Diana Elles (1921-2009)
Soon after I joined the Child Poverty Action Group in 1969 I began preparing our pre-budget report. When completed it went under the title The Poor Get Poorer Under Labour.The Wilson Government took very little notice of us deriding our claims by asserting that nobody in the country would believe our findingsIn the run up to the 1970 election Peter Townsend, CPAG's chair and I lobbied Iain McCleod the Shadow Chancellor to respond to our Poor Get Poorer Under Labour McCleod pledged to increase family allowances.McCleod died weeks after the Heath Government was formed and his successor, Tony Barber, ratted ... ...
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Diana Elles (1921-2009)
Soon after I joined the Child Poverty Action Group in 1969 I began preparing our pre-budget report. When completed it went under the title The Poor Get Poorer Under Labour.The Wilson Government took very little notice of us deriding our claims by asserting that nobody in the country would believe our findingsIn the run up to the 1970 election Peter Townsend, CPAG's chair and I lobbied Iain McCleod the Shadow Chancellor to respond to our Poor Get Poorer Under Labour McCleod pledged to increase family allowances.McCleod died weeks after the Heath Government was formed and his successor, Tony Barber, ratted ... ...
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