Do You Agree with the View Expressed in Source 6 That the Achievements of the Attlee Government Were Remarkable?

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I will be arguing that the achievement of the Attlee Government were remarkable. The sources which I’ll be using show the impact that the Attlee Government had on Britain. From my own knowledge and also the sources, I can show that the achievements of Attlee Government were remarkable as it helped the people of Britain live much better lives. On the contrary it can also show that the achievements weren’t remarkable as it had created many problems for the country. Source 4 is suggesting that since the Attlee government had come into power sorted out many problems in Britain. Whereas source 5 is showing that the methods the Attlee government used were not very effective. Finally Source 6 reveals that the Attlee government had done a lot to help the citizens. From source 4 it shows that the Attlee Government was remarkable as it states “our children are growing up in a land of opportunity”. This reveals that because of the Attlee Government, children are living much better lives and an education. In 1947 Labour were able to raise the school leaving age to 15. An emergency building programme got temporary huts built for the extra pupils and a crash-training programme produced 35,999 extra teachers from de-mobilised service personnel. A further massive building programme produced 928 new primary school buildings by 1950. This made the education for children exceptional. Also the quote shows that because children are exposed to better education meaning then they have a higher chance of being employed. Source 4 displays that “Poverty had been abolished, hunger is unknown”; showing that now the Attlee government had got rid of hunger and poverty completely. stopped the existing poor law system, and also made a programme for those who could not The National insurance act was passed in 1946 all people of working age had to pay a weekly contribution and in return were entitled
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