major's political policies

Question 1

privatisation

Answer 1

coal industry - 1994

railways - 1996

set to privatise Post Office but had too much opposition

Question 2

Private Finance Initiative (PFI)

Answer 2

public-private partenerships meant private companies would fund infrastructure improvements and deliver public services so that the state would pay for over the length of the contract

Question 3

Citizens Charter

Answer 3

1991

increase competition and privatisation in public sector to improve standards

brought free market into the public sector

EG. education more testing and ranking - brought in ofsted

Question 4

pit closures

Answer 4

continued

in 1991, Hesteltine announced closures of 31 pits

some in Nottinghamshire - poor reward from conservatives as it was nottinghamshire miners who stood against Scargill

Question 5

BSE crisis

Answer 5

‘mad cow disease’

threat to health in 1996

led to british beef being banned in europe

Question 6

significance of major’s policies

Answer 6

none appeared to be big enough to undermine a government reputation

helped to cement an image of incompetence