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A timeline (or several) relating to Great Depression in the United Kingdom.

1919

Coalition Government Prime Minister David Lloyd George
(November) Bank of England raises discount rate from 5% to 6%

1920

Montagu Norman becomes Governor of the Bank of England
(April) Bank of England raises its discount rate to 7%
Post-war recession [1].

1922

Economic and Monetary Conference recommends return to the gold standard [2].
(October) Conservative Government. Bonar Law Prime Minister

1923

(May) Conservative Government. Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Ramsay McDonald.

1924

(January) Labour Government. Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald. Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Snowden.
(November} Conservative Government. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill.

1925

Britain rejoins the gold standard.

1929 (June) Labour Government Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald. Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Snowden

Bank of England raises the bank rate from 4.5% to 5.5%

1930

January
Economic Advisory Council - holds 13 meetings without reaching agreement.
May
Mosely Memorandum

1931

May
Collapse of Kreditanstalt bank in Austria sparks a run on banks
July
May Report - recommends a £96m cut in public spending y by public sector salary reductions and in Unemployment Benefit.
Run on the pound and heavy withdrawals from the Bank of England's gold reserves.
August
Cabinet disagreement over Phillip Snowden's proposed 10% cut in unemployment benefit.
Labour Government Resigns.
National Government. Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald. Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Snowden.
September
Cabinet agrees 10% cut in unemployment benefit.
Britain leaves the gold standard
November
"National " Government Chancellor Neville Chamberlin
Sterling (£) Crisis [3].
Britain leaves the gold standard

1932

General tariff of 10% on imports

1933

World Economic Conference: US vetoes international currency stabilisation [4].

1935

(June) National Government Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlin.
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