Yet, in today’s political climate, characterised by polarisation and wall-to-wall media coverage, how has the post-war prime minister’s legacy endured? In 1948, Britain’s working class, plagued by ...

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 ...

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, was a British Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Winston Churchill once quipped that Clement Attlee, who was deputy prime minister in the wartime coalition and led ...

Those interested in British politics enjoy pitting certain politicians against each other, comparing and contrasting the most impressive individuals from our past. When it comes to the question of ...

FIFTY years ago tomorrow, on October 8, 1967, Britain’s first post-Second World War prime minister, Clement Attlee, died of pneumonia in Westminster Hospital. His funeral was attended by 2000 people, ...

The two critical general elections which shaped the second half of the 20th century were those of 1945 and 1979. Both elections resulted in the election of resolute and determined prime ministers with ...

Putney MP Fleur Anderson held an event on Monday to celebrate one of the constituency’s most famous residents – former Prime Minister Clement Attlee. The gathering was attended by Lord Attlee, Clement ...

Margaret Thatcher has been granted a ceremonial funeral - which, although not quite as high an honour as the state funeral accorded to Winston Churchill in 1965, certainly contrasts sharply with the ...

THIS coming Saturday, Tony Blair will beat Clement Attlee’s total of six years and 92 days as prime minister, and already the achievement is being used as a rod with which to chastise him. How much ...

British politics is dominated by larger-than-life figures. The more managerial, even capable, figures can be overlooked in favour of their more bombastic counterparts. In this sea of strong figures ...

Clem Attlee Court in Fulham might have been one of the most deprived estates in England, but some of the locals love it. Fifteen minutes from Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium, the estate lies ...