Item MAYHEW 14/2 - Press cuttings, 1943-1947, relating to the Labour Party during World War Two, and Mayhew's service as an MP, 1945-1947

Newspaper cuttings relating to Mayhew's domestic economic policies as a member of the Labour Party during World War Two and as subsequent Member of Parliament following the war. Cuttings include mention of Mayhew's candidacy for the South Norfolk constituency during the UK General Election, Jul 1945; his prospective agricultural, rural, and economic policies, including state control over food and clothing and a continuation of wartime rationing; Mayhew's election to President of the East Norfolk Labour Party, Apr 1946; the Labour cabinet shuffle in which Mayhew emerged as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Oct 1946; the publication of Mayhew's Socialist Economic Planning (Fabian Society, London, 1947), in which he defends Labour economic policy. 1 file.