17 JULY 1936, page 1

If This Does Not Cause The Government To Reflect Profoundly

on its fortunes it can only be because the Government's capacity for reflection is atrophied. Derby, of course, is no more than Derby ; the current of, by- elections has not so......

News Of The Week

C ONSIDERED from any angle, the result of the by- election at Derby is a heavy blow to the Government. Certain allowances must, no doubt, be made. The poll was light. Mr. J. H.......

But There Will Be Decreases Also. In The First Five

months after the regulations are applied, reductions will be made in allowances to some 60,000 people, con- sisting of single persons under 25 and of those who have enjoyed "......

Unemployment Assistance The Government Is To Be...

up, at the last moment, the publication of the new Unemployment Assistance Regulations. With even greater speed the Labour party decided that the regulations must be opposed.......