History A-Level
Unemployment and regional decline
What Unemployment and regional decline means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Unemployment and regional decline
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Manufacturing declined sharply as sterling rose and older industries closed, and unemployment passed 3 million by 1982, concentrated in the north, Scotland and Wales.
Topics that use Unemployment and regional decline
- What impact did Thatcher’s governments (1979–90) have on Britain, 1979–97? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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