oct 25, 1951 - Start of the post-war consensus

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On major issues, Labour and Conservatives would agree, such as:
-There was a belief in a mixed economy -
involvement of both state and private
enterprise
-NHS and welfare state
-Aim of full employment
-Working with trade unions and employers
-Foreign policy was based on support for
the US and opposition to USSR and
communism
-Independence for colonies of the empire

It lasted between 1951 and 1979

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