4 MARCH 1966, Page 3

Portrait of the Week— MR. WILSON NAMED THE DATE, Of

rather Mr. Wilson made it official. He had, he carefully explained, been planning it since December. Mr. Callaghan followed it up with a sort of preview budget promising a tax on all forms of gambling, which would pay for a plan for easier mortgages, new national savings certifi- cates and the introduction of a decimal cur- rency in 1971. The Chancellor said he saw no need for a severe increase in taxation, but declined to define the word 'severe.' Mr. Heath challenged the Prime Minister to a televised confrontation and Mr. Grimond asked to join in.