What happened to the grace and favour house for women ministers?

From 10 Downing Street to Chequers, Bute House to Dorneywood, senior British politicians love grace-and-favour homes. They are the properties made available to the prime minister and other senior government figures during their period of public service. In this episode, we recall the forgotten story of a woman who tried to leave her estate to the nation for the benefit of the most senior woman in government, only to find her plans frustrated. In this episode, we mention the following books:‘The Time of My Life’ by Denis Healey. Available at: https://amzn.to/406riJi‘How to be a Conservative’ by Roger Scruton. Available at: https://amzn.to/3DOxC0w‘Divided House’ by Melanie Phillips. Available at: https://amzn.to/4a6yF87***Since Attlee & Churchill is a podcast about post-war British politics - since Attlee & Churchill - and is hosted by Lee David Evans, an historian of the Conservative Party, and Richard Johnson, an historian of the Labour Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.