17 MARCH 1973, page 24

Welfare State

Industrial relations State-aided strikes Ralph Howell IN 1972, 23 million working days were lost — more than in any year since 1926, the year of the General Strike. Nobody can......

Socialities

Budgetary reflections custos The Chancellor was given rather a lot of stick over his announcement that pensions will be raised in the autumn by El for a single person and £1.60......

Hot And Cold Fish

Bernard Dixon Fish are cold-blooded. Like most other nuggets of conventional wisdom, this statement is a half-truth. Many species of tuna and mackerel sharks have warm bodies.......