The making of Modern Britain 1951-2007
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Updated: 3 Mar 2020
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Created byRebekah Mills
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Family Allowances ActEducation Act 1944Marshall Aid 1948£750m budget deficitIndia granted independence 1947End of rationing 1954Suez Crisis 1956Notting Hill riots 1958Night of the Long Knives 1962Profumo Scandal 1963First nuclear test, Monte Bello Islands 19521957: £1004m spent on durable goods1960: £1465m spent on durable goods1951: Interest rates increased from 2% to 4%ROBOT Scheme 19521952: £300m Balance of payments surplus1955: £300m loss in gold reserve1955: Full employment1955: Interest rates increased to 5.5%NEDDY NICKY1964: £800m balance of payments deficitCommonwealth Immigrants Act 1962Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968Race Relations Act 1965Race Relations Act 1968The 'Windrush' 19481958: 210,000 New Commonwealth migrants settled in Britain1955: "NO IRISH NO BLACKS NO DOGS"EFTA failure1960: End of National Service'Second colonial occupation'Winds of Change- Macmillan 1960Schuman Plan 19501957: Formation of the EEC1957: Formation of EFTA1964: The National Plan1967: DevaluationBurgess and MacleanKorean War 19501965: Abolishment of Capital Punishment1967: Legalisation of Abortion1968: Theatres Act1969: The Open University1969: Divorce Reform Act1967: Sexual Offences Act'In Place of Strife' 19691966: 2nd EEC application and rejectionWithdrawal East of SuezEnoch Powell: Rivers of Blood 19681968: 12,000 African refugees in January and FebruaryImmigration Act 19681969: £550m balance of payments surplusIndustrial Relations Act: 19711970: Barber becomes chancellor of the exchequerPeriods
Labour Austerity- Attlee 1945-51Military commitmentsChurchill 1951-5Berlin blockade 1948-9Eden 1955-7Macmillan/'Supermac' 1959-63Lord Home 1963-4CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL DOMINANCE 1951-64Consumerism per head set to rise by 20% 1950-59STOPGOSTOPGO- 'Life is better under the Conservatives'EEC ApplicationSTAGFLATION230,000+ New Commonwealth citizens migrated to the UK1960-62Teddy Boys 1950sMods and Rockers 1964BRITISH EMPRapid decolonisation 1956-64Wilson 1964-70Roy Jenkins' Liberalising reforms 1964-8Vietnam War 1955-75Heath 1970-4Heath's U-turn
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