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This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
War ministry, the British government during the Second World War Chamberlain war ministry, the British government under Neville Chamberlain (1939–1940) Churchill war ministry, the British government under Winston Churchill (1940–1945) Cameron–Clegg coalition, the British government under David Cameron and Nick Clegg (2010–2015)
For general overviews of British politics since 1945, see: Post-war Britain (1945–1979) Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) While coverage of British social history over the same period can be found below: Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979) Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)
Direct negotiations between the British and the Iranian government ceased, and over the course of 1951, the British ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian government and explored the possibility of a coup against it. U.S. President Truman was reluctant to agree, placing a much higher priority on the Korean War.
The coalition government during the war, headed by Churchill and Attlee, signed off on a series of white papers that promised Britain a much improved welfare state after the war. The promises included the National Health Service, and expansion of education, housing, and a number of welfare programmes.
Following two brief spells in minority governments in 1924 and 1929–1931, the party was part of the Churchill war ministry during World War II. When the war ended the Labour Party won a landslide victory at the 1945 "khaki election"; winning a majority for the first time ever. Throughout the rest of the twentieth century, Labour governments ...
Britain's Korean War: Cold War diplomacy, strategy and security 1950–1953 (Oxford University Press, 2015). Kynaston, David. Austerity Britain, 1945–1951 (2008), social history; Morgan, Kenneth O. Labour in Power 1945–1951 (Oxford University Press, 1984) online; Ovendale, R. ed. The foreign policy of the British Labour governments, 1945 ...
The all-party coalitions of H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George in the First World War were sometimes referred to as National Governments at the time, but are now more commonly called Coalition Governments. [citation needed] The term "National Government" was chosen to dissociate itself from negative connotations of the earlier coalitions.