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UK budget due in 2 weeks, paving way for election
AP reports British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that his government
will lay out its budget plans on March 24, paving the way for a national
election. The election must be held by early June at the latest, but the budget
date suggests it will be held earlier. Brown, whose government is under intense
pressure to clarify its plans for reducing ballooning debt, also announced a
pay freeze for senior civil and military staff, judges, senior health service
managers, doctors and dentists. The government previously imposed a freeze on
ministers' salaries. "These measures, along with the new controls on pay
which I announced in December, will save money immediately and by 2013-14 save
more than 3 billion pounds ($4.5 billion)," Brown said at a forum in
London .
will lay out its budget plans on March 24, paving the way for a national
election. The election must be held by early June at the latest, but the budget
date suggests it will be held earlier. Brown, whose government is under intense
pressure to clarify its plans for reducing ballooning debt, also announced a
pay freeze for senior civil and military staff, judges, senior health service
managers, doctors and dentists. The government previously imposed a freeze on
ministers' salaries. "These measures, along with the new controls on pay
which I announced in December, will save money immediately and by 2013-14 save
more than 3 billion pounds ($4.5 billion)," Brown said at a forum in
London .
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