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Practice questionLife in the UK Test
Who became Prime Minister when the Labour Party won the 1945 general election?
Correct answer
Clement Attlee
Why
Clement Attlee's Labour government created the welfare state, including the NHS in 1948, and nationalised major industries such as coal, railways and gas.
Answer choices
- AWinston Churchill
- BHarold Macmillan
- CMargaret Thatcher
- DClement Attlee