How successful was the Heath government?

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Mind Map on How successful was the Heath government?, created by Alex Cirant-Taljaard on 04/10/2014.
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Alex Cirant-Taljaard
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How successful was the Heath government?
  1. Positives
    1. Began to control power of unions
      1. Started towards breaking the stop-go cycle
        1. Britain in EEC
          1. Gained access to European markets
            1. More jobs for British workers
          2. Main aspects of Heath government
            1. Idea of "Selsdon man"
              1. Lame duck busnisses
                1. Little government interference
                2. Abandoning Keynesism
                  1. Began to dismantle post-war consensus?
                3. Industrial Relations Act 1971
                  1. Opposition to trade unions
                    1. Restricted rights of workers
                      1. National Industrial Relations Court
                        1. Government register
                      2. Three-day week in 1973
                        1. Attempt to survive miners strike
                        2. Local government reforms
                          1. Local Government Act 1972
                            1. Restructured government at local level
                              1. Attack on local identity?
                          2. Entry into EEC in 1973
                            1. International oil price rise of 1973
                              1. Oil prices raised by Arab countries
                                1. Retaliation for Israel support in Arab-Israeli war
                                2. Balance of payments rose to £1 billion
                                  1. Inflation rate 16%
                                    1. Interest rate 15%
                                      1. Wilson Labour suffered most because of this
                                    2. Negatives
                                      1. Rapid inflation
                                        1. Up to 15%
                                        2. Decline in productivity due to fights with Unions
                                          1. 23,000,000 working days lost in 1972
                                          2. Unemployment reaches new levels
                                            1. Highest in 1972 than since 1930's depression
                                            2. Three-day week means Tories are synonymous with austerity again
                                              1. This was inacted to counteract miner strikes
                                                1. When conflict ended the unions got three times more than what they had originally asked for
                                              2. Heaths many U-Turns
                                                1. Went back on pledge not to help "lame duck" busnisses
                                                  1. Rolls Royce
                                                    1. Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
                                                      1. Tiptoeing around Unions
                                                  2. Regarded widely as a failure
                                                    1. Had to sever ties with Commonwealth due to EEC
                                                      1. Couldn't buy cheap food from them
                                                      2. The EEC did nothing to stop the oil crisis
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