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Prescription Charges

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1950–1968Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1950

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell1950

Government / Labour Party Government

Introduces prescription charges

1968

Harold Wilson17 January 1968

London · Government / Labour Party Government

The Government announces the restoration of prescription charges as part of its public expenditure programme.

Names involved

Harold WilsonHugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell

Provenance

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