...elsewhere. Many decisions about the post-war world had been taken earlier, including at Yalta in February 1945.[2] At the San Francisco Conference, which ended on 26 June 1945, the United...
...was taken against the wishes of Britain’s closest ally the United States, and because it committed huge government resources that Britain could not afford. It was essential because although no...
...units to promote particular priorities. For example, Edward Heath formed the Central Policy Review Staff, Harold Wilson established the Policy Unit, and Margaret Thatcher created the Efficiency Unit. Yet responsibility...
...as well as adverse interference, from the United States government. Butler expressed disappointment that, due the confidential nature of the topic, his work would never see the light of day...
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...
...in the United Kingdom. The ‘We Were There’ campaign highlighted the contribution of ethnic minorities in the Armed Forces over the last 200 years. VE Day: 70 years on You...
...Prime Ministers looked favourably on Britain’s Olympic endeavours. Some played a key part in backing British bids to stage the Games. But others were concerned that they generated unwelcome political...
...the Conservative Party split over the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws in 1846). Although the Cabinet was united in their advocacy of Free Trade, this rich political compound contained...
...complex, but also surprisingly contemporary. United States A Democratic President faced fierce Republican opposition in both domestic and foreign policy. Roosevelt’s New Deal programme of social and economic measures to...
...full flow, he simply said ‘No’. Clement Attlee (The National Archives reference INF 14/19) It is difficult to envisage a twenty-first century politician passing up the opportunity to promote their...