In Place of Strife
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In Place of Strife was a UK Government white paper written in 1969. It was a proposed act to use the law to reduce the power of trade unions in the United Kingdom, but was never passed into law. The t
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Barbara Castle
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Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female
In Place of Strife
…the paper was a reworking of the title of Nye Bevan's book In Place of Fear. It was proposed by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, Barbara Castle. Amongst its numerous proposals were plans to force unions to call a ballot before a strike was held and establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce…
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Castle as Minister for Overseas Development meeting John Tembo, Malawi Minister of Finance, 1965
Castle authorised the construction of the Humber Bridge (pictured in 1980, prior to completion)
James Callaghan removed Castle from his Cabinet