Wilson governments

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The Wilson governments were the Labour administrations led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960s and 1970s, noted for social reforms, economic challenges, and efforts to modernize post-war Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Labour government ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defencePolicy maintenance of British nuclear deterrent ⓘ
withdrawal from East of Suez commitments ⓘ
economicIssue balance of payments deficit ⓘ
inflation ⓘ
sterling crises ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
economicPolicy National Plan (1965) ⓘ
devaluation of the pound sterling in 1967 ⓘ
electoralMandate 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1966 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime 1976 ⓘ
facedOppositionFrom Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
trade union unrest ⓘ
followedBy Callaghan government ⓘ
foreignPolicyIssue European Economic Community membership question ⓘ
Rhodesia crisis ⓘ
Vietnam War stance ⓘ
hasPart First Wilson ministry ⓘ
Fourth Wilson ministry ⓘ
Second Wilson ministry ⓘ
Third Wilson ministry ⓘ
headedBy Harold Wilson ⓘ
heldEvent 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum ⓘ
ideology social democracy ⓘ
implementedPolicy Equal Pay Act 1970 ⓘ
Race Relations Acts ⓘ
abolition of death penalty for murder in Great Britain ⓘ
creation of Open University ⓘ
expansion of comprehensive education ⓘ
industrial relations reforms ⓘ
liberalisation of abortion law ⓘ
liberalisation of divorce law ⓘ
partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales ⓘ
prices and incomes policy ⓘ
ledBy Harold Wilson ⓘ
legislativeMajority House of Commons ⓘ
monarchDuringGovernment Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor economic challenges ⓘ
modernisation of post-war Britain ⓘ
social reforms ⓘ
politicalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy Douglas-Home government ⓘ
socialPolicy expansion of welfare state ⓘ
housing and urban renewal programmes ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ

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post-war Britain → hasPart → Wilson governments ⓘ