Second Labour Government (1929–1931)

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The Second Labour Government (1929–1931) was a minority British administration led by Ramsay MacDonald during the onset of the Great Depression, marked by economic crisis and political instability that ultimately led to its collapse and the formation of a National Government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ⓘ
Labour government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
minority government ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer Philip Snowden ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economicContext Great Depression ⓘ
endTime 1931-08-24 ⓘ
facedIssue budget deficit ⓘ
gold standard crisis ⓘ
mass unemployment ⓘ
firstLordOfTheAdmiralty A. V. Alexander ⓘ
followedBy First National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ
foreignSecretary Arthur Henderson ⓘ
formedAfterElection 1929 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentHead Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
homeSecretary J. R. Clynes ⓘ
ideology social democracy ⓘ
introducedPolicy Agricultural Marketing Act 1931 ⓘ
Coal Mines Act 1930 ⓘ
Housing (No. 2) Act 1930 ⓘ
London Passenger Transport Act 1931 ⓘ
keySupportFrom Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
legislatureTerm 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
lordChancellor Lord Sankey ⓘ
lordPrivySeal Arthur Henderson ⓘ
ministerOfHealth Arthur Greenwood ⓘ
ministerOfLabour Margaret Bondfield ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
notableFor collapse over budget cuts and unemployment benefits ⓘ
economic crisis of 1931 ⓘ
high unemployment ⓘ
onset of the Great Depression in Britain ⓘ
oppositionLeader Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalPartyInGovernment Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy Second Baldwin ministry ⓘ
presidentOfTheBoardOfEducation Charles Trevelyan ⓘ
presidentOfTheBoardOfTrade William Graham ⓘ
reasonForEnd formation of a National Government ⓘ
split in the Labour Party over proposed spending cuts ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForDominionAffairs J. H. Thomas ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForIndia William Wedgwood Benn ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForScotland William Adamson ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForWar Thomas Shaw ⓘ
startTime 1929-06-07 ⓘ
status minority administration ⓘ

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Ramsay MacDonald → formedGovernment → Second Labour Government (1929–1931) ⓘ
National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom → precededBy → Second Labour Government ⓘ
linked to: Second Labour Government (1929–1931)