13 MARCH 1953, page 3

At Westminster

T HE House of Lords expects its leader, Lord Salisbury, back next week after his illness. His return is eagerly awaited by the whole House. In its present lop-sided form the......

The Longbridge Strike

Thanks to some questionable manoeuvres the strike at Austin's Longbridge motor works has been kept going by the National Union of Vehicle Builders. Two thousand of its members......

Rates Become Alarming

With one local authority after another announcing rate increases of 2s. in the pound or more, the old adjectives annually applied to these increases—" burdensome," "back-......

The Affairs Of The Army

Mr. Head, one of the ablest Secretaries of State for War we have had for a long time, gave an encouraging account of the British Army when he presented to the House of COMITIOns......