Attlee government

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The Attlee government was the post-World War II British Labour administration (1945–1951) that established the modern welfare state, including the National Health Service, and pursued widespread nationalization and social reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Government of the United Kingdom
Labour government
country United Kingdom
economicPolicy Keynesian demand management
Post-war reconstruction and austerity
endTime 1951
followedBy Churchill government
surface form: Churchill government (1951–1955)
foreignPolicy Alignment with the United States in the early Cold War
Participation in the founding of NATO
Support for the United Nations
formedAfter 1945 United Kingdom general election
headOfGovernment Clement Attlee
ideology Democratic socialism
Social democracy
implementedPolicy Beginning of British decolonisation
Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946
Creation of a comprehensive social insurance system
National Health Service Act 1946
surface form: Creation of the National Health Service

Education Act 1944 implementation and expansion
Electricity Act 1947
Establishment of the modern British welfare state
Expansion of council housing
Expansion of social security
Gas Act 1948
Housing Act of 1949
surface form: Housing Act 1949

Independence of Burma (Myanmar)
Independence of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Indian Independence Act 1947
surface form: Independence of Pakistan

Indian independence and partition
Introduction of family allowances
Iron and Steel Act 1949
National Assistance Act 1948
National Health Service Act 1946
National Insurance Act 1946
Nationalization of Bank of England
Nationalization of coal industry
Nationalization of electricity and gas
Nationalization of major industries
Nationalization of railways
Nationalization of steel industry
New Towns Act 1946
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
surface form: Parliament Act 1949

Town and Country Planning Act 1947
Transport Act 1947
legislativeMajority Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
monarch George VI
notableFor Creating the post-war British welfare state
Establishing the British National Health Service
Extensive nationalisation of key industries
Managing post-World War II reconstruction in Britain
notableMember Aneurin Bevan
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Dalton
Stafford Cripps
precededBy Churchill government
surface form: Churchill war ministry
startTime 1945

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Violet Attlee familyName Attlee government
this entity surface form: Attlee
Churchill government followedBy Attlee government
36th United Kingdom Parliament government Attlee government
this entity surface form: Attlee ministry
this entity surface form: Labour government 1945–1951
National Health Service Act 1948 government Attlee government
this entity surface form: Clement Attlee ministry
National Insurance Act 1946 government Attlee government
this entity surface form: Attlee ministry
Transport Act 1947 government Attlee government
Iron and Steel Act 1949 governmentInPower Attlee government
this entity surface form: Clement Attlee ministry
Gas Act 1948 governmentIntroducedBy Attlee government
this entity surface form: Clement Attlee government
Electricity Act 1947 introducedBy Attlee government
this entity surface form: Clement Attlee government
Iron and Steel Act 1949 introducedBy Attlee government
this entity surface form: Labour government
this entity surface form: Labour government of Clement Attlee
National Insurance Act 1946 introducedBy Attlee government
this entity surface form: Clement Attlee government
this entity surface form: Labour government of Clement Attlee
Aneurin Bevan partOf Attlee government
Herbert Morrison participantIn Attlee government
this entity surface form: Attlee ministry