The Labour Government, 1945–51

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Labour_Government,_1945–51

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Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currencyDevaluation	1949
gptkbp:diplomaticRelationsWith	Marshall Plan participation beginning of Cold War alignment with the US founding member of NATO
gptkbp:economy	reconstruction after World War II austerity measures rationing continued
gptkbp:endDate	1951
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Labour Government, 1945–51
gptkbp:notableAchievement	gptkb:Family_Allowances_Act_1945 gptkb:Housing_Act_1949 gptkb:National_Assistance_Act_1948 gptkb:National_Insurance_Act_1946 gptkb:Town_and_Country_Planning_Act_1947 nationalisation of key industries establishment of the National Health Service nationalisation of coal, steel, railways, and utilities Education Act 1944 implementation creation of the NHS in 1948 decolonisation of India (1947) expansion of social housing introduction of the welfare state
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:London_Olympics_1948 gptkb:Festival_of_Britain_1951
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Hugh_Dalton gptkb:Stafford_Cripps gptkb:Aneurin_Bevan gptkb:Herbert_Morrison Ernest Bevin
gptkbp:party	large (1945), reduced (1950)
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Winston_Churchill's_wartime_coalition_government
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkbp:startDate	1945
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Churchill's_Conservative_government_(1951)
gptkbp:won	gptkb:1945_United_Kingdom_general_election gptkb:1950_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:D._N._Pritt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5