GCSE History Modern- Britain 1931-1951

In the early 1930s unemployment was high, but by the second half of the 1930s wasn't as bad.

To solve unemployment- house prices were lowered in the South to encourage people to move.

80% of all new factories were built in or near london between 1932 and 1937.

4 million houses were built in the 1930s.

Benefits were set up in the 1930s, for a single person it was 85p a week.

The means test was a way of testing what amount a family should receive on the dole. If you had  another source of income or valuables the amount was lowered and you were forced to sell your possessions.

The impact:

• Parents had it harder.
• People couldn't enjoy life.
• Children were made to get jobs.
• It humliated people.
• People had to sell valuables and things of sentimental value.

Special Areas Act 1934 

2 commisioners had a budget of £2 million to make industries and jobs up in the north.

1937- Special Areas Act

more tax cuts and low rent to businesses that moved north.