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The founding of the NHS: 75 years on – History of government

WEBThe founding of the NHS: 75 years on. On 5 th July 1948 the National Health Service was established in the United Kingdom. Britain was the first western country to …

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The flu that wasn’t Spanish – History of government

WEBThe flu that wasn’t Spanish. Tara Finn, 13 September 2018 - Foreign Office Historians. In 1918, the death rate in Britain exceeded the birth rate for the first year …

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George III and his Prime Ministers – History of government

WEBThe reign of George III, from 1760 to 1820, one of the longest in British history, proved very important to the development of the modern idea of the Prime …

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Keep Calm and Carry On – The Compromise Behind the Slogan

WEBThe instruction to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become one of the most recognisable slogans in British history. The phrase has reinforced a popular view of life …

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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield – History of government

WEBBenjamin Disraeli remains one of the most intriguing of British prime ministers. Born into a Jewish middle-class family, he became famous through his novels …

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Sir Robert Walpole (Whig, 1721-1742) – History of government

WEBThe Tory government elected in 1710 targeted Walpole: he was found guilty of corruption and briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1712, becoming a Whig …

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William Pitt ‘The Elder’ (Whig, 1766-1768) – History of government

WEBWilliam Pitt the Elder, first Earl of Chatham, was an important war leader who found it harder to govern in peace time. Born in November 1708, Pitt’s grandfather …

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Asquith, Lloyd George, and the struggle for the premiership in …

WEBDr Matthew Johnson, 2 August 2017 - Prime Ministers and No. 10. On 5 December 1916 Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who had governed Britain for more …

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Sir Edward Grey and the First World War: the unmaking of a …

WEBStatesmen of World War 1 by Sir James Guthrie. Grey is seated at the centre (in profile) with Sir Winston Churchill sat next to him [NPG 2463, National Portrait …

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The Institution of Prime Minister – History of government

WEB“How the power of Prime Ministry grew up into its present form it is difficult to trace precisely.” In 1841 a former Prime Minister, Viscount Melbourne, explained the …

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William Pitt the Younger (Whig/Tory 1783-1801, 1804-1806)

WEBWilliam Pitt (the younger) was born on 28 May 1759 at Hayes Place, Kent, the second son of William Pitt (the elder), later 1st Earl of Chatham and himself Prime …

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‘We shall fight on the beaches’: 3 things you never knew about

WEBAsk anyone to name Winston Churchill’s best-known speech and nine times out of ten they will answer: We shall fight them on the beaches. It’s not an exact …

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Administrators of the British Empire – History of government

WEBIn 1825 an Order in Council settled the establishment of a Permanent Under Secretary, Chief Clerk, seventeen clerks, the Counsel, Librarian, and assistant Librarian, …

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Hung Parliament – February 1974 – History of government

WEB40 years ago today, on 28 February 1974, a general election was being fought, amid a major economic crisis. Prime Minister Edward Heath had called a snap election, and had …

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Conscription and Conscientious Objection – History of government

WEBConscription and Conscientious Objection. The early years of the First World War brought a large number of casualties to the army of Great Britain and despite the …

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Clement Attlee: enigmatic, out of time – and formidable

WEBThe economic legacy of the Attlee government endured in its essentials until the election of Mrs. Thatcher in 1979. Attlee’s social and welfare policy continues to form …

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What’s the context

WEBOn 31 March 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that ‘in the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence, and which the …

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The First World War and the first female police officer

WEBThe First World War changed women’s lives in profound ways as they entered occupations previously reserved for men. Mrs Edith Smith was one such …

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