The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Ministry of Labour and successors: Annual Reports
Catalogue reference: LAB 37
What's it about?
LAB 37
This series consists of the printed annual reports of the department submitted to the sovereign by the minister, and later published as parliamentary papers. They describe the functions and organisation of the ministry and the work dealt with...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 37
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Labour and successors: Annual Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the printed annual reports of the department submitted to the sovereign by the minister, and later published as parliamentary papers. They describe the functions and organisation of the ministry and the work dealt with each year. No reports were made for years before 1923.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 30 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
- Official publications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10152/
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