Baldwins Government 1924-1929
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- Baldwin 1924-1929
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- 1924 Labour Govt.
- Wall St.Crash 1929
- Acts introduced
- Representation of the People Act 1928
- 1926 Emergency Powers Act
- not used to manual work. Slow/ruined goods
- 1927 Trades Disputes Act
- Made further sympathy strikes illegal
- Ratings and Valuation Act 1925
- Slum clearance 1927
- Return to Gold Standard 1925
- Reason for general strike: Made pound too strong for effective exporting, raised interest rates hurting all businesses
- The General Strike 1926
- Causes
- Return to Gold Standard 1925
- Reason for general strike: Made pound too strong for effective exporting, raised interest rates hurting all businesses
- Germany free coal as part of reparations for WW1
- Britain had been using coal domestically for years, so other counties had filled the gap, therefore less coal needed, therefore wages needed reducing
- Wage reductions and longer working hours
- Coal production at its lowest and had been falling since 1914
- Return to Gold Standard 1925
- Consequences
- 1927 Trades Disputes Act
- Made further sympathy strikes illegal
- 1926 Emergency Powers Act
- not used to manual work. Slow/ruined goods
- Clashes: Pickets and police. Strikers and volunteers
- Nationlisation 1947: Discouraged some employers wage cutting
- Over 1 and a 1/2 million on strike
- 1927 Trades Disputes Act
- Samuel Report 1926
- Recommended sweeping reorganisation and improvements for mining industry
- Causes
- Streamlining
- Organising
- making everything more straightforward
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