Do You Agree with the View That Labour Governments in the Years 1945-51 Established a Society with ‘a Significantly Greater Degree of Social Equality’?

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Do you agree with the view that Labour governments in the years 1945-51 established a society with ‘a significantly greater degree of social equality’? I believe that Labour governments in the years 1945-51 did establish a society with a significantly greater degree of social equality. I believe this because the Labour governments of this time greatly improved social security for the citizens of Britain. This created a society with a greater degree of social equality. Social equality is the ability for all members of a given society to have access to the same basic rights surrounding security, voting, freedom of speech, education and health care. A greater degree of social equality is created by Labours government between 1945 and 1951 by implementing the creation of the welfare state. This gave citizens of Britain the access to state provided healthcare and equal opportunities in education. This is shown in source 6, taken form Nick Tiratsoo’s book ‘From Blitz to Blair’, describes how Atlee’s government ‘did establish a society with much less poverty and a significantly greater degree of social equality.’ This shows that Labour did create a greater degree of social equality between 1945 and 1951. Source 4 is an excerpt from the Labour party’s 1951 manifesto, within this excerpt they pledge to ‘press forward for greater social equality’. This shows that although there has been an increase in social equality it can still be built upon. This source is important because it comes from the party that was in power during 1945-51 so they understand what needs to be done to further social equality. It also shows that they recognise the need for greater social equality in a document within which they make promises to be upheld if they gain power. The importance of the Labour party recognising more work is needed is vast as other opposition parties will also
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