Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Churchill
1951-55
- Conservative Policies
- Butskellism began as conservatives
continued; commitment to full employment
through Keynesian economic management
high levels of state funded welfare a mixed
economy Labour's key policies were popular,
ending the welfare state would anger Butler
and Macmillan as well as the public. They did
denationalize iron, steel and road haulage
industries
- Employment
- In 1951 there were 367,000 unemployed. It began to
rise in 1952 so the government responded with public
work schemes. Between 1952-5 figures never exceeded
half a million.
- Housing
- In 1951 the Conservative manifesto
promised 300,000 new houses a year,
between 1952-1964 the Conservatives
built 1.7 million new homes.
- Harold Macmillan is housing minister
- Social Policy
- Butler's (the coe) first budget introduced
charges of 2 shillings for every
prescription.
- Keynesianism
- In 1954 Butler cut income
tax and reduced interest
rates to bring inflation
down. Then the tories cut
income tax againin 56 and
59 which led to a boom in
59 and 60.
- Most types of rationing inclusing
sugar came to an end in 1953.
Austerity was replaced with affluence.
- results
- Conservatives 302
- Labour 295
- Liberals 9
- Other 19
- Winston himself
- Churchill was 77, he would be a consensus prime
minister accepting the welfare states, conciliation
with trade unions. He had already had a heart
attack and was to have a massive stroke in 1953
and eventually retired in April 1955