MR. ATTLEE ORDERS CUT IN DEPARTMENTAL COSTS
LONDON, Sept. 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, has ordered all Government Dep^rtments to make economies aimed at an all-round cut of at least 5 per cent. in the administra- . tive expenditure during the cur- |
rent year. ; 1 Reuter, auoting authoritative reports to this effect, said that the order supplemients the British Treasu.ry's recent call.'to all departments to cut their estimates to save at least £150,000.000 on next year's budget of £4.000,000,000. Mr. Attlee's order was circulated nrivately some time ago and all Ministers were asked to report to him personally before the end of thK month. The economies called for fit into the general picture of domestic retrenchment which Britain's renresentatii.ves) at the Washington talks indicated was part of her overah plan for economic recovery. The cuts mainlv concern"the day--to-day administrative operation of the departments.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 September 1949, Page 5
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