Richard Crossman and the Welfare State

Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman''s imposing presence in Harold Wilson''s Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. However, in this new reassessment, Stephen Thornton rescues Crossman''s political achievements from obscurity. From 1955 to the end of his life in 1974, Crossman ...