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But we've got overspend now
7th June 1980, Page 20
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THERE HAS been a slight overspend on roads this year, in contrast with previous years, said Mr Kenneth Clarke, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, in the Commons. The cash limit had been breached by a small amount which he did not specify.
The Government was seeking to achieve a stable level of programmed expenditure year by year, he said. That had, never been done by the previous Labour Government.
had construction industry had been ruined by that administration using capital cuts as an easy way out whenever it faced a crisis. It then grotesquely. underspent the provision, which led to great criticism from the construction industry.