The population of London fell continuously between 1945 and 1988. It was the first period in London's modern history during which the population dropped (catastrophe excepted). The depopulation of the centre and the establishment of New Towns beyond the green belt was a direct result of the sovietisation of the United Kingdom after the Second World War. The organisation required to survive as an 'island fortress' was turned, briefly but forcefully, from military to civilian life: the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, for example, with the National Health Service Act 1946 and Transport Act 1947.
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