WONDERFUL CHANGE
CONDITION OF BRITAIN
CHRISTMAS 1931 AND 1933
(British Official Wlrtkss.) . ■-■■' ' BUGBY,. December 17, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of; the Exchequer, speaking at Halifax last night, contrasted the condition o£ the country in 1931 and. today. There had, he said, been a wonderful change, and the reduction in unemployment had been .'very remarkable. ■ "This Christmas .there will be , 600,000 homes more than two years ago \ in.which the breadwinner is in regular work," he said. "Our Budget is balanced, and.l have every.hope that at the end of the current financial year we shall have- a substantial surplus. No member of the Government in these days can possibly be complacent, al- . though I see no reason to bo ashamed' Of expressing satisfaction at the successful results of our efforts.'' .. After expressing the 'view that the time had not yet come for a. return, to party politics, he proceeded: "Since wo have bedn in, office; art •.Imprdve'iti.ettt in trade has marched step by step with confidence,, and it is most important that we should do nothing to instil into men's minds the idea that our policy; is likely to-be changed."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 11
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188WONDERFUL CHANGE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 11
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