Liberal reforming legislation

• Abolition of death penalty 1969
• 1957- reduced number of offenses carrying death penalty
• Divorce reform act 1969
• by mid 1970s 10 in every 1000 marriages ended in divorce
• Abortion act 1967
• Thalidomide disaster 1959-62
• Increase from 35,000 live births 1968 to 141,000 1975
• Sexual offenses act 1967
• Educational reform 1969
• 1964- 1 in 10 pupils educated in comprehensive school
• 1968- 30 polytechnics & 56 universities
• Open university introduced 1969
• 1961- female contraceptive pill
• Dagenham strike 1968
• Clean up TV campaign- Whitehouse
• River of blood speech- Powell 1968
• Pete Townsend- Quadrophenia