Harold Wilson5 November 1947
Celebrates a "bonfire of controls" by making 200,000 permits & licences unnecessary
Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Celebrates a "bonfire of controls" by making 200,000 permits & licences unnecessary
George Brown works to pass the Agriculture Act 1947 which provides price support to farmers, and also more arable land and ease shortages of machinery and foodstuffs at a time when Government policy aimed at increasing food production so rationing in the United Kingdom could be lifted
Begins removing wartime controls and rationing restrictions in a policy known as the bonfire of controls.
Rations for clothing are abolished
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