UK Government (until 1988)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_Government_(until_1988)
GPTKB entity
Statements (72)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Government
gptkbp:capital gptkb:London
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:executiveBranch gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:formed 1707
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
Parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK Government (until 1988)
gptkbp:judicialBranch Judiciary of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:European_Economic_Community
gptkb:G7
gptkb:NATO
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:King_George_VI
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Race_Relations_Acts
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkb:Education_Act_1944
gptkb:Devolution_referendums_(1979)
gptkb:IRA_Troubles_in_Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Immigration_Acts
gptkb:Miners'_Strike_(1984–85)
gptkb:Race_riots_(Brixton,_Toxteth,_etc.)
gptkb:Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975
gptkb:Windscale_fire
gptkb:Winter_of_Discontent
gptkb:Concorde_development
gptkb:Profumo_affair
Formation of the Department of Health and Social Security
Abolition of capital punishment
Abolition of the death penalty
Decimalization of currency
End of Empire and decolonization
Formation of the Department of the Environment
Formation of the European Free Trade Association
Formation of the NHS
Formation of the Open University
Introduction of comprehensive schools
Introduction of the Poll Tax
Joining EEC
Legalization of homosexuality (partial, 1967)
National Health Service reforms
Nationalization of key industries
Post-war reconstruction
Privatization of state industries
Welfare state expansion
Formation of the Department of Education and Science
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Alec_Douglas-Home
gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkb:Edward_Heath
Anthony Eden
James Callaghan
gptkbp:responsibleFor gptkb:international_relations
defence
taxation
public services
domestic policy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Steel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5