How accurate is it to say that the living standards of the working class improved very little in the years 1918-39?
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- How accurate is it to say that the living standards of the working class improved very little in the years 1918-39?
- Thesis: living standards of the working class improved very little 1918-39
- Economic problems kept living standards low for many - early 20s recession, decline of traditional industry/ economic slump (1929-33)
- Unemployment high 1920 onwards
- 1918 'land fit for heroes' broken promises - little was done successively to improve living/ working conditions
- Provision of poor relief discouraged benefit claiming e.g. 'means test' c. 1931
- Health provision was ad-hoc/expensive for uncovered
- Antithesis: living standards of the working class was limited
- Purchasing power of employed increased e.g. new consumerables
- Wage increase - improvement in diet (fresh food/ dairy)
- 'two cities' as traditional industrial areas declied/ new industrial growth prospered (Midlands, South East)
- 1935-, majority saw standards steadily increase - even shipbuilding in the North - re-armament jobs
- 'land fit for heroes'/ coucil houses in the 30s helped many
- Office/retail workers benefited from higher wages/ suburbia
- Purchasing power of employed increased e.g. new consumerables
- Thesis: living standards of the working class improved very little 1918-39
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