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Page 159
... pre - war growth of the labour movement came to an end with a sharp employer reaction from 1916. ' Progressive ' policies at federal and state level continued their slow uneven pace . In Australia , however , the pre - war social ...
... pre - war growth of the labour movement came to an end with a sharp employer reaction from 1916. ' Progressive ' policies at federal and state level continued their slow uneven pace . In Australia , however , the pre - war social ...
Page 164
... pre - war years . All , however , gained from a fall in food prices . 1 Responses to poverty were also different . The Depression rather than the equal , possibly greater , prosperity of the period has lived in popular memory because it ...
... pre - war years . All , however , gained from a fall in food prices . 1 Responses to poverty were also different . The Depression rather than the equal , possibly greater , prosperity of the period has lived in popular memory because it ...
Page 165
... pre - war years , deepened with the Depression and was re- lieved only a little by the coming to power of Labour governments in 1924 and in 1929-31 , since both were minority governments constrained by the difficulty of obtaining a ...
... pre - war years , deepened with the Depression and was re- lieved only a little by the coming to power of Labour governments in 1924 and in 1929-31 , since both were minority governments constrained by the difficulty of obtaining a ...
Contents
Introduction | 2 |
The First World War and after | 126 |
The interwar years | 163 |
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A. L. Bowley administration areas authorities Beatrice Webb benefits Beveridge Board Britain British cent central charity child Committee Conservative contributions cost demand economic effect efficiency Eleanor Rathbone employers established expenditure family allowances fear finance full employment growth Guardians health service housing improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour party legislation Liberal Lloyd George London major ment minimum national health national health service old-age pensions organizations out-door relief paid party paupers period planning political Poor Law poor relief population post-war poverty pre-war pressure problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction reform rent Report result Rowntree Rowntree's scheme schools sickness social policy social services society standards tion towns trade union Treasury unem unemployed unemployment insurance wages wartime Webbs week welfare William Beveridge women workers workhouse working-class