Post-war Britain: welfare, migration and social change
Learn Post-war Britain: welfare, migration and social change for Year 9 pupils (ages 13–14). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.
What you'll learn
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After 1945 Britain built the welfare state, including the NHS in 1948 — healthcare free at the point of use.
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Britain also invited workers from the Caribbean and South Asia to rebuild. The Empire Windrush arrived in 1948. Those who came met opportunity and also considerable racism.
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What was founded in 1948 alongside Windrush’s arrival?
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What did Windrush-generation arrivals encounter?
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Apply it: the 1948 NHS, free at the point of use, came from the 1942 Beveridge Report, which named five "giants" to defeat — want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness.
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Which report laid the foundation of the welfare state?
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What was new about the NHS in 1948?
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Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 13–14. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.