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Mr. Crowther
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what increase in unemployment he expects to result from the rate support grant settlement.
Mr. King
Reductions in expenditure will require reductions in manpower. It is not possible to forecast the extent of such reductions, which will depend among other things on the spending decisions of individual local authorities, and what can be achieved through natural wastage.