Rab Butler

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1. When was Rab Butler born?December 9, 1902
2. Where was Rab Butler born?Attock, Punjab, British India
3. What is the key legislation?Education Act of 1944 (England and Wales)
4. What is the major ministerial offices held?Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951–1955), Home Secretary (1957–1962), Foreign Secretary (1963–1964)
5. Who was Rab Butler?Rab Butler was a British politician born in India in 1902. He worked in Parliament from 1929 and helped make big changes in schools and the economy.
6. What was the Butler Act?The Butler Act, passed in 1944, made free secondary education for all children. It created three types of schools: grammar, technical, and secondary modern.

Post-war consensus: A broad agreement among major British political parties on economic and social policy following World War II.
Butskellism: A term describing the perceived convergence of Conservative (Butler) and Labour (Gaitskell) economic and social policies.
Welfare State: A system where the government provides a range of social services, such as healthcare and education, to its citizens.
Appeasement: A foreign policy of making concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict, notably pursued by Britain towards Nazi Germany.