Never had it so good specific information (1957-1964) Flashcards
How many homes were built under Atlee’s government?
600,000 homes were built by 1951
How many homes did the conservatives pledge to build annually?
300,000
How many properties did the 1957 rent act put on the market?
6 million
What happened to private car sales between 1950-1965?
Nearly quadrupled from 1.5 million to 5.5 million
What was the annual economic increase from 1957-1964?
2%
What happened to the average weekly wage of an adult male between 1951 and 1964?
It more than doubled from £8.30 in 1951 to £18.35 1964?
How many people were unemployed in 1963?
800,000
What was the size of Britains economy (GDP) during the 50s and early 60s.?
Second largest in the world
What happened in 1947 (multi-culturalism?
The Empire Windrush travelled from Kingston Jamaica to Britain carrying hundreds if West Indian workers coming to find work.
Between 1951 and 1963 how many new houses were built and what percentage became private dwellings?
1.7 million 60%
When was the Rent act?
1957
When did Macmillan say never had it so good?
July 1957
When was the Robbins report and what did it do?
1963, extended comprehensive ideas into higher education (opposite of tripartite)
When and where were the race riots following Windrush?
1958 Nottinghill, Bristol and London (poorer areas)
When was the Commonwealth Immigrations Act and what did it do?
1962 To regulate the number of Commonwealth immigrants coming to settle (work visas), and to give the courts power to recommend deportation of those immigrants of less than five years’ standing convicted of offences and subject to a term of imprisonment.
