Clement Attlee was one of the most successful leaders in modern Britain yet was habitually shy, laconic and self-deprecating. He believed in basic honesty and accountability. When asked whether he ...

(JTA) — Clement Attlee, who served as prime minister of Britain in the aftermath of World War II, housed a refugee child who escaped from the Nazis just months before the start of the war, a British ...

Clement Attlee leaving No 10 Downing Street in 1949. ‘Attlee’s greatest quality wasn’t succinctness – it was integrity.’Photograph: PA Martin Kettle rightly says Aneurin Bevan is the one politician ...

Attlee turned in a stellar performance as Churchill’s wartime deputy. To begin with, he got along with Churchill, no mean feat. Many in the Labour Party felt that he was too deferential to the prime ...

All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of today We raised a glass last Saturday evening, the four of us, to toast the ...

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer listens to a question after delivering a speech at Here East tech campus in Stratford, east London, on 5 January 2023 (AFP) Britain's post-war history can be divided ...

Sir Lindsay is known for his love of animals and Attlee is just the latest edition to his collection of pets (Picture: PA) There’s a new cat in British politics, and he’s named after a former Labour ...

Readers respond to Martin Kettle’s piece contrasting the premierships of Labour leaders past and present Martin Kettle rightly says Aneurin Bevan is the one politician other than Clement Attlee whom ...