Pressure groups 1.3

Question 1

what was the minimum service acts of 2023, and why was it so important for striking

Answer 1

• ensured a minimum amount of essential workers to work during strikes, or risk sacking

Question 2

who’s one of the most infamous pressure groups in the early 20s and what is an exmaple of what they do

Answer 2

Just Stop Oil [scaled the Queen Elizabeth Bridge on the M25 = suspended in cables for 37 hours = 3 years imprisonment.]

Question 3

what was one of the main pressure groups which opposed the Rwanda Bill, and what quote did they say?

Answer 3

Care4Calais, “Human rights law still applies, we are ready to go”

Question 4

what is the biggest pressure group in the UK

Answer 4

National Trust

Question 5

Eventhough National Trust is the biggest pressure group, what are some exmaples that show that numbers don’t impact the government

Answer 5

2022
called for government to stay true to net zero 2030 obligation and to ban fracking.
- Sunak has extended the net-zero to 2050
- Truss lifted the ban on fracking (although Sunak reinstated it).

Question 6

explain to me ‘FareShare and footballer Marcus Rashford’

Answer 6

provide free meals to struggling children during the 2020 lockdown:
- e-petition receiving 1.1 million signatures
- £120 million ‘Covid summer food fund’
- £170 million ‘Covid winter grant scheme’ for vulnerable families