Economy Policy In Britain

Grey River Argus, 7 November 1949, Page 5

Economy Policy In Britain

LONDON, Nov 4. The Minister of Health Mr Aneurin Bevan sent instructions to 1500 housing authorities to suspend for the ' time being the issue of further private house-building licenses, except where a promise to issue a license lias already been made. This step is to give effect to the Government’s 1 decision to reduce capital erpenditure . on housing. British Civil Servants > Fail To Get Rise > Of Fifteen Per Cent (Rec. 9.50). LONDON, Nov. 6. ; Reuter states: Because of “the pre- • sent economic situation of the na- . tion”, the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal has rejected a claim for a ; fifteen per cent, increase in the pay ■ of six thousand clerks. Unemployment in British Film Industry LONDON, Nov. 5 There have been 1630 film workers idled, due to difiiculty in finding financial backers for new British productions. A working party set up several months ago to investigate the high costs of film production has handed its report to the Government. It is understood that there are likely to be drastic changes in the methods 1 of producing films. The film workers’ trade union leader, Mr Tom O’Brien,, to-day called for a £20,000,000 Government loan ■ to set the British film industry on £ its feet.