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| | BBC - BBC Four Documentaries - Michael Young |
 | | Certainly, with his drafting of the Labour Manifesto in 1945, Young became an architect of British society, the brain behind such fundamental creations as the welfare state, the NHS, and the move towards nationalisation of major industries. |
 | | Michael Young was born to left-leaning parents, and attended a succession of boarding schools, where he felt abandoned, bullied and humiliated. |
 | | By the end of the war, Young was head of research for the Labour Party and his new manifesto, with its appealing descriptions of community and empowerment, helped ensure a sweep to victory for Clement Attlee. |
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