He entered public life on the Birmingham Town Council and became chairman of Town Planning. Committee, on which he carried on the great work done by is father for "Birmingham. He was later lected an Alderman of the Couneit and in 1915, became Tord Major of Birminghi This position, in which he was tively work, caused him to National Service, a position he held vuntit 1917, He entered Parliament at the General Election of 1918 and sat_as back bench member for four years. With the break-up of the L1o3 Georxe Coalition Government, he ceived his first post in the Govern= ment, becoming Postmaster General and," within a year, Paymaster General, His high abilities and his rear inaneial knowledge led to his appointment in 1023 as Chancellor of the Exchequer, but the Conservative Government fell before he was able to introduce the Budget.
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