Manny Shinwell leaving Britain to freeze and close down. He became unpopular with the public and was sacked in October 1947. He then served as Secretary of State for War and then as Minister of Defence in 1950-51. The high defence spending which he demanded, partly to pay for Britain's involvement in the Korean War, was a major factor causing Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell to impose NHS charges, prompting the resignation of Aneurin Bevan from the Cabinet. After Labour's defeat in 1951, Shinwell continued to serve in the Shadow Cabinet in Opposition until he stepped down in 1955. Thereafter he
Paul Williams (Labour politician) Paul Williams (Labour politician) Paul Daniel Williams (born 23 August 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and general practitioner (GP). Since the 2017 general election, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South. Paul Williams was born on 23 August 1972 in Canterbury, England. His parents worked as a teacher and a nurse respectively. His early education was at the Neale Wade School in March, Cambridgeshire. He started to support the Labour Party during the UK miners' strike (1984–85) and joined the party when he was studying medicine at the Newcastle University Medical School. Williams also