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1 day ago · Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
18 hours ago · FILE - Clement Attlee smiles at the cheering crowd gathered at Transport House, in London on July 26, 1945, to hear Labour’s victory at the polls. His wife Violet Attlee stands at left. The upcoming general election on July 4, 2024 is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years.
2 days ago · Attlee’s response to a threadbare economy was to find new ways of managing the country’s limited resources to meet the priorities of reconstruction. Central to Labour’s approach, controversial as it was at times, was the continuation of the democratic and social control of resources applied in the war years. From 1939, the shape of ...
1 day ago · FILE - Clement Attlee smiles at the cheering crowd gathered at Transport House, in London on July 26, 1945, to hear Labour's victory at the polls. His wife Violet Attlee stands at left.
5 days ago · He has warned his party to avoid “nostalgia” about the NHS, which was founded by Labour’s postwar prime minister Clement Attlee and marks its 76th anniversary the day after the general election.
Jun 21, 2024 · On the eve of the introduction of the new Social Service schemes, Prime Minister Clement Attlee explains how he believes they will benefit the country.
17 hours ago · The upcoming general election in Britain is expected to result in the country's first change of government in 14 years. Historic parallels are drawn with the 1945 election, when Winston Churchill's Conservative Party faced a surprising defeat, leading to transformative changes under Labour's Clement Attlee.
