National Government (United Kingdom)

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The National Government (United Kingdom) was a series of cross-party coalition administrations formed in the 1930s to address the economic crisis and later lead the country through much of the Second World War.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ⓘ
coalition government ⓘ
cross-party government ⓘ
coalitionPartner Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal National Party ⓘ
National Labour Organisation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economicPolicy abandonment of the gold standard ⓘ
fiscal retrenchment ⓘ
tariff protection ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
followedBy Churchill caretaker ministry ⓘ
foreignPolicy appeasement of Nazi Germany ⓘ
collective security through the League of Nations ⓘ
foundedBy Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
headOfGovernment Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
ideology anti-socialism ⓘ
economic orthodoxy ⓘ
legislativeTerm 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableMember Anthony Eden ⓘ
Ernest Brown ⓘ
John Simon ⓘ
Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Samuel Hoare ⓘ
linked to: Sir Samuel Hoare

Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
opposedBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy Second MacDonald ministry ⓘ
reasonForFormation 1931 financial crisis ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ
residence 10 Downing Street ⓘ
significantEvent 1931 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1935 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
British rearmament ⓘ
Munich Agreement ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

introduction of means test for unemployment benefit ⓘ
policy of appeasement ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ
warPolicy civil defence measures ⓘ
introduction of conscription ⓘ
total war mobilisation ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Labour Organisation → partOf → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Liberal National Party → participatedIn → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Kingsley Wood → partOf → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Kingsley Wood
James Henry Thomas → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Government (UK) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Eric Drummond → memberOf → National Government (UK) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Ernest Brown → partOf → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
1935 United Kingdom general election → governmentBeforeElection → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
1935 United Kingdom general election → governmentAfterElection → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
35th United Kingdom Parliament → succeededByGovernment → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Leslie Hore-Belisha → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Government (UK) coalition ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Third Baldwin government → partOf → National Government (UK, 1931–1940) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
National Government (United Kingdom) → alsoKnownAs → British National Government ⓘ
subject linked to: National Government
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Malcolm MacDonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Government (UK) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley → political party → National Government (UK) ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Viscount Waverley
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Sir Eric Drummond → memberOf → National Government (UK) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
Second Labour Government (1929–1931) → followedBy → First National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) → participatedIn → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) → supported → National Government (1931–1940) (UK) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) → supported → postwar National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
1st Viscount Simon → memberOf → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Import Duties Act 1932 → introducedBy → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
37th Parliament of the United Kingdom → government → National Government (United Kingdom, 1931) ⓘ
linked to: National Government (United Kingdom)
1st Viscount Greenwood → partOf → National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ