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The UK in the 1920s and 1930s

Rob Quinn looks at some of the factors which made the years between the wars so challenging for the people of the UK, ranging from civil war in Ireland to an economic disaster that destroyed old industries, leading to a huge rise in unemployment

Source A Food convoy during the 1926 General Strike
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Eduqas Component 2D The development of the UK, 1919–1990

After the First World War, it was felt that the government should do more to improve the lives of the soldiers who had fought in the war and their families. A number of reforms in the early 1920s tried to achieve this:

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