Studied by 0 peopleHeath's government 1970-1974
Selsdon Park
1970 conference held by the Torries
Selsdon Park Policy Programme
tax reform
law and order
immigration control
cuts public spending
end public subsidy ‘lame duck’
trade union reform
barber boom
economic policy developed by Anthony Barber introduced tax cuts to stimulate economic growth unemployment hit 1 mil
u turn on public subsidy
1971 rolls royce 1973 upper clyde shipbuilders
1973 averted crisis
unemployment fell back 500,000 shows gov investments working
1973 oil crisis
due to shortage form yom kippur war opec response oil price 4x lead to inflation
industrial relations act 1971
similar to in place of strife
strike ballots
‘cooling off’ period
opposed by TUC and CBI
1972 = largest number of striking days
firefighters army took there place 300 died, ambulance drivers
1972 miners strike
flying pickets stopped movement of coal
coal shortages
Yorkshire miners lead by Arthur Scargill NUM 21%
gov declared state of emergency 1.2 mil laid off schools closed
3 day week
Sunningdale agreement 1973
new government Northern Ireland
power shared nationalist and unionists
elected council proportional representation council
issues sunningdale agreement
extremists
seen as a sell out
UUP opposed
Bloody Sunday 1972
march against internment
British soldiers fired live ammunition into crowd
killed 13
injured 26
British embassy burned down
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