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This shift towards Labour, however, was not helped by party leader Hugh Gaitskell. When he promised to increase public spending without increasing taxes his credibility came under serious question.

Labour does like to give Chancellors the top job. Hugh Gaitskell led the party though he never made it to Number 10; James Callaghan ran both the Treasury and the Government, as did Gordon Brown.