Second Labour Government (1929–1931)

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British government Labour government of the United Kingdom minority government

The Second Labour Government (1929–1931) was a minority British administration led by Ramsay MacDonald during the onset of the Great Depression, marked by economic crisis and political instability that ultimately led to its collapse and the formation of a National Government.

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Label	Occurrences
Second Labour Government	1
Second Labour Government (1929–1931) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government ⓘ Labour government of the United Kingdom ⓘ minority government ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer	Philip Snowden ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicContext	Great Depression ⓘ
endTime	1931-08-24 ⓘ
facedIssue	budget deficit ⓘ gold standard crisis ⓘ mass unemployment ⓘ
firstLordOfTheAdmiralty	A. V. Alexander ⓘ
followedBy	National Government (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: First National Government (United Kingdom)
foreignSecretary	Arthur Henderson ⓘ
formedAfterElection	United Kingdom general election, 1929 ⓘ surface form: 1929 United Kingdom general election
governmentHead	Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
homeSecretary	J. R. Clynes ⓘ
ideology	social democracy ⓘ
introducedPolicy	Agricultural Marketing Act 1931 ⓘ Coal Mines Act 1930 ⓘ Housing (No. 2) Act 1930 ⓘ London Passenger Transport Act 1931 ⓘ
keySupportFrom	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislatureTerm	35th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
lordChancellor	Lord Sankey ⓘ
lordPrivySeal	Arthur Henderson ⓘ
ministerOfHealth	Arthur Greenwood ⓘ
ministerOfLabour	Margaret Bondfield ⓘ
monarch	George V ⓘ
notableFor	collapse over budget cuts and unemployment benefits ⓘ economic crisis of 1931 ⓘ high unemployment ⓘ onset of the Great Depression in Britain ⓘ
oppositionLeader	Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
oppositionParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalPartyInGovernment	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy	Second Baldwin government ⓘ surface form: Second Baldwin ministry
presidentOfTheBoardOfEducation	Charles Trevelyan ⓘ
presidentOfTheBoardOfTrade	William Graham ⓘ
reasonForEnd	formation of a National Government ⓘ split in the Labour Party over proposed spending cuts ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForDominionAffairs	J. H. Thomas ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForIndia	William Wedgwood Benn ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForScotland	William Adamson ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForWar	Thomas Shaw ⓘ
startTime	1929-06-07 ⓘ
status	minority administration ⓘ

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Ramsay MacDonald → formedGovernment → Second Labour Government (1929–1931) ⓘ

National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom → precededBy → Second Labour Government (1929–1931) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Labour Government