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2 days ago · Callaghan was the only prime minister to have held all three leading Cabinet positions – chancellor of the exchequer, home secretary and foreign secretary – prior to becoming prime minister.
1 day ago · While condemning racial discrimination (and adopting legislation to make it an offence), Wilson's Home Secretary James Callaghan introduced significant new restrictions on the right of immigration to the United Kingdom.
2 days ago · The 'Yes' campaign was officially supported by Wilson and the majority of his cabinet, including the holders of the three other Great Offices of State: Denis Healey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; James Callaghan, the Foreign Secretary; and Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary.
May 24, 2024 · There's a famous quote attributed to James Callaghan, during the 1979 general election campaign, shortly before Labour was swept from power by Margaret Thatcher.
1 day ago · The party held power again from 1974 to 1979, first under Wilson and then under James Callaghan. Labour’s narrow five-seat majority in the election of October 1974 diminished through the term, forcing the party to enter a “Lib-Lab” pact with the Liberal Party.
May 13, 2024 · It was big news when Reg Prentice switched from Labour to Conservative in 1977. He has been a cabinet minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. His decision to cross the floor secured one of the accolades of the times—a full interview on Weekend World, then the leading political TV programme
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May 14, 2024 · James Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson as the British Prime Minister. Wednesday 7 April 1976 Three members of a Protestant family were killed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) when an incendiary bomb caused a fire in the drapery business below the Herron family home.
