Initially, its leading figures were Lancelot Spicer, Honor Balfour and Everett Jones, while Philip Fothergill became treasurer and Donald Johnson was the first chairman.
[1][2] The group supported a wide range of policies; it was more radical and less libertarian than much of the Liberal Party and accepted the need for government intervention.
The group endorsed Margery Corbett Ashby as an independent Liberal at the 1944 Bury St Edmunds by-election.
Support for the group only increased within the party, with five MPs joining, including Megan Lloyd George, Clement Davies, and newly elected William Beveridge.
[1][2] The group dissolved in 1945 after World War II ended and the electoral pact was discontinued.