Rebuilding the Country after 1945
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| show | Published during WWII, it suggested a social insurance program that made all citizens eligible for health, unemployment, pension, and other benefits.
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| The Five Giants | show 🗑
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| show | A state (or country) where the government provide people with benefits such as education, healthcare and unemployment pay. This is free at the point of use but is paid for through general taxation.
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| 1944- Education Act | show 🗑
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| show | Parents were given 5 shillings (£7.54) per week for each child after their first born. This was to help cover some of the costs involved in bringing up a child.
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| 1946 National Insurance Act- Industrial Injuries Act | show 🗑
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| show | This authorized the building of new towns at places such as Stevenage, Basildon, Newton Wycliffe and Peterlee.
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| 1946 National Health Service Act | show 🗑
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| show | Set the target of building 300,000 new houses a year and 1.25 million council houses were built between 1945 and 1951. It also defined green belt land that had to be kept rural.
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| 1948 Children's Act | show 🗑
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| The 'Homes for All' Policy | show 🗑
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| Nationalisation of the Key Industries | show 🗑
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| Nationalisation of the Coal Industry | show 🗑
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| show | The government bought 52,000 miles of existing railway track in January 1948. Their hope was that British Rail would make rail transport around Britain more efficient for both industry and commuters.
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| show | Long distance hauliers were brought under the control and ownership of the British Road Services. Bus services and hauliers carrying their own goods were exempt.
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