NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 14 December 1923

14 DECEMBER 1923

At a joint meeting in London of the National Executive of the Labour party and the General Council of the Trade Union Congress, a resolution was passed requesting from the Government an immediate public announcement of their plans for dealing effectively with the problem of unemployment.

The Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Labour party at a meeting in London requested Mr Ramsay MacDonald to convey to the Prime Minister the opinion of the Executive that the disposal of the Government’s shares in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company would be contrary to public policy, and in the present circumstances, improper.

An independent gain was recorded in the University of Wales Parliamentary election.