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7. An attempt to cover up the differences which came to the surface last weekend will be made by both Foreign Ministers in talks expected to take place at the end of next month. 8. The working population of Britain is likely to reach 27 million by 1981 — and over half of this number will be under 40 years of age, says an article in the Ministry of Labor Gazette published today. 9. Mr P. is likely to emphasize the long-term objectives underlying the new Labor Government's first annual agricultural price review. 10. The executive of the Electrical Trades Union last night declared that a statement by the A.E.U.’s general secretary that the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions had no future was likely to cause harm and disturb the unity of the unions. 11. The report says that it appears that the building industry is unlikely to be reformed from within and that some form of compulsion will be necessary if reasonable standards of construction and finish are to be secured and jerry-building discouraged. 12. No one will refuse to pay less tax, but if they think that by this means they will bribe the electors to vote for them in large numbers, they are likely to be disappointed. 13. So, said an official, much of the discussion is likely to be about a suitable form of words, and the fact that Mr H. will negotiate on the basis of the latest proposals of the Six means that he has already gone more than halfway to surrender. 14. The present fine spell is likely to be brief, predicted the meteorological office last night in its long-range weather forecast. 15. The Prime Minister claims that if Britain joins the Market this will make it easier to improve East-West relations. But Britain won't stand up to Bonn and Washington now. The Government would be even less likely to do so once in the grip of the Common Market stranglehold. 37
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