To spend 3% of GDP on defence, the PM needs to find an extra £13bn. That's difficult, especially when the government could U-turn on some welfare cuts.

I think the biggest mistake made by the British government was made with the best of intentions. It was the post-war Clem Attlee government that had swept to power at war’s end, the electorate having ...

The idiosyncrasies of the British government being what they were in 1945, Colville, who had served Churchill as a private secretary throughout the Second World War, became one of Clement Attlee ...

Compass generated $2.1 billion of revenue in 2023 and is on track to post 5% organic revenue growth when it reports 2024 results next month. Its share price has swung widely but risen 10% over the ...

At first sight, the answer is obvious. It is surely Clement Attlee’s post-war Labour government from 1945 to 1951. When elected in July 1945, the government did face massive problems.

There are now enough Labour leaders who have won a parliamentary majority to play a game of bridge, albeit only with the assistance of a Ouija board. Step forward Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson ...

Echoes of Clement Attlee with first July election since 1945 The Labour party gained a 145-seat majority in 1945. Jacob Freedland Wednesday 22 May 2024 18:26 BST Clement Attlee (PA) (PA Archive) ...

UK Echoes of Clement Attlee with first July election since 1945 The Labour party gained a 145-seat majority in 1945. Expand Clement Attlee (PA/PA) By Jacob Freedland, PA May 22, 2024 at 6:26pm BST ...

The 1945 election – which took place on July 5 – came within two months of VE Day and initiated a political transformation that saw the creation of the NHS and the building of social housing.

The last general election held in July saw a Labour landslide in which Clement Attlee swept to power to oust Winston Churchill after the end of Second World War hostilities in Europe. The 1945 ...