The New Profits Tax Occasioned A Sober And Somewhat Lifeless
debate. Both Mr. Pethick Lawrence and Colonel Nathan greatly preferred the income-tax method, and the former criticised the exclusion from the tax of " professional persons."......
It Would Be Unfair, However, To Lay All The Blame
on Mr. Attlee and his colleagues for their recent failure to breach the Government's defences. Times are hard for the Opposi- tion parties. Since the withdrawal of sanctions......
The Increase In Members' Salaries Was Approved By An...
majority which was scarcely an accurate reflection of the general feeling on the subject. It is safe to say that very few M.P.s felt entirely happy at the prospect of voting......
Hope For Jarrow _ The Special Areas, Which Tend To
pass out of mind amid the constant talk of a boom and the turmoil of foreign affairs, are still depressed. The announcement that Jarrow is to have a new steel works, with a......
Over The North Pole One Need Not Be A Good
Stalinist to applaud the three Russian airmen who have flown from Moscow to Vancouver over the Pole. Of their 5,500 miles route more than a quarter was over ice, and although......
The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...
Shinwell's memorandum was scarcely a surprise even to those outside the Labour Party. For some time it has been widely felt that the attacks of the Opposition front bench lack......
An Imperial Trust The Anonymous Benefaction Of Which Lord...
has been made the recipient, in the shape of a donation of £ 2 5 0 , 000 "to strengthen still further the ties that bind together the Dominions and the United Kingdom," will......
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