Labour's 'New Jerusalem' - 1945 Flashcards
What industrious act was enabled in 1946?
The 1946 Industrial Injuries Act.
What did the 1946 Industrial Injuries Act allow?
It provided the whole of the workforce of Britain with compensation for illness and injuries from work.
What benefits did the 1946 Industrial Injuries Act include?
Disability and Death benefits for those dependent.
What was set up to assess cases within the Industrial Injuries Act of 1946?
Tribunals.
What were the limitations of the 1946 Industrial Injuries Act?
It was difficult to prove workplace incidents.
What Act was implemented in 1944?
The 1944 Education Act.
What model of schooling did the Conservative act of Education adopt?
The Tripartite system.
What did the Tripartite system allow bright working class students to do?
Bright working class children could go to Grammer Schools.
What were the limitations of the Tripartite system?
Technical and secondary modern schools were neglected.
The majority of the population were sentenced to failure at age 11.
What National Act was introduced in 1948?
The 1948 National Assistance Act.
What Law did the National Assistance Act end and how?
The Poor Law by transferring responsibility for the destitute to the central government.
What did the National Assistance board do?
Provided benefits to those who had slipped through the net and could not fend for themselves.
Due to the National Assistance Act what were local authorities required to do?
Provide accommodation for the homeless.
What were the limitations of the 1948 National Assistance Act?
The National Assistance board did not apply a kind of means test to applicants although it was more generous.
How many houses did Labour build before the 1951 election and what percentage of them were council houses?
1.5 million new homes, of which 4/5 were council houses.
How many pre-fabs did Labour build pre 1951 election?
250,000
What did the 1946 New Towns Act do?
Build new new towns around London for those that were bombed out or in slums e.g Stevenage.
What did the Town and Countryside Act do?
Established areas of green belt land to limit urban sprawl.
What did Bevan do in the late 1940s to help family living conditions?
He increased the space allocated to each family to 900sq feet with toilets upstairs and down.
Why did Labour not build as many houses as hoped in the late 1940s?
It was dealing with postwar economic recovery.
In what year did Labour start to build 200,000 houses a year?
1948.
What was held back for the middle class building wise?
Private house building.
Why did squatting become popular after the war, and in what year did the government turn a blind eye to how many people squatting in what properties?
There was a housing shortage and plenty of destroyed and abandoned buildings to occupy.
The government turned a blind eye to 50,000 people occupying military properties in 1946.
What year was the National Insurance Act introduced?
1946.
What’s benefits, grants and allowances did the National Insurance Act allow?
Sickness and unemployment benefits.
Maternity and death grants.
Allowances for widows, children and orphans.
Who did the 1946 National Insurance Act apply to?
All employees.
What did the old age lesion rise from and to under the 1946 National Insurance Act?
To 26 shillings a week from 10.
