Three-Day Week crisis

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The Three-Day Week crisis was a major industrial and energy emergency in early 1970s Britain, marked by government-imposed limits on commercial electricity use amid miners' strikes and fuel shortages, which contributed to political instability and the fall of Edward Heath's Conservative government.

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Three-Day Week 1
Three-Day Week crisis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf energy crisis ⓘ
industrial crisis ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
contributedTo February 1974 hung parliament ⓘ
fall of Edward Heath's Conservative government ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource British government records ⓘ
contemporary British newspapers ⓘ
historical studies of 1970s Britain ⓘ
endTime 1974 ⓘ
followedBy Labour government of Harold Wilson (1974–1976) ⓘ
governmentInPower Heath ministry ⓘ
hasEffect economic disruption in the United Kingdom ⓘ
industrial output reduction ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
public discontent ⓘ
hasPart Three-Day Week ⓘ
historicalContext 1970s United Kingdom economic crisis ⓘ
post-war British industrial relations ⓘ
location Great Britain ⓘ
mainCause energy shortages ⓘ
miners' strike ⓘ
oil crisis of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: 1973 oil crisis
partOf 1970s energy crisis ⓘ
regulatoryMeasure ban on non-essential electricity use by businesses ⓘ
early evening television shutdown ⓘ
limitation of commercial electricity consumption to three consecutive days per week ⓘ
significantEvent February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
implementation of three-day working week for industry ⓘ
power cuts ⓘ
restrictions on commercial electricity use ⓘ
television broadcasting curfews ⓘ
significantParticipant Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Edward Heath ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
startTime 1973 ⓘ
timePeriod early 1970s ⓘ

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Three-Day Week crisis → hasPart → Three-Day Week ⓘ
linked to: Three-Day Week crisis