The National Health Service was founded on the 5th July 1948. Winston Churchill was the prime minister at the time .The government decided to commission a report‚ addressing the ways in which Britain should be rebuilt after the Second World War had ended. The Beveridge report of 1942 (written by William Beveridge) identified five main points that needed to be addressed. These were Want (addressed poverty) disease (the lack of healthcare) ignorance (no education) squalor (represented the lack of housing)
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all other parities combined. Bannerman retired in 1908 and his successor Herbert Asquith‚ who brought about an increasing shift towards reform‚ originating from the initiatives of Lloyd George the Board of Trade and Winston Churchill the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Both of these characters were very influential in the idea of New Liberalism. New Liberalism was completely committed to radical‚ social reforms. This is exactly what the government tried to enforce between the years 1906-1914 and the ‘lib-labs’
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To what extent does the PM dominate the political system in the UK? There are arguments to support that the PM dominates the political system. The PM has the power to do many things that will affect the state of hers/his country and therefore has to carefully consider the choices they make. The pm has many powers that proves his/hers dominance like the power of patronage‚ choosing the cabinet ministers‚ the power of royal prerogative and so on. This all gives him more power than the rest of parliament
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Woodrow Wilson‚ President of the United States of America‚ was a key influencer of policy regarding Germany at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Without Wilson‚ reparations paid by Germany to Britain and France would have been much more punitive and the consequences all the more severe. Wilsons ideals were made clear in his “Fourteen Points” speech were he states that‚ “We do not wish to injure her or to block in any way her legitimate influence or power.” Wilson’s intention is to reduce tension
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justices. There were 3 courts then‚ the Kings Bench‚ the Court of Common Pleas and the Exchequer. The Kings Bench got its name from a practice where the king would sit with his judges in “banco” or on the bench and they would hear civil and criminal cases in which the King had an interest. The Court of Common Pleas dealt with civil cases brought by one individual against another individual. The Exchequer dealt with cases affecting the royal revenue‚ matters
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Introduction The term government refers to the administrative bureaucracy that controls a state at a given time. It is a system comprising of legislators‚ administrators‚ and arbitrators who make and enforce policies‚ as well as the mechanism for deciding which policies are good for the state. Government is not abstract; it is made up of a body of individuals who control and have responsibility for the political decision-making in a given state. The creation and implementation of social‚ economic
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similar to Henry VIII (the kid). Instead of researching through the records of the Royal Chamber‚ Starkey was able to find more details about Henry VIII’s early childhood in the Exchequer. The Royal Chamber wasn’t implemented yet until King Henry VII invades France back in 1492. By scavenging through the documents of the Exchequer‚ Starkey found a window where he could look at how Henry VIII was before all those wives and before becoming a king. To Starkey‚ how Henry VII was raised was a very crucial
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CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest To Popular Revolt‚ 1763-1783 SUMMARY This chapter covers the years that saw the colonies emerge as an independent nation. The colonial rebellion began as a protest on the part of the gentry‚ but military victory required that thousands of ordinary men and women dedicate themselves to the ideals of republicanism. I. STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL SOCIETY In the period following the Seven Years’ War‚ Americans looked to the future with great optimism
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QUESTION “…reform of the House of Lords remains unfinished business. There are still 92 hereditary peers sitting in the Lords. But ending the anomaly‚ in the Government’s view‚ does not go far enough to ensure that Britain’s second chamber is fit to meet the demands and expectations of this century. The legitimacy and authority of the second chamber continued to be called into question” The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw‚ former leader of the House of Commons‚ The House of Lords: Reform‚ February 2007
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With ever rising prices and inflation‚ two earning people would surely help run the financial affairs of the family. Apart from the material gains‚ working women are self-actualised entities. Not only this‚ but they can also contribute to national exchequer by running small home industries. women’s
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