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March 1950: The Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that the petrol ration would again be doubled for the months of June, July and August. [50] April 1950: The Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that the petrol ration would be doubled for 12 months from 1 June. [50] 26 May 1950: Petrol rationing ended. [60]
26 May – Motor fuel rationing comes to an end after eleven years, marking another stage in the phasing-out of rationing that was introduced in the wake of World War II. [ 16 ] 6 June – The BBC Light Programme first airs the popular radio comedy feature Educating Archie .
The 1950 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 23 February 1950, the first held after a full term of a majority Labour government.The first election held after the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies, the governing Labour Party was returned to power–however, it's majority was slashed from 146 seats to just 5, with the Conservative opposition gaining 90 ...
Yugoslavian ration stamps for milk. 1950 Ration stamps for sugar, buckwheat, vegetable oil, rice, and pasta, provided by the Artsakh government in January 2023. A ration stamp , ration coupon , or ration card is a stamp or card issued by a government to allow the holder to obtain food or other commodities that are in short supply during wartime ...
A contemporary cartoon in the Polish satirical magazine Szpilki critiquing the Attlee ministry. It was an "age of austerity", as wartime rationing was continued despite the Allied Forces' victory, and was even expanded upon to include bread.
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10 July – A private member's bill to abolish the death penalty is vetoed in the House of Lords; however, no capital punishment is carried out in the UK this year. 22 July – The first UK Albums Chart is published, in Record Mirror. [24] Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers! tops it for the first two weeks.
Pages in category "Austerity in the United Kingdom (1939–1954)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .