labour reforms

Question 1

reforms dealing with want were successful

Answer 1

(II) the act made insurance against industrial injury compulsory for all employees, ensuring everyone was insured and catered for in case of an accident
(NI) ensured people were catered for from the cradle to the grave ang was the fist time money was given directly to mothers, aiding many single parent families

Question 2

reforms dealing with want WERENT effective

Answer 2

the scheme took money from the working classes, roughly 5% of weekly earnings, that may have been better used in other areas, potentially leaving the poor in an even worse situation

Question 3

reforms dealing with squalor were successful

Answer 3

around 700,000 council houses were built between 1945 and 1951 to provide good quality family homes for most at a reasonable price, which was a large improvement from the conditions that families previously lived in

Question 4

reforms dealing with squalor WERENT successful

Answer 4

poor housing, long waiting lists and homelessness were still problems at the end of the labour administration, with most historians crediting the following conservative government for making the most impact when it came to housing

Question 5

reforms dealing with disease were successful

Answer 5

historians credit the NHS with being the single greatest achievement in the development of the welfare state as it ensured that healthcare was no longer dependent on your ability to pay

Question 6

reforms dealing with disease WERENT successful

Answer 6

the gov. had to backtrack on its principle of free treatment and introduce charges for things like eye and dental treatment and because of the cost, ideas of new hospitals had to be shelved

Question 7

reforms for ignorance were important

Answer 7

free secondary education for all becoming a right offered more opportunities and provided things previously unseen for children in these times

Question 8

reforms for ignorance WERENT important

Answer 8

the government introducing the 11+ as a selection method for the limited Grammar school spaces was seen as controversial as it became a scramble between the lower classes to give their children these opportunities