Political Developments: New Deal Policies 1

Question 1

What did New Labour call their plan for Britain?

Answer 1

The New Deal

Question 2

When was National minimum wage introduced?

Answer 2

1999

Question 3

What was National minimum wage set at in 1999 for 22+ year olds?

Answer 3

£3 an hour

Question 4

How many workers experienced a pay rise with the introduction of national minimum wage?

Answer 4

2 million

Question 5

What was minimum wage for 22+ year olds in 2003?

Answer 5

£4.50 an hour

Question 6

What was minimum wage for 22+ year olds in 2007?

Answer 6

£5.50 an hour

Question 7

Why did Labour keep increasing the minimum wage?

Answer 7

So that people could keep up with cost of living expenses

Question 8

Which demographic of citizens was the Winter Fuel Allowance for?

Answer 8

Senior citizens

Question 9

How much money was given to people under the Winter Fuel Allowance?

Answer 9

£100

Question 10

Why would the Winter Fuel Allowance be seen as a drain on taxpayer money if it went to all elderly citizens?

Answer 10

It would be going to wealthy old people who did not need the money

Question 11

When was the Winter Fuel Allowance introduced?

Answer 11

1997

Question 12

When was the Human Rights Act passed?

Answer 12

1998

Question 13

What did the 1998 Human Rights Act do?

Answer 13

Embedded the European Court of Human Rights into British law

Question 14

What criticism was there with the 1998 Human Rights Act?

Answer 14

It should have been signed into British law when the European Court of Human Rights was created

Question 15

When was the European Court of Human Rights created?

Answer 15

After WWII

Question 16

Name an act created by someone going to the European Court of Human Rights

Answer 16

The 2004 Gender Recognition Act

Question 17

What did the 2004 Gender Recognition Act do?

Answer 17

Allowed trans people to have their gender legally recognised by the government

Question 18

When was the Equality of Human Rights Commission created?

Answer 18

2007

Question 19

What was the aim of the Equality of Human Rights Act?

Answer 19

To promote issues regarding equality

Question 20

What type of law was changed in the UK due to the European Court of Human Rights?

Answer 20

An anti-terrorism law

Question 21

When was this anti-terrorism law repealed in the European Court of Human Rights?

Answer 21

2004

Question 22

What did the attempted anti-terrorism British act try and do?

Answer 22

Detain suspected terrorists forever

Question 23

What law regarding information was passed in 2000?

Answer 23

Freedom of Information Act

Question 24

What was the aim of the Freedom of Information Act?

Answer 24

To make the public trust Labour

Question 25

What was the situation with public information requests by 2006?

Answer 25

Over 100,000 requests had been made under it

Question 26

Who had introduced jobseekers allowance?

Answer 26

John Major

Question 27

When did Labour change jobseeker’s allowance?

Answer 27

1998

Question 27

When was jobseeker’s allowance introduced?

Answer 27

1996

Question 28

Why did Labour change job seekers allowance?

Answer 28

To give people more flexibility searching for work

Question 29

How many people applied for jobseeker’s allowance from 2003 to 2007?

Answer 29

2 million