Lesson 4 Flashcards
Churchill Premiership
Absentee Prime Minister
Churchills premiership he was 77 years old and in ill health, he was little more than a figurehead
The govt continued with post war consensus
Rationing ended in 1954
Tories built 300,000 homes a year
Steel denationalised
The government was quite successful with the post war boom of the economy starting to settle in
Eden coordinated government during Churchills frequent absence
Churchills economic policy
( Rab Butlers )
Rab Butler was the chancellor of the Exchequer
Trying to maintain full employment while also increasing the economy
Expanding the welfare state
Developing a nuclear weapons programme
Committing to the military defence programme
All very similar to Labours aims
Churchill and Nationalised Industries
Despite the complaints made by the conservatives about nationalisation in the 1950 election, there was no attempt to reverse it
However the steel and iron industries were largely denationalised in 1953
Churchill and Industrial relations
Churchill was anxious to avoid the term trade union bashing, a policy he’d become associated with in the past
Trade union memberships steadily increased during this time
Churchill and housing policy
The new government was determined to outperform Labour
Building 300,000 new homes a year and exceeding this.
80% of home built by local authorities
MacMillion saw as an opportunity to advance his reputation
Churchill and the welfare state
The welfare state was quiet safe under the Tories
The new minister of health Macleod did not want to alter Bevans great achievement
Macleod tried to fight for more money for hospitals but found him self in a long queue
Churchill and education
Education policy stayed essentially the same as Rab Butlers 1944 education act
Education spending tended to get pushed back behind housing defence and health
