Three-Day Week crisis

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The Three-Day Week crisis was a major industrial and energy emergency in early 1970s Britain, marked by government-imposed limits on commercial electricity use amid miners' strikes and fuel shortages, which contributed to political instability and the fall of Edward Heath's Conservative government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf energy crisis
industrial crisis
political crisis
appliesToJurisdiction England
Scotland
Wales
contributedTo February 1974 hung parliament
fall of Edward Heath's Conservative government
country United Kingdom
describedBySource British government records
contemporary British newspapers
historical studies of 1970s Britain
endTime 1974
followedBy Labour government of Harold Wilson (1974–1976)
governmentInPower Heath ministry
hasEffect economic disruption in the United Kingdom
industrial output reduction
political instability
public discontent
hasPart Three-Day Week crisis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Three-Day Week
historicalContext 1970s United Kingdom economic crisis
post-war British industrial relations
location Great Britain
mainCause energy shortages
miners' strike
1973 oil crisis
surface form: oil crisis of 1973
partOf 1970s energy crisis
regulatoryMeasure ban on non-essential electricity use by businesses
early evening television shutdown
limitation of commercial electricity consumption to three consecutive days per week
significantEvent February 1974 United Kingdom general election
implementation of three-day working week for industry
power cuts
restrictions on commercial electricity use
television broadcasting curfews
significantParticipant Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Heath
Labour Party (UK)
National Union of Mineworkers
startTime 1973
timePeriod early 1970s

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Three-Day Week crisis hasPart Three-Day Week crisis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Three-Day Week