B - 1939-1951 Flashcards
Conservative posts to Labour posts during the war
52 - 16
Amount of the electorate voting for the first time
20%
Amount of debt by the end of the war
£4200 million
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Drop of exports in manufactured goods
60%
Initial loan from the US
£5000 million
Coal exportation drops during the Fuel Crisis
20%
Amount of Marshall Aid
£13 billion
Increase of exports amd volume change by ‘50
80% between ‘46-‘50
Volume of exports was 50% higher than in ‘37
Restrictions - wages and inflation
1% real wages and inflation less than 3% between 45-50
Growth in TU membership
6.3 million to 8.9 million
Devaluation
£1 = $2.8
Women in the civil service
Women in auxiliary branches
350,000
500,000
Beveridge report sales
600,000 copies
Amount of dentists for people
10,000 dentists for 47 million people
Amount of houses built by Labour
1.5 million, 250,000 prefabs
1942 - Want, Squalor, Idle, Disease, Ignorance
Beveridge Report
1944 - 11+, meritocratic system of education
Butler Education Act (1944)
1945 -The allowance was not paid for the first child but for every subsequent one, the original amount being 5 shillings a week.
Family Allowances Act
1946 - Made national insurance universal
National Insurance Act
1946 - Injury benefit for six months, disability benefit for the permanently injured, and a death benefit for dependents.
Industrial Injuries Act
1946 - Built new towns such as Stevenage, Brixton etc.
New Towns Act
1948 - National Insurance contributions and were ‘without resource’.
National Assistance Act
