COST OF LIVING INDEX Cost of Living Figure in 1944. (Previous Reference: L.P. (43) 75th Meeting, Minute 5) 1. At their meeting on the 13th December, 1943, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had under-taken to consider whether some modification should be made in the price of other items in the cost of living index, in order to com- pensate for impending increases in the cost of coal and gas. The Committee now had before them a memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (L.P. (44) 14). THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER said that his Predecessor, in announcing the inauguration of the stabilisation policy in his 1941 Budget Speech, had said he would endeavour to prevent any further rise of the cost of living index number, apart from minor seasonal changes, above the then existing range of 125/130 in terms of the pre-war level.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide Region 4: Eastern (Cambridge HQ)
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/15/7
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 71/15
- Former Department Reference
- LP(44) 5th Meeting
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000015.007
- Keywords
- Absenteeism Bomb Damage Clothing Coal Construction Cost of Living Cotton Customs Duties Exports Gas Holidays Housing Imports Industrial Areas Industrial Production Industry Infrastructure Land Usage Local Authorities National Budget Overseas Trade Price Controls Prices Railways Raw Materials Roads Slums Subsidies Textiles Towns Urban Development
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Aveley Essex London Thurrock
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Meetings Nos. 1(44) - 59(44)
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Industry Infrastructure Wages Cost of Living Licensing Price Control Housing Living Conditions Labour Supply Relations
