Labour in power

Question 1

Who was the Labour leader & Churchill’s deputy when he was abroad during the war?

Answer 1

Clement Atlee

Question 2

What was Churchill’s mistake in his election speech?

Answer 2

He compared the Labour party to the Nazi’s by saying a socialist state (Labour has socialist policies) would never work without a Gestapo to run it.
The Gestapo were the Nazi secret police

Question 3

The election results came out on July 26th. When did the election take place, and who won?

Answer 3

Election took place on July 5th, Labour won

Question 4

When was the Beveridge report published?

Answer 4

1st December 1942

Question 5

How many pages long was the Beveridge report?

Answer 5

300+

Question 6

The the Beveridge report’s aim was to sort out the five giants. What were the five giant?

Answer 6

Want- The lack of basics such as food
Ignorance- Lack of education for all
Squalor- Poor living conditions
Idleness- Unemployment 
Disease- Lack of health care for all

Question 7

Who was the minister of Labour during the war?

Answer 7

Ernest Bevin

Question 8

Who was the chairman of the committee (set up by Ernest Bevin) that would improve life in Britain?

Answer 8

William Beveridge

Question 9

How many copies of the Beveridge report were sold in the first few days?

Answer 9

70’000+

Question 10

Did people approve of the Beveridge report?

Answer 10

Yes- They wanted the government to fight the five giants

Question 11

How did Labour fight ‘Ignorance’?

Answer 11

1945 Education act - Free education up to the age of 15

Question 12

How did Labour fight ‘Squalor’?

Answer 12

1946 New towns act -
> 17 new towns build in England and 4 enlarged greatly (Crawley, Peterborough, Northampton and Warrington)
> 750’000 new homes built by 1948 (about the amount lost in the war)

Question 13

How did Labour fight ‘Disease’?

Answer 13

1946 NHS Act - Free Medical, Dental and Eye care for all
1947 NHS Act - Charges on perscriptions
1947 NHS Act - Charges on some serives

Question 14

How did Labour fight ‘Want’?

Answer 14

1946 National insurance act - Workers and employers pay 4s 11d into the National insurance scheme, & the Government provide unemployed, maternity and sickness benefits and old age pensioners

Question 15

How did Labour fight ‘Idleness’?

Answer 15

From 1945 Government building schemes provide jobs

Question 16

What was the BMA?

Answer 16

British Medical Association

Question 17

True or Flase: Most Hospital clinics were run privately.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What did the BMA object to in 1911?

Answer 18

Free medical care for those paying National Insurance contributions

Question 19

What did the BMA fight against?

Answer 19

All changes that increased free health care

Question 20

What did the BMA and the Government disagree on?

Answer 20

Who would get free health care and how doctors would be paid

Question 21

Who was the Minister of health in 1945?

Answer 21

Aneurin Bevan

Question 22

How did the NHS act come about in 1948?

Answer 22

By force, over the BMA

Question 23

Was the NHS popular?

Answer 23

Yes- The Government underestimated how much it would cost

Question 24

By what year were the Government debating on introducing changes in the NHS?

Answer 24

1949

Question 25

The NHS set a 1 shilling prescription charge in 1949. Who did not have to pay this?

Answer 25

The old, poor or disabled

Question 26

What did the act (passed in 1951) charge for within the NHS, and how much was this charge?

Answer 26

Glasses and false teeth - 1 shilling (again, the old, poor and disabled did not have to pay)