Impact of the labour reforms Flashcards
Introduction(labour reforms)
During ww2 A man called William Beveridge conducted a war time report on social problems the British government would have to deal with
this was called the “Beveridge report” and consisted of five main problems called the five giants
(Ignorance,Disease,squalor,want and Idleness)
poor education,health,housing,poverty,jobs
Health
the NHS was set up in 1948 with the 3 main aims
-universal access,free at the point of use and treat all medical problems under the NHS people could get things such as spectacles
k+ however due to the NHS costing huge amounts Prescription charges were introduced in 1951 which undermined that the NHS was free at the point of use
Housing
in order to combat squalor The labour government in 1946 introduced the new towns act this aiming to build new towns such as milton keynes and irvine,the labour government also aimed to build 200000 new houses per year
k+ labour often failed to meet this target meaning overcrowding in houses still remained meaning labour often failed to meet their objective as their were long waiting lists
Education
in 1944 the education act was introduced in order to combat poor education under this the 11+ was made this was a test that people at 11 sat that decided if they were going to senior high school and junior,this allowing gifted children that were in poverty a chance to be successful
k+however it was criticised as it was unfair to judge a childs ability at the age of 11 as many children could develop later as a result be in the wrong school when they are gifted
poverty(want)
in 1946 The family allowance act came into law that gave single mothers with two or more children 5 shilings per week for each child except the oldest this helping families have a income if there husband was killed during war
K+ however families with more one child did not benefit and the payment stopped as soon the child hit 18 meaning poverty still continued often forcing the child to continue working over their education
