History A-Level
Party divisions
What Party divisions means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Labour divisions were exacerbated by the financial strain of the Korean War, which necessitated rearmament and culminated in Aneurin Bevan resigning over NHS dental and optical charges.
Severe internal Labour divisions, including the split between the Bevanite left and Gaitskellite right, which rendered the opposition weak.
Topics that use Party divisions
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – 'Never had it so good'? 1951–1957 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – The People's War and Peace, 1939–1951 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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