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Attlee went on to win a narrow majority at the 1950 general election, forming the second Attlee ministry. [3] Just twenty months after that election, Attlee called a new election for 25 October 1951, but was narrowly defeated by the Conservative Party , sending Labour into a 13-year spell in opposition.
A British 1948 National Insurance stamp, once used to collect contributions to the scheme. The National Insurance Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo 6 c. 67) was a British Act of Parliament passed during the Attlee ministry which established a comprehensive system of social security throughout the United Kingdom.
The Family Allowances Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6.c. 41) was a British Act of Parliament and was the first law to provide child benefit in the United Kingdom. It was enacted on 15 June 1945 when the caretaker Conservative government was in office under Winston Churchill, but it did not come into effect until 6 August 1946 when the Labour government under Clement Attlee was in power.
The National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.c. 29) is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.It formally abolished the Poor Law system that had existed since the reign of Elizabeth I, [1] and established a social safety net for those who did not pay national insurance contributions (such as the homeless, the physically disabled, and ...
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
This is a chronological and complete list of acts passed before 1861, by the Imperial Legislative Council between 1861 and 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952. Apart from Finance Act, there are 890 Acts which are still in force as ...
Attlee ministry, the British government under Clement Attlee (1945–1951) Labour government, 1964–1970, the British government under Harold Wilson; Labour government, 1974–1979, the British government under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan respectively; First Blair ministry, the British government under Tony Blair (1997–2001)
Following the Second World War, the landslide 1945 election returned the Labour Party to power and Clement Attlee became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [4] The party quickly nationalised critical sectors of the economy, especially declining industries.