National Government (United Kingdom)

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The National Government (United Kingdom) was a series of cross-party coalition administrations formed in the 1930s to address the economic crisis and later lead the country through much of the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government
coalition government
cross-party government
coalitionPartner Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal National Party
National Labour Organisation
country United Kingdom
economicPolicy abandonment of the gold standard
fiscal retrenchment
tariff protection
endTime 1945
followedBy Second Churchill ministry
surface form: Churchill caretaker ministry
foreignPolicy appeasement of Nazi Germany
collective security through the League of Nations
foundedBy Ramsay MacDonald
headOfGovernment Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
ideology anti-socialism
economic orthodoxy
legislativeTerm 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
location London, England
surface form: London
notableMember Anthony Eden
Ernest Brown
John Simon
Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Samuel Hoare
surface form: Samuel Hoare

Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
precededBy Second MacDonald government
surface form: Second MacDonald ministry
reasonForFormation 1931 financial crisis
Great Depression
residence 10 Downing Street
significantEvent 1931 United Kingdom general election
1935 United Kingdom general election
British rearmament
Munich Agreement
World War II
surface form: Second World War

introduction of means test for unemployment benefit
policy of appeasement
startTime 1931
warPolicy civil defence measures
introduction of conscription
total war mobilisation

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National Labour Organisation partOf National Government (United Kingdom)
Liberal National Party participatedIn National Government (United Kingdom)
Sir Kingsley Wood partOf National Government (United Kingdom)
subject surface form: Kingsley Wood
James Henry Thomas memberOfPoliticalParty National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK)
Eric Drummond memberOf National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK)
Ernest Brown partOf National Government (United Kingdom)
1935 United Kingdom general election governmentBeforeElection National Government (United Kingdom)
1935 United Kingdom general election governmentAfterElection National Government (United Kingdom)
35th United Kingdom Parliament succeededByGovernment National Government (United Kingdom)
Leslie Hore-Belisha memberOfPoliticalParty National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK) coalition
Third Baldwin government partOf National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK, 1931–1940)
National Government alsoKnownAs National Government (United Kingdom)
subject surface form: National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: British National Government
Malcolm MacDonald memberOfPoliticalParty National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK)
1st Viscount Waverley political party National Government (United Kingdom)
subject surface form: John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
this entity surface form: National Government (UK)
Sir Eric Drummond memberOf National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (UK)
Second Labour Government (1929–1931) followedBy National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: First National Government (United Kingdom)
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) participatedIn National Government (United Kingdom)
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) supported National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Government (1931–1940) (UK)
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) supported National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: postwar National Government (United Kingdom)
1st Viscount Simon memberOf National Government (United Kingdom)