- Labour faced cotinuing economic problems after 1945
- After WWII, despite Britain being a victor, the country was virtually bankrupt
- Still much wealthier than neighbours on the continent of Europe, Britian had far bigger spending commitments in: Defending and developing the Empire and the Commonwealth, in paying for the occupation of Germany, in undertaking to construct a welfare state and in the cost of rebuilding ravaged cities and damaged housing.
- Labour did not want to abandon the 'fair shares' policy
- 'AGE OF AUSTERITY' - Labour hoped that in restricting individual consumption, money could be diverted into industrial production as well as into the new social services
- Many middle-class voters, particularly women were unhappy with this and were fed up with queuing during the war so didn't see why they should once the war had finished
- Conservatives took advantage of these circumstances by promising that if elected, they would drastically reduce the controls and bureaucracy that had grown during the war
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