Bevan

Aneurin Nye Bevan (1897-1960) was the man who created the National Healthervice, the crowning achievement of post-secon-world-war Labour government.he son of a miner from Monmouthshire, Wales, he became a local trade unioneader at only 19, and won a scholarship to the Central Labour College inondon. In 1929, he was elected a Labour MP. Bevan believed that the war wasritain's opportunity to create a new society, a position he maintainedhroughout the war. When the war ended, in 1945, the...
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Aneurin Nye Bevan (1897-1960) was the man who created the National Healthervice, the crowning achievement of post-secon-world-war Labour government.he son of a miner from Monmouthshire, Wales, he became a local trade unioneader at only 19, and won a scholarship to the Central Labour College inondon. In 1929, he was elected a Labour MP. Bevan believed that the war wasritain's opportunity to create a new society, a position he maintainedhroughout the war. When the war ended, in 1945, the landslide Labour victoryave him the chance to help create it.