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labour reforms
disease
national health service act 1946, 1948- NHS- free, universal, comprehensive
1949-1950, infant mortality rate dropped by 50%
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HOWEVER, 1951- PRESCRIPTION CHARGES AS COST 208MIL£ IN 1948
backlog, enormous expense
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SQUALOR
housing act 1946 and 49, aimed to build 200,000 houses a year. 1951- successful in building 1mil new houses
houses equipped with electricity, indoor toilets and gardens
to help build quickly, built 157,000 pre-fab- built quick and to good standard
new towns act- 14 new towns including east kilbride- modern home, modern community instead of slum
HOWEVER, 700K HOUSES SHORT- CENSUS 1951
idleness
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unemployment down to 2.5%, beveridge indicated 3%
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HOWEVER, INNEFICIENT, OUTDATED AND NEEDED INVESTMENT IT DIDNT RECIEVE
ignorance
Butler education act 1944- school was compulsory, free and leaving age set at 15, then 16.
1950, 1176 schools built due to damage from war, 928 were primaries due to post war baby boom
introduced free school meals, milk and medical service
HOWEVER, 1944- BEFORE LABOUR SO DIDNT DO ANYTHING, COULD HAVE EXTENDED
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background
WW2- horrors of bombing, rationing and evacuation
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1942, Beveridge report published
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1945, labour won general election & promised to tackle giants