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
John Hall (Labour politician) John Hall (Labour politician) John Thomas Hall (9 November 1896 – 11 October 1955) was a British Labour Party politician. Hall began working in a colliery in 1910, then served in the 1st Life Guards during World War I. After the war, he worked on the railways. He also became active in the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, joined the Labour Party, and studied at Ruskin College, Oxford. Hall was elected to Durham County Council in 1934, serving until 1950, and became a Justice of the Peace in 1939. In 1943, he became the district chairman of his