As a result of pressure by the Board of Jewish Deputies upon the government, the treasury department has relaxed the nationality rules governing admission into the civil service, thus enabling children of naturalized British parents to obtain posts in the civil service, whereas until now only British-born children of British-born parents could be employed.
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