If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Great Britain Exercise 2 Building Jerusalem: how successful was the Labour government of 1945-51? (Interpretation). (United Kingdom) Simon Fowler. Modern History Review Feb 2002 v13 i3 p5(5) (3028 words) 1. What were the important social and economic goals of the Labour government? 2. To what degree were these goals realized? 3. What factors hampered the achievement of these goals? 4. What were the accomplishments of the National Health Service? 5. What were the failures of the Labour government?