On 5th July 1948 the National Health Service was established in the United Kingdom. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care...
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...to the Spring, with the Summer months left free for politicians to pursue their other interests. This frequently meant travelling back to estates outside the capital, so the townhouses in...
...Soviet bloc countries to travel freely to the West. They were followed by the special trains which took East Germans through their own country from Prague to the Federal Republic,...
...Europe. Less specific but nevertheless important was Churchill’s tough stance in defence of freedom and the rule of law, for example in the drafting of the Declaration on Liberated Europe...
...Prime Minister again for sixteen months in 1858-9 and passed important legislation for Indian government (after the Indian Mutiny of 1857) and to allow Jews to sit in parliament. Though...
...Egyptian leader would not work with the West or promote an Arab-Israeli settlement, and Britain should realign its policy accordingly. Britain’s oil supplies and trade routes to the southern hemisphere...
...and those who qualify for free school meals, are less likely to attend a highly-selective university.[i] This disparity can be attributed to a number of factors. However, it is clear...
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...the men without a formal break in what was described as a ‘free tea’ solution – was rejected.[xv] By November 1961, it was reported that the Downing Street programme was...