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Devolution Reforms

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  • Scottish Assembly
  • Welsh Assembly
  • Good Friday Agreement
  • Introdcution of Elected London Mayors
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Act that gave people the right to request information from public bodies

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Freedom of Information Act 2000

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Act that incorporated the ECHR into British Law

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Human Rights Act 1998

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National Parties for Scotland and Wales

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  • SNP
  • Plaid Cymru
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Person who Blair tried to block to be a London Mayor

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Ken Livingstone

Looney Left

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Name of the Act which aimed to reform the House of Lords

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House of Lords Reform Act

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Number of hereditary peers in the HOL

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92

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Person who led the commission looking into an alternative voting system

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Roy Jenkins

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Blair described himself as … for passing the Freedom of Information Act

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‘Naive, Foolish, Irresponsible, nincompoop’

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Name of the Act which the government were forced to amend under the HRA

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Criminal Justice Act 2003

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Number of farmers and lorry drivers that protested in response to the rising fuel prices

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200

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Number of cattle that had to be killed due to Foot and Mouth Disease

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10 Million

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Organisation that was against the ban on hunting with dogs

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Country Alliance

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Number of people that attented the Country Alliance march

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500,000 People

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European policy that the Labour government opted back into

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European Social Charter

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Policy that was designed to help certain groups find work

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The New Deal

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Act that introduced a National Minimum Wage

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National Minimum Wage Act

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Form of benefit that Brown introduced

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Tax Credits

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Percentage decrease in union membership

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From 29% to 26%

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Industry that was sold off

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Air Traffic Control Organisation

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Company that was moved to a private-public partnership

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London Underground

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Trade Union that was expelled from the Labour Party

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Number of female MPs after the 1997 General Election

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Policy that Labour had introduced in 1997 which increased the number of female MPs

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All-women shortlists

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Number of hours of childcare all 3-4 year olds were entitled to
12.5 Hours
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Percentage decrease in the number of FSTE 100 companies that had no women on their board
From 36% to 24%
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Percentage of Women's wages compared to men in 2007
87%
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Number of times more housework women did than men
3
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People that Blair invited to his celebration party due to the success of the 1997 general election
* Noel Gallagher * Vivienne Westwood * Helen Mirren
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Measures to end social exclusion
* Social Exclusion Unit * Sure Start Centres
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Decrease in child tax credits by 2005
1/4
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Percentage of people Labour wanted to attend univeristy
50%
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Percentage of young people that were NEETs
20%
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A court order which was introduced to put limits on what defendents could do
Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO)
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Percentage of ASBOs that went to under 17 year olds
46%
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First Black Cabinet Minister
Paul Boateng
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London successfully bid to hold ...
2012 Olympic Games
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Report that was published looking into the murder of Stephen Lawrence
MacPherson Report
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Fraction of migrants from Poland that returned home
1/3
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Percentage of voters that saw immigration as a vital issue from 1997 to 2007
From 3% to 30%
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Newspaper that was anti-immigration
Daily Express
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Pressure group that was against immigration
Migration Watch
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Person who set up Migration Watch
Sir Andrew Green
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Cabinet position that was created to work with local communities to create extremism
Secretary of State for Local government and Communities
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Number of people killed in the London Terror 7/7 attacks
52
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Person that organised the 7/7 terrorist attack
Mohammed Sidique Kahn
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Young Brazillian that was killed for being mistaken for a terrorist
Jean Charles de Menezes
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Controversial Act that Labour introduced to 'fight extremism'
National Identity Card Act
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Act that meant suspected terrorists could be held without charge to 28 days
Terrorist Act 2006

History Paper 2: Sections 10 - Blair (7 decks)

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