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