Labour Government in 1924

Question 1

What did the Labour Government do to the Unemployment benefits?

Answer 1

Eased the restrictions on them.

Question 2

What did the Labour Government do about the Old Age Pensions?

Answer 2

They raised the Old Aged Pensions.

Question 3

How did the government tackle the state school scholarships to universities being cut as a result of ‘Geddes Axe’?

Answer 3

They put more public funding into the problem.

Question 4

What did the Labour party do about the industrial unrest?

Answer 4

Nothing - despite being closely associated with the unionists.

Question 5

What did the government do about housing?

Answer 5

Wheatley’s Housing Act which increased the amount spent on each house built to £9.

Question 6

How did the government help French/German relations?

Answer 6

Dawes Plan of 1924 which reduced reparations (from Germany to France) to a manageable amount which increased yearly.

Question 7

What did the Dawes Plan also allow Germany to do?

Answer 7

Be involved in the League of Nations to discuss trade.

Question 8

What did the Labour Government do to help relations with Russia?

Answer 8

They developed the Anglo-Russian Treaty which meant that Britain got their assets back for a £30 million loan to Russia.