Wheatley’s Housing Act

1. Wheatley’s Housing Act The legislation involved developing a partnership between political parties, local authorities and specially appointed committees of building employees and employers. Funding to Local authorities was extended to 40 years to build sufficient houses and subs increased to 9 pounds to make rentable houses. The plan was to build 190,000 new council houses at modest rents in 1925, and that this figure would gradually increase until it reached 450,000 in 1934. All houses were of a lower quality and no slum clearance involved in the policy Minister of Health- Left/ Big public spender

2. Trevelyan argued for a reduction in educational inequalities.After the Labour Party lost power, Trevelyan was the opposition spokesman on education. He also began to develop plans for a educational policy that could be implemented by the next Labour government. Trevelyan's plans included raising the school-leaving age to fifteen and increased public expenditure on education. Trevelyan also wanted a reduction in church control over education. He suggested that the government should provide finance to Anglican and Catholic schools in return for local managers giving control over their teachers to the local authorities. After the first Minority Labour Government the Hadow Committee report made Trevelyan’s suggestions but he did not get the credit for these suggestions as he was out of power Liberal turned Labourite due to the 1WW President of the Board of Education

3. Snowden’s budget Snowden reduced taxes on various commodities and popular entertainments, but was criticised by members of the Labour Party for not introducing any socialist measures. Snowden replied that this was not possible as the Labour government had to rely on the support of the Liberal Party to survive. Suggested a means test on OAPS which was rejected and through Shaw’s unemployment acts benefit was increased from 60p to 75p for women and 75p to 90p a week for men OAPS and no need to wait 3 weeks between benefit payments. Snowden and Macdonald agreed that unemployment was linked to the economic situation and the cuts made in government expenditure reduced tax and duties on tea, sugar, cocoa, coffee and dried fruit were repealed Snowden Chancellor of the Exchequer Liberal turned Labourite before the war but disapproved of war involvement

4. The Campbell case 1924 (p101-104 textbook) "Comrades:"You never joined the Army or Navy because you were in love with warfare, or because you were attracted to the glamour of the uniform. In nine cases out of ten you were compelled to join the services after a long fight against poverty and misery caused by prolonged unemployment...."Repressive regulations and irksome restrictions are intentionally imposed upon you. And when war is declared you are supposed to be filled with a longing to 'beat the enemy.' The enemy consists of working men like yourselves, living under the same slave conditions...."Soldiers, sailors, airmen, flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone, the Communist Party calls upon you to begin the task of not only organising passive resistance when war is declared, or when an industrial dispute involves you, but to definitely and categorically let it be known that, neither in the class war nor a military war, will you turn your guns on your fellow workers, but instead will line up with your fellow workers in an attack upon the exploiters and capitalists, and will use your arms on the side of your own class...."Refuse to shoot down your fellow workers!"Refuse to fight for profits!"Turn your weapons on your oppressors!" What did Campbell do? What was Labour accused of? What was the result of this event?

5. Zinoviev Letter What happened? Why is this damaging for the Labour Party?

6. Macdonald’s Foreign Policy • Geneva Protocol: nations agree to accept disputes settled by collective decisions; active consideration to disarm; act together to prevent unprovoked aggression • Dawes Plan created from closer relations between France and Germany in London and then Dawes plan passed but after Macdonald had fallen from power • Dawes Plan: France would drop price of reps not to cripple Germany; Germany would pay a lower rate and give his industry a chance to recover; Germany could have international loans to help economical recovery; GB was a messenger collecting sums paid by Germany and passing these onto USA to help pay off GB war debts