History A-Level
Regional depression and special areas
What Regional depression and special areas means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Regional depression and special areas
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Depressed regions such as South Wales and Tyneside, to which the Special Areas Act 1934 gave limited aid and commissioners, though funding was small.
Topics that use Regional depression and special areas
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 5 Depression and the dole: poverty in the inter-war years, 1920–39 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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