RUMOUR DENIED
SOCIAL SECURITY
INCREASE IN TAX
A widespread rumour that the Government was contemplating an increase in the Social Security tax from Is to 2s in the £ was referred today to the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) for comment after a meeting of Cabinet.
"It is the first that I have heard of it," said Mr. Savage. "It has certainly never been discussed in this room."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 10
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70RUMOUR DENIED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 10
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