History A-Level

Government intervention and emergency powers

What Government intervention and emergency powers means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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The government effectively used emergency powers, the OMS and volunteers to maintain supplies during the strike.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 5 Trades union militancy, 1915–27 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 5 Trades union militancy, 1915–27 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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