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Reform of Royal Succession

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

2Records
1976–2005Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1976

Barbara Anne Castle BlackburnJuly 1976

Government / Labour Party Government

Introduces a wide range of innovative welfare reforms, including the introduction of the mobility allowance, the Invalid Care Allowance for single women and others who give up their jobs to care for severely disabled relatives, the introduction of a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled persons who had not qualified for invalidity pension, reforms in child allowances, and the linking of most social security benefits to earnings rather than prices

2005

John Leslie Prescott2005

Government / Labour Party Government

Prescott makes public his disapproval of Tony Blairs plans to give state schools the right to govern their finances and admission policies and to increase the number of city academies

Names involved

Barbara Anne Castle BlackburnJohn Leslie Prescott

Provenance

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