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• In 1953, the Conservative majority rose from 17 to 60 and in 1959 again to 100
• Harold Macmillan filled the Conservative's pledge to build 300,000 houses a year by 1953
• Clean Air Act 1956
• Factory Act 1959
• Homocide Act 1957
• Wolfenden Report 1957
• iron and steel denationalised in 1953
• over 6000 new schools were built and plans were made for a doubling of university places
• the first motorways were built with part of the M1 opening in 1959
• britain became an atomic power with the explosion of the first nuclear bomb in 1952
• gaitskell tried to amend clause iv at the 1959 labour conference but backed down after left opposition
• a motion was passed to support unilateral disarmament at the 1960 labour party conference. gaitskell managed to have this reversed at the 1961 labour party conference
• productivity in britain went up and full employment was reached in 1955
• britain's trade balance between 1946-50 was -56, and between 1951-55 it was -19. became a trade surplus again between 1956-60 with +132
• the government were able to make big tax cuts in 1959, helping to secure election success and the economy grew at its fastest rate 1960-64
• in 1961 the government needed to apply to the IMF for a loan and was forced to introduce a pay pause to try keep inflation low
• the national economic development council (NEDDY) was set up in 1961 to plan economic growth
• in 1962 the national incomes commission (NICKY) was established to manage wages and prices
• by 1961 the government had to rethink its attitude towards europe and make an eec application. the failure in 1963 was a huge blow
• at the time of the 1964 election there was a deficit of £800million
• men's average weekly wage went up from £8.30 in 1951 to £15.35 in 1961
• car ownership grew from 3million to 7 million
• slums were cleared and replaced with new towns such as Harlow in Essex and Kirkby in Liverpool
• state subsidies to farming kept the price of food low and food rationing ended in 1954
• advertising became more prevalent, especially after ITV was launched in 1955
• car boom - ownership rose by 25% between 1957-59
• 75% of women were married and the average age at which a woman got married was 21
• between 1957 and 1959 the number of houses with a washing machine rose by 54% and a fridge by 58%
• some middle class women benefited from equal pay being introduced for teachers in 1952 and in the civil service 1942
• by 1958 approximately 21,000 commonwealth immigrants had settled in britain
• The Empire Windrush was carrying 492 immigrants
• 75% of immigrants were men working to support family back home
• in total in the 1960s approximately 1.25 million people came to live in britain
• in the 1950s approximately 1.32 million britons migrated abroad
• in the 1960s outwards migration went up to 1.92 million
• by 1958 there were race riots reported in nottingham
• also in 1958 the notting hill riots broke out in london
• oswald moseley used the disquiet to become mp for notting hill at the 1959 election on a platform of repatriation
• the government passed the commonwealth immigrants act in 1962 limiting the number of immigrants allowed the enter britain
• lady chatterley's lover published in 1962