Labour government (1945–1951)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Labour_government_(1945–1951)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government
gptkbp:chancellorOfTheExchequer	gptkb:Hugh_Dalton gptkb:Stafford_Cripps
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate	1951
gptkbp:foreignSecretary	Ernest Bevin
gptkbp:homeTo	gptkb:James_Chuter_Ede
gptkbp:ministerOfHealth	gptkb:Aneurin_Bevan
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm	gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Housing_Act_1949 gptkb:National_Assistance_Act_1948 gptkb:National_Health_Service_Act_1946 gptkb:National_Insurance_Act_1946 gptkb:Town_and_Country_Planning_Act_1947 Education Act 1944 (implemented) Nationalisation of coal, steel, railways, gas, electricity, and Bank of England
gptkbp:notablePolicy	gptkb:Full_employment_policy gptkb:NATO_membership Education reform Welfare state expansion Nationalisation of key industries Austerity measures Decolonisation Marshall Plan acceptance NHS creation Public housing construction Rationing continuation Social security expansion Support for European recovery Support for United Nations
gptkbp:numberOfSeatsWonIn1945Election	393
gptkbp:numberOfSeatsWonIn1950Election	315
gptkbp:party	146 (1945) 5 (1950)
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Churchill_war_ministry
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Indian_independence gptkb:Establishment_of_the_NHS gptkb:Berlin_Airlift Postwar reconstruction Marshall Plan participation Austerity measures NATO founding member Beginning of the Cold War
gptkbp:startDate	1945
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Churchill_caretaker_ministry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_welfare_state
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Labour government (1945–1951)