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Shannon News, 9 March 1923, Page 2

Mr Lloyd George says frankly that after 17 years in office he has retired a poor man, and that it is imperative that he should turn to writing as a means of livelihood. This may surprise many who know that a Prime Minister's salary is £SOOO a year. The amount is, however, illusory, for a Prime Minister ’s inevitable expenses are very heavy and have not in late years become lighter, says the Manchester Guardian. It would not be at all surprising if the greater part of the salary went in what one may call out-of-pocket expenses—perhaps all of it. As the Prime Minister's salary is no more exempt from income tax than anybody else's, it must be cut down by nearly half to reach the net amount. It may well be believed that Mr Lloyd George,- during an unprecedentedly busy and harassing time, would have little, margin for saving* , . ; .