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In April 1950 Attlee's already weak position (the Labour majority in the House of Commons had been reduced to six) further deteriorated when two Labour leaders, Aneurin Bevan and Harold Wilson (afterward Prime Minister), resigned from the government over the introduction of National Health-service charges, that were bitterly opposed by the public. He stayed on as leader after the narrow defeat in the election of 1951, but when the Conservatives increased their majority in the General Election of 1955, Attlee resigned. On yielding the party leadership in December 1955, he was created an Earl. In 1937 he published ''The Labour Party in Perspective'' and in 1954 his memoirs, ''As It Happened''. He was active in the [[House of Lords]] until his death in 1967. <ref>http://www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/attlee.htm</ref>
In April 1950 Attlee's already weak position (the Labour majority in the House of Commons had been reduced to six) further deteriorated when two Labour leaders, Aneurin Bevan and Harold Wilson (afterward Prime Minister), resigned from the government over the introduction of National Health-service charges, that were bitterly opposed by the public. He stayed on as leader after the narrow defeat in the election of 1951, but when the Conservatives increased their majority in the General Election of 1955, Attlee resigned. On yielding the party leadership in December 1955, he was created an Earl. In 1937 he published ''The Labour Party in Perspective'' and in 1954 his memoirs, ''As It Happened''. He was active in the [[House of Lords]] until his death in 1967. <ref>http://www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/attlee.htm</ref>
Attlee is remembered much more fondly at present than he was at the time of his death. He is seen by many as the father of the NHS. Which has become a source of national pride and patriotism across Great Britain. He is also remembered as the Greatest of the Old Labour leaders and in the opinion of many britons better than the two New Labour Leaders to date.
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