How has life in britain changed since 1948?
In 1948 the then Labour Government (a) Created the National Health Service, (b) British Railways, (c) Had already Nationalised the Coal, Iron and Steel industries. Items (b) & (c) were de- nationalised and sold off by Thatcher and her cronies in the 1980s and 1990s. Then (1948) as now we had a Labour Government. In 1948 most of the Country agreed with and supported the Government. In 2006, we also have a Labour Government which is detested and reviled from both ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ . In 1948 we had an education system, which although not perfect by any means, was far better than our existing system which allows pupils to leave school illiterate and innumerate. In 1948 the Labour Government (partially) implemented the Beveridge Report and established the Social Security system and the ‘minimum’ amounts of income a person could exist on. The National Assistance Act 1948 – later much reviled has formed the basis of our current Social Security system ever since and the changes subsequently m
