Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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and weaponry. After the Second World War‚ between 1945 and 1951‚ Clement Attlee of the Labour Government became prime minister and passed a series of measures‚ which helped the period become known as the welfare state. These included social reforms addressed by Sir William Beveridge in his report of December 1942 and which were called the Five Giants (Want‚ Disease‚ Squalor‚ Ignorance and Idleness). In 1948‚ the government introduced the NHS (National Health Service) to provide free healthcare
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government should intervene and provide a standard of living for all in a form of Social Insurance and universal benefits that would not be means tested. Although this report was not implemented straightaway by conservative‚ when labour was elected in 1945 the report formed the basis of the new prime ministers‚ Clement Attlee government’s legislative programme‚ for social reform. Within the report Bevedridges aim was to tackle the 5 evils of society‚ Want‚ Disease‚ Squalor‚ ignorance and idleness
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Sexuality - The National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 to provide healthcare for all citizens based on need‚ not on the ability to pay. There are also many independent healthcare providers in Britain (both private and voluntary) which offer a variety of services. Public or independent
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Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1945-51‚ the achievements of the Labour government far outweighed its failures? Explain your answer‚ using Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. (40 marks) The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success‚ despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation‚ one that would be a ‘better place in
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Want The existence of want or poverty was the main reason for Beveridge’s initial investigating. Legislative measures to tackle problem: • Family allowances act 1945 (introduced an allowance for all children under 16‚ except for the first born child.) • National insurance act 1946 (introduced a new insurance scheme that would provide those who contributed to it with a range of benefits including amongst others unemployment benefit‚ sickness benefit‚ maternity benefit‚ retirement benefit and
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the lowest expected standards‚ for social control when protecting (child abuse)‚ punishing (prisoners) or increasing freedom (from compulsory education).The state also puts into consideration the most effective way around costs for example with the NH systems they are confirmed to be cheaper than other systems i.e. liberal. Last but not least the state is a protection net when other sectors fail to support or supply. This sector is filled with professionals such as nurses‚ doctors‚ teachers to supply
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How Successful were the Reforms of the Post War Labour Government 1945-51 in Solving the Social Problem that Faced Britain? By Nicole Anderson In May 1945‚ the coalition government that had steered Britain through the perilous days of the Second World War was finished. It was replaced by the Labour party who had the challenging task of rebuilding the country after the losses of the Second World War. The Labour government of 1945 made the first drastic steps towards the welfare state. William Beveridge
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definition (Marsh‚ 1964). The concept of a Welfare State is a complex matter. The term was probably first used by Arch Bishop William Temple in his pamphlet Citizen and Churchman’‚ published in 1941. However‚ it came into general use in the years after 1945‚ which marked the end of the Second World War (Sleeman‚ 1973). As early as 1939‚ Sir Anthony Eden had argued in Parliament that war "exposed weakness ruthlessly and brutally which called for revolutionary changes in the economic and social life of
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pragmatism. As promised in Labour’s election manifesto of 1945‚ the first few years in power saw the government embark on
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