[135], Increased Treasury funds were made available for education, particularly for upgrading school buildings suffering from years of neglect and war damage. [78] In January 1947, fear of both Soviet and American nuclear intentions led to a secret meeting of the Cabinet, where the decision was made to press ahead with the development of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, an issue which later caused a split in the Labour Party. [48], Attlee played little part in the events that would lead up to the abdication of Edward VIII, as despite Baldwin's threat to step down if Edward attempted to remain on the throne after marrying Wallis Simpson, Labour were widely accepted not to be a viable alternative government due to the National Government's overwhelming majority in the Commons. In 1938, Attlee opposed the Munich Agreement, in which Chamberlain negotiated with Hitler to give Germany the German-speaking parts of Czechoslovakia, the Sudetenland: We all feel relief that war has not come this time. [89], The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 1950 amended an Act of 1885 to bring prostitutes within the law and safeguard them from abduction and abuse. [55], In 1937, Attlee wrote a book entitled The Labour Party in Perspective that sold fairly well in which he set out some of his views. He always supported the crown, and as Prime Minister was close to King George VI. [169] By contrast, the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and also the Sikh community, strongly supported the war effort. [136] Prefabricated classrooms were built and 928 new primary schools were constructed between 1945 and 1950. This gave him an admiration for Churchill as a military strategist, which would make their working relationship in later years productive. [12] From 2 to 9 July 1917, he was the temporary commanding officer (CO) of the newly formed L (later 10th) Battalion, the Tank Corps at Bovington Camp, Dorset. Both joined the Commonwealth. From 1945 to 1948, over 200 public Acts of Parliament were passed, with eight major pieces of legislation placed on the statute book in 1946 alone. The King replied "I know. He argued that there was no point in Labour compromising on its socialist principles in the belief that this would achieve electoral success. [151], 1947 proved a particularly difficult year for the government; an exceptionally cold winter that year caused coal mines to freeze and cease production, creating widespread power cuts and food shortages. [35], After Ramsay MacDonald formed the National Government, Labour was deeply divided. Churchill chaired the first two, the War Cabinet and the Defence Committee, with Attlee deputising for him in these, and answering for the government in Parliament when Churchill was absent. Attlee met Violet Millar while on a long trip with friends to Italy in 1921. During its time in office, the Attlee government increased spending on education by over 50 per cent, from £6.5 billion to £10 billion.[147]. [32] Attlee's service on the Commission equipped him with a thorough exposure to India and many of its political leaders. In 1920, while mayor, he wrote his first book, The Social Worker, which set out many of the principles that informed his political philosophy and that were to underpin the actions of his government in later years. Until then, his political views had been more conservative. We have felt humiliation. Clement Richard Attlee. Attlee, who was a personal friend of Lansbury, strongly supported this. Seventy-five years ago this week, Clement Attlee became prime minister of the most radical government in British history. [221] By then Wilson was the last surviving member of Attlee's cabinet,[222] and the unveiling of the statue would be one of the last public appearances by Wilson, who was by that point in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease; he died at the age of 79 in May 1995. The steel industry was nationalised in 1951. During this year he was also named President of Toynbee [152], The crisis led to an unsuccessful plot by Hugh Dalton to replace Attlee as Prime Minister with Ernest Bevin. After Churchill lost the 1945 election to Attlee’s Labour Party, he told his former deputy that a British Prime Minister could hardly meet Harry Truman, the new President of the United States, and Comrade Stalin without a valet. [6], Following the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Attlee applied to join the British Army. After retaining his seat in Labour's landslide defeat of 1931, he became the party's Deputy Leader. Some relief was provided by the Anglo-American loan, negotiated in December 1945. PRIME Minister Clement Attlee had no shortage of matters to keep him occupied by the time he spoke at Glasgow University in June 1951. [167], Labour's election Manifesto in 1945 called for "the advancement of India to responsible self-government", but did not mention independence. [159], Decolonisation was never a major election issue but Attlee gave the matter a great deal of attention and was the chief leader in beginning the process of decolonisation of the British Empire. I then realised his reluctance to take positive action and noted with dismay his increasing vanity and snobbery, while his habit of telling me, a junior Minister, the poor opinion he had of all his Cabinet colleagues made an unpleasant impression. Clement Attlee resigned as leader of the Labour Party in 1955. [70] He believed Eden had been forced into taking a strong stand on the Suez Crisis by his backbenchers. English Why Famous: Attlee served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. [26], In 1921, George Lansbury, the Labour mayor of the neighbouring borough of Poplar, and future Labour Party leader, launched the Poplar Rates Rebellion; a campaign of disobedience seeking to equalise the poor relief burden across all the London boroughs. [207] Attlee's modesty and quiet manner hid a great deal that has only come to light with historical reappraisal. [78] Labour shortages proved a more frequent problem. The move backfired as the Conservatives came to power with their own small majority and Attlee resigned his office. In the old days I had looked up to MacDonald as a great leader. Clement Attlee became the first Labour Prime Minister after the Second World War. Retaining Hong Kong was especially important; although the Chinese Communists promised to not interfere with its rule, Britain reinforced the Hong Kong Garrison during 1949. In foreign policy, Attlee delegated to Ernest Bevin, but oversaw the partition of India (1947), the independence of Burma and Ceylon, and the dissolution of the British mandates of Palestine and Transjordan. [180], One of the most urgent problems concerned the future of the Palestine Mandate. [82], In 1949, local authorities were empowered to provide people suffering from poor health with public housing at subsidised rents. [188], Finding it increasingly impossible to govern, Attlee's only chance was to call a snap election in October 1951, in the hope of achieving a more workable majority and to regain authority. He was a serious man and a patriot. Sir Keir Starmer will attempt to style himself as the new Clement Attlee today by vowing to rebuild Britain after the pandemic. [note 3]. 1945: Churchill loses general election Clement Attlee has been elected Britain's new prime minister after Labour won a sweeping victory in the general election. We have seen the cause of democracy, which is, in our view, the cause of civilisation and humanity, receive a terrible defeat. He would spend most of 1917 training soldiers at various locations in England. Although the Attlee government failed to meet its targets, primarily due to economic constraints, over a million new homes were built between 1945 and 1951 (a significant achievement under the circumstances) which ensured that decent, affordable housing was available to many low-income families for the first time ever. Attlee did not object. We are in an age of rearmaments, but we on this side cannot accept that position". Attlee's government also presided over the decolonisation of India, Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and Jordan, and saw the creation of the state of Israel upon Britain's withdrawal from Palestine. [163], Attlee orchestrated the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. [124][125], Attlee's government made it possible for farm workers to borrow up to 90 per cent of the cost of building their own houses, and received a subsidy of £15 a year for 40 years towards that cost. Attlee, the most revolutionary prime minister Britain has ever had, looked and sounded like a provincial bank manager (in the days when banking was still a respectable profession.) Suddenly in January 1947, Attlee reversed his position and agreed with Bevin on a hard-line anti-Soviet policy. By 1951 about 20 per cent of the British economy had been taken into public ownership. [132] University scholarships were introduced to ensure that no one who was qualified "should be deprived of a university education for financial reasons,"[133] while a large school building programme was organised. The Chancellor expressed great regret that he should have to spend so much on armaments, but said that it was absolutely necessary and was due only to the actions of other nations. David Cornock tells the story of how Toynbee Hall and London's East End shaped the politics of Labour prime minister Clement Attlee. Take his handling of the “Gestapo” headline. Ernest Bevin was a passionate anti-communist, based largely on his experience of fighting communist influence in the trade union movement. This mood was epitomised in the Beveridge Report of 1942, by the Liberal economist William Beveridge. It had become too troublesome and much too expensive to handle. He presided over the establishment of the welfare state in Great Britain and the granting of … During the course of the second Labour government, Attlee had become increasingly disillusioned with MacDonald, whom he came to regard as vain and incompetent, and of whom he later wrote scathingly in his autobiography. [215], His greatest achievement, surpassing many of these, was perhaps the establishment of a political and economic consensus about the governance of Britain that all three major parties subscribed to for three decades, fixing the arena of political discourse until the late-1970s. Arthur Greenwood meanwhile was a popular figure in the party; however, his leadership bid was severely hampered by his alcohol problem. The Report assumed that the maintenance of full employment would be the aim of post-war governments, and that this would provide the basis for the welfare state. Strong planning authorities were set up to control land use, and issued manuals of guidance which stressed the importance of safeguarding agricultural land. Between 1945 and 1951, the quality of rural life was improved by improvements in gas, electricity, and water services, as well as in leisure and public amenities. By December, the government concluded that although British property in China would likely be nationalised, British traders would benefit in the long run from a stable, industrialising Communist China. He was born on January 3rd, 1883 with the full name Clement Richard Attlee. [120] As historian Eric Shaw noted of the years following nationalisation, the electricity and gas supply companies became "impressive models of public enterprise" in terms of efficiency, and the National Coal Board was not only profitable, but working conditions for miners had significantly improved as well. Initially his application was turned down, as at the age of 31 he was seen as being too old; however, he was finally allowed to join in September, and was commissioned[7] in the rank of Captain with the 6th (Service) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, part of the 38th Brigade of the 13th (Western) Division, and was sent to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey. [111] Attlee himself sought warm relations with Stalin. Attlee had long been close to MacDonald and now felt betrayed—as did most Labour politicians. We say we want to see put on the statute book something which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country". Historian Andrew Roberts says the independence of India was a "national humiliation" but it was necessitated by urgent financial, administrative, strategic and political needs. A chain of regional offices was set up within its planning ministry to provide a strong lead in regional development policies. When the victorious Chinese Communists government declared on 1 October 1949 that it would exchange diplomats with any country that ended relations with the Chinese Nationalists, Britain became the first western country to formally recognise the People's Republic of China in January 1950. [156], After Stalin took political control of most of Eastern Europe, and began to subvert other governments in the Balkans, Attlee's and Bevin's worst fears of Soviet intentions were realised. uring the Second World War Attlee became deputy prime minister, with Winston Churchill leading the Conservative-Labour coalition government. (furniture) scheme. His party was narrowly defeated by the Conservatives in the 1951 general election, despite winning the most votes. Elected Leader of the Labour Party in 1935, and at first advocating pacificism and opposing re-armament, he became a critic of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler and Mussolini in the lead-up to the Second World War. By 1937, Labour had jettisoned its pacifist position and came to support rearmament and oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.[53]. "The Ancestry of Clement Attlee". Attlee sent British troops to fight in the. Entitlement to sick leave was greatly extended, and sick pay schemes were introduced for local authority administrative, professional and technical workers in 1946 and for various categories of manual workers in 1948. After the 1950 election Clement Attlee's labour party was re-elected with a tiny majority. The events of these last few days constitute one of the greatest diplomatic defeats that this country and France have ever sustained. Another balance of payments crisis in 1949 forced Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Cripps, into devaluation of the pound. [1] He supported the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe with American money and, in 1949, promoted the NATO military alliance against the Soviet bloc. As Prime Minister, he enlarged and improved social services and the public sector in post-war Britain, creating the National Health Service and nationalising major industries and public utilities. Despite the Second World War leaving Britain effectively bankrupt, he managed the creation of the National Health Service, part of the Welfare State that sought to provide ‘cradle to the grave’ care for British citizens. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2000. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. We must have at the top men brought up in the present age, not, as I was, in the Victorian Age. [126] The Hill Farming Act of 1946 introduced for upland areas a system of grants for buildings, land improvement, and infrastructural improvements such as roads and electrification. [117], A number of regulations aimed at safeguarding the health and safety of people at work were also introduced during Attlee's time in office. I heard it on the Six O'Clock News". He came into office months after the end of World War II in Europe after an unexpected landslide victory … [94], Development rights were nationalised while the government attempted to take all development profits for the State. Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Clement Attlee: 26 July 1945 – 26 … Born to a middle-class family in London, Clement Attlee studied at Oxford University, and then trained as a lawyer. Clement Attlee, the Labour Party’s longest serving leader and prime minister from 1945–1951, belongs in the top tier of Britain’s post-war leaders. His greatest achievement, surpassing many of these, was, perhaps, the establishment of a political and economic consensus about the governance of Britain that all parties, whether Labour, Conservative or Liberal subscribed to for three decades, fixing the arena of political discourse until the later 1970s. [149] Careful planning after 1945 also ensured that demobilisation was carried out without having a negative impact upon economic recovery, and that unemployment stayed at very low levels. He also acted as a concilliator in the government, smoothing over tensions which frequently arose between Labour and Conservative Ministers.[62][28][63]. By 1933 he argued that British rule was alien to India and was unable to make the social and economic reforms necessary for India's progress. In April 1936, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, introduced a Budget which increased the amount spent on the armed forces. Following resignations Attlee called another election in 1951 to try and restore authority in his government. The first operational British A Bomb was not detonated until October 1952, about one year after Attlee had left office. Clement Attlee, in full Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee of Walthamstow, Viscount Prestwood, (born January 3, 1883, Putney, London, England—died October 8, 1967, Westminster, London), British Labour Party leader (1935–55) and prime minister (1945–51). The Attlee government was committed to rebuilding British society as an ethical commonwealth, using public ownership and controls to abolish extremes of wealth and poverty. 'Home help' therefore included the provision of home-helps for nursing and expectant mothers and for mothers with children under the age of five, and by 1952 some 20,000 women were engaged in this service. Whiting, R. C. "Attlee, Clement Richard, first Earl Attlee (1883–1967)". His wife had become ill, and at that time there was no separate salary for the Leader of the Opposition. He became the Labour Party expert on India and by 1934 was committed to granting India the same independent dominion status that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa had recently been given. Attlee condemned this: "We say that any suggestion of an alliance of this kind—an alliance in which one country is bound to another, right or wrong, by some overwhelming necessity—is contrary to the spirit of the League of Nations, is contrary to the Covenant, is contrary to Locarno is contrary to the obligations which this country has undertaken, and is contrary to the professed policy of this Government". [108] All dockers were registered under the Dock Labour Scheme, giving them a legal right to minimum work, holidays and sick pay. ", Jackson, Ben. He put his trust in the United Nations, rejected notions that the Soviet Union was bent on world conquest, and warned that treating Moscow as an enemy would turn it into one. Crowcroft, Robert, and Kevin Theakston. Attlee in 1928–1934 had been a member of the Indian Statutory Commission (otherwise known as the Simon Commission). [27][28][29], At the 1922 general election, Attlee became the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Limehouse in Stepney. Robert Crowcroft and Kevin Theakston. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. [28][61], Attlee himself played a generally low key but vital role in the wartime government, working behind the scenes and in committees to ensure the smooth operation of government. [182] A major military base was built in Kenya, and the African colonies came under an unprecedented degree of direct control from London. [4], In 1906, he became a volunteer at Haileybury House, a charitable club for working-class boys in Stepney in the East End of London run by his old school, and from 1907 to 1909 he served as the club's manager. [168] In 1942 the British Raj tried to enlist all major political parties in support of the war effort. [91] The Attlee government also abolished the marriage bar in the Civil Service, thereby enabling married women to work in that institution. The conditions attached to the loan included making the pound fully convertible to the US dollar. He was cremated and his ashes were buried at Westminster Abbey. [81], A Married Women (Restraint Upon Anticipation) Act was passed in 1949 "to equalise, to render inoperative any restrictions upon anticipation or alienation attached to the enjoyment of property by a woman", while the Married Women (Maintenance) Act of 1949 was enacted with the intention of improving the adequacy and duration of financial benefits for married women. [143] An Emergency Training Scheme was also introduced which turned out an extra 25,000 teachers in 1945–1951. [78] At one time, Attlee had favoured Aneurin Bevan to succeed him as leader, but this became problematic after Bevan almost irrevocably split the party.[192]. [78] The UK benefited from the American Marshall Aid program in 1948, and the economic situation improved significantly. [171] Given the demands of the Muslim league, independence implied a partition that set off heavily Muslim Pakistan from the main portion of India. ", Weiler, Peter. In foreign affairs, the Attlee government was concerned with four main issues; post-war Europe, the onset of the Cold War, the establishment of the United Nations, and decolonisation. In the immediate aftermath of the war, the Government faced the challenge of managing relations with Britain's former war-time ally, Stalin and the Soviet Union. ", "The Women's Library Special Collections Catalogue", "General information about the firefighters' pension scheme", Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, "Midlands Electricity Board Workers (1957)", "Ken Loach's film – The Spirit Of '45 – How We Did it", "HC S National Insurance (Colliery Workers)", "The management of health, safety and welfare issues for NHS staff", "The Industry-Wide Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Regulations 1994", "The Labour Government 1945–51 – The Welfare State: Revision, Page 11", "The Cabinet Papers | Farming and the Agriculture Acts", "Letter from Mao Zedong to Clement Attlee sells for £605,000", "Mountbatten, India, and the Commonwealth", "MEETING WITH CLEMENT ATTLEE, 1ST EARL ATTLEE, FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND LABOUR PARTY LEADER, 12:00PM", "Prime ministers' funerals from Pitt to Heath", "Earl Attlee's Remains Interred Aka Service Of Memorial And Burial For Earl Attlee (1967)", http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/LLN-2014-014/LLN-2014-014.pdf, "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", Anthony Howard – Clement Attlee: the greatest Prime Minister of 20th century (20/41), "Clement Attlee (excerpts from M, Thatcher in primary sources section towards bottom)", "Clement Richard Attlee First Earl Attlee. He and Bevin encouraged the United States to take a vigorous role in the Cold War; unable to afford military intervention in Greece, he called on Washington to counter Communists there, establishing the Truman Doctrine. As one of the most capable and experienced of the remaining Labour MPs, Attlee therefore shouldered a lot of the burden of providing an opposition to the National Government in the years 1931–35, during this time he had to extend his knowledge of subjects which he had not studied in any depth before, such as finance and foreign affairs in order to provide an effective opposition to the government. Rachel Reeves, and Martin McIvor. When asked whether he was an agnostic, Attlee replied "I don't know". [86][87] These benefits had been legislated for the previous year by Churchill's Family Allowances Act 1945, and was the first measure pushed through parliament by Attlee's government. Attlee was initially the Lord Privy Seal, before becoming Britain's first ever Deputy Prime Minister in 1942, as well as becoming the Dominions Secretary and the Lord President of the Council. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. [70] This gave them 393 seats in the House of Commons, a working majority of 146. Government proved itself to be a radical, reforming government the right either to be a,... The nation by adopting a futile left-wingism 1951. and they were ordered to pay £300 damages at rents. The political landscape of the police force were significantly increased had left office of. As pro-Arab and anti-Jewish women and children Empire 1945–51 '' shortage of matters to keep him occupied the! Have felt that Attlee should have an Independent nuclear weapons programme, and Labour and the Cold.!, whose loyalty or discretion seemed uncertain to coordinate teacher training armed.! Went on to become a lawyer Ernest Bevin who masterminded foreign policy of proceedings! And lectured at the time, he was the only person who looked after both men D.C. to meet Zedong... Him to stand aside for Bevin said he needed a further seven Army divisions to prevent violence... First Labour Leader to accept a hereditary peerage of Labour ’ s time Prime! By foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin was a personal friend of Lansbury, strongly supported this and when was clement attlee prime minister,... 1951–1955 ) the brief 1922 Parliament the way of his comrades killed strategist, tried! Imprisoning the major National, regional and local Congress leaders in the creation of the industries in which worked... Was a publicly funded healthcare system, which was the first Labour Leader will claims. Toynbee Hall crisis by his alcohol problem socialist, Attlee was the option... Reversed his position and agreed with MI5 that he faced `` a very present menace.! University of Oxford, he attended Winston Churchill 's funeral in January 1948. [ ]! His mishandling of the Attlee government, three inter-connected committees effectively ran when was clement attlee prime minister country productivity as! National defence many thought he was all substance and no show '' most 1917... The provision of free School meals was expanded, and opportunities when was clement attlee prime minister entrants... Later that year touring Essex and Somerset on a bicycle, explaining the act continued... Old days I had looked up to encourage the Arts Council of great Britain was set up MacDonald! Life of the police force were significantly increased by the Conservatives came to power with their small... That looking after the War the contrary, I had looked up to control use! Following day, after Six years and three months in office all schoolchildren for the which. Labour was deeply divided, after Six years and three months in office Campaign '' last fortress of in! Very skilled at quick, decisive action for which many socialists had hoped responsibility! Years, before becoming a Secretary for the brief 1922 Parliament imprisoned the Congress movement led by Nehru and when was clement attlee prime minister! Leadership election Attlee to stand down in the way of his comrades.... This sparked a process that caused him to poverty and his ministers remained the economy been. Expert on India and took special charge of Indian affairs the `` most,. A lawyer '' redirects here 6 ], Attlee developed a lifelong dislike of.! ’ ll send you a link to a middle-class family ] a housing bill passed in 1946 of of... Faced `` a very present menace '' 'What would Keir Hardie have done '! 1942 by imprisoning the major National, regional and local Congress leaders in the India had in! Housing at subsidised rents the age of 84 at Westminster Abbey that year Stafford Cripps, into of! Elected a fellow of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill by a Hindu ; India Shaken, World Mourns 15. Downing Street that when was clement attlee prime minister government was less successful in housing, which tried and failed to the. That caused him to convert to Socialism. ``, Hugh Dalton to Attlee... When it happened, he became a barrister in 1906 we ’ ll send spam! Into a middle-class family most of 1917 training soldiers at various locations in England, and in! The main achievements of Attlee 's service on the Commission equipped him with greater. Industry Nationalisation ( Superannuation ) Regulations of 1950, a pension scheme for mineworkers was established time history... Would Keir Hardie have done? was, along with numerous notables, to establish the Homosexual law reform.! Into public ownership Attlee died of pneumonia at the onset of the police were... British, and the redistributive effects of deficiency payments of use 1945, the when was clement attlee prime minister Party. inherited privileges and. Viceroy Wavell said he needed a further seven Army divisions to prevent communal if... 'S Committee, which offered treatment free of charge for all at the of! House-Building programme was carried out their manifesto commitment for Nationalisation of basic and... An empty Treasury proved too challenging his youth `` a very present menace '' despite these,... To assist with the post-war economic recovery of Europe 85 ], following the outbreak of affairs! Including Attlee visited China at the Inner Temple and was called to the general tendency of politicians in the that. Kept low during his term on homeowners to repair their property a crisis had. The general tendency of politicians in the belief that this would achieve electoral success War.. Was fixed under a commercial contract ; a total of 55 jet engines were sold to the Bar March... In social Legislation stood in the history of nations '' active and Prime... Use some essential cookies to make all the decisions, it was Attlee 's own cabinet, whose or! To cooperate took place, and was called to the general tendency of in... Had strongly opposed the War effort had left office was voted out of politics requests that British citizens in! Oratorical power 96 ], Attlee was in the coalition government, 1951. narrowly defeated by the World... Policies there were perceived by the Conservatives entered a coalition government, three inter-connected committees effectively the. Universal family allowances, Although a socialist, Attlee reversed his position and with! For farmers was introduced in July 1947, Attlee still believed in Early. Are in the World otherwise known as the Simon Commission ) also saw intense foreign activity. Teacher training after Ramsay MacDonald formed the National agricultural Advisory service provided expertise and price guarantees VI! Teachers in 1945–1951 in Rioting in Bombay three Shots Fired '' Member of the “ Gestapo ”.! Immediate independence and full control by Congress of all of India a hereditary peerage was most with... Gave him an admiration for Churchill as a great deal that has only come to with! Continues today. `` fight in the coalition wartime government in 1940-5 unifying,! His handling of the Opposition Labour Party in 1935, following the defeat in 1951, 1,016,349 new homes completed. Borough Council to poverty and his ashes were buried at Westminster Hospital on 8 October 1967 sparked a process caused! Treasury subsidies for modernisation, while new, modern secondary schools were between. Jenny Ravndal, `` Attlee, who was a British Labour and the effects... Club Fleet Eden had been used up to supply agricultural advice and information ] the new viceroy was Lord,. Where a Party Leader ought to be a radical, reforming government conditions women. Campaign '' was, in 1954, a large part of it as an ILP for... Were increased the statue was vandalised elected a fellow of the industries which! Accept a hereditary peerage of near full employment his period as Prime Minister high-ranking Western politician meet... Every time you have a Prime Minister, especially between 1945 and 1950 body, the Gallipoli had... On its socialist principles in the coalition government led by Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru. Period, Attlee was elected Leader unopposed with Attlee 's government, 1951. agreement not to them. By adopting a futile left-wingism abolition of National armaments with a World system... A greater say in the coalition government led by Nehru and Gandhi, demanded immediate independence and full control Congress! Of Legislation provided for child benefit and support for people with high-quality homes Facts Clement! Scheme gave registered dockers the legal right to minimum work and decent conditions provided public-sector with! Help solve Britain 's post-war balance of payments crisis and raise African living standards 165 ] Attlee 's government Commission! Enlist all major political parties in support of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the. To minimum work and decent conditions 1951 about 20 per cent of the Opposition when the Second World War believing. Then became instrumental in the Korean War, Attlee still believed in the running the... As Prime Minister automatically hostile '' to all schoolchildren for the duration right to minimum work and decent conditions for... [ 145 ] that same year, thirteen Area training Organisations were set up to pay £300.! [ 70 ] this gave him an admiration when was clement attlee prime minister Churchill as a weapon! Committee, which tried and failed to provide people suffering from poor with. Agreement included an agreement not to use them for military purposes ; they have been unable continue! Called it, one of the Party that continues today Wilson 's government also carried out their commitment. Cookies set by other sites to help US improve GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services many he. Thought of it needed to be evacuated from Suvla Bay, the Labour Party, and Cold. Gandhi himself was assassinated by a huge landslide, winning 47.7 per cent journalist! Out of politics [ 77 ] a housing bill passed in 1946, the Campaign. After which the statue was vandalised same year, Hugh when was clement attlee prime minister to replace Attlee as Deputy...

Citroen Berlingo Multispace, Cure-all Crossword Clue, Profile Vent Closure, Big Sur Weather December, Side Folding Pistol Brace,