance Board
- delegated responsibility to the local authorities, such as promoting the welfare of the handicapped.