Post-War Consensus

Between the political parties, there were many agreeing policies, such as:—

• a belief in a mixed economy.
• support for the NHS and welfare state; no more laissez faire.
• an aim to ensure full employment; contrast to the mass unemployment in the ‘30s.
• working with both trade unions and employers.

Sometimes, this consensus is named after RAB and Labour PM, Gaitskell; Butskellism. Despite this, opinions within the party varied.

Housing

In their manifesto, the Conservatives vowed to build 300,000 council houses a year. This would rebuild the houses destroyed during the war, and replace many of the slums people had lived in prior. Macmillan undersaw this, on…