Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

David Cameron must avoid the trap set by Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report

When Ernest Bevin was appointed to run Britain’s wartime economy, he saw his chance to fix policy for decades.

issue 02 December 2006
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When Ernest Bevin was appointed to run Britain’s wartime economy, he saw his chance to fix policy for decades.

When Ernest Bevin was appointed to run Britain’s wartime economy, he saw his chance to fix policy for decades. ‘They say Gladstone was at the Treasury from 1860 to 1930’, he declared.

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