Attlee government

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The Attlee government was the post-World War II British Labour administration (1945–1951) that established the modern welfare state, including the National Health Service, and pursued widespread nationalization and social reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Government of the United Kingdom
Labour government
country United Kingdom
economicPolicy Keynesian demand management
Post-war reconstruction and austerity
endTime 1951
followedBy Churchill government (1951–1955)
foreignPolicy Alignment with the United States in the early Cold War
Participation in the founding of NATO
Support for the United Nations
formedAfter 1945 United Kingdom general election
headOfGovernment Clement Attlee
ideology Democratic socialism
Social democracy
implementedPolicy Beginning of British decolonisation
Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946
Creation of a comprehensive social insurance system
Creation of the National Health Service
Education Act 1944 implementation and expansion
Electricity Act 1947
Establishment of the modern British welfare state
Expansion of council housing
Expansion of social security
Gas Act 1948
Housing Act 1949
linked to: Housing Act of 1949

Independence of Burma (Myanmar)
Independence of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Independence of Pakistan
Indian independence and partition
Introduction of family allowances
Iron and Steel Act 1949
National Assistance Act 1948
National Health Service Act 1946
National Insurance Act 1946
Nationalization of Bank of England
Nationalization of coal industry
Nationalization of electricity and gas
Nationalization of major industries
Nationalization of railways
Nationalization of steel industry
New Towns Act 1946
Parliament Act 1949
Town and Country Planning Act 1947
Transport Act 1947
legislativeMajority Labour Party
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
monarch George VI
notableFor Creating the post-war British welfare state
Establishing the British National Health Service
Extensive nationalisation of key industries
Managing post-World War II reconstruction in Britain
notableMember Aneurin Bevan
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Dalton
Stafford Cripps
precededBy Churchill war ministry
startTime 1945

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National Health Service Act 1946 introducedBy Labour government of Clement Attlee
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Aneurin Bevan partOf Attlee government
National Insurance Act 1946 introducedBy Clement Attlee government
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National Insurance Act 1946 government Attlee ministry
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Town and Country Planning Act 1947 introducedBy Labour government of Clement Attlee
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Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 introducedBy Clement Attlee government
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Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 government Labour government 1945–1951
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Transport Act 1947 government Attlee government
Electricity Act 1947 introducedBy Clement Attlee government
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Gas Act 1948 governmentIntroducedBy Attlee government
Iron and Steel Act 1949 introducedBy Labour government
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Iron and Steel Act 1949 governmentInPower Clement Attlee ministry
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Violet Attlee familyName Attlee
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John Wilmot partOf Attlee ministry
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William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt partOf Attlee ministry
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NHS Vesting Day politicalContext Labour government of Clement Attlee
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Family Allowances Act 1945 introducedBy Winston Churchill government
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George Russell Strauss servedInGovernment Attlee ministry
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George Russell Strauss servedInCabinet Clement Attlee government
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George Strauss participatedIn Attlee government
British welfare state expandedUnderGovernment Clement Attlee government
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National Government (United Kingdom) followedBy Attlee ministry
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post-war Britain hasPart Attlee ministry
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Ellen Wilkinson servedInGovernment Attlee ministry
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Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 introducedBy Labour government
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Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 government Clement Attlee ministry
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Richard Crossman participatedIn Attlee government