COST TO BRITAIN
£14,750,000 A Day For War (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 16. The war is costing the British taxpayer £14,750,000 a day at the present moment, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Andersou. in asking the House ot Commons to approve a supplementary vote credit of £1,000,000.000 for war exPe Sir tUl John ' said that though the £1000,000,000 voted on January -a for the current year was likely to cover the requirements up to the early part of next month, it was never possible to say on what precise date money voted for yvai purposes would be exhausted. The vote he was asking for should continue the war expenditure till August, before which date he would have to ask for a further V °The average rate of expenditure on the
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 197, 18 May 1944, Page 5
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134COST TO BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 197, 18 May 1944, Page 5
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