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The Labour veteran entered the commons as one of only 21 women, then spent years fighting for a seat at the table. She discusses sexism, backlash and power as she prepares to leave parliament
One of the most influential postwar Conservative chancellors seen as the main architect of Thatcher’s radical economic reforms
At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity
In August 1961, 22-year-old Valerie Storie and her boyfriend 36-year-old Michael Gregsten were the victims of James Hanratty in the notorious 'A6 Murder'.
Labour MP and minister under Harold Wilson who went on to chair the Anti-Apartheid Movement for two decades