Clement Attlee and the post-war welfare state

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Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945. His government created the National Health Service, expanded social security and nationalised major industries such as the railways and coal mining.

Memory tip: Attlee, PM from 1945, builds the NHS and welfare state.

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Which Prime Minister led the government that created the NHS in 1948?

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