Entries for the tag ‘Attlee, Clement (1883-1967)’
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-51, Leader of the Labour Party 1935-55 (longest-serving Labour leader), Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, Leader of the Opposition 1935-40, briefly in 1945, 1951-55. 
- 8 April 1946: Yorkshire miners’ president Joe Hall threatens strike action if Labour starts opencast mining in Lord Fitzwilliam’s gardens at Wentworth Woodhouse (Rotherham)
- 15 October 1951: On the eve of the general election, a Times leader summarises the latest Rowntree report, which details startling reductions in absolute poverty in York under the welfare state
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