Henry Willink's re-ordering of London can be seen as the first signal, in the midst of war, that the future might be different from the past. As the months passed, other progressive seeds were sown.

His Conservative predecessor, Henry Willink, failed in his negotiations with each of the different groups of doctors needed to work under a new health service.

Tomorrow 70 years ago, on July 9, 1955, a new programme appeared on the nation’s minuscule black-and-white television screens.

“That was the Conservative health minister in 1944, Sir Henry Willink, whose white paper announced the setting up of the NHS,” he continued. “He did it with cross-party support. And for me ...

This initiative responded to the recommendations of Sir Henry Willink’s Commission Report of 1958, which identified the Niger Delta as a region requiring special intervention due to its ...